by Wenzhong Huang, Zhengyu Yang, Yiwen Zhang, Thomas Vogt, Ben Armstrong, Wenhua Yu, Rongbin Xu, Pei Yu, Yanming Liu, Antonio Gasparrini, Samuel Hundessa, Eric Lavigne, Tomas Molina, Tobias Geiger, Yue Leon Guo, Christian Otto, Simon Hales, Farnaz Pourzand, Shih-Chun Pan, Ke Ju, Elizabeth A. Ritchie, Shanshan Li, Yuming Guo, MCC Collaborators Background More intense tropical […]

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by John Whitaker, Idara Edem, Ella Togun, Abena S. Amoah, Albert Dube, Lindani Chirwa, Boston Munthali, Giulia Brunelli, Thomas Van Boeckel, Rory Rickard, Andrew JM Leather, Justine Davies Background Injuries represent a vast and relatively neglected burden of disease affecting low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). While many health systems underperform in treating injured patients, most […]

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The FBI concocted a fake plot and inveigled people into a fantasy of planning terrorism. Those people were since known as the Newburgh Four. Now they will be released from prison. If they had really taken initiative to plan such attacks, they would deserve prison sentences, but the FBI does the country no service by […]

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When private equity firms buy US hospitals, the hospitals become worse. *The [private] equity firms cut corners, slash services, lay off staff, lower quality of care, take on substantial debt, and reduce charity care, leading to lower ratings and more medical errors, the [two] reports collectively find.*

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The UK has a military base on Cyprus, which it is using for attacks on Houthi missile and drone launching facilities that it is using to threaten shipping. Now some Cypriots demand an end to this cooperation. They make two arguments. One is the reductionism that labels the Houthis and their patron, Iran, as “good” […]

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German farmers are supporting the extreme right-wing after the center-left government reduced the subsidy on fossil fuels. It made the usual mistake that governments make in how they do this: they cut that subsidy and changed nothing else. The effect on farmers was an immediate loss of income and they had no better alternative to […]

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Originally published in 1866 in the Christmas edition of Dickens’s magazine, “All the Year Round.”, “Mugby Junction” offers a diverse collection of stories, each with its own unique characters and themes, ranging from family and compassion to the supernatural and mysterious. It showcases both Charles Dickens’s storytelling prowess and the contributions of other authors to […]

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by Sida Chen, Tom Marshall, Christopher Jackson, Jennifer Cooper, Francesca Crowe, Krish Nirantharakumar, Catherine L. Saunders, Paul Kirk, Sylvia Richardson, Duncan Edwards, Simon Griffin, Christopher Yau, Jessica K. Barrett Background Multimorbidity, characterised by the coexistence of multiple chronic conditions in an individual, is a rising public health concern. While much of the existing research has […]

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by Pär Flodin, Peter Allebeck, Ester Gubi, Bo Burström, Emilie E. Agardh Background Despite universal healthcare, socioeconomic differences in healthcare utilization (HCU) persist in modern welfare states. However, little is known of how HCU inequalities has developed over time. The aim of this study is to assess time trends of differences in utilization of primary […]

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by Simon Pollett, Michael A. Johansson, Nicholas G. Reich, David Brett-Major, Sara Y. Del Valle, Srinivasan Venkatramanan, Rachel Lowe, Travis Porco, Irina Maljkovic Berry, Alina Deshpande, Moritz U. G. Kraemer, David L. Blazes, Wirichada Pan-ngum, Alessandro Vespigiani, Suzanne E. Mate, Sheetal P. Silal, Sasikiran Kandula, Rachel Sippy, Talia M. Quandelacy, Jeffrey J. Morgan, Jacob Ball, […]

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by Lufina Tsirizani Galileya, Roeland E. Wasmann, Chishala Chabala, Helena Rabie, Janice Lee, Irene Njahira Mukui, Anneke Hesseling, Heather Zar, Rob Aarnoutse, Anna Turkova, Diana Gibb, Mark F. Cotton, Helen McIlleron, Paolo Denti Background The current World Health Organization (WHO) pediatric tuberculosis dosing guidelines lead to suboptimal drug exposures. Identifying factors altering the exposure of […]

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by Karl M. F. Emmert-Fees, Ben Amies-Cull, Nina Wawro, Jakob Linseisen, Matthias Staudigel, Annette Peters, Linda J. Cobiac, Martin O’Flaherty, Peter Scarborough, Chris Kypridemos, Michael Laxy Background Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) have been implemented globally to reduce the burden of cardiometabolic diseases by disincentivizing consumption through increased prices (e.g., 1 peso/litre tax in Mexico) […]

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by Stephanie A. Brennhofer, James A. Platts-Mills, Joseph A. Lewnard, Jie Liu, Eric R. Houpt, Elizabeth T. Rogawski McQuade Background Shigella is a leading cause of diarrhea and dysentery in children in low-resource settings, which is frequently treated with antibiotics. The primary goal of a Shigella vaccine would be to reduce mortality and morbidity associated […]

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by Daniel D. Hodgkiss, Gurjeet S. Bhangu, Carole Lunny, Catherine R. Jutzeler, Shin-Yi Chiou, Matthias Walter, Samuel J. E. Lucas, Andrei V. Krassioukov, Tom E. Nightingale Background A low level of cardiorespiratory fitness [CRF; defined as peak oxygen uptake (V˙O2peak) or peak power output (PPO)] is a widely reported consequence of spinal cord injury (SCI) […]

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by Alexandra B. Hogan, Sean L. Wu, Jaspreet Toor, Daniela Olivera Mesa, Patrick Doohan, Oliver J. Watson, Peter Winskill, Giovanni Charles, Gregory Barnsley, Eleanor M. Riley, David S. Khoury, Neil M. Ferguson, Azra C. Ghani Background Vaccines have reduced severe disease and death from Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, with evidence of waning efficacy coupled […]

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by Antti P. Launonen, Bakir O. Sumrein, Aleksi Reito, Vesa Lepola, Juha Paloneva, Hans E. Berg, Li Felländer-Tsai, Kristo Kask, Timo Rahnel, Kaspar Tootsi, Aare Märtson, Kenneth B. Jonsson, Olof Wolf, Peter Ström, Kaj Døssing, Helle K. Østergaard, Inger Mechlenburg, Ville M. Mattila, Minna K. Laitinen Background Proximal humerus fractures (PHFs) are common fractures, especially […]

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by Mariana Bichuette Cartuliares, Flemming Schønning Rosenvinge, Christian Backer Mogensen, Thor Aage Skovsted, Steen Lomborg Andersen, Claus Østergaard, Andreas Kristian Pedersen, Helene Skjøt-arkil Background Rapid and accurate detection of pathogens is needed in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) to enable appropriate antibiotics and to slow the development of antibiotic resistance. We aimed to compare the effect of […]

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