Medical aid returns to Tigray
Shipments of medical supplies have been delivered to Tigray—the first in months—but WHO says it will not be enough to restock the […]
Month: February 2022
Pandemic preparedness and COVID-19: an exploratory analysis of infection and fatality rates, and contextual factors associated with preparedness in 177 countries, from Jan 1, 2020, to Sept 30, 2021
Efforts to improve pandemic preparedness and response for the next pandemic might benefit from greater investment in risk communication and community engagement […]
Global, regional, and national prevalence estimates of physical or sexual, or both, intimate partner violence against women in 2018
These findings show that intimate partner violence against women was already highly prevalent across the globe before the COVID-19 pandemic. Governments are […]
Risk of infection, hospitalisation, and death up to 9 months after a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine: a retrospective, total population cohort study in Sweden
We found progressively waning vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 infection of any severity across all subgroups, but the rate of waning differed according […]
Offline: A lie at the heart of public health
The John Snow Society describes their illustrious namesake as “the pioneer of epidemiological method”. His identification of the source of cholera in […]
Atrial shunt device for heart failure with preserved and mildly reduced ejection fraction (REDUCE LAP-HF II): a randomised, multicentre, blinded, sham-controlled trial
Placement of an atrial shunt device did not reduce the total rate of heart failure events or improve health status in the […]