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Tributes paid to government data scientist killed in cycle crash in Italy
Susannah Boddie, 27, who advised on Covid response, thrown from bike on downhill trail near Lake GardaTributes have been paid to a government scientist who helped steer Britain through the Covid pandemic after she died in a cycling crash in Italy aged 27.Susannah Boddie was thrown from her bike as she descended a steep downhill trail on a woodland path on the Brescia side of Lake Garda on Saturday morning, the Daily Mail reported.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 12, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Nadeem Badshah and agency Tags: UK news Coronavirus Italy Science Source Type: news

IJERPH, Vol. 20, Pages 6361: Contact with Nature in Social Deprivation during COVID-19: The Positive Impact on Anxiety
lliti The 2019 outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) had a devastating impact on millions of people worldwide. Following the constantly changing course of the pandemic, the Italian government massively restricted public and private life to prevent the further spread of the virus. Unfortunately, lockdown policies negatively impacted many people’s mental and physical health. Numerous studies recognized an essential role of urban green areas in promoting human well-being. The present study aims to evaluate the effect of personal dispositions towards nature, measured using the connectedness to ...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - July 14, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Ferdinando Fornara Elena Rinallo Massimiliano Scopelliti Tags: Article Source Type: research

How Will the Italian Regional Elections Affect Healthcare? How Will the Italian Regional Elections Affect Healthcare?
Lombardy, which was the European epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, re-elected its right-wing local government.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention News Source Type: news

Japan moves to bolster vaccine R & D after COVID-19 exposed startling weakness
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the feeble state of Japan’s vaccine research and development capabilities. Only now, for example, are Japanese regulators considering approval of the country’s first homegrown COVID-19 vaccines, months after many less advanced nations developed their own shots. Determined to catch up, Japan is ramping up a 1.1 trillion yen ($8.5 billion) initiative that aims to give Japan the capability to develop a vaccine for a new virus in 100 days, a goal being adopted by many countries. That “very ambitious” push “is definitely a welcome development,” especially given that it will give ne...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - February 9, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

The E.U. And China Are Barreling Toward a Political Standoff Over COVID-19
BRUSSELS — The European Union and China on Tuesday moved closer to a political standoff over the COVID-19 crisis, with Beijing vehemently rejecting travel restrictions some E.U. nations have started to impose that could be expanded in coming days. An E.U. offer of help, including vaccine donations, was also as good as slapped down, with Beijing insisting the situation was “under control” and medical provisions “in adequate supply,” government spokesperson Mao Ning said. And as the 27-nation bloc moved closer to imposing some sort of restrictions on travelers from China, Beijing threatened coun...
Source: TIME: Health - January 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Raf Casert/AP Tags: Uncategorized China COVID-19 wire Source Type: news

IJERPH, Vol. 20, Pages 472: The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Hospitalization and Interventional Procedures for Cardiovascular Diseases during the First Wave in Italy
o D’Andrea Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been responsible for an epidemic of devastating proportion, and it has represented a challenge for worldwide healthcare systems with the need of resources reallocation in order to face epidemic spread. Italy was one of the hardest hit countries by COVID-19, and the Italian government adopted strict rules to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as national lockdown and home quarantine; moreover, the Italian healthcare system had to rapidly re-organize the diagnostic and therapeutic pathways, with a reallocation of health resources and hospital beds, in or...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - December 28, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Vincenzo Russo Luigi Cante Egidio Imbalzano Pierpaolo Di Micco Roberta Bottino Andreina Carbone Antonello D ’Andrea Tags: Review Source Type: research

Deep in a Covid Wave, Europe Counts Cases and Carries On
Even in countries that once took strict measures, the authorities are relying on vaccination and past infections to take the sting out of Omicron subvariants.
Source: NYT Health - July 21, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jason Horowitz Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Coronavirus Omicron Variant Masks Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns Politics and Government Vaccination and Immunization Disease Rates Czech Republic Europe France Germany Great Britain Italy Spain Source Type: news

Ten simple rules to host an inclusive conference
This article int roduces 10 simple rules to host an inclusive conference based on the authors’ recent experience organizing the 2021 edition of the useR! statistical computing conference, which attracted a broad range of participants from academia, industry, government, and the nonprofit sector. Coming from differ ent backgrounds, career stages, and even continents, we embraced the challenge of organizing a high-quality virtual conference in the context of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and making it a kind, inclusive, and accessible experience for as many people as possible. The rules resul t from our ...
Source: PLoS Computational Biology - July 21, 2022 Category: Biology Authors: Roc ío Joo Source Type: research

COVID-19 Pandemic Data Modeling in Pakistan Using Time-Series SIR
Comput Math Methods Med. 2022 Jun 28;2022:6001876. doi: 10.1155/2022/6001876. eCollection 2022.ABSTRACTPakistan is currently facing the fourth wave of the deadly coronavirus, which was first reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. This work utilizes the epidemiological models to analyze Pakistan's COVID-19 data. The basic susceptible, infected, and recovered (SIR) model is studied assuming Bayesian and time-series SIR (tSIR) approaches. Many studies have been conducted from different perspectives, but to the best of our knowledge, no study is available using the SIR models for Pakistan. The coronavirus incubation perio...
Source: Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine - July 8, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Muhammad Taimoor Sajid Ali Ismail Shah Fred Roland Muwanika Source Type: research

Redesigning doctor–patient relationship in the private health care during COVID-19 pandemic: Retrospective cohort study
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is experiencing pandemic diffusion. The experience of an Italian private health care structure was reviewed. We retrospectively collected data about services provided in a single medium complexity private health care structure. Furthermore, we classified specialties within 4 categories, based on the performance of urgent non-deferrable services and possible provision of services without a necessary contact with the patient. The structure canceled/postponed almost every deferrable service, providing only 3% of services that could be performed witho...
Source: Medicine - February 11, 2022 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Observational Study Source Type: research

Omicron Set to Be Dominant Variant in Europe By Mid-January
BRUSSELS — Omicron is expected to be the dominant coronavirus variant in the European Union’s 27 nations by mid-January, the bloc’s top official said today amid concerns that a dramatic rise in infections will leave Europe shrouded in gloom during the holiday season. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU is well prepared to fight omicron with 66.6% of its population fully vaccinated. She expressed disappointment that the pandemic will again disrupt year-end celebrations but said she was confident the EU has the “strength” and “means” to overcome COVID-19. &...
Source: TIME: Health - December 15, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: SAMUEL PETREQUIN / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

IJERPH, Vol. 18, Pages 13171: Exploring the Protective Function of Positivity and Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy in Time of Pandemic COVID-19
an Vittorio Caprara Despite several empirical studies on the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic that have highlighted its detrimental effect on individuals’ mental health, the identification of psychological factors that may moderate its impact on individuals’ behavior and well-being remains partly unexplored. The present study was conceived to examine the mediation role of regulatory emotional self-efficacy in the relationship between positivity and anxiety, depression, and perceived self-efficacy in complying with the containment measures to contrast the COVID-19 spread. Furtherm...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - December 14, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Eriona Thartori Concetta Pastorelli Flavia Cirimele Chiara Remondi Maria Gerbino Emanuele Basili Ainzara Favini Carolina Lunetti Irene Fiasconaro Gian Vittorio Caprara Tags: Article Source Type: research

Italy targets unvaccinated with restrictions as cases rise
The Italian government is targeting unvaccinated people in its latest effort to contain rising coronavirus infections
Source: ABC News: Health - November 24, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

‘Back at the Epicenter of the Pandemic.’ COVID-19 Cases on the Rise in Western Europe
(THE HAGUE, Netherlands) — Santa won’t be getting his traditional welcome in the Dutch city of Utrecht this year. The ceremonial head of Carnival celebrations in Germany’s Cologne had to bow out because he tested positive for COVID-19. And Austria is considering imposing a lockdown on unvaccinated people. Nearly two years into a global health crisis that has killed more than 5 million people, infections are again sweeping across parts of Western Europe, a region with relatively high vaccination rates and good health care systems but where lockdown measures are largely a thing of the past. The World Health...
Source: TIME: Health - November 12, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: MIKE CORDER / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 wire Source Type: news