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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Added quick facts and top questions. | Nov 09, 2026 | ||
| Deleted Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - A rant against jargon and neologisms. | Oct 02, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Scientific Reports - Global impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on biodiversity data collection. | Mar 20, 2026 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 24, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - A rant against jargon and neologisms. | Jan 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Enabling Informed Decisions on Pyrolysis: A Key to Turn the Tide on Plastics Recycling. | Nov 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The New England Journal of Medicine - Covid-19 ? The Law and Limits of Quarantine. | Oct 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Journal of Biomedical Research and Environmental Sciences - Quarantine: Concept, Origin and Impact on COVID-19 Pandemic. | Aug 28, 2024 | ||
| Added media. | Jul 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Medicine - Association between ABO blood group system and autoimmune liver disease. | Jul 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - COVID-19. | Apr 19, 2024 | ||
| Added cross-reference to the impact of COVID article. | Apr 15, 2024 | ||
| Link added. | Jun 15, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | May 11, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Healthline - What is Herd Immunity and Could it Help Prevent COVID-19? | Apr 06, 2023 | ||
| Added information on variants of SARS-CoV-2. | Jan 10, 2023 | ||
| New article added. | May 11, 2022 |
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