THE OMICRON STRAIN OF THE SARS-COV-2 CORONAVIRUS AND ITS VARIANTS

The Omicron Strain of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus and Its Variants

The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has been circulating among the world population for 3 years, infecting hundreds of millions of people.Numerous reports from all over the world indicate that the majority of infections are caused by the Omicron variant and its subvariants, which predominate over all the previously Asian emerged variants.The genome of the O

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Communication from the news of the birth of a child with Down Syndrome: the effect of a discouraging prediction

Objective: to know how health workers give the news of the birth of a child with Down syndrome (ds).Methodology: qualitative, ethnographic.Involved 20 mothers and one grandmother were semistructured interviews and field observations.Results: the news of the birth of the Data Cable child with ds occurs in a cold, dehumanized, from an unresolved disa

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Aging: A Predisposition to Dry Eyes

Dry eye syndrome is a disease of the ocular surface and tear film that is prevalent in older adults.Even though the degree of visual acuity loss in dry eye patients is commonly mild-to-moderate, in the aging population, this minimal change in visual status can lead to a significant decrease in visual function and quality of life.A healthy ocular su

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