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Pertussis resurgence in Tuscany outlines importance of timely vaccination in Italy

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study published in Eurosurveillance and conducted at Meyer Children’s Hospital in Florence, Italy, has found a sharp increase in hospitalisations for pertussis among children and adolescents (aged ≤ 16 years) in 2024. The findings highlight the critical role of not only adhering to vaccination schedules but also administering doses at the earliest opportunity.

Journal: Eurosurveillance
Funder: Regione Toscana

Gene therapy restores functionality in non-human primates after heart attacks

Duke University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have successfully conducted experiments to treat damage caused by heart attacks in non-human primates using gene therapy for the first time.

Journal: Circulation Research
Funder: American Heart Association, NIH/National Institutes of Health

The brain's activity at rest may provide clues to Alzheimer's disease progression, diagnosis

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Some regions of the brain in people with Alzheimer's reorganize more often while at rest than in people without the disease––and in healthy people this frequent reshuffling sometimes predicts who will develop the condition later, according to a new study from the University of Michigan and Columbia University.

Journal: Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease
Funder: National Institutes of Health, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

Majority of oncology staff at Moroccan Cancer Institute affected by burnout

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY — August 28, 2025 — A new research paper was published in Volume 12 of Oncoscience on July 31, 2025, titled “Burnout among oncology nurses and technicians in Morocco: Prevalence, risk factors, and structural equation modeling.”

Journal: Oncoscience

Data science uncovers patterns in health service use linked to child mortality

Washington University in St. Louis
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An interdisciplinary team of artificial intelligence (AI) and global health researchers at Washington University in St. Louis sought to determine how the use of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services may affect rates of child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa.

Journal: Nature Communications

Study identifies key features of cancer cell response and resistance to treatment

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of Michigan researchers identified cellular features that determine whether tumor cells respond to treatment.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: U.S. Department of Defense, Prostate Cancer Foundation, NIH/National Cancer Institute

Why cheap cigarettes from other states are a costly problem for New York City

Rutgers University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Rutgers researchers find that 17% of discarded packs had proper tax stamps, down sharply from 2011.

Journal: Tobacco Control