COVID-19: Malaysia's fight against this deadly virus by Ke-Yan Loo, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“…When this Review article was in press, over 170 million confirmed cases with 3.5 million deaths were reported worldwide. Malaysia is dealing with spikes in the number and severity of new cases. …”
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A DEA approach for measuring healthcare efficiency in medical, clinical and obstetric specialties by Fabrício da Silva Santos, Susane de Farias Gomes

“… Alagoas occupies the worst public health positions in Brazil, and first in the indicators of infant mortality, presenting an extremely high mortality rate (48.2 deaths per thousand live births to a Brazilian average of 26.3 deaths per thousand live births). …”
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Fighting against COVID-19 requires wearing a face mask by not some but all by Hakan Yilmazkuday

“…The formal analysis is achieved by using a difference-in-difference design, where U.S. county-level data on changes in COVID-19 cases or deaths are regressed on lagged changes in social interaction of people measured by Google mobility. …”
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Common Pitfalls in the Interpretation of COVID-19 Data and Statistics by Andreas Backhaus

“…Daily data releases on confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths provide information on the course of the pandemic.…”
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Global esophageal cancer epidemiology in 2022 and predictions for 2050: A comprehensive analysis and projections based on GLOBOCAN data by Ling Qi, Mengfei Sun, Weixin Liu, Xuefeng Zhang, Yongjun Yu, Ziqiang Tian, Zhiyu Ni, Rongshou Zheng, Yong Li, Xiangxiang Pan

“…We extracted data on primary esophageal cancer cases and deaths from the GLOBOCAN 2022 database, which includes data from 185 countries. …”
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Renewed Global Partnerships and Redesigned Roadmaps for Rabies Prevention and Control by Tiziana Lembo, Michaël Attlan, Hervé Bourhy, Sarah Cleaveland, Peter Costa, Katinka de Balogh, Betty Dodet, Anthony R. Fooks, Elly Hiby, Fernando Leanes, François-Xavier Meslin, Mary Elizabeth Miranda, Thomas Müller, Louis H. Nel, Charles E. Rupprecht, Noël Tordo, Abbigail Tumpey, Alexander Wandeler, Deborah J. Briggs

“…Canine rabies, responsible for most human rabies deaths, is a serious global public health concern. …”
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Study on predictive models for COVID-19 in Cuba by Juan Felipe Medina Mendieta, Manuel Eduardo Cortés Cortés, Manuel Cortés Iglesias, Annia del Carmen Pérez Fernández, Marianelis Manzano Cabrera

“…<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> on the pandemic caused by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, it is important to estimate the growth of infested cases and deaths of the Cuban population.<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to obtain predictions for the peak of confirmed and deceased cases in Cuba by COVID-19, using statistical and computer tools.…”
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A pathological, bacteriological and serological approach to leg problems in broilers by Deniz Mısırlıoğlu, K, Tayfun Çarlı, Aiper Sevimli, Metin Petek

“…The rates ol leg problem- related deaths in the total deaths of the flocks were 15.48%, 14.77%, 16,75%, 12.15%, respectively. …”
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Association between frailty index and mortality in depressed patients: results from NHANES 2005–2018 by Xiaoqiang Liu, Yubin Wang, Yingxuan Huang, Chanchan Lin, Boming Xu, Yilin Zeng, Peizhong Chen, Xiaobo Liu, Yisen Huang

“…During a median follow-up of 7.1 years, 342 all-cause deaths (including 85 cardiovascular deaths and 70 cancer deaths) were recorded. …”
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Aortic stenosis post-COVID-19: a mathematical model on waiting lists and mortality by Chris P Gale, Jonathan Weir-McCall, James H F Rudd, Mamas Mamas, Ramesh Nadarajah, Ben Gibbison, Louise Sun, Christian Philip Stickels, Houyuan Jiang, Kieran J Sharkey, Nick Holliman, Sara Lombardo, Lars Schewe, Matteo Sommacal, Katherine Cheema, Feryal Erhun

“…A combination of converting 40% cases and increasing capacity by 20% would clear the backlog within a year (343 (281–410) days) with 784 (292–1324) deaths while awaiting treatment.Conclusion A strategy change to the management of severe AS is required to reduce the NHS backlog and waiting list deaths during the post-COVID-19 ‘recovery’ period. …”
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Burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance among hospitalised patients in Spain: findings from three nationwide prospective studiesResearch in context by Germán Peñalva, Rafael Cantón, María Teresa Pérez-Rodríguez, Juan José González-López, Jesús Rodríguez-Baño, Ester del Barrio-Tofiño, Cristina Kirkegaard-Biosca, Isabel Sánchez-Romero, Andrea Gutiérrez-Villanueva, Teresa Marrodán-Ciordia, José Manuel Guerra-Laso, Cristóbal del Rosario-Quintana, Laura Suárez-Hormiga, Jordi Cámara, Mireia Puig-Asensio, Eva Heredero, María Antonia Sepúlveda, Juan Carlos Rodríguez-Díaz, Esperanza Merino, Emilia Cercenado, Sofia de la Villa, María Siller, Francisco Arnaiz, Cristina Seral, José Antonio Lepe, José Miguel Cisneros, José Ramón Paño-Pardo

“…A total of 161, 198 and 352 patients died with an MDRO infection, representing a weighted incidence density of 0.46 (0.16–0.76), 0.43 (0.17–0.69), and 0.62 (0.52–0.72) deaths/1000 stays, respectively. Based on these data, a nationwide occurrence of 155,294 MDRO infections (95% CI 127,928–182,569) with 20,065 deaths (6938–32,958) was estimated for 2018, 210,451 MDRO infections (165,963–254,975) with 17,982 deaths (7071–28,700) for 2019, and 173,653 MDRO infections (139,814–207258) with 24,582 deaths (20,461–28,796) for 2023. …”
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Poor quality care in healthcare settings: an overlooked epidemic by Augustine Kumah

“…Globally, the WHO estimated that 134 million adverse events occurred each year, with ~2.6 million deaths attributed to these events. Adverse events in healthcare settings remain a significant public health challenge, contributing to millions of preventable deaths annually. …”
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Neonatal surgery. Pediatric Hospital. Cienfuegos 2000-2003. by Jayce Díaz Díaz, Anabel Ledesma, Yanet Rojas Rodríguez

“…<strong>Fundament</strong>: In surgery the major percentage of deaths is related to the newborns who have to be operated, and among them, congenital malformations are one of the first causes of deaths all over the world. …”
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What interventions are required to reduce road traffic injuries in Africa? A scoping review of the literature. by Emmanuel Bonnet, Lucie Lechat, Valéry Ridde

“…World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Bank launched a Decade of Action for Road Safety in 2011 with the goal of halving the number of injuries and deaths on the roads. No progress has been reported in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) and the number of deaths remains very high. …”
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Updates on the development of vaccines and therapeutic options against rabies by Roshan Arjun Ananda, Hooi-Leng Ser, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“… Even though rabies has been claiming more than 50,000 deaths annually worldwide, it is considered as a vaccine-preventable viral disease. …”
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Assessment of knowledge and behaviors of an opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution program during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic by Alexis E. Horace, Ojochogwu Atawodi-Alhassan

“…Abstract Background The state of Louisiana ranked 4th in the US for per capita overdose rates as 56 out of 100,000 persons died due to overdose and 1,300 of those deaths involved opioids. Opioid involved deaths increased 131% between 2019 and 2022. …”
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Association between advanced lung cancer inflammation index and all-cause and cause-specific mortality among asthma patients: a cohort study by Tu-Lei Tian, Xiang-Kun Qu, Hong-Bo Zhang, Cun-Cun Wang, Qing-Qing Yuan, Jing Xia, Li-Fang Cao, Kui Liu

“…A competing risk model further examined the independent association of ALI with CVD mortality.ResultsOver a median follow-up of 7.83 years, a total of 582 deaths from all causes, 151 cardiovascular-related deaths, and 125 cancer-related deaths were recorded. …”
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An Update on Anti-COVID-19 Vaccines and the Challenges to Protect Against New SARS-CoV-2 Variants by Fábio Mambelli, Ana Carolina V. S. C. de Araujo, Jéssica P. Farias, Kivia Q. de Andrade, Luis C. S. Ferreira, Paola Minoprio, Luciana C. C. Leite, Sergio C. Oliveira

“…The pandemic has been responsible for millions of deaths worldwide since its first identification in late 2019. …”
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Economic and clinical burden associated with respiratory syncytial virus and impact of universal immunization with nirsevimab in Italy by Andrea Marcellusi, Chiara Bini, Barbara Muzii, Samira Soudani, Alexia Kieffer, Matthieu Beuvelet, Elena Bozzola, Fabio Midulla, Eugenio Baraldi, Paolo Bonanni, Sara Boccalini, Luigi Orfeo

“…Results: For one RSV season, in the current SoC, the model estimated 216,100 RSV-MA-LRTIs, 15,121 associated complications, and 16 RSV-deaths–corresponding to an economic burden of approximately €50.5 million related to RSV-MA-LRTIs management, €10.9 million associated with potential complications due to RSV and €3 million in lost productivity due to RSV-deaths. …”
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Breast cancer ultrasound image segmentation using improved 3DUnet++ by Saba Hesaraki, Abdul Sajid Mohammed, Mehrshad Eisaei, Ramin Mousa

“…Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the main cause of cancer-related deaths in women around the world. Early detection reduces the number of deaths. …”
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