Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review

T Greenhalgh, CR MacIntyre, MG Baker… - Clinical microbiology …, 2024‏ - journals.asm.org
This narrative review and meta-analysis summarizes a broad evidence base on the benefits—
and also the practicalities, disbenefits, harms and personal, sociocultural and environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and …

AE Schumacher, HH Kyu, A Aali, C Abbafati, J Abbas… - The Lancet, 2024‏ - thelancet.com
Background Estimates of demographic metrics are crucial to assess levels and trends of
population health outcomes. The profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on …

Geoepidemiological perspective on COVID-19 pandemic review, an insight into the global impact

A Vallée - Frontiers in Public Health, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic showed major impacts, on societies worldwide, challenging
healthcare systems, economies, and daily life of people. Geoepidemiology, an emerging …

Epidemic outcomes following government responses to COVID-19: Insights from nearly 100,000 models

E Bendavid, CJ Patel - Science Advances, 2024‏ - science.org
Government responses to COVID-19 are among the most globally impactful events of the
21st century. The extent to which responses—such as school closures—were associated …

[HTML][HTML] Ten Americas: a systematic analysis of life expectancy disparities in the USA

L Dwyer-Lindgren, MM Baumann, Z Li, YO Kelly… - The Lancet, 2024‏ - thelancet.com
Background Nearly two decades ago, the Eight Americas study offered a novel lens for
examining health inequities in the USA by partitioning the US population into eight groups …

Comparison of C-reactive protein with distinct hyperinflammatory biomarkers in association with COVID-19 severity, mortality and SARS-CoV-2 variants

TG Paranga, M Pavel-Tanasa… - Frontiers in …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
C-reactive protein (CRP) has been one of the most investigated inflammatory-biomarkers
during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemics caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome …

[HTML][HTML] The burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors by state in the USA, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

GBD 2021 US Burden of Disease Collaborators - The Lancet, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Summary Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study
(GBD) 2021 provides a comprehensive assessment of health and risk factor trends at global …

Why did the best prepared country in the world fare so poorly during COVID?

JB Nuzzo, JR Ledesma - Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2023‏ - aeaweb.org
Though all countries struggled to respond to COVID-19, the United States' poor performance
during the pandemic was unexpected. Despite having more pandemic preparedness …

Emerging and re-emerging pediatric viral diseases: a continuing global challenge

SA Hoffman, YA Maldonado - Pediatric research, 2024‏ - nature.com
The twenty-first century has been marked by a surge in viral epidemics and pandemics,
highlighting the global health challenge posed by emerging and re-emerging pediatric viral …

State COVID-19 policies and drug overdose mortality among working-age adults in the United States, 2020

DA Wolf, SM Monnat, EE Wiemers… - … journal of public …, 2024‏ - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. To identify relationships between US states' COVID-19 in-person activity
limitation and economic support policies and drug overdose deaths among working-age …