Global & Public Health (all articles)
The Measles Virus was Down and Out. Now it’s Primed for a Comeback
28 Mar, 2019 | 07:27h | UTCThe measles virus was down and out. Now it’s primed for a comeback – STAT (free)
AAP/AHA Policy Statement: Public Policies to Reduce Sugary Drink Consumption in Children and Adolescents
26 Mar, 2019 | 02:05h | UTCPublic Policies to Reduce Sugary Drink Consumption in Children and Adolescents – Pediatrics (free)
News Release: American Academy of Pediatrics and American Heart Association endorse suite of policies to reduce kids’ consumption of sugary drinks (free)
Commentaries: Tax on sugary drinks recommended by health organizations – UPI (free) AND AHA, AAP recommend policies to limit kids’ sugary drink consumption – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND To Curb Kids’ Sugary Drink Habits, Pediatricians Now Call For Soda Taxes – NPR (free) AND Physician groups call for taxes and regulations on kids’ access to sugary drinks – CNN (free)
Related: Soda Tax Linked to a 50 Percent Reduction in Sugary Drink Consumption (several policies, guidelines, studies and commentaries on the subject)
AAP Updates Recommendations to Prevent Drowning in Children
26 Mar, 2019 | 02:03h | UTCPolicy Statement: Prevention of Drowning – Pediatrics (free PDF)
News Release: AAP Updates Recommendations to Prevent Drowning in Children (free)
Related: Preventing drowning: an implementation guide – World Health Organization (free) AND Report: Open Water Drowning and Risks for Children (free)
Perspective: Health and Socioeconomic Inequities as Contributors to Brain Health
26 Mar, 2019 | 01:40h | UTCHealth and Socioeconomic Inequities as Contributors to Brain Health – JAMA Neurology (free for a limited period)
World Tuberculosis Day | 24 March 2019
24 Mar, 2019 | 12:59h | UTCWorld Tuberculosis Day | 24 March 2019 – World Health Organization (free resources)
See also: Cochrane Library releases Special Collection on diagnosing tuberculosis for World Tuberculosis Day (free collection) AND Global Epidemiology of Tuberculosis and Progress Toward Achieving Global Targets — 2017 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free) AND Building a Tuberculosis-free World: The Lancet Commission on Tuberculosis (free report – registration required) AND WHO Consolidated Guidelines on Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Treatment (free)
Building a Tuberculosis-free World: The Lancet Commission on Tuberculosis
22 Mar, 2019 | 07:31h | UTCBuilding a tuberculosis-free world: The Lancet Commission on tuberculosis (free articles – registration required)
Commentaries: Experts set out targets to eliminate tuberculosis within a generation – The Lancet (free) AND A human-rights approach is essential to end the global TB epidemic – The Conversation (free) AND A Roadmap for Ending the Moral Catastrophe of TB – Global Health NOW (free)
Opinion – “Opting Out of Vaccines Should Opt You Out of American Society”
22 Mar, 2019 | 07:03h | UTCOpting Out of Vaccines Should Opt You Out of American Society – Scientific American (free)
“Although you have a right to your own body, your choice to willfully be sick ends where another’s right to be healthy begins.”
Randomized Trial: Comparison of Dual Therapies for Lowering Blood Pressure in Black Africans
20 Mar, 2019 | 03:33h | UTCPresented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2019 Scientific Session.
Comparison of Dual Therapies for Lowering Blood Pressure in Black Africans – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Two-Drug Combos Using Popular Calcium Channel Blocker Show Superiority in Lowering Blood Pressure – American College of Cardiology (free)
British Guidelines on the Use of HIV Pre–exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
19 Mar, 2019 | 02:54h | UTCBHIVA/BASHH guidelines on the use of HIV pre–exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) 2018 – HIV Medicine (free)
Related guidelines: WHO implementation tool for pre-exposure prophylaxis of HIV infection – World Health Organization (free) AND Draft Recommendation Statement: Prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free) AND Canadian guideline on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free) AND Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis: clinical guidelines. Update April 2018 – Journal of Virus Eradication (free) AND Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV Infection in the United States – 2017 Update: a Clinical Practice Guideline (free)
Randomized Trial: Ivermectin Mass Drug Administration for Control of Malaria
15 Mar, 2019 | 02:24h | UTCCommentaries: Advancing the repurposing of ivermectin for malaria – The Lancet (free) AND Mosquito-killing drug reduces malaria episodes by a fifth among children – expert comment – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free)
Systematic Review: Treatment, Prevention and Public Health Management of Impetigo, Scabies, Crusted Scabies and Fungal Skin Infections in Endemic Populations
15 Mar, 2019 | 02:13h | UTC
Randomized Trial: One Month of Rifapentine plus Isoniazid vs. 9 months of Isoniazid Alone for Preventing Tuberculosis in HIV-infected Patients with Latent Tuberculosis Infection
14 Mar, 2019 | 01:06h | UTCOne Month of Rifapentine plus Isoniazid to Prevent HIV-Related Tuberculosis – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Ending Tuberculosis through Prevention (free)
Commentary: Ultrashort TB Therapy Found Just As Effective as 6 Month Course – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Treatment of latent #tuberculosis infection is an important control measure, especially in patients coinfected with #HIV. In this international phase 3 trial, 1 month of isoniazid plus rifapentine was noninferior to the standard 9 months of isoniazid in HIV-infected patients.
— NEJM (@NEJM) March 13, 2019
Progress in Adolescent Health and Wellbeing: Tracking 12 Headline Indicators for 195 Countries and Territories
14 Mar, 2019 | 00:58h | UTCCommentaries: Improving adolescent health: an evidence-based call to action – The Lancet (free) AND Disease, violence and inequality threaten more adolescents worldwide than ever before – The Lancet (free) AND The world’s adolescents: large unmet needs and growing inequalities – University of Melbourne (free) AND Adolescent health, education needs unmet in many countries, study says – UPI (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
First study to track progress in 12 indicators of #adolescenthealth in 195 countries, incl. risk factors & social issues impacting health, highlights slow pace of change in health, education & legal systems, leaving #adolescent needs unmet @LancetYouth https://t.co/UdM5owjI9Q pic.twitter.com/OPCTdF23kj
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) March 13, 2019
Trends in Cause-specific Mortality Among Children Aged 5–14 years in India, China, Brazil, and Mexico
14 Mar, 2019 | 00:55h | UTCCommentaries: Shedding light on a million annual deaths in mid-childhood – The Lancet (free) AND Most deaths in children aged 5 to 14 in India, China, Brazil, Mexico are preventable – St. Michael’s Hospital (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Most deaths that occurred between 2005 & 2016 in children aged 5–14 years in #India, #China, #Brazil & #Mexico arose from preventable or treatable conditions: finding from new analysis of nationally representative mortality studies @WHO @UofThttps://t.co/KfcylsWDu0 pic.twitter.com/A9n1kvhhtv
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) March 12, 2019
Cardiovascular Disease Burden from Ambient Air Pollution Reassessed
13 Mar, 2019 | 06:07h | UTCCommentaries: Air pollution causes 8.8 million extra early deaths a year – European Society of Cardiology (free) AND Air Pollution Causes 8.8 Million Extra Deaths a Year – U.S. News (free) AND Air pollution kills 8.8 million people per year globally, study says – UPI (free)
Related: 9 out of 10 people worldwide breathe polluted air, but more countries are taking action – World Health Organization (free) AND The cost of a polluted environment: 1.7 million child deaths a year, says WHO – World Health Organization (free) AND Estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2015 – The Lancet (free) AND Death in the Air: Air Pollution Costs Money and Lives – World Bank (free infographic and report)
Italy Bans Unvaccinated Children From School
13 Mar, 2019 | 05:48h | UTCItaly bans unvaccinated children from school – BBC (free)
‘Test and Treat’ Reduces new HIV Infections by a Third
13 Mar, 2019 | 03:34h | UTCSee also: Largest ever HIV prevention study delivers sobering message – Science (free)
Global, Regional, and National Burden of Stroke
13 Mar, 2019 | 03:23h | UTCCommentary: The global burden of stroke: persistent and disabling – The Lancet Neurology (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
The latest study in @TheLancetNeuro series, "Global, regional, and national burden of stroke, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016" was published today. Read more: https://t.co/nYpXQOG1n6 pic.twitter.com/5bccA8B2Bs
— Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (@IHME_UW) March 12, 2019
WHO Launches New Global Influenza Strategy
12 Mar, 2019 | 02:51h | UTCWHO launches new global influenza strategy – World Health Organization (free)
See Report: Global influenza strategy 2019-2030 – World Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: World must prepare for inevitable next flu pandemic, WHO says – Reuters (free) AND WHO launches strategy to fight ‘inevitable’ flu pandemics – MedicalXpress (free)
WHO Guidelines for Malaria Vector Control
11 Mar, 2019 | 04:01h | UTCGuidelines for Malaria Vector Control – World Health Organization (free)
See also: Cochrane Infectious Disease Group works with WHO on latest guidelines for malaria vector control – Cochrane Library (free) AND Current vector control challenges in the fight against malaria in Brazil – Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicine Tropical (free)
Study: E-Cigarettes Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Attacks, Coronary Artery Disease and Depression
11 Mar, 2019 | 03:37h | UTCCommentaries: E-cigarettes linked to heart attacks, coronary artery disease and depression – American College of Cardiology (free) AND E-cigarettes raise risk of heart attacks, strokes, depression, study says – UPI (free) AND e-Cigarettes Boost Heart Attack Risk, Emotional Stress, Findings Show – AJMC (free)
What do the People of the World Die From?
7 Mar, 2019 | 02:20h | UTCWhat do the people of the world die from? – BBC (free)
Study Confirms and Quantifies Zika-microcephaly Link
7 Mar, 2019 | 02:19h | UTCCommentaries: Study confirms and quantifies Zika-microcephaly link in Brazil – PLOS (free) AND Study highlights early pregnancy Zika microcephaly risk – CIDRAP (free)
Study: Fast-Food Offerings Increasing in Portion Size, Calories, and Sodium Content
6 Mar, 2019 | 01:08h | UTCFast-Food Offerings in the United States in 1986, 1991, and 2016 Show Large Increases in Food Variety, Portion Size, Dietary Energy, and Selected Micronutrients – Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Bigger, Saltier, Heavier: Fast Food Since 1986 in 3 Simple Charts – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Thirty years of fast food: Greater variety, but more salt, larger portions, and added calories – Elservier (free) AND Fast Food Is Less Healthy Today Than 30 Years Ago, Analysis Finds – Forbes (free) AND Has fast food become worse for our health in the past 30 years? – Medical News Today (free)
Opinion – ““Elderly”—an outdated and potentially harmful term”
5 Mar, 2019 | 03:07h | UTCJavad Hekmat-panah: “Elderly”—an outdated and potentially harmful term – The BMJ Opinion (free)