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  1. How unity and common purpose can help us defeat COVID-19

    The COVID-19 pandemic is a call to action for everyone to work together by staying apart and flattening the curve. When nations, leaders and everyday people unite, we can change the trajectory of COVID-19 by following the science and mobilizing a response. Each of us has a role to play, whether through innovation or altruism, and so many people ...

  2. "Now is the time for unity"

    The Covid-19 pandemic is one of the most dangerous challenges this world has faced in our lifetime. It is above all a human crisis with severe health and socio-economic consequences. The World ...

  3. COVID-19: A moment for unity

    Amidst the COVID-19 crisis and racist rhetoric that has emerged, John R. Allen addresses the critical need to lead Americans forward in unity in order to save our economy and contain the spread of ...

  4. Insights into the impact on daily life of the COVID-19 pandemic and

    1. Introduction. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to unprecedented changes in people's daily lives, with implications for mental health and well-being [1-4], both at the level of a given country's population, and when considering specific vulnerable groups [5-7].In order to mitigate the untoward impact of the pandemic (including lockdown) and support mental health ...

  5. COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on social relationships and health

    This essay examines key aspects of social relationships that were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses explicitly on relational mechanisms of health and brings together theory and emerging evidence on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to make recommendations for future public health policy and recovery. We first provide an overview of the pandemic in the UK context, outlining the ...

  6. The COVID-19 pandemic as a scientific and social challenge in the 21st

    The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has spread around the globe with unprecedented consequences for the health of millions of people. While the pandemic is still in progress, with new incidents being reported every day, the resilience of the global society is constantly being challenged.

  7. PDF COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on social relationships and health

    ABSTRACT. This essay examines key aspects of social relationships that were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses explicitly on relational mechanisms of health and brings together theory and emerging evidence on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to make recommendations for future public health policy and recovery.

  8. Constructing collective identities and solidarity in premiers ...

    The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a unique global experience, arousing both exclusionary nationalistic and inclusionary responses of solidarity. This article aims to explore the discursive and ...

  9. Stories of hope and unity during COVID-19

    75 young people participated in an online exchange between volunteers from UNICEF Italy and the #V4ACTION initiative from Nepal on their COVID-19 experience. The need to stay hopeful and kind - to each other and to oneself - during this crisis was key among the messages put forth by young people from Nepal and Italy as part of a recent ...

  10. Only through unity can we come out as winners in this battle against

    COVID-19 has presented us with a monumental challenge, taking a mental, physical and economic toll on people around the world. Globally we have surpassed 187 million cases and over 4 million deaths. In Malaysia, we have reached almost 845,000 cases and over 6,200 deaths. We are now in a critical period with a consistently high number of new daily cases and a great need for continued ...

  11. Unity amidst uncertainty: COVID-19 pandemic fosters collaboration in

    The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is causing worldwide uncertainty and anxiety. This unease is especially acute for those with the vague "underlying conditions" that render them more vulnerable to the infection or severe complications. People with rheumatic disease are likely to fall into this category because they are often immunocompromised as a result of their diseases ...

  12. Fighting COVID-19 pandemic requires unity, fully funded 'people's

    The COVID-19 pandemic is the quintessential global challenge, affecting every person, every economy and every corner of the globe. ... (WHO), global unity and partnerships, like the one between ...

  13. What COVID-19 Has Taught Us About Unity

    While as a community we are so separated from each other, the COVID-19 crisis is also revealing how much compassion and empathy the world has for each other. We are lifting each other up in a time ...

  14. Post traumatic growth during COVID-19: unity in diversity

    The aim is to show that despite diversity among people, the hard times made them unite and overcome countless difficulties. The COVID 19 pandemic has been a period of global health crisis and has exponentially affected mental health issues in the world population. In these difficult times, several International Medical Graduates (IMGs), who had ...

  15. UN chief calls for 'solidarity, unity and hope' in battling COVID-19

    30 April 2020 Health. Amidst the destruction of the of COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations chief expressed concern over a lack of "sufficient solidarity" with the world's developing countries, that need support in responding to the worst economic and social crisis in generations. "We mourn the lives lost - more than 200,000 ...

  16. Impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on human-nature interactions: Pathways

    The coronavirus (COVID‐19) pandemic and the global response have dramatically changed people's lifestyles in much of the world. These major changes, as well as the associated changes in impacts on the environment, can alter the dynamics of the direct interactions between humans and nature (hereafter human-nature interactions) far beyond those concerned with animals as sources of novel ...

  17. COVID-19 photo essay: We're all in this together

    Hundreds of millions of babies are expected to be born during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fionn, son of Chloe O'Doherty and her husband Patrick, is among them. The couple says: "It's all over. We did ...

  18. Human-Nature Interactions during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic in

    Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions have influenced human relationships with nature. Based on empirical research, this article explores the pathways and implications of human-nature interactions during and after COVID-19 and how human health and well-being could be supported by contact with nature. The article discusses ...

  19. The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Family Well-Being: A Literature

    Background: COVID-19 has changed family life, including employment status, financial security, the mental health of individual family members, children's education, family well-being, and family resilience. The aim of this study is to analyze the previous studies in relation to family well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A literature review was conducted on PubMed, Medline, Web of ...

  20. Covid-19 Stay-at-Home Info

    Welcome to our COVID-19 update page -- a place where we'll update Unity users on happenings as soon as they happen. These are challenging times as the coronavirus (COVID-19) impacts every citizen, country, and culture around the world. It's tough to hear about how many people have been affected. Our thoughts go out to each and every one of ...

  21. COVID-19: Myths and Reality

    COVID-19, a new human respiratory disease that has killed nearly 3 million people in a year since the start of the pandemic, is a global public health challenge. Its infectious agent, SARS-CoV-2, differs from other coronaviruses in a number of structural features that make this virus more pathogenic and transmissible. In this review, we discuss ...

  22. APIA Heritage Month: Innovation and Unity Transforming Communities and

    This year's APIA Heritage Month Celebration is centered on the theme "Transformation through innovation and unity, an embrace of change through solidarity to drive progress.". The theme emphasizes how people can inspire innovation, foster understanding and pave the way for a brighter future when they come together in solidarity.

  23. Introduction: Pandemic TV, Then and Now

    This essay serves as the introduction to TVNM's special issue on "Pandemic TV," an analysis of the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic affected principally anglophone television and television-watching in 2020 to 2021 (including television's response to corresponding events such as the summer 2020 Black Lives Matter uprisings and the fall 2020 U.S. presidential election).

  24. Covid 19 Essay in English

    100 Words Essay on Covid 19. COVID-19 or Corona Virus is a novel coronavirus that was first identified in 2019. It is similar to other coronaviruses, such as SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, but it is more contagious and has caused more severe respiratory illness in people who have been infected. The novel coronavirus became a global pandemic in a very ...

  25. What the 'Black Twitter' Docuseries Gets Wrong

    The essay opens with the following: "Machines (as Norbert Weiner said) are an extension of their inventor-creators. ... From the COVID-19 pandemic to the global uprisings over the deaths of ...

  26. Thousands Believe Covid Vaccines Harmed Them. Is Anyone Listening?

    The F.D.A. is monitoring reports of tinnitus, but "at this time, the available evidence does not suggest a causal association with the Covid-19 vaccines," the agency said in a statement.

  27. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Biophysical and biochemical

    The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) arises from the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) which is an enveloped RNA virus. COVID-19 has rapidly spread throughout the world by infecting more than 143 million people and causing 3.04 million deaths worldwide by 22 April 2021, confirmed by the World Health Organization.

  28. Xi's visit exposes fault lines in European unity

    Of course, the COVID-19 pandemic had occurred in the meantime, precipitating Europe's reckoning with its dependencies on China, and the subsequent weaponization of those dependencies by Beijing ...

  29. When doctors can't take real breaks from work, the health care ...

    What's a typical vacation activity for doctors? Work. A new study finds that most physicians do work on a typical day off. In this essay, a family doctor considers why that is and why it matters.

  30. Trump's Appeal to Latino Evangelicals: One Pastor's Conversion Story

    Six months later, when the Covid-19 virus hit, the school was forced to move to remote teaching. Mr. Perez said he initially saw the closures as necessary to protect elderly congregants.