Cohort profile: Born in Wales—a birth cohort with maternity, parental and child data linkage for life course research in Wales, UK by Amrita Bandyopadhyay, Sarah Davies, Michaela James, Sinead Brophy, Sam Dredge, Hope Jones, Mike J Seaborne, Natasha L Kennedy, Adele Battaglia

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I-SPY COVID adaptive platform trial for COVID-19 acute respiratory failure: rationale, design and operations by Carolyn S Calfee, Michael A Matthay, Paul Henderson, Martin Eklund, Laura J Esserman, Chirag Patel, Angela Haczku, Michelle Jung, Tony Oliver, Alessio Crippa, Andrea Discacciati, Kathleen D Liu, Ellen L Burnham, Nuala J Meyer, Fady A Youssef, Derek W Russell, Julie Lang, Kevin W Gibbs, Daniel C Files, Sheetal Gandotra, Purnema Madahar, Nathan K Cobb, Timothy E Albertson, Rajiv Sonti, John P Reilly, Alejandra Jauregui, Iván García, Luis E Huerta, Daniel Clark Files, Neil R Aggarwal, Adam L Asare, Jeremy R Beitler, Paul A Berger, George Cimino, Melissa H Coleman, Paul T Henderson, Caroline A G Ittner, Kashif T Khan, Jonathan L Koff, Mary LaRose, Joe Levitt, Ruixiao Lu, Jeffrey D McKeehan, Karl W Thomas, Aaron M Mittel, Albert F Yen, Alexis E Suarez, Alexis L Serra, Alpesh N Amin, Amanda Rosen, Amy L Dzierba, Anna D Barker, Ariel R Weisman, Brian M Daniel, Brian M Morrissey, Caroline AG Ittner, Chayse Jones, Christina Creel-Bulos, Christina M Angelucci, Diana Ng, Fredy Chaparro-Rojas, Gavin H Harris, Harsh V Barot, Heny Su, Jacqueline B Sutter, Jamal Dodin, Jerry S Lee, John Kazianis, Joshua F Detelich, Julie E Lang, Justin Muir, Katarzyna Gosek, Katherine L Nugent, Kimberly Yee, Laura G Rodrigues, Laura R Macias, Lindsey A Orr, Lindsie L Boerger, Lissette Rosario-Remigio, Lucia Kufa, Maged Tanios, Maria B Reyes, Max W Adelman, Maya M Juarez, Michelle Meyers, Mitchell P Sternlieb, Neil Aggarwal, Nilam S Mangalmurti, Patrice Jones, Paul L Saban, Peter S Marshall, Philiip A Robinson, Philip Yang, Rahul Nair, Richard Anthony Lee, Richard G Wunderink, Romina Wahab, Roxana A Lupu, Santhi I Kumar, Sara C Auld, Scott Fields, Se Fum Wong, Skyler J Pearson, Spencer Whealon, Timothy F Obermiller, Anita Darmanian, John Schicchi, Esmeralda Martinez, Farjad Sarafian, Julie Nguyen, Bethany Weiler-Lisowski, Jaime Wyatt, Daniel Blevins, Marylee Melendrez, Brenda Lopez, Hiwet Tzehaie, Omowunmi Amosu, Austin Simonson, Erin Hardy, Brett Lindgren, Gregory Peterfreund, Leigha Landreth, Lisa Parks

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Health outcome priorities of people with multiple long-term conditions using the outcome prioritisation tool in the UK: A survey study and feasibility assessment. by Harini Sathanapally, Yogini V Chudasama, Francesco Zaccardi, Alessandro Rizzi, Samuel Seidu, Kamlesh Khunti

“…There were no differences before or after COVID-19, or by ethnicity.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The OPT is feasible and acceptable for use to elicit the health outcome priorities of people with MLTC across both middle-aged and older age groups and in a UK setting. …”
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Cohort profile: Health and Attainment of Pupils in a Primary Education National Cohort (HAPPEN) – a hybrid total population cohort in Wales, UK by Amrita Bandyopadhyay, Michaela James, Gareth Stratton, Sinead Brophy, Emily Marchant, Hope Jones, Amy Locke, Jonathan L Kennedy, David W E Burdett

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Interventions for the management of post-COVID-19 condition (long COVID): protocol for a living systematic review and network meta-analysis by Paul Garner, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Jason W Busse, Dena Zeraatkar, Thomas Agoritsas, Ariel Izcovich, Tari Turner, Lyn Turkstra, Roger S McIntyre, Rachel J Couban, Tyler Pitre, Sarah Kirsh, Tanvir Jassal, Michael Ling, Samantha Chakraborty, Signe A Flottorp

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COVID-19 Booster Vaccines Administration in Different Countries by Angel Yun-Kuan Thye, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Jodi Woan Fei Law, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“…This review aims to discuss the various COVID-19 booster vaccines that are being authorized and administered, the eligibility criteria for the different booster vaccines, and the extent of protection these booster vaccines provide in the United States (US), Israel, United Kingdom (UK), Singapore and Chile. …”
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Adverse events and overall health and well-being after COVID-19 vaccination: interim results from the VAC4COVID cohort safety study by Thomas M MacDonald, Andrew Duncan, Amy Rogers, Greg Guthrie, Alex Doney, Steve Morant, Isla Mackenzie, Evelien Rooke, Rebecca Barr, Filippo Pigazzani, Krists Zutis

“…Objectives To describe the incidence of adverse events (AEs), reactogenicity symptoms, menstrual changes and overall self-rated improvement in health and well-being after COVID-19 vaccination.Design VAC4COVID is an ongoing prospective, active observational, post-authorisation cohort safety study (PASS) of UK-approved vaccines for COVID-19 disease.Setting The study is conducted through a secure website (www.vac4covid.com) by MEMO Research, University of Dundee, UK.Participants 16 265 adult (18 years or older) UK residents with a valid email address and internet access.Interventions Any UK-authorised COVID-19 vaccination.Main outcome measures The outcomes reported in this interim analysis include AEs, reactogenicity-type AEs (headache, fatigue, muscle or joint pain, fever, nausea, dizziness or local vaccine reaction), menstrual changes and reported improvement in overall health and well-being.Results 11 475 consented participants (mean age 54.8 years) provided follow-up data between 2 February and 5 October 2021 (mean follow-up duration 184 days), by which date 89.2% of participants had received two vaccine doses. 89.8% of 5222 participants who completed a follow-up questionnaire in the 7 days after any COVID-19 vaccination reported no AEs. …”
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Is joint hypermobility linked to self-reported non-recovery from COVID-19? Case–control evidence from the British COVID Symptom Study Biobank by Hugo D Critchley, Dorina Cadar, Claire J Steves, Kevin A Davies, Alan J Hakim, Nicholas Gall, Jessica A Eccles, Vicky Bowyer, Lisa Quadt, Nathan Cheetham

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Patients with neurological or psychiatric complications of COVID-19 have worse long-term functional outcomes: COVID-CNS—A multicentre case–control study by Rajish S. K. Shil, Adam Seed, Nkongho Egbe Franklyn, Brendan F. Sargent, Greta K. Wood, Yun Huang, Katherine C. Dodd, James B. Lilleker, Thomas A. Pollak, Sylviane Defres, Thomas M. Jenkins, Nicholas W. S. Davies, David A. Cousins, Michael S. Zandi, Thomas A. Jackson, Laura A. Benjamin, Ava Easton, Tom Solomon, John R. Bradley, Patrick F. Chinnery, Craig J. Smith, Timothy R. Nicholson, Alan Carson, Rhys H. Thomas, Mark Alexander Ellul, Nicholas W. Wood, Gerome Breen, Benedict Daniel Michael, the COVID-CNS Study Group

“…We conducted a UK multicentre case–control study of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 (controls) and those who developed COVID-19 associated acute neurological or psychiatric complications (cases). …”
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COVID-19 and Scottish Independence: The Instrumentalisation of the Pandemic in the Constitutional Debate by Nelly Gérard

“…The Covid-19 pandemic unfolded in the UK in a specific context where, in the aftermath of the Brexit referendum, much of the political scene had been dominated by constitutional politics. …”
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Review of ophthalmology undergraduate teaching curriculum by Sivanthi Kanagasundaram

“…The inclusion criterion was the ophthalmology curriculum in medical schools in the UK. The exclusion criteria were virtual curriculums adopted during COVID-19 and postgraduate ophthalmology curriculum. …”
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Behavioural Expertise: Drift, Thrift and Shift under COVID-19 by Joram Feitsma, Mark Whitehead

“…Taking developments in the UK and the Netherlands as our case-studies, we shed light on the disparate ways in which behavioural expertise is being (re)shaped during COVID-19. …”
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Managing Uncertainty: Company’s Adaptive Capabilities during Covid-19 by Iva Atanassova, Peter Bednar

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An Analysis of Indonesia’s Free and Active COVID-19 Vaccine Diplomacy by Raden Mas Try Ananto Djoko Wicaksono, Fajar Bambang Hirawan, Safendrri Komara Ragamustari

“…The research shows Indonesia's effort to procure the COVID-19 vaccine in three ways, namely bilateral (Australia, China, Russia, UK, and the US), regional (ASEAN and IORA), and multilateral (UN and Covax-AMC EG) cooperation with six types of vaccines has secure in Indonesia. …”
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Measuring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Diagnostic Delay in Rare Disease by Caitlin Hampson, William Evans, Lucy McKay, Lara Menzies

“…Currently, there is a lack of systematic recording and reporting of rare disease diagnosis in the UK, which created challenges in directly measuring diagnosis rates. …”
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SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COVID-19 CASES AND GLOBALISATION IN EUROPE by Yılmaz Toktaş

“…According to the LISA analysis results, it was found that the UK, the Netherlands, France, and Belgium not only have a higher number of Covid-19 cases, but also have been affected by the countries with a number of cases above the European mean. …”
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SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COVID-19 CASES AND GLOBALISATION IN EUROPE by Yılmaz Toktaş

“…According to the LISA analysis results, it was found that the UK, the Netherlands, France, and Belgium not only have a higher number of Covid-19 cases, but also have been affected by the countries with a number of cases above the European mean. …”
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Perceived coercion amongst healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic by Andrea S. Stoltenberg, Veronica Ranieri, Hege Kristine N. Dahlen, Eleni Nastouli, SAFER Investigators, Roger Almvik, Sarah J. L. Edwards, Sunjeev K. Kamboj

“…Abstract Direct and prolonged exposure to stress and uncertainty among healthcare workers (HCWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic likely had a significant negative impact on their mental health and general wellbeing. …”
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PMMB COVID-19 Bulletin: United Kingdom (22nd April 2020) by Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Vengadesh Letchumanan, Hooi-Leng Ser, Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Nurul-Syakima Ab Mutalib, Learn-Han Lee

“…Despite the lockdown is in place to slow the spread of COVID-19, UK death toll continues to surge. As of 21st April 2020, more than 120,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 16,000 deaths had been recorded in UK.…”
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Dynamic Analysis of a Stochastic SEQIR Model and Application in the COVID-19 Pandemic by Shijie Liu, Maoxing Liu

“…To demonstrate the application of this model, a case study based on COVID-19 epidemic data from France, Italy, and the UK is presented, together with numerical simulations using given parameters.…”
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