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Misinformation and women's health: Rebuilding trust in evidence‐based care

open access: yes
International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Zainab Al‐Jawahiri
wiley   +1 more source

The new poor law and the health of the population of England and Wales

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We estimate the impact of reductions in poor law expenditure on rural life expectancy and mortality rates in England and Wales following the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act. Given the scale of cuts imposed, our estimates imply 8–10 per cent increases in mortality at ages 1–4 years and 2–4 per cent falls in rural expectation of life at birth.
David Green   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smallpox and New York City’s Smallpox Hospital [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Community Health, 2005
Threatened use of the smallpox virus in bioterrorist attacks recently prompted national concerns in the United States. Smallpox, the "speckled monster," was known in antiquity. In 1856, New York City opened its first hospital devoted to caring for victims of smallpox.
Spiegel, Allen D.   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Evidence of Long-Distance Aerial Convection of Variola Virus and Implications for Disease Control

open access: yesViruses, 2019
Two distinct phenomena of airborne transmission of variola virus (smallpox) were described in the pre-eradication era—direct respiratory transmission, and a unique phenomenon of transmission over greater distances, referred to as “aerial ...
Chandini Raina MacIntyre   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effective communication and public engagement strategies to counter misinformation about infectious diseases

open access: yesImmunology &Cell Biology, EarlyView.
Public trust and cooperation in infectious disease control rest on three pillars: engagement, vaccine communication, and data presentation. Together, these foundations support resilient and inclusive public health responses to misinformation and uncertainty.
Sheena Cruickshank   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vaccine strategy when the smallpox model fails: 1. immune cognition, Malaria and the Fulani [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
We begin to examine the implications of IR Cohen's work on immune cognition [1-3] for vaccine strategies when simple elicitation of sterilizing immunity fails, as is the case for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria.
Wallace, Robert G, Wallace, Rodrick
core  

Social marketing: Immunizing against unethical practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
A simple approach for the catalytic conversion of primary alcohols into their corresponding esters and amides, with evolution of H2 gas using in situ formed ruthenium PNP- and PNN-pincer catalysts, is presented.
Ben-David, Y.   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

The “Reducing Inflammation for Greater Health Trial (RIGHT)” Study—Concept, Rationale, and Design

open access: yesJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Reducing Inflammation for Greater Health Trial's (RIGHT) study is a single‐center, randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial designed to test whether clazkizumab, an interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) inhibitor, can improve or slow decline in physical, cognitive, and vascular function in older adults, when compared to a placebo.
Sebastian E. Sattui   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Did smallpox reduce height?: stature and the standard of living in London, 1770-1873. [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper, we re-examine the effect of smallpox on the height attained by those who suffered from this disease. To this end, we analyse a dataset assembled by Floud, Wachter and Gregory on the height of recruits into the Marine Society, 1770-1873 ...
Leunig, Tim, Voth, Hans-Joachim
core   +1 more source

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