Despite notable scientific and medical advances, broader political, socioeconomic and
behavioural factors continue to undercut the response to the COVID-19 pandemic 1, 2. Here …

Mass vaccination initiatives are underway worldwide, and a considerable percentage of the
world's population is now vaccinated. This study examined the association of COVID-19 …

O objetivo deste trabalho foi descrever as características, a distribuição e as taxas de
mortalidade por suicídio entre crianças indígenas no Brasil, comparativamente as não …

Background Social distancing policies were of utmost importance during the early stages of
the COVID-19 pandemic. These policies aimed to mitigate the severity of local outbreaks by …

We proposed the SIkJalpha model at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (early 2020).
Since then, as the pandemic evolved, more complexities were added to capture crucial …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, forecasting COVID-19 trends to support planning and
response was a priority for scientists and decision makers alike. In the United States, COVID …

Background: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines low, medium, and
high “COVID-19 community levels” to guide interventions, but associated mortality rates …

China is relaxing COVID-19 measures from the “dynamic zero tolerance”(DZT) level. The
“flatten-the-curve”(FTC) strategy, which decreases and maintains the low rate of infection to …

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been in the spotlight because of applicability of
early detection of virus outbreak and new variants at the catchment area. However, there …

To respond to pandemics such as COVID-19, policy makers have relied on interventions that
target specific population groups or activities. Such targeting is potentially contentious, so …