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Genetically predicted high insulin-like growth factor levels may decrease the risk of COVID-19 susceptibility and hospitalization.

While flooding events may drive spillover transmission of Leptospira spp. through dispersal of the bacteria at low elevations, at higher elevations environmental risk is more localised and directly driven by the distribution of local rat reservoir populations.

A comprehensive resource to systematically evaluate the genetically predicted associations between 125 polygenic risk scores and 249 metabolic traits.

Blood donor serosurveillance in eight of Brazil’s most populous cities reveals extensive variation of SARS-CoV-2 attack rate across cities, age, and sex groups in December 2020 and increased intrinsic severity of the Gamma variant of concern.

Phylogenetic evidence suggests that the majority of HIV infections occurring in the UNAIDS Fast-track city Amsterdam continue to have an Amsterdam resident as source, indicating that the majority of HIV infections in Amsterdam could be prevented through city-level interventions.

Combined analyses of publicly available population-level variant data and detailed individual-level clinical data can be used to quantify the clinical impact of new SARS-CoV-2 variants in different settings.

Combining clinical and genetic data can improve the effectiveness of virus tracking with the aim of reducing the number of HIV cases by 2030.

While selective abortion of female fetuses is documented within China and India, it is also significant among Asian diaspora in Canada, US, UK and Australia, particularly among Indian diaspora for second or third births following earlier girl birth(s).

A systematic review and meta-analysis show that calcium supplementation significantly improves bone mass, implying that preventive calcium supplementation in young people (age ≤35 years) may be a shift in the window of intervention for osteoporosis.

Flight restrictions targeted at countries where SARS-CoV-2 variant-of-concern first emerged have limited effectiveness in deterring their introduction into the Netherlands due to the strength of regional travel importation risks in Europe.