90% of cases occurred in historically under-vaccinated communities Findings offer insights for countries aiming to retain or regain their elimination status The outbreak that contributed to Canada losing its measles elimination status in November 2025 was concentrated in historically under-vaccinated communities with close social networks across Canada, the US, ...
And overwhelmingly targeted at opposing restrictions on disposable vape sales Scale and consistency of responses suggest a coordinated campaign Three quarters of all the responses to the UK’s public consultation in 2023 on creating a smoke-free generation and restricting disposable vape sales were generated by AI bots, finds an analysis ...
But nightly prenatal sleep length may modify this association, exploratory findings suggest Working night shifts during pregnancy is linked to a heightened risk of neurodevelopmental abnormalities detected by screening in the child by the age of 4, finds research published online in Occupational & Environmental Medicine. But nightly prenatal sleep ...
Those for atrial fibrillation, heart failure, and heart attack all rose faster after law enacted Legalisation of recreational cannabis in the US is associated with a rise in hospital admissions for cardiovascular disease, finds an analysis of more than 50 million patient discharge records, published in the open access journal ...
Daily vaping rose by 230%; vaping among under 21s quadrupled in 10 years, data suggest Including frequency in surveillance may boost understanding of public health impact More people are likely vaping, and with greater frequency, in the US since 2013-14, suggests a data analysis published online in the journal Tobacco ...
Associated with large increases in daily vaping and nicotine dependence in this age group FDA should review marketing approvals for these products to reflect addictive potential High-nicotine vape use surged by 80% among US 18-24 year olds between 2017 and 2022, and was associated with large increases in daily vaping ...
Bulk summary reports often fail to promptly spot potential safety signals Improvements needed to safeguard patients and meet FDA standards Permitting medical device manufacturers to submit bulk summary reports of adverse events to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), rather than reporting individual cases, often fails to promptly ...
Greater risk reduction seen among women vaccinated at earlier ages Findings extend benefits of HPV vaccination beyond cancer prevention Having received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine before pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of major pregnancy complications including preterm birth, with the greater reduction in risk seen among ...
Every extra 100 g consumed associated with correspondingly greater risks A higher ultra processed food (UPF) intake is linked to a heightened risk of several major chronic health issues, such as digestive diseases, high blood pressure, and metabolic syndrome/diabetes, as well as death, finds a pooled data analysis of the ...
Investigation reignites questions about what steps were taken to safeguard public health from any unintended consequences of the vaccination rollout US health officials knowingly relied on a compromised algorithm to detect signals of harm from mRNA covid-19 vaccines and silenced efforts to fix it, finds an investigation published by ...
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