Background In the 6 months following our estimates from March 1, 2020, to April 30, 2021,
the proliferation of new coronavirus variants, updated mortality data, and disparities in …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic priorities have focused on prevention, detection, and
response. Beyond morbidity and mortality, pandemics carry secondary impacts, such as …

Methods| Using previous methodology for combining agespecific death and fertility rates, 4
we use Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting (GATHER) …

BACKGROUND Most coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) deaths occur among adults, not
children, and attention has focused on mitigating COVID-19 burden among adults. However …

Objectives Using the National Child Mortality Database (NCMD), this work aims to
investigate and quantify the characteristics of children dying of COVID-19, and to identify any …

While the world was gripped by the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, children
continued to face the same crisis they have for decades: intolerably high mortality rates and …

Since early reports from China stated that severe COVID-19 disease was rare in children, 1
we have analysed child COVID-19 mortality in seven countries. To put the deaths into a …

Governments are grappling with the challenge of returning societies to quasi-normal
following 'lockdowns' to control the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic …

Background While the COVID-19 pandemic will increase mortality due to the virus, it is also
likely to increase mortality indirectly. In this study, we estimate the additional maternal and …

Background Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) deaths are rare in children and young
people (CYP). The high rates of asymptomatic and mild infections complicate assessment of …