Lucia Ruggiero
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News of Public Health, Epidemiology, Information Systems Management
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Country health profiles - State of Health in the EU
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2025
The State of Health in the European Union series consists of concise and policy-relevant profiles co-produced by the European Observatory and OECD.
https://eurohealthobservatory.who.int/publications/country-health-profiles/soheu2025/2025
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The State of Cardiovascular Health in the European Union | OECD
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The State of Cardiovascular Health in the European Union
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death and disability in the European Union, with significant geographic, gender and socio-economic disparities in outcomes and care. Despite p...
https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/the-state-of-cardiovascular-health-in-the-european-union_ea7a15f4-en.html
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Lung cancer in never smokers: from early detection to prevention: Trends in Cancer
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Lung cancer in never smokers: from early detection to prevention
Lung cancer in never smokers (LCINS) is a growing global health challenge. Unlike smoking-related lung cancer, LCINS is characterized by distinct epidemiological patterns and unique molecular pathogen...
https://www.cell.com/trends/cancer/fulltext/S2405-8033(25)00315-2
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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
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A.I. Is Making Doctors Answer a Question: What Are They Really Good For?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/health/ai-chatbots-doctors-medicine.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8xPmb_f3qUpcqxXSwssMdoCST8sy5RypYBLCzYMJVhiam-ax8Q0er1uLHgFgv4wc-DAQC1j2-eLAqnp_q53Z50xoW4Hg&_hsmi=402893632&utm_content=402893632&utm_source=hs_email
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New drug therapies for hypertension
Despite the availability of effective antihypertensive therapies, global blood pressure control rates remain unacceptably low. Contributing factors, such as low treatment adherence, therapeutic inerti...
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)02064-1/abstract
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Adult obesity and risk of severe infections: a multicohort study with global burden estimates - The Lancet
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Adult obesity and risk of severe infections: a multicohort study with global burden estimates
Adult obesity is a risk factor for infection-related hospitalisations and mortality across diverse pathogen types, populations, and baseline clinical profiles, with evidence suggesting that approximat...
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)02474-2/fulltext
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Global subsidence of river deltas | Nature
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Global subsidence of river deltas - Nature
Spatially variable surface-elevation changes across 40 global deltas using interferometric synthetic aperture radar are reported.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09928-6
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Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Early Warning Systems for National Infectious Disease Surveillance: Real-world Evidence of Accelerated Outbreak Detection and Response
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Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Early Warning Systems for National Infectious Disease Surveillance: Real-world Evidence of Accelerated Outbreak Detection and Response
Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Early Warning Systems for National Infectious Disease Surveillance: Real-world Evidence of Accelerated Outbreak Detection and Response
https://www.computersciencejournals.com/ijcai/archives/2026.v7.i1.B.254
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Artificial Intelligence-Driven Approaches to Disease Surveillance and Outbreak Prediction
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Artificial Intelligence-Driven Approaches to Disease Surveillance and Outbreak Prediction
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a promising approach to enhance disease surveillance and support outbreak prediction in public health. Conventional surveillance systems, while foundational...
https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation?paperid=149322
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Mapping the bird risk index for West Nile virus in Europe and its relationship with disease occurrence in humans | Epidemiology & Infection | Cambridge Core
Mapping the bird risk index for West Nile virus in Europe and its relationship with disease occurrence in humans - Volume 154
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/epidemiology-and-infection/article/mapping-the-bird-risk-index-for-west-nile-virus-in-europe-and-its-relationship-with-disease-occurrence-in-humans/7CE3D10D7112D5F1C3FC79C4743C25EE
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First vaccine targeting SARS virus family enters human trials – Institute for Protein Design
The computer-designed vaccine aims to protect against coronaviruses that haven't yet emerged, including pandemic threats
https://www.ipd.uw.edu/2026/02/gbp511-vaccine-clinical-trial-begins/
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ARIES: A Scalable Multi-Agent Orchestration Framework for Real-Time Epidemiological Surveillance and Outbreak Monitoring
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ARIES: A Scalable Multi-Agent Orchestration Framework for Real-Time Epidemiological Surveillance and Outbreak Monitoring
https://arxiv.org/html/2601.01831v1
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Synthesis challenges in complex evidence: A critical analysis of systematic reviews of face mask efficacy
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Synthesis challenges in complex evidence: A critical analysis of systematic reviews of face mask efficacy | Research Synthesis Methods | Cambridge Core
Synthesis challenges in complex evidence: A critical analysis of systematic reviews of face mask efficacy
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/research-synthesis-methods/article/synthesis-challenges-in-complex-evidence-a-critical-analysis-of-systematic-reviews-of-face-mask-efficacy/72170EEAAA0898780BB9B6740B2FCE36
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Health-promoting housing policy in a changing climate: integrating affordability, security, and resilience
Abstract. Housing is a fundamental determinant of health, yet many housing systems fail to promote well-being or address growing challenges such as climate
https://academic.oup.com/heapro/article/41/1/daaf238/8424290
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Defining methodologic and other core competencies for PhD-level training in epidemiology
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Defining methodologic and other core competencies for PhD-level training in epidemiology
Abstract. In this manuscript, we present the results of a series of workshops convened in conjunction with the 2023 Society for Epidemiologic Research annu
https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/195/2/307/8109203
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Health Promotion International: four decades of impact
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Health Promotion International: four decades of impact
From the first issue in May 1986, Health Promotion International (HPI) (Health Promotion until 1990) pursued an agenda of advocacy and action for healthy p
https://academic.oup.com/heapro/article/41/1/daag012/8461752
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Biological data governance in an age of AI
Tailored access controls on new viral data would reduce misuse risks
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeb2689
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Sepsis Prevention Assessment Tool for Nursing Homes
#Sepsis
| CDC
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Sepsis Prevention Assessment Tool for Nursing Homes
The SPAT for Nursing Homes is a quality improvement resource to inform sepsis prevention efforts.
https://www.cdc.gov/sepsis/hcp/spat/nh.html
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Global.health
is a data science initiative transforming how the world shares and uses outbreak data.
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Global.health: A Data Science Initiative - Global.health
Global.health is the first of its kind, easy to use global data repository and visualization platform that enables open access to real-time epidemiological anonymized line-list data.
https://Global.health
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The smart sensors improving the world’s biggest cities
From up in the air to deep beneath the ground, here is the new technology helping to enhance the way we live.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00306-4
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On the Future of Species by Adrian Woolfson review – are we on the verge of creating synthetic life?
A genomic entrepreneur’s guide to the coming revolution in biology raises troubling questions about ethics and safety
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/04/on-the-future-of-species-by-adrian-woolfson-review-are-we-on-the-verge-of-creating-synthetic-life
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How to do (or not to do) … Asset Mapping in Community Health
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How to do (or not to do) … Asset Mapping in Community Health
Abstract. Public health asset mapping involves working in a community partnership to form a systematic inventory of a local community’s health-promoting fe
https://academic.oup.com/heapol/advance-article/doi/10.1093/heapol/czag006/8445168
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Synthesizing scientific literature with retrieval-augmented language models - Nature
A specialized, open-source, retrieval-augmented language model is introduced for answering scientific queries and synthesizing literature, the responses of which are shown to be preferred by human eva...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10072-4
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Regulating sexual content online has always been a challenge – how we got here
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Regulating sexual content online has always been a challenge – how we got here
Policymakers have generally been extremely slow to do anything about the problem.
https://theconversation.com/regulating-sexual-content-online-has-always-been-a-challenge-how-we-got-here-274149
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Spinning for the win: Repetition helps Olympians stay oriented, even as they complete complex spins and flips
Through years of practice, elite athletes train their brains so they can stay on balance after elaborate maneuvers
https://hub.jhu.edu/2018/02/07/medalist-mind-figure-skaters-spin-to-win/
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An interview with the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) on bird flu, monitoring the risk of infection between humans and animals, and the role of the IHR in pandemic preparedness.
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Containing the Next Outbreak Part 2: RKI on Bird Flu and Pandemic Preparedness
https://www.globalhealthhub.de/en/news/detail/containing-the-next-outbreak-part-2-rki-on-bird-flu-and-pandemic-preparedness
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More than one-third of cancer cases are preventable, massive study finds
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More than one-third of cancer cases are preventable, massive study finds
Many cancers are linked to two modifiable habits: tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00333-1
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AI-powered analysis of viral metagenomic sequencing data for rapid outbreak investigation and novel pathogen discovery
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Frontiers | AI-powered analysis of viral metagenomic sequencing data for rapid outbreak investigation and novel pathogen discovery
Emerging viral outbreaks continue to pose a persistent global health threat, underscoring the urgent need for a shift from reactive to proactive health secur...
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1717859/full
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Predicting the Intention to Use Generative Artificial Intelligence for Health Information: Comparative Survey Study
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Predicting the Intention to Use Generative Artificial Intelligence for Health Information: Comparative Survey Study
The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT is rapidly transforming how people access information online. In the health context, generative AI is seen as a potentially disruptive information source due to its low entry ...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12851524/
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Generative AI and health misinformation: production, propagation, and mitigation—a systematic review
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Generative AI and health misinformation: production, propagation, and mitigation—a systematic review - BMC Public Health
Background Generative artificial intelligence technologies have disrupted information ecosystems, posing new threats to public health by enabling rapid, scalable manufacture of convincing but false he...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-025-26148-9
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Global and regional cancer burden attributable to modifiable risk factors to inform prevention
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Global and regional cancer burden attributable to modifiable risk factors to inform prevention - Nature Medicine
Global cancer estimates across 185 countries show that 7.1 million new cancer cases were attributable to modifiable risk factors in 2022, with smoking, infections and alcohol consumption being the lea...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04219-7
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Rapid Risk Assessment of Acute Public Health Events
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Project MUSE - Speaking of Health: The Collected Speeches of Bill Foege
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Project MUSE - Speaking of Health: The Collected Speeches of Bill Foege
https://muse.jhu.edu/speech/foege
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Is malaria elimination in the Amazon rainforest feasible? The case of Suriname
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Study reveals genetic factors influencing pregnancy loss
The findings shed new light on human reproduction and suggest pathways for developing treatments to lower the risk of pregnancy loss
https://hub.jhu.edu/2026/01/21/genetic-factors-influencing-pregnancy-loss/
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48 hours without lungs: artificial organ kept man alive until transplant
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48 hours without lungs: artificial organ kept man alive until transplant
The external, artificial-lung system could be used to treat other people who are critically unwell and awaiting transplants.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00239-y
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Can dietary supplements help prevent cancer? - The Washington Post
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Column | I’m an oncologist. Here’s what the science says about cancer and supplements.
Most dietary supplements are not harmful. Some, however, should be treated with caution when it comes to cancer, especially in certain populations of people.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2026/02/02/can-supplements-reduce-cancer-risk/
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Programa en EpidemiologĂa para Gestores de Salud, Basado en Internet - Johns Hopkins - Bloomberg School of Public Health Inscripciones: Abiertas hasta el  5 de Febrero de 2026.
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Multisectoral policy and health systems responses to ageing populations
An official website of the United States government
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12834348/
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Nipah virus disease - India Situation at a glance
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Nipah virus disease - India
On 26 January 2026, the National IHR Focal Point for India notified WHO of two laboratory‑confirmed cases of Nipah virus (NiV) infection in West Bengal State. Both are healthcare workers at the same p...
https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON593
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Co‑creating health futures: youth leadership in digital health and data governance
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A targeted combination therapy achieves effective pancreatic cancer regression and prevents tumor resistance | PNAS
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has one of the lowest cancer survival rates. Recent studies using RAS inhibitors have opened the door to mo...
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2523039122
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UHC High-Level Forum 2025: a renewed joint commitment to universal health coverage through the UHC Knowledge Hub
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UHC High-Level Forum 2025: a renewed joint commitment to universal health coverage through the UHC Knowledge Hub
Universal health coverage (UHC) means that all people have access to the full range of quality health services they need, when and where they need them, without financial hardship. A matter of human r...
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00096-6/fulltext
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Battling health misinformation in an age of distrust
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Public Health Agency of Canada’s Environmental Surveillance Strategic Framework for Antimicrobial Resistance
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Public Health Agency of Canada’s Environmental Surveillance Strategic Framework for Antimicrobial Resistance - Canada.ca
Provides guidance for PHAC to lead efforts to obtain surveillance data on environmental AMR, associated drivers, and transmission pathways among One Health sectors.
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/drugs-health-products/environmental-surveillance-strategic-framework-antimicrobial-resistance.html
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Socioeconomic disparities in adult mortality in Latin America | BMJ Global Health
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Socioeconomic disparities in adult mortality in Latin America
Introduction Large socioeconomic disparities in healthcare utilisation and health outcomes have been well-documented in Latin American countries. However, little is known about disparities in mortalit...
https://gh.bmj.com/content/11/1/e018400
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Webinar - Zika: ten years after the public health emergency 13:00 – 14:30 CET (Geneva) Monday, 2 February 2026
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How to fight child hunger in a time of foreign aid cuts | Fortune
If aid cuts continue at this pace, preliminary research shows that 14 million people could die in the coming years, 4.5 million of them children.
https://fortune.com/2026/01/28/how-to-fight-child-hunger-in-a-time-of-foreign-aid-cuts-rockefeller-novo-nordisk-foundation-germany/
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Scoping review of measures to assess health professionals’ competencies related to health literacy
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A scoping review of measures to assess health professionals’ competencies related to health literacy
Abstract. Health professionals play an important role in addressing health literacy and ensuring that health systems and information are easy to understand
https://academic.oup.com/heapro/article/41/1/daaf227/8435650
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Nature
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Genetics has a much larger role in how long a person lives than previously thought
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Longevity is in the genes: half of lifespan is heritable
Understanding the genetic controls of ageing could lead to more therapies that forestall it.
https://go.nature.com/4kbrNv6
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