The twenty-first century has been marked by a surge in viral epidemics and pandemics,
highlighting the global health challenge posed by emerging and re-emerging pediatric viral …

The COVID-19 pandemic showed major impacts, on societies worldwide, challenging
healthcare systems, economies, and daily life of people. Geoepidemiology, an emerging …

Background Estimates of demographic metrics are crucial to assess levels and trends of
population health outcomes. The profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on …

Though all countries struggled to respond to COVID-19, the United States' poor performance
during the pandemic was unexpected. Despite having more pandemic preparedness …

This narrative review and meta-analysis summarizes a broad evidence base on the benefits—
and also the practicalities, disbenefits, harms and personal, sociocultural and environmental …

C-reactive protein (CRP) has been one of the most investigated inflammatory-biomarkers
during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemics caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Policy Points The increasing political polarization of states reached new heights during the
COVID‐19 pandemic, when response plans differed sharply across party lines. This study …

Importance Marked elevation in levels of depressive symptoms compared with historical
norms have been described during the COVID-19 pandemic, and understanding the extent …

Background Australia provides a valuable international case study of life expectancy during
the pandemic. In contrast to many other countries, it experienced relatively stringent …

Importance The people of Hawaiʻi have both high rates of health insurance and high levels
of racial and ethnic diversity, but the degree to which insurance status and race and ethnicity …