What are the insights from historical pandemics for policymaking today? We carry out a
systematic review of the literature on the impact of pandemics that occurred since the …

Introducción: Se describen las principales pandemias en la historia de la humanidad desde
ane hasta la más reciente causada por el coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Objetivo: Examinar las …

Background Since the 1918 influenza pandemic, non-randomised studies and small clinical
trials have suggested that convalescent plasma or anti-influenza hyperimmune intravenous …

In commemoration of the centennial of the 1918 influenza pandemic, the American Journal
of Epidemiology has convened a collection of 12 articles that further illuminate the …

Background: Excess mortality quantifies the overall mortality impact of a pandemic. Mortality
data have been accessible for many countries in recent decades, but few continuous data …

In pandemics, past and present, there is no textbook definition of when a pandemic is over,
and how and when exactly a respiratory virus transitions from pandemic to endemic spread …

Background The objectives were to assess the excess deaths among Nursing Home (NH)
residents during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, to determine their part in the total …

Now the attention of the whole world is focused on the developing pandemic of the
coronavirus infection COVID-19. This article discusses mortality patterns of the deadliest …

ABSTRACT The 1918–20 pandemic influenza killed 50–100 million people worldwide, but
mortality varied by ethnicity and geography. In Norway, areas dominated by Sámi …

The 1918-1920 influenza pandemic devastated Alaska's Indigenous populations. We report
on quantitative analyses of pandemic deaths due to pneumonia and influenza (P&I) using …