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Clalit Research Institute Publishes Updated Results on Coronavirus Vaccination Effectiveness in The New England Journal of Medicine

Study of 1.4 Million patients demonstrates high vaccine effectiveness of 95-96% 7 days following second Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine dose. Vaccine also effective in patients suffering from Multiple Chronic Illnesses, though higher residual risk…

Publication: Trends in the incidence of diagnosed diabetes: a multicountry analysis of aggregate data from 22 million diagnoses in high-income and middle-income settings

Trends in the incidence of diagnosed diabetes: a multicountry analysis of aggregate data from 22 million diagnoses in high-income and middle-income settings. Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, 2021. 9(4): pp. 203-211. Magliano DJ, Chen L,…

Publication: ‘‘You Have to Die Not to Come to Work”: A Mixed Methods Study of Attitudes and Behaviors regarding Presenteeism, Absenteeism and Influenza Vaccination among Healthcare Personnel with Respiratory Illness in Israel, 2016–2019.

‘‘You Have to Die Not to Come to Work”: A Mixed Methods Study of Attitudes and Behaviors regarding Presenteeism, Absenteeism and Influenza Vaccination among Healthcare Personnel with Respiratory Illness in Israel, 2016–2019. …

First large-scale peer-reviewed study of real-world effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine by Israel’s Clalit Research Institute published in The New England Journal of Medicine

Thursday, February 25, 2021 Major study, conducted in collaboration with researchers from Harvard University, examined data on 600,000 vaccinated individuals in Israel, along with 600,000 matched unvaccinated controls.Two doses of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine…

Publication: BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Mass Vaccination Setting

BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Mass Vaccination Setting The New England Journal of Medicine 2021 [Online ahead of print] Noa Dagan, M.D., Noam Barda, M.D., Eldad Kepten, Ph.D., Oren Miron, M.A., Shay Perchik, M.A., Mark…

Publication: Pre-Diabetes Increases Stroke Risk in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

Pre-Diabetes Increases Stroke Risk in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation JACC, 2021. 77(7): pp. 875–884. Kezerle L, Avgil Tsadok M, Akriv A, Berliner Senderey A, Bachrach A, Leventer-Roberts M, Haim M. Abstract…

Publication: A Prediction Model to Prioritize Individuals for a SARS-CoV-2 Test Built from National Symptom Surveys.

A Prediction Model to Prioritize Individuals for a SARS-CoV-2 Test Built from National Symptom Surveys. Med (N Y). 2021 Feb 12;2(2):196-208.e4. Shoer S, Karady T, Keshet A, Shilo S, Rossman H, Gavrieli…

Publication: Incidence of lung cancer following pneumonia in smokers: a population-based study.

Incidence of lung cancer following pneumonia in smokers: a population-based study. Shepshelovich D, Barda N, Goldvaser H, Dagan N, Zer A, Diker-Cohen T, Balicer R, Gafter-Gvili A. QJM, 2021. [Online ahead of…

Publication: Prediction of Childhood obesity from nationwide health records

Prediction of Childhood obesity from nationwide health records The Journal of Pediatrics, 2021 Hagai Rossman, Smadar Shilo, Shiri Barbash-Hazan, Nitzan Shalom Artzi, Eran Hadar, Ran D Balicer, Becca Feldman, Arnon Wiznitzer, Eran…

Publication: All-Cause Mortality of Patients With and Without Diabetes Following Bariatric Surgery: Comparison to Non-surgical Matched Patients.

All-Cause Mortality of Patients With and Without Diabetes Following Bariatric Surgery: Comparison to Non-surgical Matched Patients. Obesity Surgery, 2021. 31(2): pp. 755-762 Dicker D, Greenland P, Leibowitz M, Hoshen, Berliner Senderey A,…