Background: Between the end of February and the beginning of June 2020, Italy was
certainly one of the worst affected countries in the world by the coronavirus disease 2019 …

Background Psychological health has been one of the aspects affected by the recent COVID-
19 pandemic. We aim to evaluate the patterns of Google search for mental distress …

A novel Corona virus (SARS-CoV-2), started in Wuhan China, caused an outbreak of viral
pneumonia to subsequently spread throughout the world. Italy has been one of the most …

Background The strong and long lockdown adopted by the Italian government to limit COVID-
19 spreading represents the first threat-related mass isolation in history that can be studied …

The aim of this study was to investigate the coronavirus-related web-searching patterns of
people from the 10 most affected nations in September 2020. The authors extracted all …

Background Previous studies have suggested associations between trends of web searches
and COVID-19 traditional metrics. It remains unclear whether models incorporating trends of …

Background COVID-19 is one of the biggest pandemics in human history, along with other
disease pandemics, such as the H1N1 influenza A, bubonic plague, and smallpox …

Background: Concurrently with the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has been facing a
growing infodemic, which has caused severe damage to economic and health systems and …

Abstract Background Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in December 2019
and rapidly spread globally. Since there is still no specific treatment available, prevention of …

Background: The 2020 Coronavirus pandemic is a major international public health
challenge. Governments have taken public health protection measures to reduce the spread …