Emerging evidence supports a link between environmental factors—including air pollution
and chemical exposures, climate, and the built environment—and severe acute respiratory …

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 …

Background and aim The associations between COVID-19 transmission and meteorological
factors are scientifically debated. Several studies have been conducted worldwide, with …

Background Since the US reported its first COVID-19 case on January 21, 2020, the science
community has been applying various techniques to forecast incident cases and deaths. To …

Human-induced climate change is leading to an increase in the intensity and frequency of
extreme weather events, which are severely affecting the health of the population. The …

Background Climatic variables constitute important extrinsic determinants of transmission
and seasonality of influenza. Yet quantitative evidence of independent associations of viral …

Knowing the transmission factors and the natural environment that favor the spread of a viral
infection is crucial to stop outbreaks and develop effective preventive strategies. This work …

While much effort has gone into building predictive models of the COVID-19 pandemic,
some have argued that early exponential growth combined with the stochastic nature of …

Objectives To investigate the hypothesis of a seasonal periodicity, driven by climate, in the
contagion resurgence of COVID-19 in the period February 2020–December 2021. Design …

Background Despite the available evidence on its severity, COVID-19 has often been
compared with seasonal flu by some conspirators and even scientists. Various public …