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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In 2019, a 'Heart Health Check' Medicare Benefit Schedule (MBS) item (699) was introduced to support cardiovascular risk assessment. This study sought to determine the uptake of Item 699 and changes to existing health

CONCLUSION: The uptake of COVID-19 vaccine among health professionals is relatively higher than in earlier reports. However, this was not yet sufficient for the level required to achieve herd immunity. Hence, the Ministry of health should work in

Influenza and COVID-19 are highly prevalent RNA viruses. Pregnancy increases the frequency of severe maternal morbidity and mortality associated with these viruses. Vaccination plays an important role in protecting pregnant women and their infants

CONCLUSIONS: Receipt of 3 COVID-19 mRNA vaccine doses is high overall among patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Younger age, underrepresented race/ethnicity, rural status, and lack of influenza vaccination are associated with incomplete COVID

CONCLUSION: Vaccine uptake was massive and side effects due to the COVID-19 vaccine were common but minor. The majority of the participants had positive attitudes towards recommended COVID-19 preventive measures. Being female and living in rural

The share of fossil fuels in energy consumption in the European Union in 2022 stood at 70.9 percent.

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CONCLUSIONS: We found increased ED admissions during the aftermath of the COVID-19 lockdown among adolescent females. We recommend strengthening the attention to this population to provide adequate specialized care and prevention strategies.

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, many people around the world stayed home, drastically altering human activity in cities. This exceptional moment provided researchers the opportunity to test how urban animals respond to human disturbance, in some

Motivation for the study. During the COVID-19 pandemic, spatial analysis methodologies were used to identify the territorial determinants of its distribution and social inequalities in access to medical care. Main findings. We found a concentration