scholarly journals Influenza Vaccination and Health Outcomes in COVID-19 Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Vaccines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 358
Author(s):  
Pasquale Domenico Pedote ◽  
Stefano Termite ◽  
Andrea Gigliobianco ◽  
Pier Luigi Lopalco ◽  
Francesco Paolo Bianchi
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Influenza Vaccine ◽  
Influenza Vaccination ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Central Public Health ◽  
Public Health Institutions ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Pandemic Wave

COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Several measures aimed at containing the spread of this virus have been recommended by international and nation public health institutions, but whether the influenza vaccine, while not protective against COVID-19, nonetheless reduces disease severity is unclear. This study evaluated the potential role of influenza vaccine in reducing the rate of hospitalization and death in COVID-19 patients. COVID-19 cases recorded in the province of Brindisi (Apulia, Southern Italy) during the first pandemic wave (February–May 2020) and occurring in patients vaccinated with the influenza vaccine during the 2019–2020 influenza season were considered. From February 2020 to May 2020, 3872 inhabitants of the province of Brindisi underwent SARS-CoV-2 PCR testing and 664 (8.7%) tested positive. A multivariate analysis showed that among COVID-19 patients neither hospitalization nor death was significantly associated with influenza vaccination (p > 0.05), whereas within this group male sex, older age, and chronic diseases were identified as risk factors for morbidity and mortality. Our study did not show an association between the influenza vaccine and complications of COVID-19. Nonetheless, influenza vaccination must be promoted as a central public health measure, because by reducing the burden on hospitals it can greatly benefit the management of COVID-19 patients.

COVID-19: implications for NHS Staff

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 193-197
Author(s):  
Alan Glasper
Keyword(s):  
World Health ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Emeritus Professor ◽  
The World ◽  
Clinical Environments ◽  
Public Health Institutions ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The University

In light of the emergence in China of COVID-19, the novel corona virus, emeritus professor Alan Glasper, from the University of Southampton discusses the role of the World Health Organization and other public health institutions in responding to potential new global pandemics and deliberates on the role of NHS staff in coping with infectious disease in clinical environments.

scholarly journals The role of race and scientific trust on support for COVID-19 social distancing measures in the United States

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. e0254127
Author(s):  
Sara Kazemian ◽  
Sam Fuller ◽  
Carlos Algara
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Institutional Trust ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
The Media ◽  
Racial Lines ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

Pundits and academics across disciplines note that the human toll brought forth by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States (U.S.) is fundamentally unequal for communities of color. Standing literature on public health posits that one of the chief predictors of racial disparity in health outcomes is a lack of institutional trust among minority communities. Furthermore, in our own county-level analysis from the U.S., we find that counties with higher percentages of Black and Hispanic residents have had vastly higher cumulative deaths from COVID-19. In light of this standing literature and our own analysis, it is critical to better understand how to mitigate or prevent these unequal outcomes for any future pandemic or public health emergency. Therefore, we assess the claim that raising institutional trust, primarily scientific trust, is key to mitigating these racial inequities. Leveraging a new, pre-pandemic measure of scientific trust, we find that trust in science, unlike trust in politicians or the media, significantly raises support for COVID-19 social distancing policies across racial lines. Our findings suggest that increasing scientific trust is essential to garnering support for public health policies that lessen the severity of the current, and potentially a future, pandemic.

scholarly journals The Role of Public Health Institutions in Global Health System Strengthening Efforts: The US CDC's Perspective

PLoS Medicine ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. e1001199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Bloland ◽  
Patricia Simone ◽  
Brent Burkholder ◽  
Laurence Slutsker ◽  
Kevin M. De Cock
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Health System ◽  
Health System Strengthening ◽  
The Us ◽  
Public Health Institutions ◽  
Health Institutions

Impact of Corona virus Outbreak on Climate and air Quality

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikita Jatai ◽  
Tanu Sharma ◽  
Karan Veer
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ◽  
Distress Syndrome ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Symptomatic Case ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

All over the world, there is a new target of public health emergency looming the world along with an appearance and distribution of the novel coronavirus disease (2019-nCoV) also known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This Virus initially generated in bats and then after transferred to a human being over unknown animal playing the role of mediator in Wuhan, China in December 2019. This virus is passed by breathing or in contact with an infected person’s droplets. The Incubation period is between 2 to 14 days for COVID-19, that is the time between exposure of the virus (person becoming infected) and symptom on that person, is on an average of 5-6 days, however it can goes up to 14 days. Throughout this period, which can be also known as “pre-symptomatic” period, some of the infected patients or persons can be contagious. That is why, transferal from a pre-symptomatic case can happen before the symptoms onset. Where there is few number of case studies and reports, pre-symptomatic transferal has been documented via contact with someone who is diagnosed with virus and increase investigation of that particular clusters of total confirmed cases. The main problem is that the symptoms are just like the regular flu that are cough, fever, sore throat, fatigue and breathlessness. This virus is moderate or mild in most of the people, but in elder ones, it may proceed to pneumonia, multi-organ dysfunction and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Coronavirus has significant consequences on the Health system, mainly on cardiovascular diseases and on the environment.

The work of the medical prevention service of the Ulyanovsk Region during the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19)

2021 ◽  
pp. 22-28
Author(s):  
Irina Ivanovna Tikhova
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Prevention ◽  
Ulyanovsk Region ◽  
Prevention Service ◽  
Public Health Institutions ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Restrictive Measures

The purpose of the study was to monitor the activities of departments and offices of medical prevention of public health institutions during the period of restrictive measures related to the spread of the new coronavirus infection COVD19. Results: in health care institutions providing primary health care, the work of primary care was strengthened by specialists from departments, medical prevention offices: this is work with the district service, monitoring COVID-19 patients and contact, taking tests, forming mobile teams, visiting patients as part of the data brigades. Work was carried out at the entrance sanitary checkpoints, the population was informed through the Internet, print media (newspapers) on the prevention and non-proliferation of a new coronavirus infection. Conclusion: the monitoring made it possible to assess the actual activities of specialists in departments and offices of medical prevention of public health institutions during the period of restrictive measures. The temporary change in the functionality of the medical prevention service of the Ulyanovsk region made a significant contribution to the common cause of combating the COVID-19 pandemic.

HIV and Day Care

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 690-690
Author(s):  
ARDYTHE L. MORROW ◽  
LARRY K. PICKERING
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Day Care Centers ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Public Health Institutions ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
Parent Rights

In Reply.— We appreciate Dr Fenster's letter, especially since it underscores issues raised by the possibility of having human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)-infected children in day care centers. There are three issues raised by the letter: (1) the question of parent rights; (2) the role of physicians and public health institutions to assess health risks posed by individuals for the population as a whole; and (3) the content of the educational message that should be provided

scholarly journals Why Trusting Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Information Is Difficult: A Study of The Awareness, Knowledge and Perceptions of Nigerians Hesitant Towards COVID-19 Management by NCDC in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 6001-6008
Author(s):  
Mohammed Abdullateef ◽  
◽  
Beatrice Okonkwo ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Control ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Government Agency ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Control Information ◽  
The World ◽  
Public Health Institutions ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
The Government ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

As the world battles the novel Coronavirus pandemic ravaging lives and destroying economies, many nations have entrusted the detection, handling and management of confirmed coronavirus cases to their leading public health institutions. For Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), charged with the said responsibility, faces a worrisome myriad of backlash from citizens' who regard their daily update of confirmed cases as misleading. In this survey, the researchers purposively study this category of sceptic individuals to understand their level of awareness of the virus and their perceptions about the government agency, to determine the factors responsible for the lack of confidence in the reportage, and how their confidence level may be boosted. The study adopted a mixed-method to recruit some 425 respondents that fit the profile of 'those who lack confidence in the NCDC daily reports'. Findings revealed that even the aware, educated, and high-income Nigerians equally constitute those with misperceptions and scepticism about the NCDC. Key reasons for the distrust include inconsistent reporting, secrecy about patients' database, and perceived corruption tendencies. Recommendations based on the findings call for increased openness and access to compelling information about activities to curtail the infection, especially transparency in treatment and budget spending.

scholarly journals The Management of Social Media in Major Public Health Emergencies

2021 ◽  
Vol 257 ◽  
pp. 02044
Author(s):  
Xin Li
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Basic Theory ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Public Health Emergencies ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

In this study, the concept, basic theory and application of the management of social media in major public health emergencies were expounded with the management of social media in the novel coronavirus pneumonia as the breakthrough point. With the related reports or information of the novel coronavirus pneumonia as the analysis sample, the role of social media in the pandemic was discussed from multiple aspects and perspectives by using the method of content analysis. On this basis, the management strategies of social media in major public health emergencies were further proposed.

SARS-COV2 virus and Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽  
pp. 977-982
Author(s):  
Mohamed J. Saadh ◽  
Bashar Haj Rashid M ◽  
Roa’a Matar ◽  
Sajeda Riyad Aldibs ◽  
Hala Sbaih ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Close Contact ◽  
Antiviral Agents ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Fatal Disease ◽  
Mild Disease ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

SARS-COV2 virus causes Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and represents the causative agent of a potentially fatal disease that is of great global public health concern. The novel coronavirus (2019) was discovered in 2019 in Wuhan, the market of the wet animal, China with viral pneumonia cases and is life-threatening. Today, WHO announces COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. COVID-19 is likely to be zoonotic. It is transmitted from bats as intermediary animals to human. Also, the virus is transmitted from human to human who is in close contact with others. The computerized tomographic chest scan is usually abnormal even in those with no symptoms or mild disease. Treatment is nearly supportive; the role of antiviral agents is yet to be established. The SARS-COV2 virus spreads faster than its two ancestors, the SARS-CoV and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), but has lower fatality. In this article, we aimed to summarize the transmission, symptoms, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and vaccine to control the spread of this fatal disease.

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