Introduction And Aims: Antibiotic resistance is a global health problem that can affect individuals, health systems, and the economy. Our aim was to investigate how the redemption of antibiotics and the associated dental care changed during COVID-19 in Hungary.
Methods: The ICD codes for the infections for which antibiotics should be prescribed in dental care were identified based on the professional recommendation.
Prevention and care for mental disorders represent an important public health task in achieving global development goals. Proper access to adequate healthcare and social services is an important step related to care for mental disorders, which is presumably strongly related to economic growth. The main aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between the economic growth and the incidence of mental disorders in the V4 countries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDecades of research and policy interventions on biodiversity have insufficiently addressed the dual issues of biodiversity degradation and social justice. New approaches are therefore needed. We devised a research and action agenda that calls for a collective task of revisiting biodiversity toward the goal of sustaining diverse and just futures for life on Earth.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFrom 1976 to 2016, neurotoxigenic Clostridium baratii type F caused 18 (<0.5%) reported US infant botulism cases. Six cases occurred during 2012-2013; no common source was identified.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In response to a mumps outbreak at the University of Iowa and surrounding community, university, state, and local health officials implemented a vaccination campaign targeting students <25 years of age with an additional dose of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine. More than 4700 vaccine campaign doses were administered; 97% were documented third doses. We describe the epidemiology of the outbreak before and after the campaign, focusing on cases in university students.
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