Background COVID-19 has exacerbated existing ethnic inequalities in health. Little is known
about whether inequalities in severe disease and deaths, observed globally among …

COVID-19 has exacerbated endemic health inequalities resulting in a syndemic pandemic
of higher mortality and morbidity rates among the most socially disadvantaged. We did a …

While many people infected with acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
recover completely, others are left with long-lasting symptoms that persist for at least 4 …

Objectives To characterize the long term risk of death and hospital readmission after an
index admission with covid-19 among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries, and to …

Black communities have been disproportionately impacted by Coronavirus Disease 2019
(COVID-19) in Canada, in terms of both number of infections and mortality rates. Yet …

Importance Socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals (ie, those with low socioeconomic
status [SES]) have difficulty quitting smoking and may benefit from incentive-based cessation …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic continues to demonstrate the risks and profound
health impacts that result from infectious disease emergencies. Emergency preparedness …

Excess deaths provide total impact estimates of major crises, such as the COVID-19
pandemic. We evaluated excess death trajectories across countries with accurate death …

Objectives: International evidence of socioeconomic inequalities in COVID-19 outcomes is
extensive and growing, but less is known about the temporal dynamics of these inequalities …

Objective Migrants and ethnic minority groups have been disproportionately impacted by
COVID-19 and have lower levels of vaccine uptake in some contexts. We aimed to …