Global & Public Health (all articles)
WHO Technical Guidance: Clinical Management of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection When Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) Infection is Suspected
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:21h | UTCSee Other Documents: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) technical guidance – World Health Organization (free)
Prevention of Non-communicable Disease: Best Buys, Wasted Buys, and Contestable Buys
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:14h | UTCPrevention of non-communicable disease: best buys, wasted buys, and contestable buys – The BMJ (free)
See also: Full BMJ Collection on Health, wealth, and profits (free articles)
BMJ Series: ‘Leaving no Woman, no Child, and no Adolescent Behind’
29 Jan, 2020 | 08:12h | UTCLeaving no woman, no child, and no adolescent behind – The BMJ (free articles)
News Release: Can we achieve health for all women, children, and adolescents by 2030? – Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (free)
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10 years out from the sustainable development goals (#SDGs) deadline, @DrTedros contributes to a new collection of articles published by @bmj_latest and @GlobalHealthBMJ on whether the 🌎🌏🌍 is on track to meet the 2030 health targets https://t.co/ZiXcSBNttt pic.twitter.com/dMo6sDiKDm
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 28, 2020
Smoking Cessation: A Report of the Surgeon General
28 Jan, 2020 | 09:10h | UTCSmoking Cessation: A Report of the Surgeon General – U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (free)
News Release: Surgeon General Releases First Report Focused on Smoking Cessation in 30 Years – U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (free)
Commentaries: E-cigarettes don’t help smokers quit, U.S. Surgeon General says – UPI (free) AND New U.S. Surgeon General’s Report Focuses on Smoking Cessation Efforts – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Surgeon General Releases Report Focused on Smoking Cessation – The ASCO Post (free)
Study: Community-Based Hemoglobin A1C Testing in Barbershops to Identify Black Men with Undiagnosed Diabetes
28 Jan, 2020 | 09:07h | UTCCommunity-Based Hemoglobin A1C Testing in Barbershops to Identify Black Men With Undiagnosed Diabetes – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Barbershop screenings may help find undiagnosed diabetes – Reuters (free) AND Diabetes testing at barbershops effective for screening black men – UPI (free)
Related Studies: Cluster-Randomized Trial of Blood-Pressure Reduction in Black Barbershops (free study and commentaries) AND Randomized Trial: Community-Based Interventions to Improve Cardiovascular Risk in High-Risk Patients (free study and commentaries) AND Cluster Randomized Trial: Sustainability of Blood Pressure Reduction in Black Barbershops (free study and commentaries)
WHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 27 JANUARY 2020
28 Jan, 2020 | 08:58h | UTCNovel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 27 JANUARY 2020 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
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In outbreaks of other #coronaviruses (MERS & SARS), person-to-person transmission occurred through droplets, contact and fomites, suggesting that the transmission mode of the 2019-nCoV can be similar
WHO Situation Report 27 January 2020 https://t.co/l1vODXEyD3 pic.twitter.com/vuNl64gZnm
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 27, 2020
Estimating the Magnitude of Cancer Overdiagnosis in Australia
28 Jan, 2020 | 08:59h | UTCEstimating the magnitude of cancer overdiagnosis in Australia – Medical Journal of Australia (free)
Commentary: 29,000 cancers overdiagnosed in Australia in a single year – The Conversation (free)
Related: Overdiagnosis: what it is and what it isn’t – BMJ Evidence Based Medicine (free) AND Overdiagnosis across medical disciplines: a scoping review – The BMJ Open (free) AND Too much medical care: bad for you, bad for health care systems – STAT News (free) AND Position Paper on Overdiagnosis and Action to be Taken – Wonca (free PDF) AND Screening: How overdiagnosis and other harms can undermine the benefits – Health News Review (free) AND Overdiagnosis: causes and consequences in primary health care – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND Five warning signs of overdiagnosis – The Conversation (free) AND What is overdiagnosed cancer? And why does it matter? – Croakey (free) AND Blame rising cancer overdiagnosis on ‘irrational exuberance’ for early detection – STAT (free) AND Preventing overdiagnosis and the harms of too much sport and exercise medicine – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free)
China Coronavirus Latest: How Quickly Does the Virus Spread?
28 Jan, 2020 | 08:56h | UTCChina coronavirus latest: how quickly does the virus spread? – Nature (free)
See also: Coronavirus More Infectious Than Suspected; China Expands Quarantine – Health Policy Watch (free) AND Experts: nCoV spread in China’s cities could trigger global epidemic – CIDRAP (free)
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Scientists around the world are trying to estimate how infectious the coronavirus is between people. Latest updates here 👇🏼https://t.co/my1M6CCISx
— nature (@Nature) January 27, 2020
Wuhan Novel Coronavirus: UK Interim Guidance for Primary Care
28 Jan, 2020 | 08:54h | UTCWN-CoV: interim guidance for primary care – Public Health England (free)
Commentary: GPs Given China Coronavirus Guidance – Medscape (free registration required)
Related: Interim Guidance: Infection prevention and control during health care when novel coronavirus (nCoV) infection is suspected – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Isoniazid-resistant Tuberculosis: A Problem we Can no Longer Ignore
28 Jan, 2020 | 08:52h | UTCIsoniazid-resistant tuberculosis: A problem we can no longer ignore – PLOS Medicine (free)
Original Article: Prevalence and genetic profiles of isoniazid resistance in tuberculosis patients: A multicountry analysis of cross-sectional data – PLOS Medicine (free)
Studies: Clinical Features of Patients Infected with 2019 Novel Coronavirus in Wuhan, China
26 Jan, 2020 | 22:57h | UTCHomepage: The Lancet Articles on the Coronavirus Outbreak (free)
Studies: Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China – The Lancet (free) AND A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster – The Lancet (free)
Editorial: Emerging understandings of 2019-nCoV – The Lancet (free)
Commentaries: A novel coronavirus outbreak of global health concern – The Lancet (free) AND Data sharing and outbreaks: best practice exemplified – The Lancet (free) AND New coronavirus can cause infections with no symptoms and sicken otherwise healthy people, studies show – STAT (free)
WHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 25 JANUARY 2020
26 Jan, 2020 | 23:00h | UTCNovel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 25 JANUARY 2020 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
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WHO’s risk assessment of the new #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) situation has not changed:
🔺very high in #China🇨🇳
🔺high at the regional level
🔺moderate at the global levelWHO’s situation report 25 January 2020 https://t.co/HpjfIe2p7d pic.twitter.com/9FjyRCMxJd
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 25, 2020
Brief Report: A Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019
26 Jan, 2020 | 22:58h | UTCA Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019 – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Editorial: Another Decade, Another Coronavirus – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Perspective: A Novel Coronavirus Emerging in China — Key Questions for Impact Assessment – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
See also: Coronavirus Spurs China to Suspend Tours Abroad and Xi to Warn of a ‘Grave Situation’ – The New York Times (free) AND China coronavirus spread is accelerating, Xi Jinping warns – BBC (free)
Doubts Rise About China’s Ability to Contain new Coronavirus
26 Jan, 2020 | 22:56h | UTCDoubts rise about China’s ability to contain new coronavirus – CIDRAP (free)
Report 3: Transmissibility of 2019-nCoV – Imperial College London (free)
Systematic Review: Telehealth Interventions to Improve Obstetric and Gynecologic Health Outcomes
26 Jan, 2020 | 22:40h | UTC
WHO Declines to Declare Outbreak of Novel Coronavirus an International Emergency
24 Jan, 2020 | 08:19h | UTCStatement on the meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) – World Health Organization (free) AND WHO Director-General’s statement on the advice of the IHR Emergency Committee on Novel Coronavirus (free)
See also: WHO declines to declare China virus outbreak a global health emergency – STAT (free) AND Coronavirus Is Spreading, but W.H.O. Says It’s Not a Global Emergency – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND The coronavirus outbreak is not yet a global health emergency, WHO says – Vox (free) AND Wuhan lockdown ‘unprecedented’, shows commitment to contain virus: WHO representative in China – Reuters (free)
“Make no mistake. This is an emergency in China, but it has not yet become a global health emergency. It may yet become one.” (from WHO Director-General’s statement)
Viewpoint: Coronavirus Infections—More Than Just the Common Cold
24 Jan, 2020 | 08:17h | UTCCoronavirus Infections—More Than Just the Common Cold – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentary: NIH officials discuss novel coronavirus that recently emerged in China – NIH News Releases (free)
Meta-Analysis: Industry Funding of Patient and Health Consumer Organizations
24 Jan, 2020 | 08:11h | UTCEditorials: Corporate sponsorship of patient groups: It’s time for mandatory disclosure (free for a limited period) AND The prevalence of industry funding of patient groups – BMJ Opinion (free)
WHO Recommendations: Non-clinical Interventions to Reduce Unnecessary Cesarean Sections
23 Jan, 2020 | 09:51h | UTC
[Abstract Only] Observational Study on the Effects of Vaccination of Infants with Meningococcal Group B Vaccine in England
23 Jan, 2020 | 09:47h | UTCVaccination of Infants with Meningococcal Group B Vaccine (4CMenB) in England – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related Study: Meningococcal B Vaccine and Meningococcal Carriage in Adolescents in Australia – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Vaccine prevents deadly meningitis B in infants – Reuters (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
A meningococcal group B vaccine was introduced in the U.K. as part of the infant vaccination program. Investigators from Public Health England assessed the effect of this vaccination on the incidence of meningococcal group B disease. https://t.co/n1ZkU53Fny
— NEJM (@NEJM) January 22, 2020
The Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cirrhosis by Cause in 195 Countries and Territories
23 Jan, 2020 | 09:38h | UTCInvited Commentary: Addressing the global cirrhosis epidemic: one size will not fit all – The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology (free)
Related: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 – The Lancet / Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free PDF)
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Our latest study, "The global, regional, and national burden of cirrhosis by cause in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017," was just published in @LancetGastroHep. Read online: https://t.co/5shiB3DaYb pic.twitter.com/E6wKw1F4hT
— Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (@IHME_UW) January 23, 2020
CDC: Novel Coronavirus Situation Summary and Updates
23 Jan, 2020 | 09:49h | UTC2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Wuhan, China – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)
Report 2: Estimating the potential total number of novel Coronavirus cases in Wuhan City, China – Imperial College London (free)
See also: WHO Director-General’s statement on IHR Emergency Committee on Novel Coronavirus – World Health Organization (free) AND Wuhan, China Goes On Lockdown; WHO Postpones Decision On Public Health Emergency Over Virus Outbreak – Health Policy Watch (free) AND China locks down city of 11 million at epicenter of virus outbreak – Reuters (free) AND Coronavirus Live Updates: More Than 570 Infected, as City Is Put on Lockdown – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Newly Identified Coronavirus Has Killed 17 People, Chinese Health Officials Say – NPR (free) AND Editorial: Stop the Wuhan virus – Nature (free)
Global, Regional, and National Burden of Congenital Heart Disease
23 Jan, 2020 | 09:36h | UTCInvited Commentary: Congenital heart disease: a global public health concern (free)
Related: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 – The Lancet / Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free PDF)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Our latest study, "Global, regional, and national burden of congenital heart disease, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017," was published yesterday in @LancetChildAdol. Read the full study online: https://t.co/XEbz4aQFzr pic.twitter.com/SO6j7LX4V4
— Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (@IHME_UW) January 22, 2020
WHO Q & A – E-cigarettes: How Risky Are They?
22 Jan, 2020 | 09:39h | UTCE-cigarettes: how risky are they? – World Health Organization (free)
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E-cigarettes are harmful to health and are not safe.
They are particularly risky when used by adolescents. Nicotine is highly addictive & young people’s brains develop up to their mid-twenties. Exposure to nicotine can have long-lasting, damaging effects.https://t.co/S8ZHoux45e pic.twitter.com/mkx0d5GCpW— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 21, 2020
CDC: First Travel-related Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Detected in United States
22 Jan, 2020 | 09:40h | UTCSee also: US detects first novel coronavirus case, in traveler – CIDRAP (free) AND China virus toll rises to nine as pandemic fears grow – Reuters (free) AND First US case of Wuhan coronavirus confirmed by CDC – CNN (free) AND How quickly does the Wuhan virus spread? – Nature (free)