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Public and global health examines how we protect communities from disease, manage outbreaks, and improve well-being across the world. This vital field connects diverse research on everything from infectious disease control and vaccination strategies to the social factors that shape our collective health. Because these studies often impact policy and daily life, understanding them quickly is more important than ever.
At Gist.Science, we track every new preprint published in this category on medRxiv to ensure you never miss a breakthrough. We process each submission to provide both plain-language explanations for general readers and detailed technical summaries for experts, making complex findings accessible to everyone.
Below are the latest papers in public and global health, freshly summarized from the most recent medRxiv releases.
A cross-sectional study in peri-urban Malawi reveals that animal husbandry practices, specifically the lack of nighttime animal enclosure, and soil moisture are significantly associated with higher abundances of cefotaxime-resistant *E. coli* in household yard soil, whereas factors like sanitation and antibiotic use were not.
This nationwide cohort analysis of 2022 U.S. hospitalizations reveals that significant racial and ethnic disparities in acute kidney injury incidence, dialysis utilization, and mortality persist even after adjusting for clinical and socioeconomic factors, underscoring the critical role of structural inequities in kidney health outcomes.
This paper presents the multi-phase development and validation of the Reproductive Ageing in Women (RAW) Questionnaire, a new tool designed to improve the consistency and inclusivity of menopausal stage classification by integrating menstrual characteristics, age, and symptoms, which demonstrated strong validity, reliability, and concordance with biological markers like FSH.
This study of a nationally representative cohort of older English adults reveals significant social, economic, and environmental disparities in device-measured 24-hour movement behaviors, showing that older, unmarried, and lower-wealth individuals tend to be less active and more sedentary, while rural residents are more active than urban dwellers.
This 2024–2025 study of nearly 9,200 Ethiopian households reveals that while LLIN ownership is substantial at 71.5%, actual utilization remains below the critical 80% threshold due to barriers such as lack of hanging skills and seasonal misconceptions, necessitating a strategic shift toward skill-based interventions and targeted education.
This study of US adults reveals that while higher household income is associated with greater tooth retention across all racial groups, the magnitude of these income-related gains is significantly larger for White adults than for Black and Mexican American adults, particularly in problem-focused dental care settings, suggesting that expanding access alone may be insufficient to eliminate racial oral health inequities.
This qualitative study of 15 pharmacy staff reveals that while community pharmacies have significant potential to raise uterine cancer awareness among ethnic minority women through culturally tailored interventions, realizing this potential requires structured staff education and formalized pathways for timely patient referral.
This study utilizes an urban systems framework and hierarchical cluster analysis in Ibagué, Colombia, to demonstrate that dengue risk is significantly influenced by multi-scale socio-environmental typologies, with high-density commercial areas showing increased incidence while diverse, intermixed urban landscapes exhibit protective effects.
This concurrent mixed-methods study of Latino and Hispanic adults near Albuquerque, New Mexico, reveals that higher collective efficacy, informal social control, and specific sociodemographic factors significantly promote firearm safety engagement, while highlighting the need for community-driven interventions to address social ecological barriers and reduce firearm-related harms.
Mathematical modeling projects that unmitigated US funding cuts for TB and HIV programs in South Africa between 2025 and 2035 could reverse years of progress by causing hundreds of thousands of additional infections and deaths, underscoring the urgent need for rapid domestic and programmatic responses to avert these catastrophic outcomes.