Enhanced testing can substantially improve defense against several types of respiratory virus pandemic by James Petrie, James A. Hay, Oraya Srimokla, Jasmina Panovska-Griffiths, Charles Whittaker, Joanna Masel

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Need for cognitive closure, political trust, and belief in conspiracy theories during the COVID-19 pandemic by Alexander Jedinger, Lena Masch

“…At the same time, pre-pandemic trust and concurrent trust in political and medical institutions are strongly negatively related to conspiracy beliefs. …”
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Role of the WTO in Regulating World Trade in Medicinal Products and Equipment during the COVID-19 Pandemic by V. I. Teremetskyi, Y. V. Duliba

“…Peculiarities of international trade in medicinal products and equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic are considered. The purpose of the article is theoretical and methodological substantiation of the role of the WTO agreements within international trade in medicinal products and equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic, development of important priorities of international trade policy in this area. …”
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Online Education after the Pandemic: Student Problems and Opportunities Research Using Big Data Tools by A. V. Bogdanova, Yu. K. Aleksandrova, V. L. Goiko, V. V. Orlova

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Gender Differences in the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Employment, Unpaid Work and Well-Being in the EU by Sanna Nivakoski, Massimiliano Mascherini

“…Abstract Unpaid work carried out inside the home has increased in the pandemic, and evidence points to women’s share in care responsibilities and domestic tasks remaining higher than those of men in the pandemic, continuing the gender divides of past decades.…”
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COVID-19 pandemic and its psychological impact among healthy Portuguese and Spanish nursing students by Carlos Laranjeira, Ana Querido, Goreti Marques, Mafalda Silva, Daniela Simões, Luísa Gonçalves, Rita Figueiredo

“…Further research should explore the long-term psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic among nursing students.…”
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Nonurgent Visits to the Pediatric Emergency Department before and during the First Peak of the COVID-19 Pandemic by Laura Guckert, Heiko Reutter, Nadia Saleh, Rainer Ganschow, Andreas Müller, Fabian Ebach

“…Additionally, we compared these findings to unscheduled visits during the first peak of the worldwide pandemic of the Coronavirus disease 2019, to see if there would be an effect on nonurgent pediatric Emergency Department attendances. …”
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Psychosocial risks and mental health of health and social care workers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic by Nadia Vilahur Chiaraviglio

“…There appears to be a concerning trend of increasing exposure to work-related psychosocial risk factors within this sector, with amplified job-demands and limited job resources peaking during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of us may experience another pandemic, arising under the current scenarios of climate alterations leading to disease vectors spreading in new areas, the return of old ones, and aggravated human transmission pathways. …”
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Estimating the reproduction number from the initial phase of the Spanish flu pandemic waves in Geneva, Switzerland by Gerardo Chowell, Catherine E. Ammon, Nicolas W. Hengartner, James M. Hyman

Subjects: “…spanish flu; 1918 influenza pandemic; reproduction number;boot- strapping; nonlinear curve fitting; uncertaintyquantification; geneva; switzerland.…”
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Safety of health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: piloting WHO framework in Iran by Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi, Mondher Letaief, Hossein Mashhadi Abdolahi, Ramin Rezapour, Ahmed Alboksmaty, Mostafa Farahbakhsh

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Knowledge about COVID-19 and Practices among Hemodialysis Technicians in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era by Amit S. Pasari, Amol Bhawane, Manish R. Balwani, Priyanka Tolani, Vishal Ramteke, Nishant Deshpande

“…Thus, it is important to assess the knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 among hemodialysis technicians in this pandemic situation. Materials and Methods. An online survey composed of 22 closed-ended questions using Google Forms was conducted in the month of April (13th to 19th) 2020. …”
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COVID-19 pandemic shifted epidemiology for cancer screening sites: breast, cervix, colon, and rectum by Yevgeniy Ishkinin, Dilyara Kaidarova, Dilyara Kaidarova, Serzhan Nazarbek, Serzhan Nazarbek, Alma Zhylkaidarova, Saniya Ossikbayeva, Kamilla Mussina, Nazgul Omarbayeva

“…During the COVID-19 restriction period, rectal cancer detection rates increased by 18.6% for EOC and decreased by 12.0% for LOC.ConclusionThe epidemiological indicators of population cancer screening worsened during the COVID pandemic; the detection rate decreased by 6.1% for breast EOC and 11.3% for cervical EOC, while there was an increase by 38.0% in EOC for colon cancer in men and by 8.0% in EOC for rectal cancer in men and 31.1% in women.…”
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COVID-19 and Decision-Making for Pregnant Women: Taking or Relinquishing Control in Response to a Pandemic by Elizabeth Kaselitz, Chelsea Finkbeiner, Sarah Javaid, Sarah Barringer, Sarah D. Compton, Maria Muzik, Cheryl A. Moyer

“…Health systems and providers should heed this warning and work to provide pregnant women and their families with more information, support, and collaborative planning to ensure a positive, healthy birth experience, even during a pandemic.…”
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SHIFTING FOCUS: THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE FACTORS IN INVESTMENT POLICY DURING A PANDEMIC by Serghei PETIGHIN

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Understanding Patient Needs for Quality Health Services at Primary Healthcare After the Covid-19 Pandemic by Sudirman Sudirman, Saiful Ambodale, Niluh Desy Purnama Sari, Subardin. AB, Ni Kadek Armini

“…Introduction: The demands of patient needs for the quality of health services at the Bulili primary Healthcare have continued to increase since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic where the number of patient visits has decreased significantly. …”
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The effectiveness of coercive measures in motivating vaccination: Evidence from China during the COVID-19 pandemic by Yue Guan

“…Governments worldwide have implemented mandates, restrictions, and other coercive measures to secure adequate vaccine coverage, with the COVID-19 pandemic providing numerous examples. While the ethics and public reception of such measures are matters of heated discussion, their effectiveness in motivating individuals to get vaccinated remains incompletely understood. …”
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Condition of banks listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange during the first 3 months of the pandemic in Poland by Zbigniew Korzeb, Paweł Niedziółka

“…With the exception of Idea Bank SA all banks during the pandemic experienced an improvement in liquidity ratios. …”
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Predictors of poor psychological functioning of healthcare workers based in Greece during the COVID-19 pandemic by Basant K. Puri, Anastasia Miari, Maria Theodoratou

“…# Background Poor psychological functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic has been reported in several studies of healthcare workers from around the world. …”
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Influence of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Taiwan by Yuan-Heng Su, Kuan-Han Wu, Chih-Min Su, Chi-Yung Cheng, Cheng-I Cheng, Chia-Te Kung, Fu-Cheng Chen

“…A decrease in the percentage of patients meeting the criteria of door-to-balloon time <90 minutes was demonstrated, and differences were revealed in the clinical pictures of patients with STEMI after the pandemic. While systemic factors contributed the most, improvements and adjustments in the protocols for managing patients with STEMI for better outcomes in the COVID-19 era have yet to be studied.…”
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Spectral study of COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: The dependence of spectral gradient on the population size of the community. by Ayako Sumi, Masayuki Koyama, Manato Katagiri, Norio Ohtomo

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