AMA Journal of Ethics
Volume 23, Number 10: E757-831
https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/palliative-surgery

Palliative Surgery
Palliative care is not just for dying patients. In fact, dying patients are living patients, and all patients deserve palliation. Contrary to popular belief among many patients and clinicians, palliative interventions can be invasive and include not only medical, but surgical care. In any case, palliative care should be defined by intention: partnering clinicians, patients, and their loved ones aim neither to cure disease nor to prolong life, but to improve the quality of a patient’s life at any needed time. Quality of life is motivated by goal-elucidating conversation, counseling, and symptom management-directed intervention. This issue investigates surgical palliation specifically, with sharp focus on intention formation and trust preservation.

Annals of Internal Medicine
October 2021 Volume 174, Issue 10
http://annals.org/aim/issue

Position Papers
Financial Profit in Medicine: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians
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Ryan Crowley, BSJ, Omar Atiq, MD, David Hilden, MD,
Pages:1447–1449

Annals of Internal Medicine
October 2021 Volume 174, Issue 10
http://annals.org/aim/issue

SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Effectiveness in a High-Risk National Population in a Real-World Setting
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Adeel A. Butt, MBBS, MS, Saad B. Omer, MBBS, MPH, PhD, Peng Yan, MS, Obaid S. Shaikh, MD, … et al.
Pages:1404–1408

Annals of Internal Medicine
October 2021 Volume 174, Issue 10
http://annals.org/aim/issue

Original Research
Use of Hydroxychloroquine, Remdesivir, and Dexamethasone Among Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19 in the United States – A Retrospective Cohort Study
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Hemalkumar B. Mehta, MS, PhD, Huijun An, MS, Kathleen M. Andersen, MSc, Omar Mansour, MHS, … et al.
Pages:1395–1403

SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Effectiveness in a High-Risk National Population in a Real-World Setting
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Editorials
Thrombosis After Vaccination With Messenger RNA–1273: Is This Vaccine-Induced Thrombosis and Thrombocytopenia or Thrombosis With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome?
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Allyson M. Pishko, MD, Adam Cuker, MD, MS
Pages:1468–1469

BMC Infectious Diseases
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcinfectdis/content
(Accessed 23 Oct 2021)

The incidence and mortality of yellow fever in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Understanding the occurrence of yellow fever epidemics is critical for targeted interventions and control efforts to reduce the burden of disease. We assessed data on the yellow fever incidence and mortality r…
Authors: Akuoma U. Nwaiwu, Alfred Musekiwa, Jacques L. Tamuzi, Evanson Z. Sambala and Peter S. Nyasulu
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2021 21:1089
Content type: Research
Published on: 23 October 2021

BMC Infectious Diseases
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcinfectdis/content
(Accessed 23 Oct 2021)

Systematic review of invasive meningococcal disease epidemiology in the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa region
Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) represents a global health burden. However, its epidemiology in the Eastern Mediterranean (EM) and North Africa (NA) regions is currently not well understood. This review h…
Authors: Alp Giray Dogu, Anouk M. Oordt-Speets, Femke van Kessel-de Bruijn, Mehmet Ceyhan and Amine Amiche
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2021 21:1088
Content type: Research
Published on: 22 October 2021

BMC Medical Ethics
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcmedethics/content
(Accessed 23 Oct 2021)

Uses of equipoise in discussions of the ethics of randomized controlled trials of COVID-19 therapies
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the urgent need to discover effective therapies for COVID-19 prompted questions about the ethical problem of randomization along with its widely accepted solution: equipoise. In…
Authors: Hayden P. Nix and Charles Weijer
Citation: BMC Medical Ethics 2021 22:143
Content type: Research
Published on: 21 October 2021

BMC Medicine
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcmed/content
(Accessed 23 Oct 2021)

Effects of BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine on COVID-19 infection and hospitalisation amongst older people: matched case control study for England
The BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine has been shown to be effective at preventing serious COVID-19 events in clinical trials. There is less evidence on effectiveness in real-world settings, especially for older people. H…
Authors: Thomas F. D. Mason, Matt Whitston, Jack Hodgson, Ruth E. Watkinson, Yiu-Shing Lau, Omnia Abdulrazeg and Matt Sutton
Citation: BMC Medicine 2021 19:275
Content type: Research article
Published on: 18 October 2021

Ethics & International Affairs
Fall 2021 (35.3) | October 2021
https://www.ethicsandinternationalaffairs.org/2021/fall-2021-35-3/

The editors of Ethics & International Affairs are pleased to present the Fall 2021 issue of the journal! The highlight of this issue is a book symposium organized by Peter Balint on Ned Dobos’s Ethics, Security, and the War Machine, featuring contributions by Peter Balint; Neta C. Crawford; C. A. J. Coady; Ned Dobos; Cécile Fabre; Christopher J. Finlay; David Rodin; and Cheyney Ryan. Additionally, the issue includes a feature article by Philipp Gisbertz-Astolfi on the reduced legal equality of combatants in war and an essay by Hendrik Schopmans and Jelena Cupać on ethical AI, gender equality, and illiberal backlash politics. It also contains a review essay by Andreas Papamichail on the global politics of health security, and a book review by Claire Finkelstein.

Ethics & International Affairs
Fall 2021 (35.3) | October 2021
https://www.ethicsandinternationalaffairs.org/2021/fall-2021-35-3/

REVIEW ESSAY
The Global Politics of Health Security before, during, and after COVID-19
Andreas Papamichail
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has been shaped by preexisting political, social, and economic relations and governance structures, and will remold these structures going forward. This review essay considers three books on global health politics written by Simon Rushton, Clare Wenham, and Jeremy Youde. Here, I explore what these books collectively and individually can tell us about these preexisting dynamics, the events of the first eighteen months of the COVID-19 pandemic, and possible future directions in the politics of global health. I argue that they provide a firm basis for understanding the inequitable burdens of the pandemic, while juxtaposing these inequities against the narratives of shared vulnerability that sit at the heart of the global health security regime. They also help us make sense of the surveillance, detection, containment, and response mechanisms we have seen during the pandemic; the failures to address the systemic dynamics that drive disease outbreaks; and the national and international politics that have shaped the pandemic response. However, COVID-19 has also vividly and brutally demonstrated how global health hierarchies, racism, border politics, and neoliberal forms of knowledge production have led to a stratified burden of the pandemic. These areas are less apparent in the three books, but ought to be situated front and center in future critical scholarship on global health security.

The European Journal of Public Health
SUPPLEMENT – Volume 31, Issue Supplement_1, July 2021
https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/issue/31/Supplement_1

Supplement: E-Mental-Health: Exploring the Evidence Base and Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Internet-Based Interventions for the Prevention of Mental Health Conditions
Mental illness represents an enormous personal, social and societal burden for European citizens1 calling for the need to expand existing models of mental healthcare delivery. In Europe, the Internet is a key source of health information,2 and technology-enhanced (psychological) interventions such as Internet- and mobile-delivered applications (‘eHealth’3 and ‘m-Health’4) have become increasingly popular and studied. There is already strong evidence of the efficacy of online interventions for the prevention and treatment of several psychological disorders5,6 and meta-analyses show effect sizes similar to face-to-face interventions.7

Globalization and Health
http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/
[Accessed 23 Oct 2021]

Comparing COVID-19 physical distancing policies: results from a physical distancing intensity coding framework for Botswana, India, Jamaica, Mozambique, Namibia, Ukraine, and the United States
Understanding the differences in timing and composition of physical distancing policies is important to evaluate the early global response to COVID-19. A physical distancing intensity monitoring framework comprising 16 domains was recently published to compare physical distancing approaches across 12 U.S. States. We applied this framework to a diverse set of low and middle-income countries (LMICs) (Botswana, India, Jamaica, Mozambique, Namibia, and Ukraine) to test the appropriateness of this framework in the global context and to compare the policy responses in these LMICs with a sample of U.S. States during the first 100-days of the pandemic.
Authors: Jeff Lane, Arianna Rubin Means, Kevin Bardosh, Anna Shapoval, Ferruccio Vio, Clive Anderson, Anya Cushnie, Norbert Forster, Jenny Ledikwe, Gabrielle O’Malley, Shreshth Mawandia, Anwar Parvez, Lucy Perrone and Florindo Mudender
Content type: Research
23 October 2021

Humanitarian Exchange Magazine
Number 79, May 2021
https://odihpn.org/magazine/localisation-and-local-humanitarian-action/

Localisation and local humanitarian action
by HPN October 2020
The theme of this edition of Humanitarian Exchange is localisation+ and local humanitarian action. Five years ago this week, donors, United Nations (UN) agencies,  non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) committed within the Grand Bargain to increase multi-year investments in the institutional capacities of local and national responders, and to provide at least 25% of humanitarian funding to them as directly as possible. Since then, there is increasing consensus at policy and normative level, underscored by the Covid-19 pandemic, that local leadership should be supported.  Localisation has gone from a fringe conversation among policy-makers and aid agencies in 2016 to a formal priority under the Grand Bargain. Wider global movements on anti-racism and decolonisation have also brought new momentum to critical reflections on where power, knowledge and capacity reside in the humanitarian system. Yet progress has been slow and major gaps remain between the rhetoric around humanitarian partnerships, funding and coordination and practices on the ground.

Infectious Diseases of Poverty
http://www.idpjournal.com/content
[Accessed 23 Oct 2021]

Roll-out of vaccination against COVID-19 pandemic
With the rebound of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic in some countries with high vaccination rate, many concerns on vaccine efficacy have emerged. For example, are the current vaccines ineffective against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) variants? What’s the status of breakthrough infection? To what extent are non-pharmacological interventions (NPIs) lifted after high vaccination rate? To clarify these questions, we summarized important findings based on literature and Chinese experience.
Authors: Xiao-Feng Liang, Guan-Hao He, Wen-Jun Ma and Jian-Peng Xiao
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:125
Content type: Commentary
Published on: 18 October 2021

JAMA
October 19, 2021, Vol 326, No. 15, Pages 1463-1544
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/currentissue

Research Letter
Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Response Following Vaccination With BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273
Deborah Steensels, PharmD, PhD; Noella Pierlet, MSc; Joris Penders, MD, PhD; et al.
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JAMA. 2021;326(15):1533-1535. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.15125
This study compares the immune responses to the BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) and mRNA-1273 (Moderna) COVID-19 vaccines in health care workers in Belgium.

JAMA Network
COVID-19 Update October 23, 2021

These articles on COVID-19 were published across the JAMA Network in the last week.

Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews
Volume 8, Issue 4 (2021)
https://digitalrepository.aurorahealthcare.org/jpcrr/

Cancer Screening

Nature
Volume 598 Issue 7881, 21 October 2021
https://www.nature.com/nature/volumes/598/issues/7881

News & Views | 06 October 2021
A step towards therapeutics for dengue
Finding a treatment for dengue, the most prevalent mosquito-borne viral disease in humans, has been difficult. A compound called JNJ-A07 displays promising activity against dengue virus in mouse models of infection.
Scott B. Biering, Eva Harris

Nature Human Behaviour
Volume 5 Issue 10, October 2021
https://www.nature.com/nathumbehav/volumes/5/issues/10

Editorial | 19 October 2021
Description, prediction, explanation
Description, prediction and explanation are all important in science. We welcome descriptive, predictive and explanatory studies, so long as the work is clear about its aims and uses appropriate methods to achieve its goals.

New England Journal of Medicine
October 21, 2021 Vol. 385 No. 17
http://www.nejm.org/toc/nejm/medical-journal

Correspondence
SARS-CoV-2 Neutralization with BNT162b2 Vaccine Dose 31627-1629

New England Journal of Medicine
October 21, 2021 Vol. 385 No. 17
http://www.nejm.org/toc/nejm/medical-journal

Covid-19 Breakthrough Infections in Vaccinated Health Care Workers

PLoS One
http://www.plosone.org/
[Accessed 23 Oct 2021]

Research Article
Bringing the social into vaccination research: Community-led ethnography and trust-building in immunization programs in Sierra Leone
Luisa Enria, Joseph S. Bangura, Hassan M. Kanu, Joseph A. Kalokoh, Alie D. Timbo, Mohamed Kamara, Maligie Fofanah, Alhassan N. Kamara, Adikalie I. Kamara, Morlai M. Kamara, Ibrahim Sorie Suma, Osman M. Kamara, Alusine M. Kamara, Alhajie O. Kamara, Abu B. Kamara, Emmah Kamara, Shelley Lees, Mark Marchant, Mariama Murray
Research Article | published 22 Oct 2021 PLOS ONE
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258252

PLoS One
http://www.plosone.org/
[Accessed 23 Oct 2021]

Epidemiology of measles cases, vaccine effectiveness, and performance towards measles elimination in The Gambia
Alieu Sowe, Mbye Njie, Dawda Sowe, Sidat Fofana, Lamin Ceesay, Yaya Camara, Brook Tesfaye, Samba Bah, Alieu K. Bah, Abdoulie K. Baldeh, Bakary D. Dampha, Samba N. Baldeh, Alagie Touray
Research Article | published 21 Oct 2021 PLOS ONE
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258961

PLoS One
http://www.plosone.org/
[Accessed 23 Oct 2021]

Parental acceptance and knowledge of varicella vaccination in relation to socioeconomics in Sweden: A cross-sectional study
Lisen Arnheim-Dahlström, Natalie Zarabi, Karin Hagen, Goran Bencina
Research Article | published 21 Oct 2021 PLOS ONE
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256642

PLoS One
http://www.plosone.org/
[Accessed 23 Oct 2021]

Politicization of COVID-19 health-protective behaviors in the United States: Longitudinal and cross-national evidence
Wolfgang Stroebe, Michelle R. vanDellen, Georgios Abakoumkin, Edward P. Lemay Jr., William M. Schiavone, Maximilian Agostini, Jocelyn J. Bélanger, Ben Gützkow, Jannis Kreienkamp, Anne Margit Reitsema, Jamilah Hanum Abdul Khaiyom, Vjolica Ahmedi, Handan Akkas, Carlos A. Almenara, Mohsin Atta, Sabahat Cigdem Bagci, Sima Basel, Edona Berisha Kida, Allan B. I. Bernardo, Nicholas R. Buttrick, Phatthanakit Chobthamkit, Hoon-Seok Choi, Mioara Cristea, Sára Csaba, Kaja Damnjanović, Ivan Danyliuk, Arobindu Dash, Daniela Di Santo, Karen M. Douglas, Violeta Enea, Daiane Gracieli Faller, Gavan Fitzsimons, Alexandra Gheorghiu, Ángel Gómez, Ali Hamaidia, Qing Han, Mai Helmy, Joevarian Hudiyana, Bertus F. Jeronimus, Ding-Yu Jiang, Veljko Jovanović, Željka Kamenov, Anna Kende, Shian-Ling Keng, Tra Thi Thanh Kieu, Yasin Koc, Kamila Kovyazina, Inna Kozytska, Joshua Krause, Arie W. Kruglanksi, Anton Kurapov, Maja Kutlaca, Nóra Anna Lantos, Cokorda Bagus Jaya Lemsmana, Winnifred R. Louis, Adrian Lueders, Najma Iqbal Malik, Anton Martinez, Kira O. McCabe, Jasmina Mehulić, Mirra Noor Milla, Idris Mohammed, Erica Molinario, Manuel Moyano, Hayat Muhammad, Silvana Mula, Hamdi Muluk, Solomiia Myroniuk, Reza Najafi, Claudia F. Nisa, Boglárka Nyúl, Paul A. O’Keefe, Jose Javier Olivas Osuna, Evgeny N. Osin, Joonha Park, Gennaro Pica, Antonio Pierro, Jonas Rees, Elena Resta, Marika Rullo, Michelle K. Ryan, Adil Samekin, Pekka Santtila, Edyta Sasin, Birga M. Schumpe, Heyla A. Selim, Michael Vicente Stanton, Samiah Sultana, Robbie M. Sutton, Eleftheria Tseliou, Akira Utsugi, Jolien Anne van Breen, Caspar J. Van Lissa, Kees Van Veen, Alexandra Vázquez, Robin Wollast, Victoria Wai-Lan Yeung, Somayeh Zand, Iris Lav Žeželj, Bang Zheng, Andreas Zick, Claudia Zúñiga, N. Pontus Leander
Research Article | published 20 Oct 2021 PLOS ONE
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256740

PLoS One
http://www.plosone.org/
[Accessed 23 Oct 2021]

Increasing Black, Indigenous and People of Color participation in clinical trials through community engagement and recruitment goal establishment
Michele P. Andrasik, Gail B. Broder, Stephaun E. Wallace, Richa Chaturvedi, Nelson L. Michael, Sally Bock, Chris Beyrer, Linda Oseso, Jasmin Aina, Jonathan Lucas, David R. Wilson, James G. Kublin, George A. Mensah
Research Article | published 19 Oct 2021 PLOS ONE
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258858

PLoS One
http://www.plosone.org/
[Accessed 23 Oct 2021]

Risk factors for breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection in vaccinated healthcare workers
Moza Alishaq, Hanaa Nafady-Hego, Andrew Jeremijenko, Jameela Ali Al Ajmi, Mohamed Elgendy, Suni Vinoy, Sameera Bihi Fareh, Justine Veronica Plaatjies, Mariam Nooh, Nadya Alanzi, Anvar H. Kaleeckal, Ali Nizar Latif, Peter Coyle, Hamed Elgendy, Abdul-Badi Abou-Samra, Adeel Ajwad Butt
Research Article | published 15 Oct 2021 PLOS ONE
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258820

PNAS – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
October 12, 2021; vol. 118 no. 41
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/41

Research Article
The Strategic Council for Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust
Marcia McNutt, France A. Córdova, and David B. Allison
PNAS October 12, 2021 118 (41) e2116647118;
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2116647118
We announce the creation of a new body within the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine called the Strategic Council for Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust, charged with advancing the overall health, quality, and effectiveness of the research enterprise across all domains that fund, execute, disseminate, and apply scientific work in the public interest. By promoting the alignment of incentives and policies, adoption of standard tools, and implementation of proven methods, the Strategic Council seeks to optimize the excellence and trustworthiness of research for the benefit of society…

PNAS – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
October 12, 2021; vol. 118 no. 41
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/41

Immunology and Inflammation
Open Access
Robust and prototypical immune responses toward influenza vaccines in the high-risk group of Indigenous Australians
Luca Hensen, Thi H. O. Nguyen, Louise C. Rowntree, Timon Damelang, Marios Koutsakos, Malet Aban, Aeron Hurt, Kim L. Harland, Maria Auladell, Carolien E. van de Sandt, Anngie Everitt, Cath Blacker, Damian A. Oyong, Jessica R. Loughland, Jessica R. Webb, Bruce D. Wines, P. Mark Hogarth, Katie L. Flanagan, Magdalena Plebanski, Adam Wheatley, Amy W. Chung, Stephen J. Kent, Adrian Miller, E. Bridie Clemens, Peter C. Doherty, Jane Nelson, Jane Davies, Steven Y. C. Tong, and Katherine Kedzierska
PNAS October 12, 2021 118 (41) e2109388118; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2109388118

Public Health
Volume 199 Pages e1-e4, 1-118 (October 2021)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/public-health/vol/199/suppl/C

Research article Full text access
‘Why are you not dead yet?’ – dimensions and the main driving forces of stigma and discrimination among COVID-19 patients in Sri Lanka
S. Jayakody, S.A. Hewage, N.D. Wickramasinghe, R.A.P. Piyumanthi, … C. Arambepola
Pages 10-16

Public Health Ethics
Volume 14, Issue 2, July 2021
http://phe.oxfordjournals.org/content/current

Original Articles
Post-COVID-19 WHO Reform: Ethical Considerations
Thana C de Campos-Rudinsky
Public Health Ethics, Volume 14, Issue 2, July 2021, Pages 134–147, https://doi.org/10.1093/phe/phab011
Abstract
This study argues against the expansive approach to the WHO reform, according to which to be a better global health leader, WHO should do more, be given more power and financial resources, have more operational capacities, and have more teeth by introducing more coercive monitoring and compliance mechanisms to its IHR. The expansive approach is a political problem, whose root cause lies in ethics: WHO’s political overambition is grounded on WHO’s lack of conceptual clarity on what good leadership means and what health (as a human right) means. This study presents this ethical analysis by putting forth an alternative: the humble approach to the WHO reform. It argues that to be a better leader, WHO should do much less and have a much narrower mandate. More specifically, WHO should focus exclusively on coordination efforts, by ensuring truthful, evidence-based, consistent, and timely shared communications regarding PHEIC among WHO member-states and other global health stakeholders, if the organization desires to be a real global health leader whose authority the international community respects and whose guidance people trust.

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health (RPSP/PAJPH)
https://www.paho.org/journal/en

18 Oct 2021
Comparative economic evaluation of renal replacement therapies in Argentina, Costa Rica, and Uruguay
Original research | Spanish |

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health (RPSP/PAJPH)
https://www.paho.org/journal/en

18 Oct 2021
Implementation of telemedicine in the Americas: Barriers and facilitators
Opinion and analysis | Spanish |

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health (RPSP/PAJPH)
https://www.paho.org/journal/en

18 Oct 2021
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and acceptance in Mexico: a web-based nationwide survey
Original research | English |

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health (RPSP/PAJPH)
https://www.paho.org/journal/en

Selected Articles
18 Oct 2021
SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in untreated wastewater: detection of viral RNA in a low-resource community in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Original research | English |

Science
Volume 374| Issue 6566| 22 Oct 2021
https://www.science.org/toc/science/current

Research Articles
Low-dose mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine generates durable memory enhanced by cross-reactive T cells
BY Jose Mateus et al.
22 Oct 2021
Open Access
A reduced dose of the Moderna SARS-CoV-2 vaccine induces long-lived T cell and antibody responses comparable to natural infection.

Science
Volume 374| Issue 6566| 22 Oct 2021
https://www.science.org/toc/science/current

A year of genomic surveillance reveals how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic unfolded in Africa
Eduan Wilkinson et al
09 Sep 2021: 423-431
Open Access
The early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa were dominated by European imports, followed by the local generation of variants.

Social Science & Medicine
Volume 286 October 2021
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/social-science-and-medicine/vol/286/suppl/C

Research article Full text access
Light at the end of the tunnel: Influence of vaccine availability and vaccination intention on people’s consideration of the COVID-19 vaccine
Haoran Chu, Sixiao Liu
Article 114315

Social Science & Medicine
Volume 286 October 2021
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/social-science-and-medicine/vol/286/suppl/C

Short communication Open access
Value judgments in a COVID-19 vaccination model: A case study in the need for public involvement in health-oriented modelling
Stephanie Harvard, Eric Winsberg, John Symons, Amin Adibi
Article 114323

Vaccine
Volume 39, Issue 42 Pages 6183-6340 (8 October 2021)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vaccine/vol/39/issue/42

Research article Abstract only
Estimation of oral poliovirus vaccine effectiveness in Afghanistan, 2010–2020
Anna N. Chard, Maureen Martinez, Almea Matanock, Ahmed M. Kassem
Pages 6250-6255

Vaccine
Volume 39, Issue 42 Pages 6183-6340 (8 October 2021)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vaccine/vol/39/issue/42

Research article Abstract only
Estimation of oral poliovirus vaccine effectiveness in Afghanistan, 2010–2020
Anna N. Chard, Maureen Martinez, Almea Matanock, Ahmed M. Kassem
Pages 6250-6255

Vaccine
Volume 39, Issue 42 Pages 6183-6340 (8 October 2021)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vaccine/vol/39/issue/42

Research article Open access
Low COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Brazil
Daniella Campelo Batalha Cox Moore, Marcio Fernandes Nehab, Karla Gonçalves Camacho, Adriana Teixeira Reis, … Saint Clair dos Santos Gomes Junior
Pages 6262-6268

Vaccine
Volume 39, Issue 42 Pages 6183-6340 (8 October 2021)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vaccine/vol/39/issue/42

Research article Full text access
Predicting COVID-19 vaccination intention using protection motivation theory and conspiracy beliefs
Judith Eberhardt, Jonathan Ling
Pages 6269-6275

Vaccine
Volume 39, Issue 42 Pages 6183-6340 (8 October 2021)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vaccine/vol/39/issue/42

Research article Open access
Microplanning for designing vaccination campaigns in low-resource settings: A geospatial artificial intelligence-based framework
Thiago Augusto Hernandes Rocha, Dante Grapiuna de Almeida, Arthi Shankar Kozhumam, Núbia Cristina da Silva, … João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci
Pages 6276-6282

Vaccine
Volume 39, Issue 42 Pages 6183-6340 (8 October 2021)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vaccine/vol/39/issue/42

Research article Abstract only
Cost-effectiveness of routine catch-up hepatitis a vaccination in the United States: Dynamic transmission modeling study
Elamin H. Elbasha, Yoonyoung Choi, Vince Daniels, Michelle G. Goveia
Pages 6315-6321

Vaccines
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/vaccines

Open Access Opinion
Manifesto on the Value of Adult Immunization: “We Know, We Intend, We Advocate”
by Raffaele Antonelli-Incalzi et al.
Vaccines 2021, 9(11), 1232; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9111232 (registering DOI) – 22 Oct 2021
Abstract
Immunization through vaccination is a milestone achievement that has made a tremendous contribution to public health. Historically, immunization programs aimed firstly to protect children, who were disproportionally affected by infectious diseases. However, vaccine-preventable diseases can have significant impacts on adult mortality, health, and quality of life. Despite this, adult vaccinations have historically been overlooked in favor of other health priorities, because their benefits to society were not well recognized. As the general population is aging, the issue of vaccination in older adults is gaining importance. In high-income countries, recommendations for the routine vaccination of older adults have been gradually introduced. The Italian National Immunization Plan is considered to be among the most advanced adult vaccination plans in Europe. However, available data indicate there is low adherence to vaccination recommendations in Italy. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the damage that can be caused by an infectious disease, especially among adults and individuals with comorbidities. The aim of this “Manifesto”, therefore, is to provide an overview of the existing evidence on the value of adult vaccination, in the Italian context, with a call to action to healthcare providers and health authorities

Vaccines
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/vaccines

Open Access Article
Caregivers’ Willingness to Vaccinate Their Children against Childhood Diseases and Human Papillomavirus: A Cross-Sectional Study on Vaccine Hesitancy in Malawi
by Gbadebo Collins Adeyanju et al.
Vaccines 2021, 9(11), 1231; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9111231 (registering DOI) – 22 Oct 2021
Abstract
Background: Vaccines are among the most effective and cost-efficient public health interventions for promoting child health. However, uptake is considerably affected by vaccine hesitancy. An example is Malawi, with a decline in second vaccine doses and the highest cervical cancer incidence and mortality

Vaccines
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/vaccines

Open Access Article
Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccination in the Elderly: A Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Italy
by Francesca Gallè et al.
Vaccines 2021, 9(11), 1222; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9111222 – 21 Oct 2021
Abstract
In Italy, at the end of 2020, a voluntary immunization plan against COVID-19 was introduced, involving elderly among the first target categories. The aim of this study was to assess, through an online questionnaire, the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination in a sample of […]

Vaccines
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/vaccines

Open Access Article
Attitudes of Parents with Regard to Vaccination of Children against COVID-19 in Poland. A Nationwide Online Survey
by Mateusz Babicki et al.
Vaccines 2021, 9(10), 1192; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9101192 – 17 Oct 2021
Abstract
Within a few months, the scientific world achieved a great success, developing effective and safe vaccines against COVID-19. Many countries with full access to vaccines have introduced recommendations for the vaccination of not only people who are at risk of developing severe COVID-19,