The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular health behaviors and risk factors: a new troubling normal that may be here to stay

DR Laddu, E Biggs, J Kaar, S Khadanga… - Progress in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In March 2020, the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was officially
declared a global pandemic, leading to closure of public facilities, enforced social distancing …

The two sides of the covid-19 pandemic

R Kumar, V Srivastava, KN Nand - COVID, 2023 - mdpi.com
On 5 May 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the end of the
coronavirus disease-19 (or COVID-19) pandemic. Even before the official announcement …

Associations of diabetes, hypertension and obesity with COVID-19 mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis

C Li, N Islam, JP Gutierrez, SE Gutiérrez-Barreto… - BMJ Global …, 2023 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Despite a growing body of scholarly research on the risks of severe COVID-19
associated with diabetes, hypertension and obesity, there is a need for estimating pooled …

Covid‐19 pandemic and asthma: what did we learn?

CI Bloom - Respirology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This review addresses some of the major lessons we have learnt regarding asthma and the
covid‐19 pandemic, including susceptibility to SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and severe covid‐19 …

AD-CovNet: An exploratory analysis using a hybrid deep learning model to handle data imbalance, predict fatality, and risk factors in Alzheimer's patients with COVID …

S Akter, D Das, RU Haque, MIQ Tonmoy… - Computers in Biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia globally, with a growing morbidity
burden that may exceed diagnosis and management capabilities. The situation worsens …

Measuring the COVID-19 mortality burden in the United States: a microsimulation study

J Reif, H Heun-Johnson, B Tysinger… - Annals of internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Background: Fully assessing the mortality burden of the COVID-19 pandemic requires
measuring years of life lost (YLLs) and accounting for quality-of-life differences. Objective …

Risk factors for excess all-cause mortality during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in England: a retrospective cohort study of primary care data

IM Carey, DG Cook, T Harris, S DeWilde… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background The COVID-19 pandemic's first wave in England during spring 2020 resulted in
an approximate 50% increase in all-cause mortality. Previously, risk factors such as age and …

Associations between mortality from COVID-19 and other causes: A state-level analysis

AN Luck, AC Stokes, K Hempstead, E Paglino… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, the high death toll from COVID-19 was
accompanied by a rise in mortality from other causes of death. The objective of this study …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 outcomes in patients with dermatomyositis: a registry-based cohort analysis

H Pakhchanian, H Khan, R Raiker, S Ahmed… - Seminars in arthritis and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background: Patients with rheumatic diseases (RDs) like DM are known to be vulnerable
towards various types of infections due to aggressive disease activity mandating high dose …

[HTML][HTML] Open science communication: The first year of the UK's Independent Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies

M McKee, D Altmann, A Costello, K Friston, Z Haque… - Health policy, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on the complex relationship between science
and policy. Policymakers have had to make decisions at speed in conditions of uncertainty …