2023年11月的《The Lancet. Public health》刊载了一项研究,旨在比较英国不同COVID-19监测系统的病例数、患病率和发生率、及时性及全面性。 该项对英国COVID-19监测系统进行的回顾性观察性研究,从公开可获取的来源中提取了12种监测系统的数据(2020年1月1日至2021年11月30日)。主要结局指标为COVID-19发生率或...
Public Health England COVID-19-head to head laboratory evaluation of 4 commercial serological assaysIn partnership with academic collaborators at the University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals,PHE Porton Down carried out a head-to-head evaluation of 4 commercially available assays against the...
COVID-19 has provided food for thought in many areas of public health that need to improve for us to respond to a similar health crisis in the future efficiently. COVID-19 has affected some countries more than others, and this has primarily been a matter of strategy. Some countries adopted...
Too little, too late, too flawed The UK government and its advisers were confident that they were "well prepared" when covid-19 swept East Asia. The four-pronged plan of 3 March to contain, delay, research, and mitigate was supported by all UK countries and backed, they claimed, by ...
. From reproductive health, transgender care, and firearm safety to COVID-19 vaccines, public health is in the crosshairs of the culture wars. This will be a momentous year, with federal and state elections just months away and the US Supreme Court poised to reconsider fundamental health ...
Public Health (PH) is defined as ‘‘the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals.” ...
While the world was facing a rapidly progressing COVID-19 second wave, a policy paradox emerged. On the one side, much more was known by Autumn 2020 about the mechanisms underpinning the spread and lethality of Sars-CoV-2. On the other side, how such kno
With that being said it should come as no surprise to anyone as to why Public Health Scotland no longer wish to publish the Covid-19 data by vaccination status, because it clearly shows in all areas that the Covid-19 injections are proving to have a...
announce they are examining whether vitamin D supplements could reduce the risk of covid-19, Ingrid Torjesen finds out what the existing evidence shows Public health agencies in England and Scotland are conducting urgent reviews into the potential for vitamin D to reduce the risk of covid-19. ...
Just as officials should be preparing for a rise in COVID-19 cases this autumn the organisational structure is being turned on its head. And one can't help wonder whether there is a political motive behind the upheaval. Yes, there seems to have been group-think at Public Health ...