Interactions between climate and COVID-19

JD Ford, C Zavaleta-Cortijo, T Ainembabazi… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Summary In this Personal View, we explain the ways that climatic risks affect the
transmission, perception, response, and lived experience of COVID-19. First, temperature …

Life-threatening viral disease in a novel form of autosomal recessive IFNAR2 deficiency in the Arctic

CJA Duncan, MK Skouboe, S Howarth… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - rupress.org
Type I interferons (IFN-I) play a critical role in human antiviral immunity, as demonstrated by
the exceptionally rare deleterious variants of IFNAR1 or IFNAR2. We investigated five …

Public health restrictions, directives, and measures in Arctic countries in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic

M Peterson, GH Akearok, K Cueva… - … of Circumpolar Health, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Beginning January of 2020, COVID-19 cases detected in Arctic countries
triggered government policy responses to stop transmission and limit caseloads beneath …

Risk perception, adaptation, and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic in Southeast Alaska Natives

TP van Doren, D Zajdman, RA Brown, P Gandhi… - Social Science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Indigenous communities worldwide are at higher risk of negative pandemic outcomes, and
communities Indigenous to the Arctic are disproportionately affected compared to national …

The COVID-19 pandemic in Greenland, epidemic features and impact of early strict measures, March 2020 to June 2022

P Noahsen, LL Faber, S Isidor, J Fonager… - …, 2023 - eurosurveillance.org
Background The COVID-19 pandemic was of major concern in Greenland. There was a high
possibility of rapid transmission in settlements, and an increased risk of morbidity and …

The second year of pandemic in the Arctic: examining spatiotemporal dynamics of the COVID-19 “Delta wave” in Arctic regions in 2021

S Tiwari, AN Petrov, M Devlin, M Welford… - … of Circumpolar Health, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The second year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Arctic was dominated by the Delta wave
that primarily lasted between July and December 2021 with varied epidemiological …

Age-specific mortality and the role of living remotely: The 1918-20 influenza pandemic in Kautokeino and Karasjok, Norway

IH Nygaard, S Dahal, G Chowell… - … of Circumpolar Health, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The 1918–20 pandemic influenza killed 50–100 million people worldwide, but
mortality varied by ethnicity and geography. In Norway, areas dominated by Sámi …

Beyond COVID: towards a transdisciplinary synthesis for understanding responses and developing pandemic preparedness in Alaska

TP van Doren, RA Brown, G Chi… - … of Circumpolar Health, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Pandemics are regularly occurring events, and there are foundational principles of
pandemic preparation upon which communities, regions, states, and nations may draw upon …

Comparing COVID-19 pandemic health responses in two high-income island nations: Iceland and New Zealand

L Grout, M Gottfreðsson, A Kvalsvig… - … Journal of Public …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Aims: We aimed to compare COVID-19 control measures, epidemiological characteristics
and economic performance measures in two high-income island nations with small …

Regional geographies and public health lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Arctic

S Tiwari, AN Petrov, N Golosov, M Devlin… - Frontiers in Public …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Objectives This study examines the COVID-19 pandemic's spatiotemporal dynamics in 52
sub-regions in eight Arctic states. This study further investigates the potential impact of early …