A selection of publications from members of the Edinburgh Pandemic Research Forum in 2025/26. PaperDateWhoH5N1: How prepared are the US and UK for a pandemic? Apr-26Read S, Sridhar D.The economic burden of COVID-19 undervaccination: costs of hospitalisation, ICU admission, and death in Scotland. Apr-26Kerr S, Madia JE, Nicodemo C, Sheikh A.A narrative review of heterogeneity in SARS-CoV-2 infection outcomes and vaccine efficacy: strategizing pandemic preparedness in Africa. Feb-26Kerai T, Woolhouse M, Nyazema NZ, Mutapi F.Human Metapneumovirus-associated Hospital Burden in Older Adults in Scotland: A Retrospective Analysis. Feb-26Kulkarni D, Osei-Yeboah R, Templeton K, Nair H.Mind the gap: A qualitative assessment of limitations in school-age immunisation programme delivery for Orthodox Jewish children in northeast London. Feb-26Kasstan-Dabush B, Khan T, Saliba V, Chantler T.Rethinking the Role of HIV/AIDS Memories in Gay Men's Experiences of COVID-19 Fear: The Centrality of Social and Ethnic Inequalities. Feb-26Atherton S, Garcia-Iglesias J.Vaccination systems under pressure: what the UK COVID-19 Inquiry teaches us about preparednessFeb-26Kasstan-Dabush B, Parker EPK, Chantler T et alWhich children, childhoods? How the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified epistemic power struggles in early childhood education whoseFeb-26Kustatscher M, Hancock J, Taylor A, Tisdall EKM.Gender, sexuality and viral safety: A mixed-methods examination of the negotiation of risk and precautions through dating apps during a pandemic. Jan-26García-Iglesias J, Heaphy B, Yodovich N, Xiong Q.Dying alone, dying lonely, and the case of dementiaJul-26Cholbi, MSome statistical aspects of the Covid-19 responseJan-26Wood, SN et al.Human outbreak detection and best practice MPXV analysis and interpretation with squirrel. Dec-25O'Toole Á, Kinganda-Lusamaki E, Colquhoun R, Chato C, Scher E et al.Avian-origin influenza A viruses tolerate elevated pyrexic temperatures in mammalsNov-25Turnbull ML, Wang Y, Clare S, Lieber G, Williams SL, et al.Deaths at home during COVID-19 in Scotland: Demographics, multimorbidity, and palliative care needs in population data. Oct-25Savinc J, Atherton IM.BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccination uptake, safety, effectiveness, and waning in children and young people aged 5-11 years in Scotland. Aug-25Rudan I, Kerr S, Sullivan C, Jeffrey K, Grange Z, et al.From AIDS to COVID-19, and back again. Aug-25Garcia-Iglesias J, Atherton S, Aggleton P.Long-term spatial patterns in COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake. Jul-25Wood AJ, MacKintosh AM, Stead M, Kao RR.Simple simulation based reconstruction of incidence rates from death data. Jul-25Wood SN.Vulnerability under Covid-19: children’s human rights under lockdownJul-25Tisdall EKM, Morrison F.A Prototype Interactive Dashboard for the Visualization and Analysis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Japan. May-25Liang J, Luz S, Li Y, Nair H.Enabling health data analyses across multiple private datasets with no information sharing using secure multiparty computation. May-25Kerr S, Robertson C, Sudlow C, Sheikh A.Occupational differences in COVID-19 hospital admission and mortality risks between women and men in Scotland: a population-based study using linked administrative data. May-25Pattaro S, Bailey N, Dibben C.Human ACE2 transgenic pigs are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 and develop COVID-19-like diseaseJan-25Chau LF, Lillico S, Opriessnig T, Blake R, Tardy L et al This article was published on 2026-05-14
