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Reductions in cervical cancer screening and colposcopy among nearly half of surveyed clinicians more than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic raise concerns that inadequate screening and follow-up will lead to future increases in preventable cancers.

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a highly prevalent disorder of women, with significant reproductive, endocrine, and metabolic morbidities and a total healthcare-related economic burden exceeding $15 billion (2021 USD) for the U.S. alone, $4 billion due to mental health disorders.

Many people canceled cancer screening and cancer care appointments during the pandemic, but cancer prevention and control practitioners must proactively facilitate their return to care to avoid widening cancer health disparities.

A review of the current empirical literature underscores the need for longitudinal research examining potential spillover effects between hesitancy, intention, or uptake for the COVID vaccine and HPV and HBV vaccines, especially to account for social media misinformation.

An in-depth exploratory analysis of the evolutionary and epidemiological dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in Mexico during the first year of the epidemic provides an overview of different virus dynamics between the developing and developed world (represented by the USA and Mexico).

COVID-19 negatively affected pancreatic cancer care by reducing surgical resections and pre-diagnostic testing with BMI and HbA1c, and it also negatively affected the quality of data for research.

There was substantial change in primary care activity following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2019 as indicated by key measures reflective of clinical activity in general practice but service was largely restored by April 2021.

Decline in cervical cancer screening and challenges faced by healthcare professionals and patients when the pandemic was declared emphasize the importance of implementing human papillomavirus (HPV) primary screening, HPV self-sampling, and telemedicine to continue cervical cancer screening and care.

Shifting from girls-only to gender-neutral HPV vaccination strategy improves the resilience of cervical cancer prevention and enhances progress towards cervical cancer elimination.

While recognizing study design limitations, the lack of association between household close range proximity events and SARS-CoV-2 transmission, suggests that aerosol transmission may play a larger role than droplet transmission in the household.