Anthropology's response to the West African Ebola epidemic was one of the most rapid and
expansive anthropological interventions to a global health emergency in the discipline's …

Vulnerability assessments identify vulnerable groups and can promote effective community
engagement in responding to and mitigating destabilising events. This scoping review maps …

Purpose This article investigates the mechanism of the direct and indirect effects of
epidemics on agricultural production and projects the impact of COVID-19 on agricultural …

Background The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), causing
the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, has infected millions of people and …

Often presented as a global pandemic spreading all over the world, COVID-19, however, hit
not only countries but also regions differently. The objective of this paper is to focus on the …

Background Previous studies have largely examined social determinants of health relative
to individual surgery quality metrics. We sought to characterize possible differences in …

Over the past few decades, disease outbreaks have become increasingly frequent and
widespread. The epicenters of these outbreaks have differed, and could be linked to …

Abstract In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has created tremendous chaos in people's daily
lives around the world. However, the related social impacts vary across social groups …

The livelihood of many farmers across the globe is affected by climate variability and
change. Providing weather and seasonal climate information is expected to support farmers …

This study aims to examine the spatially varying relationships between social vulnerability
factors and COVID-19 cases and deaths in the contiguous United States. County-level …