Role of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone and kinin–kallikrein systems in the cardiovascular complications of COVID-19 and long COVID

SL Cooper, E Boyle, SR Jefferson, CRA Heslop… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the virus responsible
for the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients may present as asymptomatic or demonstrate mild to …

Transforming aging services: Area agencies on aging and the COVID-19 response

HB Gallo, KH Wilber - The Gerontologist, 2021 - academic.oup.com
For over four decades, Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) have served as focal points to help
older adults remain in their homes and communities. AAAs partner with other organizations …

Are COVID-19 age-mortality curves for 2020 flatter in developing countries? Evidence from a cross-sectional observational study of population-level official death …

G Demombynes, D de Walque, P Gubbins… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Previous studies have found a pattern of flatter COVID-19 age-mortality curves
among low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) using only official COVID-19 …

“Wearing a mask won't protect us from our history”: The impact of COVID‐19 on Black children and families

E Bogan, VN Adams‐Bass, LA Francis… - Social Policy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The data on COVID‐19 show an irrefutable and disturbing pattern: Black Americans are
contracting and dying from COVID‐19 at rates that far exceed other racial and ethnic groups …

Beyond deaths per capita: comparative COVID-19 mortality indicators

P Heuveline, M Tzen - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Following well-established practices in demography, this article discusses
several measures based on the number of COVID-19 deaths to facilitate comparisons over …

A national study of racial–ethnic differences in COVID-19 concerns among older Americans: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study

Z Lin, H Liu - The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Concerns about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are an important
emotional reaction to the pandemic and represent a key pandemic-related mental health …

COVID-19 and social work in health care in Canada: What are the impacts?

S Cadell, R Ashcroft, J Furtado, K Adamson… - Social Work in Health …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected the world. In Canada, the impact has been
worrisome. Canada is a large, sparsely populated country with a system of universal health …

Population aging, demographic metabolism, and the rising tide of late middle age to older adult loneliness around the world

L Newmyer, AM Verdery, H Wang… - Population and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines how population aging shapes a crucial aspect of mental health and
social well‐being: loneliness. Drawing on theories of demographic metabolism, United …

COVID-19 recommendations for research from the Gerontological Society of America COVID-19 Task Force

B Resnick, S Zimmerman… - The …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection, has infiltrated all countries around the …

GSA journal commitment to inclusion, equity, and diversity: Editors announce new guidance

S Meeks, SM Albert, R Anderson… - The Journals of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We write this editorial in the context of a viral pandemic that has disproportionately affected
communities of color, people living in poverty or on the edge of poverty, and those with other …