The infection of Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19) is challenging health problems worldwide. COVID-19 pandemic is spreading all over the world with the number of infected cases increased to 54.4 million […]
Pediatric Family-Centered Rounds and Humanism: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Meta-analysis.
Pediatric family-centered rounds (FCRs) have been shown to have benefits in staff satisfaction, teaching, and rounding efficiency, but no systematic review has been conducted to explicitly examine the humanistic impact […]
Survey of German medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: attitudes toward volunteering versus compulsory service and associated factors.
Due to the spread of COVID-19, a key challenge was to reduce potential staff shortages in the healthcare sector. Besides recruiting retired healthcare workers, medical students were considered to support […]
Usability, inclusivity, and content evaluation of COVID-19 contact tracing apps in the United States.
We evaluated the usability of mobile COVID-19 contact tracing apps, especially for individuals with barriers to communication and limited digital literacy skills.We searched the Apple App Store, Google Play, peer-reviewed […]
Tracking government spending on immunization: The joint reporting forms, national health accounts, comprehensive multi-year plans and co-financing data.
Coverage rates for immunization have dropped in lower income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, raising concerns regarding potential outbreaks and premature death. In order to re-invigorate immunization service delivery, sufficient […]
Social inequalities in mobility during and following the COVID-19 associated lockdown of the Madrid metropolitan area in Spain.
Spain has been one of the most affected regions by the COVID-19 worldwide, and Madrid its most affected city. In response to this, the Spanish government enacted a strict lockdown […]
Acquired decrease of the C3b/C4b receptor (CR1, CD35) and increased C4d deposits on erythrocytes from ICU COVID-19 patients.
In order to study the mechanisms of COVID-19 damage following the complement activation phase occurring during the innate immune response to SARS-CoV-2, CR1 (the regulating complement activation factor, CD35, the […]
Usefulness of rapid antigen testing for SARS-CoV-2 screening of healthcare workers: a pilot study.
Identification of infected healthcare workers (HCWs) is an important step in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission control. Rapid antigen tests (RATs) are considered an important addition to molecular […]
Profiling B cell immunodominance after SARS-CoV-2 infection reveals antibody evolution to non-neutralizing viral targets.
Dissecting the evolution of memory B cells (MBCs) against SARS-CoV-2 is critical for understanding antibody recall upon secondary exposure. Here, we used single-cell sequencing to profile SARS-CoV-2-reactive B cells in […]
Differential impact of non-pharmaceutical public health interventions on COVID-19 epidemics in the United States.
The widespread pandemic of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) poses an unprecedented global health crisis. In the United States (US), different state governments have adopted various combinations of non-pharmaceutical public […]