Month: November 2023

The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Provision of Outpatient Clinic Services in East Jerusalem Hospitals: Patients’ Perspectives

Frontiers in Public Health This article aims to assess how patients perceive the way that outpatient clinic services were delivered before and during the COVID-19 outbreak across East Jerusalem Hospitals. Journal Article

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Blood Stream Infections in COVID-19 Patients From a Tertiary Care Center in Lebanon: Causative Pathogens and Rates of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes This article aims to report the microbiological profile of the pathogens implicated in bloodstream infections (BSI) in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Journal Article

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Comparative Reconstruction of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission in Three African Countries Using a Mathematical Model Integrating Immunity Data

IJID Regions This article presents a susceptible–exposed–infected–recovered model including COVID-19 mortality data for Tunisia, Senegal, and Madagascar where the recovery class is structured by specific immunization and modeled by a partial differential equation considering the opposed effects of immunity decline and immunization. Journal Article

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Impact of the SARS‐CoV‐2 Pandemic on the Overall Respiratory Viruses’ Transmission in a Cancer Care Setting

Immunity, Inflammation and Disease This article aims to validate the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and its interventional measures on COVID-19 transmission and infection rates in a cancer care center in Jordan. Journal Article

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Academic and Healthcare Efforts from Cessation to Complete Resumption of Professional Football Tournaments during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Narrative Review

Heliyon This article presents a narrative review addressing the healthcare and research efforts on the intersections between COVID-19 and major professional sports leagues worldwide, with special reference to the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. Journal Article

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Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT162b2) Vaccine Among Adolescents (Aged 12-15 Years): An Observational Study in Qatar

Clinical Pediatrics This article aims to assess the safety and efficacy of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine among vaccinated and nonvaccinated adolescents in Qatar. Journal Article

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“The Pandemic Was a Global Exam, and Our Country Came in First”: Autocratic Performance Legitimacy in Saudi Arabia

Perspectives on Politics This article uses the effective handling of the COVID-19 pandemic by the Saudi government to demonstrate how this narration translated trust in state capacity into the performance legitimacy of the Saudi regime and system of governance. Journal Article

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Stigma and Inequality in the Management of Coronavirus Disease-2019 COVID-19- Patients among Healthcare Providers in Saudi Arabia and Associated Beliefs: A Cross Sectional Study

Journal of Infection and Public Health This article examines the discrimination and inequality in treating COVID-19 patients and the associated beliefs among healthcare workers (HCWs) during the pandemic. Journal Article

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Epidemiological, Clinical, and Laboratory Findings of 235 Hospitalized COVID-19 Adult Patients (Survivors and Non-Survivors) at Sohar Hospital in Oman

Cureus This article aims to describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics and laboratory findings of COVID-19 patients at the Sohar Hospital in Oman. Journal Article

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Mask-Acne Prevalence and Risk Factors during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Single Institution Study

Dermatologic Therapy This article aims to assess the prevalence, severity, risk factors, and mask behaviors related to mask acne in healthcare workers at the Lebanese American University Medical Center-Rizk Hospital (LAUMC-RH) in Beirut, Lebanon. Journal Article

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