Despite the economic, social, and humanitarian costs of border closures, more than 1000
new international border closures were introduced in response to the 2020–2021 pandemic …

Objectives To map travel policies implemented due to COVID-19 during 2020, and conduct
a mixed-methods systematic review of health effects of such policies, and related contextual …

Governments worldwide have rapidly deployed non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to
mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the effect of these individual NPI measures …

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, non-pharmaceutical interventions were
imposed to contain the spread of the virus. Based on cross-sectional waves in March, July …

The SARS-CoV-2 viruses and their triggered COVID-19 pandemic have fundamentally
reshaped the world in almost every aspect, their evolution and influences remain. While over …

A global health crisis creates great uncertainty, high stress, and anxiety within society.
During such a crisis, when information is unavailable or inconsistent, and when people feel …

While exaptation is most impressive when links between very dissimilar contexts are
established, it can be even more pervasive when the previously unestablished connection …

Quantifying the impact of lockdowns on COVID-19 mortality risks is an important priority in
the public health fight against the virus, but almost all of the existing research has only …

Humans possess a need for social contact. Satisfaction of this need benefits well-being,
whereas deprivation is detrimental. However, how much contact people desire is not …

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the lack of preparedness of many healthcare
systems against pandemic situations. In response, many population-level computational …