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Data, models and systemsRevisions and new sources confirms
COVID-19 case reporting in Miami-Dade shifted to affluent block groups as testing grew
Early COVID-19 hot spots sat in lower-income block groups, then shifted to affluent ones as Black neighbourhoods became cold spots.
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Data, models and systemsValue in health new
HPV catch-up vaccination to age 30 modelled in 132 low- and middle-income countries
A one-time catch-up campaign for females aged 9-30 was projected to prevent 6.93 million cervical cancer cases and 3.56 million deaths.
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Data, models and systemsWhat linked data reveals new
Scottish cohort of 3.7 million adults links disability and household setting to COVID-19
A linked cohort of 3,719,651 Scottish adults describes COVID-19 outcomes by disability group and household living arrangements.
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Behavioural scienceAdherence and persistence refines
Semaglutide: 14.5% of US initiators start at high dose, with earlier discontinuation
Among US adults starting injectable semaglutide, high-dose initiation was associated with a 25% higher early discontinuation risk and lower 1-year persistence.
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Data, models and systemsValue in health new
Housing for homeless Californians with opioid use disorder modelled at $31,083 per QALY
A lifetime microsimulation of 18,928 Californians experiencing homelessness with opioid use disorder gave $31,083 per quality-adjusted life-year from expanding housing access.
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Data, models and systemsValue in health new
US childhood hepatitis B vaccine policy changes modelled to increase chronic infections
A Markov model of a 3.6 million US birth cohort projects 83% more childhood chronic hepatitis B infections under shared decision making.
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Health todayCancer refines
Smoking status and survival across solid cancers in a Finnish two-hospital cohort
Five-year overall survival was 71% in never smokers, 58% in former smokers and 49% in current smokers.
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Health todayFrailty and multimorbidity refines
Plant-based diet indices and frailty in 8,628 older adults across three ageing cohorts
Higher overall plant-based scores were associated with lower frailty risk (ORs 0.71-0.80), unhealthful scores with higher risk (1.24-1.41).
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Behavioural scienceSmoking and vaping refines
E-cigarette flavour use and later vaping abstinence in US youth and adults, PATH 2016-2023
Exclusive tobacco or flavourless vaping preceded higher odds of 30-day e-cigarette abstinence, while use of multiple flavours preceded lower odds.
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Behavioural scienceInfection and pandemics refines
Bacteraemia resistance and strain trends in Calgary alongside antibiotic prescribing
Population-based Calgary cohort covering five bacteraemia pathogens, 2006 to 2022: fluoroquinolone resistance fell in Gram-positive species, while Escherichia coli ST1193 and CTX-M-27-producing ST131 rose.
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Behavioural scienceInfection and pandemics refines
Influenza antibody titres waned by strain, not uniformly, in Michigan and Hong Kong
H1N1 titres fell in Michigan and two H3N2 strains fell in Hong Kong; other strains changed little.
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Behavioural scienceDiet, exercise and sleep confirms
Moderate-to-vigorous activity and cardiovascular mortality in US adults with MASLD
Among 2785 adults with MASLD, 10 more minutes of moderate-to-vigorous activity gave a hazard ratio of 0.72 for cardiovascular death.
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