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Behavioural scienceInfection and pandemics confirms
VAERS reports after the 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccine were consistent with earlier seasons
A CDC review of 9856 US VAERS reports following the 2024-2025 JN.1-based COVID-19 vaccine found 8.9% serious, eight Guillain-Barre and six myocarditis or myopericarditis cases meeting case definitions, with reporting rates below background rates for both.
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Behavioural scienceSmoking and vaping new
One in five Australian paediatricians surveyed provides vaping cessation support
Of 90 paediatricians and registrars surveyed across Australia in 2023, over two-thirds routinely advised adolescents against vaping, but only one in five provided cessation support.
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Data, models and systemsAI in medicine new
Machine learning screen finds 17 dietary polyphenols that bind Salmonella proteins
A graph neural network screened over 7,000 plant compounds, and laboratory binding assays confirmed that 17 dietary polyphenols attach to two proteins Salmonella uses to coordinate its virulence.
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Data, models and systemsValue in health new
Treating drug-resistant TB contacts up to age 45 was modelled as cost-effective
A model of 189 countries found that offering preventive treatment to household contacts of drug-resistant tuberculosis up to age 45, rather than only under-15s, was cost-effective in 160 countries.
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Health todayObesity, diabetes and GLP-1 confirms
Overweight/obesity in German children stands at 16.1%, unchanged over two decades
Measured height and weight in a representative sample of 3,978 German children aged 4 to 17 gave an overweight and obesity prevalence of 16.1%, with obesity alone at 6.7%.
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Health todayCancer confirms
Multi-cancer early detection blood test detected 15.4% of stage I cancers
A methylation and protein blood test identified 50.9% of cancers across 21 tumour organ types at a specificity of 98.5%, in a multi-centre case-control study of 6,352 samples.
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Behavioural scienceInfection and pandemics confirms
Digital reminders raised child vaccination coverage in low- and middle-income countries
A meta-analysis of 22 randomised trials in low- and middle-income countries found reminders raised the share of children vaccinated relative to usual care (RR 1.27), though trial results varied widely.
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Data, models and systemsForecasts and their record new
Nigeria's HPV programme is modelled to avert 1.82 million cervical cancers
Continuing to vaccinate Nigerian girls aged 9 to 14 is projected to avert 1.82 million cervical cancer cases to 2100, with 945,000 remaining in women already too old.
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Data, models and systemsValue in health new
Tuberculosis vaccine VPM1002 is modelled as stronger against disease outside the lungs
A dynamic model of tuberculosis in India estimated the VPM1002 vaccine to be 42.9% effective against disease outside the lungs and 14.0% against lung disease, both intervals including no effect.
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Health todayMental health refines
Depression carried a 65% higher rate of new cardiometabolic disease over 15 years
Among 1858 Dutch adults followed for 15 years, lifetime major depression was associated with higher cardiometabolic disease incidence (HR 1.65), with no one symptom pattern carrying more risk than another.
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Behavioural scienceSocial connection confirms
Two ways of asking about loneliness disagree over graduates in England
Among 135,725 adult volunteers in England, university education was associated with higher loneliness on a three-question scale but with lower loneliness when people were asked directly.
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Behavioural scienceAlcohol and drug use confirms
Norway's ban on all alcohol advertising has survived 50 years of legal challenge
A review of Norwegian government documents, parliamentary papers and court rulings traces the alcohol marketing ban in force since 1975, which has adapted to alcohol-free beers and social media.
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