2023
COVID-19 vaccine equity in Africa
Turyasingura N, James W, Vermund S. COVID-19 vaccine equity in Africa. Transactions Of The Royal Society Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2023, 117: 470-472. PMID: 36622662, PMCID: PMC10235805, DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trac130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVaccine equitySevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Severe COVID-19 infectionRespiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicSyndrome coronavirus 2COVID-19 vaccination ratesCOVID-19 infectionDisease 2019 pandemicLower COVID-19 vaccination ratesCoronavirus 2Vaccination ratesVaccine developmentVaccine distributionGlobal health discourseHealth discourseHigh-income nationsHospitalizationInfection
2021
Reopening Schools After a Novel Coronavirus Surge
Li D, Lin EZ, Brault MA, Paquette J, Vermund SH, Godri Pollitt KJ. Reopening Schools After a Novel Coronavirus Surge. Advances In Experimental Medicine And Biology 2021, 1318: 785-813. PMID: 33973212, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-63761-3_44.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicDisease 2019 pandemicGlobal death tollMental health supportPandemic influenzaDisease controlHealth supportSocial isolationNew guidelinesVulnerability of childrenRisk reductionRiskDisease control strategiesSafetyChild safetySpecial considerationDeath tollOpening schoolsPandemic
2020
Social Media Survey and Web Posting Assessment of the COVID-19 Response in China: Health Worker Attitudes Toward Preparedness and Personal Protective Equipment Shortages
Huang D, Shu W, Li M, Ma J, Li Z, Gong J, Khattab NM, Vermund SH, Hu Y. Social Media Survey and Web Posting Assessment of the COVID-19 Response in China: Health Worker Attitudes Toward Preparedness and Personal Protective Equipment Shortages. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2020, 7: ofaa400. PMID: 33088845, PMCID: PMC7499695, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa400.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPersonal protective equipmentHealth workersSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreakAirborne infection isolation roomsPersonal protective equipment shortagesCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicHealth workers' awarenessInfectious disease preparednessDisease 2019 pandemicCOVID-19 preparednessCross-sectional surveyPPE availabilityPPE useEffective careIsolation roomsPPE inventoryInfectious threatsOutbreak preparednessSocial media surveyProtective equipmentOutbreak managementSARS outbreakCOVID-19 responseEquipment shortagesCOVID-19