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Behavioural scienceInfection and pandemics new
PCV20 was 20% effective against pneumococcal pneumonia admissions at ages 65 and over
Among 34,009 pneumonia hospitalisations in the US Veterans Affairs system, PCV20 was associated with 20.4% lower odds of culture-confirmed pneumococcal pneumonia at ages 65 and over.
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Health todayHeart and stroke confirms
Kidney disease stage tracks in-hospital deaths in STEMI shock on circulatory support
In 63,755 US hospitalisations for STEMI with cardiogenic shock and mechanical circulatory support, in-hospital mortality was 30.7% with no chronic kidney disease and 40.7% at stages 4-5.
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Health todayCancer new
No study has yet followed snus or e-cigarette users through chemotherapy
A review to June 2026 found no study of how snus or e-cigarettes affect response to chemotherapy, and the one laboratory signal of drug resistance did not replicate.
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Health todayCancer confirms
Modelled estimates put 10.6m new cancers at 65+ in 2022, rising 75% by 2036
A secondary analysis of GLOBOCAN 2022 and GBD 2021 estimates reports 10.6 million new cancer cases and 6.0 million cancer deaths among adults aged 65 and over in 2022, with the modelled case count projected to rise 75.5% by 2036 as populations age.
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Health todayHeart and stroke confirms
Asian Pacific Islanders had worse in-hospital outcomes after heart attack in the US
A propensity-matched analysis of US hospital admissions for heart attack from 2003 to 2022 found higher in-hospital mortality among Asian Pacific Islander patients than among other patients.
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Behavioural scienceInfection and pandemics new
Pharmacies gave 42% of first COVID-19 vaccine doses to North Carolina children
Across 1.75 million North Carolina children aged 3-17, pharmacies gave 42% of first COVID-19 doses, and much the same share in rural, suburban and urban areas.
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Health todayObesity, diabetes and GLP-1 new
Adults with obesity and asthma on GLP-1 drugs had fewer recorded exacerbations
In 2,423 matched pairs of adults with obesity and asthma, one-year recorded asthma exacerbation was 1.7% on GLP-1 therapy as compared to 4.0% on other weight-management drugs.
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Tomorrow's worldA changing climate refines
Heat exposure is associated with a 26% higher risk of death from COPD
A meta-analysis of 36 observational studies found heat exposure associated with a 26% higher risk of death from COPD, as compared to 5% for non-fatal illness.
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Health todayCancer contradicts
Reanalysed mammography trials are compatible with breast cancer overdiagnosis below 5%
A reanalysis of randomised mammography trials, benchmarked against Denmark's Funen screening programme, found the extra cancers detected compatible with breast cancer overdiagnosis below 5%, against published estimates up to 50%.
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Behavioural scienceInfection and pandemics new
Canada's 2025/26 influenza vaccine cut A(H3N2) illness by 38%
In Canada's sentinel outpatient network, the 2025/26 vaccine cut the risk of A(H3N2) illness by 38%, even though most circulating viruses differed from the vaccine strain in laboratory tests.
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Data, models and systemsWhat linked data reveals refines
Austrian registry data show vaccinated adults died less from causes vaccines cannot affect
In Austrian adults with no documented prior infection, vaccinated people had lower mortality from cancer and external causes, with adjusted all-cause hazard ratios of 0.24 to 0.32 in the two weeks after a dose, a measure of the healthy vaccinee effect.
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Data, models and systemsCancer new
Deaths mentioning lung metastases reached their highest recorded US rate in 2024
US age-adjusted mortality involving secondary malignant neoplasm of the lung fell to 7.22 per 100,000 in 2008, then rose to 11.38 in 2024, the highest level recorded.
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