Over the last two decades, computational technologies have played a crucial role in antiviral
drug development. Whenever a virus spreads and becomes a threat to global health, it …

Objective To obtain insights into reducing the shortfall in financing for pandemic
preparedness and response measures, and reducing the risk of another pandemic with …

Background Lack of specific definitions of clinical characteristics, disease severity, and risk
and preventive factors of post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) severely impacts research and …

Background With new technologies, health data can be collected in a variety of different
clinical, research, and public health contexts, and then can be used for a range of new …

Background SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections (BI) after vaccine booster dose are a
relevant public health issue. Methods Multicentric longitudinal cohort study within the …

In the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, digital technologies have played a vital role to minimize
the spread of COVID-19, and to control its pitfalls for the general public. Without such …

Abstract Purpose Anti SARS-CoV-2 vaccination initially showed high effectiveness in
preventing COVID-19. However, after the surge of variants of concern, the effectiveness …

ORCHESTRA (“Connecting European Cohorts to Increase Common and Effective
Response To SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic”) is an EU-funded project which aims to help rapidly …

Smart cities do not exist without robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI). As the case of the
COVID-19 pandemic shows, they can assist in combating the novel coronavirus and its …

Abstract Motivation Federated Learning (FL) is gaining traction in various fields as it enables
integrative data analysis without sharing sensitive data, such as in healthcare. However, the …