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Use of wastewater for Mpox outbreak surveillance in California

19 Jan, 2023 | 14:24h | UTC

Use of Wastewater for Mpox Outbreak Surveillance in California – New England Journal of Medicine

Wastewater network infrastructure in public health: Applications and learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic – PLOS Global Public Health

Opinion: Wastewater analysis can be a powerful public health tool—if it’s done sensibly.

CDC unveils its latest weapon in Covid-19 detection: wastewater.

CDC Report: Using Wastewater Surveillance Data to Support the COVID-19 Response — United States, 2020–2021.

Rapid, large-scale wastewater surveillance and automated reporting system enabled early detection of nearly 85% of COVID-19 cases on a University campus.

[Preprint] Wastewater genomic testing can effectively track COVID-19 variants of concern.

Human Waste Could Be The Next Big Weapon in Controlling COVID-19 – TIME

Next steps for wastewater testing to help end this pandemic — and prevent the next one – STAT

Sewage sleuths helped an Arizona town beat back Covid-19. For wastewater epidemiology, that’s just the start – STAT

The myriad ways sewage surveillance is helping fight COVID around the world – Nature

Testing sewage can give school districts, campuses and businesses a heads-up on the spread of COVID-19 – The Conversation

It’s time to begin a national wastewater testing program for Covid-19 – STAT

Coronavirus: Testing sewage an ‘easy win’ – BBC

Development of wastewater pooled surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 from congregate living settings – high sensitivity, but unable to distinguish new infectious cases from persistent convalescent shedding.

Commentary on Twitter

In this report, the use of wastewater to conduct surveillance for the presence and spread of mpox in California is described. https://t.co/PJm8fwekxr pic.twitter.com/klzC0mbC0w

— NEJM (@NEJM) January 18, 2023

CDC Study | Working in mining, food services, and construction linked to increased mortality from COPD

19 Jan, 2023 | 14:01h | UTC

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Mortality by Industry and Occupation — United States, 2020 – Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Commentary: ~10 Percent of Deaths Among Ever-Employed Linked to COPD in 2020 – HealthDay

WHO Report | Close to one billion people globally are served by health-care facilities with no electricity access or with unreliable electricity

18 Jan, 2023 | 14:42h | UTC

News Release: Close to one billion people globally are served by health-care facilities with no electricity access or with unreliable electricity – World Health Organization

Report: Energizing health: accelerating electricity access in health-care facilities – World Health Organization

Executive Summary: Energizing health: accelerating electricity access in health-care facilities: executive summary – World Health Organization

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

Only half of hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa have energy access with rural health facilities suffering the most.

? Reliable electricity in health-care facilities is essential to save lives https://t.co/LeIlWdmO31 pic.twitter.com/HulrvN6RPF

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 14, 2023

Cancer statistics in the US, 2023

17 Jan, 2023 | 13:24h | UTC

Cancer statistics, 2023 – CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

News Release: American Cancer Society’s annual report on cancer facts and trends released – News Medical / American Cancer Society

Commentaries:

Incidence Drops for Cervical Cancer But Rises for Prostate Cancer – American Cancer Society

American Cancer Society’s Cancer Statistics 2023 Report Released: Shows Continued Declines in Cancer Mortality, Persistent Racial Disparities, and More – The ASCO Post

US cancer death rate falls 33% since 1991, partly due to advances in treatment, early detection and less smoking, report says – CNN

A survey of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across 23 countries in 2022

15 Jan, 2023 | 20:33h | UTC

A survey of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across 23 countries in 2022 – Nature Medicine

News Release: Global COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rising but hesitancy remains – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Commentary on Twitter

The third annual iteration of a survey assessing vaccine confidence in 23 countries shows the overall willingness to accept a COVID-19 vaccine has increased, although results were heteregeous across countries, according to a @NatureMedicine paper. https://t.co/0EkMH7oRdn pic.twitter.com/bLc98F9AYt

— Nature Portfolio (@NaturePortfolio) January 13, 2023

UN Report | A child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021

13 Jan, 2023 | 13:46h | UTC

News Release: A child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021 – UN report – Word Health Organization

UN Reports:

Levels and trends in child mortality- United Nations Inter -Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), Report 2022

Never Forgotten – The situation of stillbirth around the globe

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

The death of every child is an enormous tragedy.

In 2021:
♦️ 5 million children died before their 5th birthday
♦️ 2.1 million older children & young people lost their lives

That’s 1 loss every 4.4 seconds!

Most of these deaths were preventable with access to quality healthcare

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 10, 2023

Rapid review on monkeypox policies among the G20 nations: relevance to policy and practitioner

13 Jan, 2023 | 13:34h | UTC

Rapid review on monkeypox policies among the G20 nations: relevance to policy and practitioner – F1000 Research

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis | Drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment, 2022 update

12 Jan, 2023 | 13:30h | UTC

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 4: treatment – drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment, 2022 update – World Health Organization

RCT | Effect of prescriber notifications of patient’s fatal overdose on opioid prescribing at 4 to 12 months

10 Jan, 2023 | 14:50h | UTC

Effect of Prescriber Notifications of Patient’s Fatal Overdose on Opioid Prescribing at 4 to 12 Months: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Network Open

News Release: Study suggests one solution to America’s opioid epidemic: Tell doctors their patients fatally overdosed – University of Southern California

Commentary on Twitter

Letters notifying clinicians of a patient's fatal overdose reduced opioid prescribing up to one year after receiving the letter. https://t.co/cEU1inH9lE

— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) January 6, 2023

Nature announces support for authors from over 70 countries to publish open access

10 Jan, 2023 | 14:46h | UTC

Nature announces support for authors from over 70 countries to publish open access – Springer Nature group

Commentary on Twitter

From today, primary research from authors from 70+ countries classified by the World Bank as low-income or lower-middle-income economies accepted for publication in @NatureMedicine or Nature research journals can be published Gold OA at no cost: https://t.co/izXuU2jLDZ

— Nature Medicine (@NatureMedicine) January 9, 2023

WHO Interim Guidance | Surveillance, case investigation and contact tracing for mpox (monkeypox)

10 Jan, 2023 | 14:45h | UTC

Surveillance, case investigation and contact tracing for mpox (monkeypox): interim guidance, 22 December 2022 – World Health Organization

WHO updates recommendations on HPV vaccination schedule

9 Jan, 2023 | 14:57h | UTC

News Release: WHO updates recommendations on HPV vaccination schedule – World Health Organization

Guideline: Human papillomavirus vaccines: WHO position paper, December 2022 – World Health Organization

Commentaries:

WHO Recommends One HPV Vaccine Dose Instead of Two; Move Should Help Expand Coverage – Health Policy Watch

WHO supports 1-dose HPV vaccine strategy – CIDRAP

Commentary on Twitter

? WHO has revised its recommendations on possible schedules for human papillomavirus (#HPV) vaccines & now recommends:
?1 or 2-doses for girls & women aged 9-20
?2 doses with a 6-month interval for women 21+https://t.co/m0KZyH6sPR pic.twitter.com/W4PeS4raV9

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) December 21, 2022

The WHO estimates of excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic

9 Jan, 2023 | 14:48h | UTC

The WHO estimates of excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic – Nature

Commentary: Pandemic’s Two-Year Global Death Toll May Be Close to 15 Million – HealthDay

WHO manual on sugar-sweetened beverage taxation policies to promote healthy diets.

16 Dec, 2022 | 13:52h | UTC

WHO manual on sugar-sweetened beverage taxation policies to promote healthy diets – World Health Organization

News Release: WHO calls on countries to tax sugar-sweetened beverages to save lives – World Health Organization

M-A: Outcomes following taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages.

Public Policies to Reduce Sugary Drink Consumption in Children and Adolescents – Pediatrics

Cutting back on sugar-sweetened beverages: What works? – Cochrane Library

Association of a Beverage Tax on Sugar-Sweetened and Artificially Sweetened Beverages With Changes in Beverage Prices and Sales at Chain Retailers in a Large Urban Setting – JAMA

Impact of sugar‐sweetened beverage taxes on purchases and dietary intake: Systematic review and meta‐analysis – Obesity Reviews

Association between tax on sugar sweetened beverages and soft drink consumption in adults in Mexico: open cohort longitudinal analysis of Health Workers Cohort Study – The BMJ

Potential impact on prevalence of obesity in the UK of a 20% price increase in high sugar snacks: modelling study – The BMJ

Changes in food purchases after the Chilean policies on food labelling, marketing, and sales in schools: a before and after study – The Lancet Planetary Health

Association of a Sweetened Beverage Tax With Soda Consumption in High School Students – JAMA Pediatrics

Sugar-sweetened beverage taxes: Lessons to date and the future of taxation – PLOS Medicine

Banning the promotion of soft drinks could be more effective than a sugar tax – The Conversation

Sugar tax: why health experts want it but politicians and industry are resisting – The Guardian

Commentary on Twitter

Sugar is addictive and keeps you hooked on unhealthy drinks like sodas & energy drinks.
Break the cycle today for a healthier life! https://t.co/M1GQE4136I pic.twitter.com/06aVCYmeK5

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) December 13, 2022

Associations between extreme temperatures and cardiovascular cause-specific mortality: results from 27 countries.

15 Dec, 2022 | 13:44h | UTC

Associations Between Extreme Temperatures and Cardiovascular Cause-Specific Mortality: Results From 27 Countries – Circulation

News Release: About 1 in 100 heart disease deaths linked to extreme hot and cold weather days – University of Maryland School of Medicine

WHO Report signals increasing resistance to antibiotics in bacterial infections in humans.

12 Dec, 2022 | 12:52h | UTC

News Release: Report signals increasing resistance to antibiotics in bacterial infections in humans and need for better data – World Health Organization

Report: Global antimicrobial resistance and use surveillance system (‎GLASS)‎ report: 2022 – World Health Organization

Commentary: WHO report shows rising antibiotic resistance, need for better data – CIDRAP

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

New WHO report on #AntimicrobialResistance reveals very high levels of resistance in common bacteria frequently causing bloodstream infections in hospitals.

Infection prevention & control is critical to stop the spread and save lives.

More: https://t.co/8dGqw5KgZT pic.twitter.com/XGC2I7KbwB

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) December 9, 2022

WHO World malaria report 2022.

9 Dec, 2022 | 13:41h | UTC

World malaria report 2022 – World Health Organization

News Release: Despite continued impact of COVID-19, malaria cases and deaths remained stable in 2021 – World Health Organization

Commentaries:

WHO: COVID disruption resulted in 63,000 more malaria deaths – Associated Press

WHO: Malaria cases, deaths remained stable in 2021, despite COVID – CIDRAP

Perspective | Building community power to dismantle policy-based structural inequity in population health.

9 Dec, 2022 | 13:33h | UTC

Building Community Power To Dismantle Policy-Based Structural Inequity In Population Health – HealthAffairs

Commentary on Twitter

This month’s @Health_Affairs includes a Policy Insight article by @dr_tonyiton, @dr_robertkross and myself on the theoretical and empirical research linking #communitypower to #healthequity, including an example from @CalEndowBHC #Parks4All https://t.co/V3vXb4voce

— Pritpal S Tamber (@pstamber) December 5, 2022

M-A | Face masks to prevent transmission of respiratory infections.

8 Dec, 2022 | 12:42h | UTC

Face masks to prevent transmission of respiratory infections: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on face mask use – PLOS One

Review | Health literacy development is central to the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.

6 Dec, 2022 | 13:54h | UTC

Health literacy development is central to the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases – BMJ Global Health

New WHO report showcases strategies to keep children safe online.

5 Dec, 2022 | 00:24h | UTC

News Release: New report showcases strategies to keep children safe online – World Health Organization

Report: What works to prevent violence against children online? – World Health Organization

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

? report by WHO on what works to prevent online violence against children, addressing the growing worldwide concern of keeping children safe online

? https://t.co/pDL1l2TKkT pic.twitter.com/uPCJoiIblK

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) December 2, 2022