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Background Healthcare workers across the world have risen to the demands of treating COVID-19 patients, potentially at significant cost to their own health and wellbeing.
Jo Billings+4 more
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The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security
Plant disease outbreaks are increasing and threaten food security for the vulnerable in many areas of the world. Now a global human pandemic is threatening the health of millions on our planet.
J. Ristaino+16 more
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Background Vaccination is key to reducing the spread and impacts of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. Migrants, compared to majority populations, tend to have lower vaccination rates, as well as higher infection disease burdens.
Esperanza Diaz+2 more
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The impact of pandemics on healthcare providers' workloads: A scoping review.
AIMS To review and synthesize available evidence exploring the impact of pandemics on direct healthcare providers' workloads in the acute care setting. DESIGN Scoping review.
Gemma Doleman+2 more
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Indigenous communities and influenza: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Background Several studies have documented that specific Indigenous groups have been disproportionately affected by previous pandemics. The objective of this paper is to describe the protocol to be used in a review and meta-analysis of the literature on ...
D. E. Alves+3 more
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Pandemics Depress the Economy, Public Health Interventions Do Not: Evidence from the 1918 Flu [PDF]
We study the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) on mortality and economic activity across U.S. cities during the 1918 Flu Pandemic. The combination of fast and stringent NPIs reduced peak mortality by 50 percent and cumulative excess ...
Sergio Correia+2 more
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Background: The COVID‑19 pandemic and associated public health measures have disrupted the lives of people around the world. It is already evident that the direct and indirect psychological and social effects of the COVID‑19 pandemic are insidious and ...
S. Meherali+6 more
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Predicting COVID-19 exposure risk perception using machine learning
Background Self-perceived exposure risk determines the likelihood of COVID-19 preventive measure compliance to a large extent and is among the most important predictors of mental health problems.
Nan Zou Bakkeli
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The costs and benefits of primary prevention of zoonotic pandemics
The lives lost and economic costs of viral zoonotic pandemics have steadily increased over the past century. Prominent policymakers have promoted plans that argue the best ways to address future pandemic catastrophes should entail, “detecting and ...
Aaron S. Bernstein+19 more
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How do slums shape the economic and health dynamics of pandemics? A difference-in-differences analysis using millions of mobile phones in Brazil shows that residents of overcrowded slums engaged in less social distancing after the outbreak of Covid-19. We develop and calibrate a choice-theoretic equilibrium model in which individuals are heterogeneous ...
Luiz Brotherhood+3 more
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