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1 week ago | 00200-0/abstract?rss=yes&sz=64)
thelancet.com | Priya Venkatesan
Climate change and global warming driven by air pollution and carbon emissions are contributing to worsening respiratory health and increasing numbers of asthma-related emergencies and deaths . Australia is particularly susceptible to the effects of climate change, with longer bushfire seasons and extreme weather events associated with sharp increases in asthma-related hospital admissions.
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2 weeks ago | 00204-8/abstract?rss=yes&sz=64)
thelancet.com | Priya Venkatesan
Three trials of treatments for idiopathic or progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF) were presented. The ELEVATE study compared deupirfenidone, a deuterated form of pirfenidone, with placebo and pirfenidone in 257 patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF; median age 72 years). 65 patients were assigned deupirfenidone 550 mg, 65 were assigned deupirfenidone 825 mg, 61 were assigned pirfenidone 801 mg, and 65 were assigned placebo, all doses were given three times per day.
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Mar 21, 2025 | 00083-9/fulltext?dgcid=twitter_organic_whod_lanres&hss_channel=tw-27013292&sz=64)
thelancet.com | Priya Venkatesan
Publication History:Published March 21, 2025DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(25)00083-9 External LinkAlso available on ScienceDirect External LinkCopyright: © 2025 Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. Adolescence is a vulnerable time of life, filled with emotional, physical, and social upheaval.
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Mar 21, 2025 | 00083-9/fulltext?rss=yes&sz=64)
thelancet.com | Priya Venkatesan
Publication History:Published March 21, 2025DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(25)00083-9Also available on ScienceDirectCopyright: © 2025 Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. Adolescence is a vulnerable time of life, filled with emotional, physical, and social upheaval.
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Mar 20, 2025 | 00164-0/abstract?rss=yes&sz=64)
thelancet.com | Priya Venkatesan
More than 5000 people in the UK eligible for cancer screening did not receive a screening invitation from the National Health Service (NHS) due to administration errors dating back to 2008.
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Mar 20, 2025 | 
hepcoalition.org | Ana Balkandjieva |Priya Venkatesan
WHO has prequalified the first self-test for hepatitis C virus (HCV), specifically designed for lay users. The burden of HCV infections still poses a substantial global health challenge. Despite the development of direct-acting antiviral therapies with response rates of more than 95%, limited access to diagnostic tests and treatment has resulted in chronic infection and consequential serious illness and progressive liver damage for millions of individuals worldwide.
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Mar 10, 2025 | 00049-7/fulltext&sz=64)
thelancet.com | Priya Venkatesan
An outbreak of Marburg virus disease was declared in Tanzania on Jan 20, 2025. As of Feb 10, two patients with confirmed Marburg virus disease and eight probable patients have been reported, all of whom have died. 90 suspected cases have tested negative for the virus. All ten patients were located in the Biharamulo district of the Kagera region in northwest Tanzania, near the border with Rwanda, which itself recently experienced an outbreak of Marburg virus disease from Sept 27 to Dec 20, 2024.
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Feb 13, 2025 | 00080-4/abstract&sz=64)
thelancet.com | Priya Venkatesan
The UK's National Health Service (NHS) has launched the world's largest prospective trial of using artificial intelligence (AI) to assess routine mammogram screenings. Nearly 700 000 women who have booked routine screenings in the UK will be invited to participate from April, 2025.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 00061-0/abstract?rss=yes&sz=64)
thelancet.com | Priya Venkatesan
On Jan 20, 2025, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order to withdraw the USA from WHO. The move could jeopardise public health care globally, including cancer care and prevention initiatives, particularly in lower-income regions such as Africa.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 00828-4/fulltext&sz=64)
thelancet.com | Priya Venkatesan
A study examined effects of transient somatic infection with two Wolbachia bacterial strains—wAlbB and wMel—on Sindbis virus, O’nyong-nyong virus, and Mayaro virus infections in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Researchers infected adult female A aegypti mosquitoes with either 0·1 μL of Wolbachia (1010 bacteria per mL) or cell lysate control, followed by infection with Sindbis virus or O’nyong-nyong virus after 7 days, or Mayaro virus after 8 days.
