COVID-19: Nationalism and global solidarities

COVID-19 and Power in Global Health

Political scientists bring important tools to the analysis of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, particularly a focus on the crucial role of power in global health politics. We delineate different kinds of power at play during the COVID-19 crisis, showing how a dearth of compulsory, institutional, and epistemic power undermined global cooperation and fuel...

Correlation between Social Capital and COVID-19 Indices: A Global Level Ecological Study

Background: Given that COVID-19 continues to spread worldwide, has become a public health priority. This study aimed to investigate the correlation between the social capital and the epidemiological indicators of COVID-19.  Methods: This survey is an ecological study, so all studied variables are aggregate variables.‌ To collect the variables in the study, a data set was provided, which includ...

COVID-19: The potential role of nutritional deficiencies, global climatic changes, and immune system dysfunction

COVID-19 and dermatologists

Since the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic on December 2019, challenges on economic, political, social, hygiene- therapeutic and life style have emerged in many countries. Many researches are investigating on virus characteristics and its behavior and also preventive and therapeutic measures. Despite the virus not being dermatotropic, several skin manifestations have been observed. In this review...

COVID-19 and hair (8)

The COVID-19 pandemic is still present and we are directly or indirectly affected by it. The skin is one of the organs that has some manifestations not only during the course of the disease, but also long after recovery and also after vaccination. Hair is one of the parts that, like the skin, may show disorders during and after recovery of the infection and also after vaccination. In this issue...