[HTML][HTML] Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care in Ireland–Perspectives from a COVID-19 and Cancer Working Group

S O'Reilly, HK Carroll, D Murray, L Burke… - Journal of Cancer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Upon the COVID-19 pandemic onset in Ireland, cancer service disruptions occurred due to
prioritisation of COVID-19 related care, redeployment of staff, initial pausing of screening …

[HTML][HTML] An age-cohort simulation model for generating COVID-19 scenarios: A study from Ireland's pandemic response

J Duggan, J Andrade, TB Murphy, JP Gleeson… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic presented an immediate need for the Irish Government to
establish modelling capacity in order to inform public health decision making. A broad …

Predictive models for health outcomes due to SARS-CoV-2, including the effect of vaccination: a systematic review

O Espinosa, L Mora, C Sanabria, A Ramos… - Systematic …, 2024 - Springer
Background The interaction between modelers and policymakers is becoming more
common due to the increase in computing speed seen in recent decades. The recent …

Healthcare worker characteristics associated with SARS-CoV-2 vaccine uptake in Ireland; a multicentre cross-sectional study

L Townsend, G Kelly, C Kenny, J McGrath, S Donohue… - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
The prevention of SARS-CoV-2 acquisition and transmission among healthcare workers is
an ongoing challenge. Vaccination has been introduced to mitigate these risks. Vaccine …

SARS-CoV-2 transmission and impacts of unvaccinated-only screening in populations of mixed vaccination status

KM Bubar, CE Middleton, KK Bjorkman… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Screening programs that test only the unvaccinated population have been proposed and
implemented to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 spread, implicitly assuming that the unvaccinated …

[HTML][HTML] Parallel trends in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and retail/recreation and public transport mobility during non-lockdown periods

B Cazelles, C Comiskey, B Nguyen-Van-Yen… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent literature strongly supports the hypothesis that mobility restriction and social
distancing play a crucial role in limiting the transmission of severe acute respiratory …

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and cancer trials Ireland: impact, resolution and legacy

S O'Reilly, V Murphy, E Mulroe, L Tucker, F Carragher… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic led to a significant disruption to healthcare.
Cancer Trials Ireland is the national cooperative cancer trials organisation in Ireland. We …

Temporal trends of ambulance time intervals for suspected stroke/transient ischaemic attack (TIA) before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland: a quasi …

E Burton, R Quinn, K Crosbie-Staunton, C Deasy… - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Time is a fundamental component of acute stroke and transient ischaemic attack
(TIA) care, thus minimising prehospital delays is a crucial part of the stroke chain of survival …

Understanding the role of mask-wearing during COVID-19 on the island of Ireland

N Fitz-Simon, J Ferguson… - Royal Society …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Non-pharmaceutical interventions have played a key role in managing the COVID-19
pandemic, but it is challenging to estimate their impacts on disease spread and outcomes …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of insularity on SARS-CoV-2 diffusion: Recapitulating three years of COVID-19 pandemic in the island of Sardinia

N Grandi, R Cusano, G Piras, M Fiamma… - Journal of Infection and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Italy has been the first European Country dealing with SARS-CoV-2, whose
diffusion on the territory has not been homogeneous. Among Italian regions, Sardinia …