Identifying the Public’s Changing Concerns During a Global Health Crisis: Text Mining and Comparative Analysis of Tweets During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Through a comparative analysis of Spanish newspaper coverage of the 1918 flu and COVID-19 pandemics, this article explores the parallels between them, their roles in reflecting and facilitating public perceptions of infectious diseases, the national dialogues they incite, and the search for solutions in a global health crisis. I use qualitative analysis to interpret media themes of contagion as they shift from societal complacency to panic as disaster unfolds. In weaving together Philip Strong’s model for epidemic psychology and Jim A. Kuypers’s rhetorical approach to news framing, I analyze how newspapers communicate changing assumptions about epidemiologic risks during pandemics.

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The Structural Landscape of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease: Hints for Inhibitor Search.

10.26434/chemrxiv.12209744.v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Luigi Leonardo Palese

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Global Health ◽

Binding Site ◽

Causative Agent ◽

Data Set ◽

Substrate Binding Site ◽

Global Pandemic ◽

Main Protease ◽

Crystallographic Structures ◽

Structural Aspects

In 2019, an outbreak occurred which resulted in a global pandemic. The causative agent of this serious global health threat was a coronavirus similar to the agent of SARS, referred to as SARS-CoV-2. In this work an analysis of the available structures of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease has been performed. From a data set of crystallographic structures the dynamics of the protease has been obtained. Furthermore, a comparative analysis of the structures of SARS-CoV-2 with those of the main protease of the coronavirus responsible of SARS (SARS-CoV) was carried out. The results of these studies suggest that, although main proteases of SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 are similar at the backbone level, some plasticity at the substrate binding site can be observed. The consequences of these structural aspects on the search for effective inhibitors of these enzymes are discussed, with a focus on already known compounds. The results obtained show that compounds containing an oxirane ring could be considered as inhibitors of the main protease of SARS-CoV-2.

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Obesity – a global health crisis

10.36866/pn.96.9 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 9-10

Author(s):

Hannah Brinsden

Keyword(s):

Global Health ◽

Health Crisis

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2020 FDA TIDES (Peptides and Oligonucleotides) Harvest

Pharmaceuticals ◽

10.3390/ph14020145 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 145

Author(s):

Othman Al Musaimi ◽

Danah Al Shaer ◽

Fernando Albericio ◽

Beatriz de la Torre

Keyword(s):

Adverse Effects ◽

Global Health ◽

Drug Administration ◽

Mode Of Action ◽

Chemical Structure ◽

Food And Drug Administration ◽

Health Crisis ◽

New Drug ◽

Target Mode ◽

The Us

2020 has been an extremely difficult and challenging year as a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and one in which most efforts have been channeled into tackling the global health crisis. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved 53 new drug entities, six of which fall in the peptides and oligonucleotides (TIDES) category. The number of authorizations for these kinds of drugs has been similar to that of previous years, thereby reflecting the consolidation of the TIDES market. Here, the TIDES approved in 2020 are analyzed in terms of chemical structure, medical target, mode of action, and adverse effects.

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Medicines dispensing practice during the era of COVID-19 pandemic: a commentary

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice ◽

10.1186/s40545-020-00285-5 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Gemmechu Hasen ◽

Rashed Edris ◽

Gadisa Chala ◽

Yesuneh Tefera ◽

Hawi Hussen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Global Health ◽

Turning Point ◽

Healthcare Systems ◽

Pharmacy Services ◽

Resource Limited Settings ◽

Health Crisis ◽

Drug Dispensing ◽

Resource Limited ◽

Retail Outlets ◽

Jimma Town

AbstractThe coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic is putting a huge strain on healthcare systems and is a turning point for the beginning of a global health crisis of an unprecedented condition. As such, the provision of quality pharmacy services particularly, dispensing practice with pre-existing challenges in resource-limited settings is a grave concern in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, in this commentary we described the pattern of dispensing practice in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic by evaluating the current condition of drug dispensing practice in drug retail outlets of Jimma Town.

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The Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Religious Exercise: Preliminary Remarks

Laws ◽

10.3390/laws10020044 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 44

Author(s):

Adelaide Madera

Keyword(s):

Global Health ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Fundamental Rights ◽

Special Issue ◽

Health Crisis ◽

Personal Lives ◽

Regulatory Frameworks ◽

Starting Point ◽

Legal Contexts

Since 2020, the spread of COVID-19 has had an overwhelming impact not only on our personal lives, but also on domestic regulatory frameworks. Influential academics have strongly underlined that, in times of deep crisis, such as the current global health crisis, the long-term workability of legal systems is put to a severe test. In this period, in fact, the protection of health has been given priority, as a precondition that is orientating many current legal choices. Such an unprecedented health emergency has also raised a serious challenge in terms of fundamental rights and liberties. Several basic rights that normally enjoy robust protection under constitutional, supranational, and international guarantees, have experienced a devastating “suspension” for the sake of public health and safety, thus giving rise to a vigorous debate concerning whether and to what extent the pandemic emergency justifies limitations on fundamental rights. The present paper introduces the Special Issue on “The crisis of the religious freedom during the age of COVID-19 pandemic”. Taking as a starting point the valuable contributions of the participants in the Special Issue, it explores analogous and distinctive implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in different legal contexts and underlines the relevance of cooperation between religious and public actors to face a global health crisis.

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