Influenza poses a significant health threat to children, and schools may play a critical role in
community outbreaks. Mathematical outbreak models require assumptions about contact …

BACKGROUND Despite long-standing recommendations to vaccinate children who have
underlying chronic medical conditions or who are contacts of high-risk persons, vaccination …

Pandemic and seasonal infectious diseases such as influenza may have serious negative
health and economic consequences. Certain non-pharmaceutical intervention strategies …

Background Every year during influenza season, preventable illnesses occur due to lack of
vaccination and failure to adopt the preventive behaviors known as non-pharmaceutical …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND In fall 2009, many US communities experienced school
closures during the influenza A H1N1 pandemic (pH1N1) and the state of Michigan reported …

Background Public health surveillance and epidemiologic investigations are critical public
health functions for identifying threats to the health of a community. Very little is known about …

COVID-19 has profoundly affected educational institutions across the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, as it has in the rest of the country and around the world. Since March 2020 …

Introduction Children are important transmitters of influenza in the community and a number
of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), including hand washing and use of hand …

Objective This study assessed the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies at two
timepoints to evaluate the effectiveness of COVID-19 precautions in two colleges …

Objective: In early 2009, H1N1 influenza was identified within the human population.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials responded with focused …