The American Lung Association will host its Massachusetts Pulmonary Section Annual Meeting, set for Wednesday, April 7, 2021, from 8a.m. to 2 p.m. as a virtual conference to educate healthcare professionals on the latest research, trends and care for a variety of lung diseases and lung health issues.
Collaboration is the cure for COVID-19
The pandemic is global. It cannot be controlled by local action alone.
By George Q. Daley, David E. Golan, Arlene H. Sharpe, and Bruce D. WalkerUpdated March 5, 2021, 5:44 p.m.
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A Guarani indigenous man is given the Sinovac Biotech s CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine at the Sao Mata Verde Bonita tribe camp, in Guarani indigenous land, in the city of Marica, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, on January 20.MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP via Getty Images
The past 12 months have been marked by tragedy and triumph, pain and progress, despair and hope. As we enter the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic and sense its waning days on the horizon, we have reasons for optimism: multiple vaccines, novel treatments, an unprecedented amount of knowledge about a once-mystifying disease caused by a never-before-seen human pathogen â all achieved in less than a year. But as we look back and celebrate our collective successes, we would be remiss if we did n
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The MEP Lung Health Group: Raising awareness of respiratory diseases across Europe
The group, launched last October, aims to stimulate debate and raise awareness of the risk factors and the complications of respiratory diseases, explains co-chair Željana Zovko.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has shown EU Member States what the Union can achieve with an enhanced and coordinated response. This momentum should now be used to transpose the lessons learned to other health-related issues and to develop long-term strategies.
Before the pandemic, Europe registered over 600,000 deaths a year due to respiratory diseases, while lung cancer is the third-most common type of newly diagnosed cancer on our continent. Both COVID-related and non COVID-related health problems need greater attention, improved monitoring and actions to enhance prevention and treatment.
Calls to include vitamin D as part of a national strategy to tackle COVID continues to gain momentum as health experts have pushed Ireland’s government to consider and act upon the latest evidence.
In an online meeting of the Joint Health Committee this week, Dr Daniel McCartney highlighted a lack of official action in the face of research suggesting a protective role of vitamin D against COVID-19.
“Despite the now dozens of positive studies including tens of thousands of participants, there has been no policy change in Ireland to advance what we believe to be an extremely low risk, readily implemented, cheap and potentially highly effective intervention to mitigate this public health crisis,” he said.