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Global disparities in the introduction, scale-up, and effectiveness evaluation of COVID-19 vaccines Open

Martina Pesce, Daniel R. Feikin, Melissa M. Higdon, Katherine L. O’Brien, Minal Patel , et al. · 2025

Assessing Self-Reported Physical Activity Levels in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients: A Comprehensive Analysis Using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System-Web Enabled Analysis Tool (BRFSS-WEAT) Data Open

Jtwm Vos, Shruti Nair, Tim Mathew, Minal Patel, Manaswini Chowdary Kaka · 2025

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema and is characterized by persistent airflow limitation. It is caused by long-term exposure to harmful particles or gases, leading to significa…

To Assess the Effectiveness of Chart-Based Learning in Anatomy for Phase -I MBBS Students Open

Soniya B. Parchake, Praveen Singh, Minal Patel, R. J. Ramteke Dr. R. J. Ramteke, Md Nilesh. K Tumram · 2025

Background: The field of medical education is evolving to foster self-directed learning, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. Anatomy, being a cornerstone of medical education, often presents challenges to first-year MBBS student…

Challenges in COVID-19 Pandemic Triaging: An Indian and US Perspective Open

Muralidhar Varma, Sudandiradas Robin, Minal Patel, Trini Mathew, Marcus Zervos , et al. · 2025

Background/Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed many health care facilities with patients, leading to an increased risk of potential transmission. Though the disease process was identical, the triaging system was unique at differe…

Advancing Biodiversity Research in India through Cybertaxonomy and Artificial Intelligence: A Review Open

Vikas Kumar, Anil Kumar, Minal Patel · 2025

India is a country with diverse ecosystems, high endemism and rich biodiversity, it becomes the need of the hour to deploy large scale implementation of the most sophisticated technologies to capture and monitor the trends in biological di…

Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Against Medically Attended Outpatients Illness, United States, 2023–2024 Season Open

Jessie R. Chung, Ashley M. Price, Richard K. Zimmerman, Krissy Moehling Geffel, Stacey L. House , et al. · 2025

Background The 2023–2024 US influenza season was characterized by a predominance of A(H1N1)pdm09 virus circulation with cocirculation of A(H3N2) and B/Victoria viruses. We estimated vaccine effectiveness (VE) in the United States against m…

The Next Generation of Telehealth Open

Shayan Vayas, Greg Caressi, Sarah Bell, Bill Fera, Lyle Berkowitz , et al. · 2024

Tech is expensive, hospitals are closing and rural America is suffering. Access and workflow problems still exist, so how do we make this a workable success? Translating efficiencies do exist for consumer and health systems, but the elepha…

A Study on performance of companies issuing bonus shares Open

Minal Patel, Chaitra K S -, Sujith Kumar S H -, Ms. Shilpa M - · 2024

The study provides a succinct overview of the findings from an in-depth analysis of bonus shares performance among selected Indian companies over the past two years. The study focused on assessing under pricing trends, post-listing shares …

Comparison of 2D and 3D oxygen-enhanced MRI of the placenta Open

Penny L. Hubbard Cristinacce, Minal Patel, A. Oh, Josephine H. Naish, Edward Johnstone , et al. · 2024

Oxygen-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (OE-MRI) of the human placenta is potentially a sensitive marker of in vivo oxygenation. This methodological study shows that full coverage of the placenta is possible using 3D mapping of the chan…

Comparison of 2D and 3D oxygen-enhanced MRI of the placenta Open

Penny L. Hubbard Cristinacce, Minal Patel, A. Oh, Josephine H. Naish, Edward Johnstone , et al. · 2023

Oxygen-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (OE-MRI) of the human placenta is potentially a sensitive marker of in vivo oxygenation. This methodological study shows that full coverage of the placenta is possible using 3D mapping of the chan…

Assessing COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against Omicron subvariants: Report from a meeting of the World Health Organization Open

Daniel R. Feikin, Melissa M. Higdon, Nick Andrews, Shirley Collie, Maria Deloria Knoll , et al. · 2023

Protective effectiveness of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection and hybrid immunity against the omicron variant and severe disease: a systematic review and meta-regression Open

Niklas Bobrovitz, Harriet Ware, Xiaomeng Ma, Zihan Li, Reza Hosseini , et al. · 2023

WHO COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.

Acceptance and awareness of southeastern and western private practice pediatric dentists of fluoride-free toothpastes: a survey study Open

Minal Patel, Michael T. Milano, Regina L. W. Messer · 2023

The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) affirms that the use of fluoride, as an adjunct in the prevention of caries, is safe and effective. The AAPD encourages dentists, other healthcare providers, and parents to optimize fluori…

Immunization programs to support primary health care and achieve universal health coverage Open

Diana Chang Blanc, John Grundy, Samir V. Sodha, Thomas O’Connell, Hernan Julio Montenegro von Mühlenbrock , et al. · 2022

Gains in immunization coverage and delivery of primary health care service have stagnated in recent years. Remaining gaps in service coverage reflect multiple underlying reasons that may be amenable to improved health system design. Immuni…

A global comprehensive vaccine-preventable disease surveillance strategy for the immunization Agenda 2030 Open

Minal Patel, Heather M. Scobie, Fatima Serhan, Benjamin A. Dahl, Christopher S. Murrill , et al. · 2022

As part of the Immunization Agenda 2030, a global strategy for comprehensive vaccine-preventable disease (VPD) surveillance was developed. The strategy provides guidance on the establishment of high-quality surveillance systems that are 1)…

Protective effectiveness of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection and hybrid immunity against Omicron infection and severe disease: a systematic review and meta-regression Open

Niklas Bobrovitz, Harriet Ware, Xiaomeng Ma, Zihan Li, Reza Hosseini , et al. · 2022

Summary Background We aimed to systematically review the magnitude and duration of the protective effectiveness of prior infection (PE) and hybrid immunity (HE) against Omicron infection and severe disease. Methods We searched pre-print an…

Duration of effectiveness of vaccination against COVID-19 caused by the omicron variant Open

Melissa M. Higdon, Anurima Baidya, Karoline K Walter, Minal Patel, Hanane Issa , et al. · 2022

Increasing children's global access to COVID-19 vaccines Open

Manish M. Patel, Minal Patel · 2022

Assessing vaccine effectiveness against severe COVID-19 disease caused by omicron variant. Report from a meeting of the World Health Organization Open

Daniel R. Feikin, Laith J. Abu‐Raddad, Nick Andrews, Mary‐Ann Davies, Melissa M. Higdon , et al. · 2022

Vaccine effectiveness is lower and wanes faster against infection and symptomatic disease caused by the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 than was observed with previous variants. Vaccine effectiveness against severe omicron disease, on averag…

A Systematic Review of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccine Efficacy and Effectiveness Against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection and Disease Open

Melissa M. Higdon, Brian Wahl, Carli B. Jones, Joseph G. Rosen, Shaun Truelove , et al. · 2022

Billions of doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines have been administered globally, dramatically reducing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) incidence and severity in some settings. Many studies sug…

Commentary: Estimation of vaccine effectiveness using the screening method Open

Brendan Flannery, Nick Andrews, Daniel R. Feikin, Minal Patel · 2022

Progress Toward Regional Measles Elimination — Worldwide, 2000–2020 Open

Meredith G. Dixon, Matt Ferrari, Sébastien Antoni, Xi Li, Allison Portnoy , et al. · 2021

In 2012, the World Health Assembly endorsed the Global Vaccine Action Plan,* with the objective of eliminating measles^† in five of the six World Health Organization (WHO) regions by 2020 (1). The Immunization Agenda 2021-2030 (I…

A systematic review of COVID-19 vaccine efficacy and effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 infection and disease Open

Melissa M. Higdon, Brian Wahl, Carli B. Jones, Joseph G. Rosen, Shaun Truelove , et al. · 2021

Billions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered globally, dramatically reducing SARS-CoV-2 incidence and severity in some settings. Many studies suggest vaccines provide a high degree of protection against infection and disea…

Ensemble model estimates of the global burden of measles morbidity and mortality from 2000 to 2019: a modeling study Open

Heather Santos, Kirsten Eilertson, Brian Lambert, Sarah Hauryski, Minal Patel , et al. · 2021

Background Measles remains a significant source of childhood morbidity and mortality worldwide. Two doses of measles containing vaccine are recommended for all children and delivered through a combination of routine and supplemental immuni…

Vaccine preventable diseases surveillance in Nepal: How much does it cost? Open

Xiao Huang, Anindya Sekhar Bose, Binod Prasad Gupta, Pasang Rai, Sudhir Joshi , et al. · 2021

Assessing the cost of vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) surveillance is becoming more important in the context of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) funding transition, since GPEI support to polio surveillance helped the incre…

Evaluation of post-introduction COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness: Summary of interim guidance of the World Health Organization Open

Minal Patel, Isabel Bergeri, Joseph Bresee, Benjamin J. Cowling, Natasha S. Crowcroft , et al. · 2021

Psychological distress and trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic: survey of doctors practising anaesthesia, intensive care medicine, and emergency medicine in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland Open

Tom Roberts, Robert Hirst, Camilla Sammut‐Powell, Charles Reynard, Jo Daniels , et al. · 2021

COVID-19 vaccine coverage in health-care workers in England and effectiveness of BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine against infection (SIREN): a prospective, multicentre, cohort study Open

Victoria Hall, Sarah Foulkes, Ayoub Saei, Nick Andrews, Blanché Oguti , et al. · 2021

Duration of Effectiveness of Vaccines Against SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19 Disease: Results of a Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Open

Daniel R. Feikin, Melissa M. Higdon, Laith J. Abu‐Raddad, Nick Andrews, Rafael Araos , et al. · 2021

Vaccines work: a reason for celebration and renewed commitment Open

Adam L. Cohen, Minal Patel, Thomas Cherian · 2021

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