• Item confirms statistics 11 Sep 2026

  Childhood acute myeloid leukaemia burden fell 37-42% globally 1990-2021

  Between 1990 and 2021, global incidence of acute myeloid leukaemia in people aged 0–19 fell by 37%, mortality by 40% and disability-adjusted life years by 42%, according to Global Burden of Disease data for 204 countries.

  MedicalHealthcare todayPower of dataWorld
  
• Item refines peer-reviewed 11 Sep 2026

  Viral coinfections were not linked to severe COVID-19 in systematically tested children

  Among 938 Canadian children hospitalised with COVID-19 at centres testing all acute respiratory admissions, the 18.6% with at least one other respiratory virus had no higher odds of severe disease (aOR 0.94, 95% CI 0.76–1.15).

  MedicalHealthcare todayWhat influenza and RSV now cost in deaths, and how well the vaccines hold upCanada
  
• Item refines peer-reviewed 11 Sep 2026

  Life expectancy rose faster in countries hit harder by 2008 recession

  Life expectancy increased faster in European countries where unemployment rose most after 2008, such as Greece and Spain, than in less-affected ones such as Germany, and the faster improvement persisted through 2019.

  DemographicPower of dataWhether mortality improvement has stalled, and whereGreeceSpainGermanyEuropean Union
  
• Item refines agency 11 Sep 2026

  Post-mortem investigation traces nearly four in five stillbirths to asphyxia or hypoxia

  Investigation of 8,500 stillbirths and child deaths in seven high-mortality countries, using minimally invasive tissue sampling, laboratory testing and verbal autopsy, attributed 79.1% of stillbirths to perinatal asphyxia or hypoxia.

  MedicalHealthcare todayPower of dataHow deaths are counted and attributed, and how much the method changes the answerBangladeshEthiopiaKenyaMaliMozambiqueSierra LeoneSouth Africa
  

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