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The origin and prevention of pandemics. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Despite the fact that most emerging diseases stem from the transmission of pathogenic agents from animals to humans, the factors that mediate this process are still ill defined.
Djoko, Cyrille F   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Violence and Abuse: A Pandemic Within a Pandemic

open access: yesWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2023
During the COVID-19 pandemic, as society struggled with increasing disease burden, economic hardships, and with disease morbidity and mortality, governments and institutions began implementing stay-at-home or shelter-in-place orders to help stop the spread of the virus.
Whiteman, Paula J.   +5 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Pandemics and Supply Chain Management Research: Toward a Theoretical Toolbox*

open access: yesDecision Sciences, 2020
The COVID‐19 pandemic paralyzed the world and revealed the critical importance of supply chain management—perhaps more so than any other event in modern history—in navigating crises.
C. Craighead   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Yersinia pestis DNA from Skeletal Remains from the 6(th) Century AD Reveals Insights into Justinianic Plague. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Yersinia pestis, the etiologic agent of the disease plague, has been implicated in three historical pandemics. These include the third pandemic of the 19(th) and 20(th) centuries, during which plague was spread around the world, and the second pandemic ...
Birdsell, Dawn   +13 more
core   +7 more sources

Utilitarianism and the pandemic [PDF]

open access: yesBioethics, 2020
AbstractThere are no egalitarians in a pandemic. The scale of the challenge for health systems and public policy means that there is an ineluctable need to prioritize the needs of the many. It is impossible to treat all citizens equally, and a failure to carefully consider the consequences of actions could lead to massive preventable loss of life. In a
Julian Savulescu   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

The Impact of Epidemics and Pandemics on the Mental Health of Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
Background: There is increasing evidence that healthcare workers (HCWs) experience significant psychological distress during an epidemic or pandemic. Considering the increase in emerging infectious diseases and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is timely
Ottilia Cassandra Chigwedere   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prediction and prevention of the next pandemic zoonosis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Most pandemics--eg, HIV/AIDS, severe acute respiratory syndrome, pandemic influenza--originate in animals, are caused by viruses, and are driven to emerge by ecological, behavioural, or socioeconomic changes.
Carroll, Dennis   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Socioeconomic status and disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Eastern Oslo, Norway

open access: yesPublic Health in Practice, 2023
Objective: The objective of this study was to assess whether socioeconomic status still remain a barrier to COVID-19 vaccination in eastern Oslo, Norway. Study design: A cross-section study. Methods: We conducted a web-based survey among the residents of
Andreas Lillebråten   +4 more
doaj  

Performing the Pandemics

open access: yesDance Articulated, 2021
Stemming from one creative experience that emerged in London during the lockdown period of early 2020, called the “Emergency Festival”, this article is a result of observations based on practice, centred around the festival that a group of multicultural,
Jorge Poveda Yánez   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using Genetic Diversity of SARS-CoV-2 to evaluate the effectiveness of specific travel measures in mitigating public health risks during the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Poster ...
Anwar, Muhammad Zohaib   +7 more
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