scholarly journals Public health impact of accelerated immunization against rotavirus infection among children aged less than 6 months in the United States

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 2032-2038
Author(s):  
Derek Weycker ◽  
Mark Andrew Atwood ◽  
Baudouin Standaert ◽  
Girishanthy Krishnarajah
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Health Impact ◽  
Rotavirus Infection

scholarly journals The Public Health Impact of Parent-Reported Childhood Food Allergies in the United States

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 142 (6) ◽  
pp. e20181235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruchi S. Gupta ◽  
Christopher M. Warren ◽  
Bridget M. Smith ◽  
Jesse A. Blumenstock ◽  
Jialing Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
The United States ◽  
Food Allergies ◽  
Public Health Impact ◽  
The Public

scholarly journals Public Health Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Hepatitis A Vaccination in the United States: A Disease Transmission Dynamic Modeling Approach

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 358-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Praveen Dhankhar ◽  
Chizoba Nwankwo ◽  
Matthew Pillsbury ◽  
Andreas Lauschke ◽  
Michelle G. Goveia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Dynamic Modeling ◽  
Disease Transmission ◽  
Hepatitis A ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Health Impact ◽  
Transmission Dynamic

scholarly journals Estimating the early death toll of COVID-19 in the United States

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel M. Weinberger ◽  
Ted Cohen ◽  
Forrest W. Crawford ◽  
Farzad Mostashari ◽  
Don Olson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
The United States ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Complete Picture ◽  
Public Health Impact ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Us ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

ABSTRACTBackgroundEfforts to track the severity and public health impact of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the US have been hampered by testing issues, reporting lags, and inconsistency between states.Evaluating unexplained increases in deaths attributed to broad outcomes, such as pneumonia and influenza (P&I) or all causes, can provide a more complete and consistent picture of the burden caused by COVID-19.MethodsWe evaluated increases in the occurrence of deaths due to P&I above a seasonal baseline (adjusted for influenza activity) or due to any cause across the United States in February and March 2020. These estimates are compared with reported deaths due to COVID-19 and with testing data.ResultsThere were notable increases in the rate of death due to P&I in February and March 2020. In a number of states, these deaths pre-dated increases in COVID-19 testing rates and were not counted in official records as related to COVID-19. There was substantial variability between states in the discrepancy between reported rates of death due to COVID-19 and the estimated burden of excess deaths due to P&I. The increase in all-cause deaths in New York and New Jersey is 1.5-3 times higher than the official tally of COVID-19 confirmed deaths or the estimated excess death due to P&I.ConclusionsExcess P&I deaths provide a conservative estimate of COVID-19 burden and indicate that COVID-19-related deaths are missed in locations with inadequate testing or intense pandemic activity.RESEARCH IN CONTEXTEvidence before this studyDeaths due to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, have been increasing sharply in the United States since mid-March. However, efforts to track the severity and public health impact of COIVD-19 in the US have been hampered by testing issues, reporting lags, and inconsistency between states. As a result, the reported number of deaths likely represents an underestimate of the true burden.Added Value of this studyWe evaluate increases in deaths due to pneumonia across the United States and relate these increases to the number of reported deaths due to COVID-19 in different states and evaluate the trajectories of these increases in relation to the volume of testing and to indicators of COVID-19 morbidity. This provides a more complete picture of mortality due to COVID-19 in the US and demonstrates how delays in testing led to many coronavirus deaths not being counted in certain states.Implications of all the available evidenceThe number of deaths reported to be due to COVID-19 represents just a fraction of the deaths linked to the pandemic. Monitoring trends in deaths due to pneumonia and all-causes provides a more complete picture of the tool of the disease.

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