In this paper, we explore the benefits of new forms of in-school grouping for children moving from primary to secondary school during the COVID-19 pandemic in England. Our three-phase study with over 400 students and teachers found that protective
CONCLUSION: Adherence to cervical, breast, and colorectal cancer screening in the past year did not differ by influenza vaccination status. Influenza vaccination appointments may therefore represent a missed opportunity to promote preventative cancer
CONCLUSIONS: This large-scale study from Toyonaka City suggests a 5.2 % prevalence rate for persistent COVID-19 symptoms 4 weeks post-infection, potentially indicating a lower prevalence of long COVID in Japanese populations after the rise of the
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic demonstrated the threat of airborne pathogenic respiratory viruses such as the airborne Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The ability to detect circulating viruses in a
In December 2022, the Chinese suffered widespread Omicron of SARS-CoV-2 with variable symptom severity and outcome. We wanted to develop a scoring model to predict the mortality risk of older Omicron pneumonia patients by analyzing admission data. We
EG.5.1 is a subvariant of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron XBB variant that is rapidly increasing in prevalence worldwide. However, the pathogenicity, transmissibility, and immune evasion properties of isolates