386 papers
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.
This multi-country study of over 3,000 adults in Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, and Tanzania reveals that higher COVID-19 symptom burdens and chronic disease loads are significantly associated with poorer executive function, with notable cross-country variations and education emerging as a consistent protective factor.
This study compares three rule-based algorithms designed to retrieve pregnancy-related adverse event reports from pharmacovigilance databases, revealing that differences in their flagged reports stem primarily from varying scopes regarding age restrictions, normal pregnancies, and paternal exposure, thereby highlighting the need for professionals to select the most appropriate tool based on their specific research needs.
This paper argues that current age-based adult vaccine policies in Europe exacerbate health inequalities by excluding vulnerable populations with shorter life expectancies, and proposes adopting place-based eligibility models that account for local deprivation to ensure earlier access for those most in need.
A 2022 nationwide household survey in Burkina Faso reveals that while dengue fever awareness is moderate and willingness to seek medical care is high, significant knowledge gaps regarding transmission, treatment, and vaccination persist alongside inconsistent preventive practices and notable urban-rural disparities.
This national population-based study in England and Wales, utilizing linked 2021 Census and health records for 28.7 million people, reveals that sexual minority individuals face significantly higher risks of self-harm (2.52 times) and suicide (2.17 times) compared to their heterosexual peers, with these disparities persisting across various sociodemographic factors.
This study analyzes Australian surveillance data from 2015 to 2025 to reveal that while non-pharmaceutical interventions significantly suppressed 28 notifiable diseases, post-pandemic recovery has been heterogeneous and incomplete by 2025, with 15 diseases remaining below baseline levels, 17 exhibiting overshoot, and statistically confirmed immunity debt observed only for rotavirus.
This mixed-methods study protocol outlines a sequential explanatory investigation into how psychological factors such as stress, anxiety, depression, coping mechanisms, and social support influence hypertension development and management among adults in Southeastern Nigeria, aiming to inform comprehensive psychosocial care plans through quantitative analysis and qualitative thematic exploration.
This study uses an agent-based model to demonstrate how the timeliness of PCR and rapid antigen test-based surveillance for COVID-19 evolves across pandemic scenarios, revealing that signal delays are significantly influenced by the prevalence of co-circulating influenza-like illnesses, testing eligibility criteria, and test quality.
Using 14 years of data from the Health and Retirement Study, this paper reveals a steady increase in financial fraud among older adults and demonstrates that the Perceived Financial Vulnerability Scale effectively predicts future victimization, highlighting it as a valuable tool for identifying at-risk individuals.
This cross-sectional study of over 67,000 Indian children using National Family Health Survey-5 data reveals that full receipt of the rotavirus vaccine is significantly associated with reduced odds of stunting, underweight, and wasting, suggesting the vaccine plays a crucial role in breaking the vicious cycle between diarrhea and malnutrition.