The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently authorized the two messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 for emergency use against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) […]
Association among income loss, financial strain and depressive symptoms during COVID-19: Evidence from two longitudinal studies.
COVID-19 pandemic has major ramifications for global health and economy, with growing concerns about economic recession and implications for mental health. Here we investigated the associations between pandemic-related income loss […]
Favipiravir use in children with COVID-19 and acute kidney injury: is it safe?
The rising number of infections due to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (popularly known as COVID-19) has brought to the fore new antiviral drugs as possible treatments, including favipiravir. However, […]
Impact of COVID-19 on surgical emergencies: nationwide analysis.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on healthcare in many countries. This study assessed the effect of a nationwide lockdown in France on admissions for acute surgical conditions […]
Improving cognitive functions in adolescents with learning difficulties: A feasibility study on the potential use of telerehabilitation during Covid-19 pandemic in Italy.
Learning disabilities are due to genetic and/or neurobiological factors that alter brain functioning by affecting one or more cognitive processes related to learning. This study aimed to assess the efficacy […]
Non-ABO red cell antibodies and risk of COVID-19.
It is not known whether non-ABO antibodies confers any protective effect against SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 severe illness, alone, or in conjunction with O blood group. This cohort study included […]
Predicting outcomes of COVID-19 from admission biomarkers: a prospective UK cohort study.
COVID-19 has an unpredictable clinical course, so prognostic biomarkers would be invaluable when triaging patients on admission to hospital. Many biomarkers have been suggested using large observational datasets but sample […]
SARS-CoV-2 sero-prevalence among general population and healthcare workers in India, December 2020 – January 2021.
Earlier serosurveys in India revealed SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence of 0.73% during May-June and 7.1% during August-September 2020. We conducted the third serosurvey during Dec 2020 and Jan 2021, to estimate the […]
Measles Vaccination Rates Decrease During COVID-19
Despite recommendations that children maintain their approved vaccination schedule during the COVID-19 pandemic, rates have decreased in several states.
Texas A&M University (TAMU) School of Public Health and other research institutions looked at childhood immunization rates in Texas to see how childhood immunizations changed over ten years at four age milestones: one month, five months, 16 months, and 24 months.
Dynamic deformable attention network (DDANet) for COVID-19 lesions semantic segmentation.
Deep learning based medical image segmentation is an important step within diagnosis, which relies strongly on capturing sufficient spatial context without requiring too complex models that are hard to train […]