18 March

Lancet https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet

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  [Editorial] Human genome editing: ensuring responsible research - The Lancet Lancet
  In 2018, during the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing in Hong Kong, Jiankui He shocked the world by announcing the birth of two children whose genomes he had edited using CRISPR technology. Following widespread condemnation and a criminal investigation, he was sentenced to 3 (...) (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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  [Comment] Offline: The silencing of the South - Richard Horton Lancet
  League tables are addictive. From football to motorsport, tennis to golf, we relish following who is up and who is down. Understandably so, given that sport is fiercely competitive between individuals and teams. But universities? Provosts and Presidents of our greatest higher education (...) (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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  [World Report] Global health experts welcome Kasai dismissal - John Zarocostas Lancet
  WHO's dismissal of Takeshi Kasai, Regional Director for the Western Pacific, could pressure WHO leadership to take decisive action in other misconduct cases. John Zarocostas reports from Geneva. (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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  [World Report] Health and the invasion of Iraq: 20 years later - Shawn Yuan Lancet
  The legacy of the US-led invasion is still being felt across Iraqi society. Shawn Yuan reports from Baghdad. (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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  [World Report] “Impunity” enabling South Sudan human rights violations - John Zarocostas Lancet
  A new report to the UN Human Rights Council outlines how violence is worsening health and humanitarian programmes. John Zarocostas reports from Geneva. (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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  [Perspectives] Aftermath of the Türkiye–Syria earthquake - Danielle Villasana Lancet
  The earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria on Feb 6, 2023, will have lasting health and humanitarian impacts. Current estimates indicate more than 50 000 people have died and over 100 000 people have been injured. Thousands of buildings and much infrastructure are destroyed, with millions of people (...) (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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  [Obituary] Samuel Lawrence Katz - Geoff Watts Lancet
  Paediatrician, virologist, and co-developer of measles vaccine. Born in Manchester, NH, USA, on May 29, 1927, he died in Chapel Hill, NC, USA, on Oct 31, 2022 aged 95 years. (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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  [Correspondence] We cannot erase Syrians' suffering with “solidarity” and political infighting - Mouna Khaity, Mervat Alhaffar, Natasha Howard Lancet
  “The UN's failure to act quickly to save Syrian lives in the face of a humanitarian catastrophe is utterly shameful and should be a stain on its conscience.”1 Raed Al Saleh, The White Helmets (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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  [Correspondence] Error in NHS England's BMI calculator and daily calorie recommendations - Stuart W Flint Lancet
  BMI is a calculation of height and weight to identify a person's weight status.1 BMI is calculated by a person's weight in kilograms (or pounds) divided by the square of height in metres (or feet).1 The BMI ranges are underweight (...) (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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  [Correspondence] Firearms and blood transfusion: an inescapable disentanglement - Jeremy W Jacobs, Laura D Stephens, Jennifer S Woo, Elizabeth S Allen, Garrett S Booth Lancet
  The incidence of mass shootings in the USA continues to increase; more than 45 000 total gun deaths occurred in 2020 alone, the most on record for years with full data available.1 These statistics highlight increasing gun violence, one of the primary contributors to blood shortages. Patients (...) (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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  [Correspondence] Chlordecone (Kepone) poisoning in the French Territories in the Americas - Dabor Resiere, Jonathan Florentin, Hatem Kallel, Rishika Banydeen, Ruddy Valentino, Moustapha Dramé, José-Louis Barnay, Papa Gueye, Bruno Mégarbane, Hossein Mehdaoui, Rémi Neviere, Toxicological Research Group on chlordecone at the University Hospital of Martinique Lancet
  For more than 40 years, two French territories in the Americas, Martinique and Guadeloupe, have been confronted with one of the biggest environmental scandals in Caribbean history due to the use of an organochlorine pesticide, chlordecone (also known under the brand name Kepone), in banana (...) (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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  [Department of Error] Department of Error Lancet
  Purba AK, Henderson M, Baxter A, Pearce A, Katikireddi SV. To what extent does time spent on social media influence adolescent use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes: a longitudinal analysis of the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Lancet 2022; 400: S73—In this Meeting Abstract, the reference category (...) (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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  [Department of Error] Department of Error Lancet
  Schöley J, Karlinsky A, Kobak D, Tallack C. Conflicting COVID-19 excess mortality estimates. Lancet 2023; 401: 431–32—The appendices of this Correspondence have been updated as of March 16, 2023. (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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  [Clinical Picture] A urinary tract infection caused by Escherichia coli mucoid phenotype progresses to a pneumonia and respiratory failure - Federica Quarata, Diana Lelli, Davide Maria Biancone, Giovanni Gherardi, Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi Lancet
  A 69-year-old woman was admitted to our ward with fever and respiratory failure. 3 weeks earlier she had been treated with ciprofloxacin for a urinary tract infection, caused by Escherichia coli; she had a history of diabetes. (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))

11 March

Lancet https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet

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  [Editorial] Long COVID: 3 years in - The Lancet Lancet
  March 11 marks 3 years since WHO declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic. While the world is determined to move on from the acute phase, at least 65 million people are estimated to struggle with long COVID, a debilitating post-infection multisystem condition with common symptoms of fatigue, (...) (The Lancet 401, 10379 (2023))
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  [Comment] An alternative route to pertussis protection? - Kathryn M Edwards, Michael D Decker Lancet
  Around 40 years ago, growing concern in many countries about severe adverse events in infants after receipt of parenteral whole-cell pertussis vaccines combined with diphtheria and tetanus toxoids (DTP) drove the development of more highly purified acellular pertussis vaccines. These (...) (The Lancet 401, 10379 (2023))
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  [Comment] Offline: The case for diversifying diversity - Richard Horton Lancet
  It is time to rethink our ideas about diversity. Gender equity? Anti-racism? Yes, of course, but our approach to diversity—what it means and what we do about it—is simply too narrow. The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) recently hosted a discussion about diversity of thought (...) (The Lancet 401, 10379 (2023))
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  [World Report] Fresh criticisms over WHO sexual exploitation - Udani Samarasekera Lancet
  Members of an independent commission into sexual exploitation and abuse by WHO staff have slammed the organisation. Udani Samarasekera reports. (The Lancet 401, 10379 (2023))
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  [World Report] New reform proposals for Australian health care - Sophie Cousins Lancet
  A Government report on primary care recommends a slew of changes to improve access to care. Sophie Cousins reports. (The Lancet 401, 10379 (2023))
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  [World Report] UK position on Horizon Europe remains uncertain - Udani Samarasekera Lancet
  Despite a new post-Brexit agreement, the UK's association to the EU's flagship research programme has not been confirmed. Udani Samarasekera reports. (The Lancet 401, 10379 (2023))
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  [Perspectives] Camara Phyllis Jones: anti-racism thought leader - Udani Samarasekera Lancet
  Family doctor and epidemiologist Camara Phyllis Jones is an anti-racism thought leader and researcher. Presently in the UK as a Leverhulme Visiting Professor in Global Health and Social Medicine at King's College London, she says: “The racism denial that characterises the US…is even more (...) (The Lancet 401, 10379 (2023))
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  [Perspectives] Can museums overcome their colonial past? - Lioba Hirsch Lancet
  Grace Ndiritu's The Healing Pavilion is an exhibition that is felt and experienced, rather than simply visited. The work invites a reckoning with what we want decolonial futures to be. It can be seen as an attempt of institutional healing for the Wellcome Collection, London, UK, in line with (...) (The Lancet 401, 10379 (2023))
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  [Perspectives] Saviour at sea - Rebecca Barksby Lancet
  Human cultures have always been fascinated by the ocean—as Herman Melville wrote in his novel Moby Dick: “There is, one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath”. At the time of Moby Dick's publication in 1851, the British (...) (The Lancet 401, 10379 (2023))
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  [Obituary] Andrew P Goldberg - Andrew Green Lancet
  Expert in gerontology and geriatric medicine. Born in the Bronx, NY, USA, on March 12, 1945, he died of pancreatic cancer on Oct 25, 2022, in Columbia, MD, USA, aged 77 years. (The Lancet 401, 10379 (2023))
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  [Correspondence] The need for appropriate language in the debate on medicalisation of pregnancy - Catherine Cluver, Christianne de Groot, Ben W Mol, Kellie E Murphy, Jane E Norman, Rodolfo Pacagnella, Kirsten Palmer, Liona C Poon, Daniel L Rolnik, Catherine Y Spong, Sarah J Stock, Shakila Thangaratinam, Stephen Tong, Corine Verhoeven, Lan N Vuong, Sue P Walker, Liu Xiaohua Lancet
  Although the majority of pregnancies progress smoothly and result in the birth of a healthy baby, this is not always the case. Pregnancy can have severe complications, including stillbirth, affecting eight in 1000 pregnancies in France;1 maternal hypertension, affecting 74 in 1000,2 or neonatal (...) (The Lancet 401, 10379 (2023))
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  [Correspondence] FRENCH-ARRIVE: a serious, evidence-free, and false accusation of unethical research - Loïc Sentilhes, Joelle Belaisch Allart, Paul Berveiller, Aline Bibes, Thierry Schaeverbeke, FRENCH-ARRIVE Study Group and the Groupe de Recherche en Obstétrique et Gynécologie Lancet
  We—the investigators and Trial Steering Committee of the FRENCH-ARRIVE trial, members of the Groupe de Recherche en Obstétrique Gynécologie, representatives of the French College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Bordeaux University Hospital (appendix)—were stunned to read Richard Horton's1 Comment (...) (The Lancet 401, 10379 (2023))
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  [Correspondence] International cooperation to end the COVID-19 pandemic - Zhi Qu Lancet
  The recent COVID-19 pandemic in China has brought new uncertainties to the world. I am glad that an Editorial1 has brought this situation to the attention of the international community. However, I disagree with how the editors described the international community (ie, “far from showing (...) (The Lancet 401, 10379 (2023))
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  [Articles] Immunogenicity and safety of BPZE1, an intranasal live attenuated pertussis vaccine, versus tetanus–diphtheria–acellular pertussis vaccine: a randomised, double-blind, phase 2b trial - Cheryl Keech, Vicki E Miller, Barbara Rizzardi, Christopher Hoyle, Melinda J Pryor, Jonathan Ferrand, Ken Solovay, Marcel Thalen, Stephanie Noviello, Peter Goldstein, Andrew Gorringe, Breeze Cavell, Qiushui He, Alex-Mikael Barkoff, Keith Rubin, Camille Locht Lancet
  BPZE1 induced nasal mucosal immunity and produced functional serum responses. BPZE1 has the potential to avert B pertussis infections, which ultimately could lead to reduced transmission and diminished epidemic cycles. These results should be confirmed in large phase 3 (...) (The Lancet 401, 10379 (2023))
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  [Clinical Picture] A planned caesarean hysterectomy for placenta accreta spectrum at 35 weeks of gestation: antenatal identification and a multidisciplinary approach to manage an increasing condition - Lara Catherine Morley, Colette Sparey, Dileep Wijeratne, Kerry Turner Lancet
  A 37-year-old woman, who was 35 weeks into a singleton pregnancy, was admitted to our hospital for a planned caesarean hysterectomy. (The Lancet 401, 10379 (2023))

10 March

Lancet https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet

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  [Comment] Past time for a PACTT for humanity - Ayoade Alakija Lancet
  Five fundamentals are crucial for efforts to strengthen global health security and rebuild a sense of optimism in our ability to collectively achieve equitable health for all: preparedness, access, countermeasures, tools, and trust (PACTT). The panel highlights key aspects of PACTT. In efforts (...) (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))

7 March

Lancet https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet

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  [Comment] The catastrophic response to the earthquake in Syria: the need for corrective actions and accountability - Samer Jabbour, Aula Abbara, Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Fouad M Fouad, Mohamad Katoub, Rabie Nasser Lancet
  The Feb 6, 2023 earthquake has devastated areas in northwest Syria controlled by the Türkiye-backed Syrian National Army and extremist Hayat Tahrir Sham, and respectively run by their civilian affiliates, the Syrian Interim Government (SIG) and the Syrian Salvation Government. The earthquake (...) (The Lancet 401, 10379 (2023))

4 March

Lancet https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet

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  [Perspectives] Mishal Khan: challenging inequitable status quos in global health - Rachael Davies Lancet
  Social epidemiologist Mishal Khan is no stranger to pushing boundaries. As Associate Professor at the UK's London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in 2018, she did an analysis with colleagues that showed stark gender and ethnicity-related disparities in progression to senior (...) (The Lancet 401, 10378 (2023))
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  [Perspectives] Healing Long Covid: a marathon not a sprint - Nisreen A Alwan Lancet
  I have been immersed in Long Covid both personally and professionally since the summer of 2020. I experienced the condition myself, wrote and spoke about it on various national and international platforms, and did research trying to understand its features and effects. Now there is a handbook (...) (The Lancet 401, 10378 (2023))
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  [Obituary] Ralph Lewis Sacco - Geoff Watts Lancet
  Neurologist specialising in stroke risk and prevention. He was born in Margate City, NJ, USA, on Aug 27, 1957 and died of a brain tumour in Long Island, NY, USA, on Jan 17, 2023 aged 65 years. (The Lancet 401, 10378 (2023))
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  [Correspondence] The resurgence of dengue epidemic and climate change in India - Nitish Mondal Lancet
  Climate change is influencing the incidence of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquito-borne dengue illnesses. More than half of the world's population is in danger, with an annual estimate of 100–400 million infections,1 96 million clinical symptoms, and 40 000 fatalities.2 Despite evidence (...) (The Lancet 401, 10378 (2023))
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  [Correspondence] The human rights to water and sanitation, gender equality, and the State - Léo Heller Lancet
  Isha Ray authored an interesting Review1 of my book on the human rights to water and sanitation.2 I appreciate her definition of the book's approach as a compelling “moral and political case for water and sanitation rights” and she made me proud when suggesting that it is aligned with Eleanor (...) (The Lancet 401, 10378 (2023))
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  [Correspondence] When was mpox a public health emergency? - Stephen A Hoption Cann Lancet
  Clare Wenham and Mark Eccleston-Turner1 discussed challenges faced by WHO over when to declare an outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). They state the PHEIC declaration for mpox (previously known as monkeypox) could reclaim WHO's “authority in global disease (...) (The Lancet 401, 10378 (2023))
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  [Correspondence] GBD 2019 study informs industry yet crucial questions remain unanswered - Tim Rycroft Lancet
  We join respected nutrition and health academics1,2 in requesting clarification from the GBD 2019 Risk Factors Collaborators3 about whether the data used to conclude there had been a 36-fold increase in global deaths attributed to eating red meat had been correctly scrutinised before (...) (The Lancet 401, 10378 (2023))
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  [Correspondence] GBD 2019 study informs industry yet crucial questions remain unanswered - John Thorley Lancet
  As The Lancet approaches its 200-year anniversary, a matter that must be the justifiable source of great pride and deserving of the highest congratulations, I and the industry that my organisation represents have serious concerns that the reporting of a systematic analysis of the global burden (...) (The Lancet 401, 10378 (2023))
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  [Correspondence] GBD 2019 study informs industry yet crucial questions remain unanswered - Nick Allen, British Meat Processors Association Lancet
  We are writing to express our concern over the potential consequences that will arise from flawed and incorrect scientific studies being used as the basis for UK Government health policy. We refer to one in particular, the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 (...) (The Lancet 401, 10378 (2023))
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  [Correspondence] GBD 2019 study informs industry yet crucial questions remain unanswered – Authors' reply - Jeffrey D Stanaway, Simon I Hay, Christopher J L Murray, GBD Risk Factor Collaborators Lancet
  In their letters, Nick Allen (representing the British Meat Processors Association), John Thorley (the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers), and Tim Rycroft (the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board) reiterate concerns previously expressed by Alice V Stanton and colleagues1 and (...) (The Lancet 401, 10378 (2023))
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  [Clinical Picture] Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive metastatic gastric cancer in complete sustained remission with trastuzumab - Denis O’Mahony, Stephen P Power, Derek G Power Lancet
  A 71-year-old woman with a 3-month history of nausea, 5 kg weight loss, and a hypochromic microcytic anaemia (haemoglobin concentration 8·9 g/dL) was referred to our hospital by her family doctor for further investigation. (The Lancet 401, 10378 (2023))
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  [Editorial] A decisive moment for The World Bank - The Lancet Lancet
  The next few months will be vital for The World Bank. In June, David Malpass will step down as President, following his damaging equivocations about whether fossil fuels are driving climate change. Malpass’ tenure has undermined the credibility of the Bank as a trusted source of assistance and (...) (The Lancet 401, 10378 (2023))
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  [Comment] Offline: The willing versus the legitimate - Richard Horton Lancet
  The largest land war in Europe since World War 2. Yet NATO insists that it is not at war with Russia in Ukraine. The evidence suggests otherwise. An expanding supply of missiles, ammunition, tanks, and air defence systems is proof of direct involvement of NATO in the Russia–Ukraine conflict. (...) (The Lancet 401, 10378 (2023))
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  [World Report] New leadership for Gavi - John Zarocostas Lancet
  Muhammad Ali Pate has been appointed to lead the vaccine organisation. John Zarocostas reports from Geneva. (The Lancet 401, 10378 (2023))
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  [World Report] Experts warn over potential for measles in Ukraine - Ed Holt Lancet
  Ukraine has a history of large outbreaks, and experts say that the disruptions brought by Russia's invasion could trigger new cases. Ed Holt reports. (The Lancet 401, 10378 (2023))
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  [World Report] Seeking solutions to global drugs shortages - Ferry Biedermann Lancet
  Many countries are facing shortages of common drugs—from antibiotics to stroke treatments. Ferry Biedermann looks at the causes and potential solutions. (The Lancet 401, 10378 (2023))

3 March

Lancet https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet

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  [Comment] Improving cardiovascular health in rural China and beyond - Lijing L Yan, Biraj M Karmacharya Lancet
  In 2021, high blood pressure claimed 11·3 million lives globally.1 High blood pressure has ranked consistently as the top modifiable risk factor globally for over 20 years. Although its prevalence is universally high, awareness, management, and control of high blood pressure are particularly (...) (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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  [Articles] Effectiveness of a non-physician community health-care provider-led intensive blood pressure intervention versus usual care on cardiovascular disease (CRHCP): an open-label, blinded-endpoint, cluster-randomised trial - Jiang He, Nanxiang Ouyang, Xiaofan Guo, Guozhe Sun, Zhao Li, Jianjun Mu, Dao Wen Wang, Lixia Qiao, Liying Xing, Guocheng Ren, Chunxia Zhao, Ruihai Yang, Zuyi Yuan, Chang Wang, Chuning Shi, Songyue Liu, Wei Miao, Guangxiao Li, Chung-Shiuan Chen, Yingxian Sun, CRHCP Study Group Lancet
  The non-physician community health-care provider-led intensive blood pressure intervention is effective in reducing cardiovascular disease and death. (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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  [Viewpoint] Confronting the evolution and expansion of anti-vaccine activism in the USA in the COVID-19 era - Richard M Carpiano, Timothy Callaghan, Renee DiResta, Noel T Brewer, Chelsea Clinton, Alison P Galvani, Rekha Lakshmanan, Wendy E Parmet, Saad B Omer, Alison M Buttenheim, Regina M Benjamin, Arthur Caplan, Jad A Elharake, Lisa C Flowers, Yvonne A Maldonado, Michelle M Mello, Douglas J Opel, Daniel A Salmon, Jason L Schwartz, Joshua M Sharfstein, Peter J Hotez Lancet
  Over the past two decades, anti-vaccine activism in the USA has evolved from a fringe subculture into an increasingly well organised, networked movement with important repercussions for public health. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this evolution and magnified the reach of vaccine (...) (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))

2 March

Lancet https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet

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  [Correspondence] Implausible algorithm output in UK liver transplantation allocation scheme: importance of transparency - Antony Attia, Ian A Rowe, Ewen M Harrison, Tim Gordon-Walker, Ben M Stutchfield Lancet
  Algorithm-based allocation of resource-limited health-care interventions is growing; however, concerns over transparency and bias have restricted its use.1 Transparent algorithms can be readily explained, allowing patients and clinicians to clearly understand the basis for decision making.2 In (...) (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))

28 February

Lancet https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet

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  [Department of Error] Department of Error Lancet
  Pérez-Escamilla R, Tomori C, Hernández-Cordero S, et al. Breastfeeding: crucially important, but increasingly challenged in a market-driven world. Lancet 2023; 401: 472–85—In this Series paper, reference 8 has been updated. This correction has been made to the online version as of Feb 27, (...) (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))

25 February

Lancet https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet

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  [Editorial] Russia's invasion of Ukraine: an attack on health - The Lancet Lancet
  Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which began 1 year ago on Feb 24, has wrought huge suffering and devastation. As of Feb 6, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has recorded 7155 civilian fatalities and 11 662 injuries in Ukraine, although the actual figures are likely to be (...) (The Lancet 401, 10377 (2023))
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  [Comment] Offline: ACT-A—ça suffit - Richard Horton Lancet
  The Access To COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A) was the largest and most ambitious global effort to ensure equitable availability for anti-SARS-CoV-2 technologies—vaccines, treatments, and diagnostics. The intent deserves high praise. But the result fell far short of expectations. As Suerie (...) (The Lancet 401, 10377 (2023))
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  [World Report] Health emergency over Brazil's Yanomami people - Jonathan Watts Lancet
  Infant mortality and disease among the Yanomami Indigenous People have soared following the encouragement of illegal mining. Jonathan Watts reports from Altamira, Brazil. (The Lancet 401, 10377 (2023))
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  [World Report] Global maternal mortality rates stagnating - John Zarocostas Lancet
  A new UN report shows that progress in reducing deaths of mothers plateaued between 2016 and 2020. John Zarocostas reports from Geneva. (The Lancet 401, 10377 (2023))
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  [World Report] “Things have gone seriously wrong”: global cholera surges - Talha Burki Lancet
  A series of complex health emergencies has seen a surge in cholera cases, with outbreaks in 30 countries. Talha Burki reports. (The Lancet 401, 10377 (2023))
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  [Perspectives] Rajat Khosla: shifting power structures in global health - Aarathi Prasad Lancet
  Rajat Khosla was born in Old Delhi, India, where his grandparents, who were freedom fighters in the Indian independence movement, had migrated from Punjab before Partition. “There was a fair degree of critical consciousness in the family”, Khosla recalls, “even if their means were little. The (...) (The Lancet 401, 10377 (2023))
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  [Perspectives] Reinventing public purpose - Michael Marmot Lancet
  Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017. Entire neighbourhoods were razed to the ground and hundreds of thousands of people were displaced. An estimated 3000 people died—ie, excess deaths over those expected based on non-hurricane years. The risk of death was 45% higher in areas of low (...) (The Lancet 401, 10377 (2023))
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  [Perspectives] 19th-century medicine and The Races of Men - Suman Seth Lancet
  At the beginning of October, 1857, The Lancet published a letter by the Scottish anatomist, Robert Knox, entitled “New Theory of Race: Celt vs Saxon”. Knox was responding to the work of the Irish physician and nationalist, John M'Elheran, who wished to celebrate the contributions of those of (...) (The Lancet 401, 10377 (2023))
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  [Obituary] Kenneth Dawson Bagshawe - Geoff Watts Lancet
  Pioneer of treatment for choriocarcinoma. He was born in Marple near Manchester, UK, on Aug 17, 1925 and died in London, UK, on Dec 27, 2022 aged 97 years. (The Lancet 401, 10377 (2023))
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  [Correspondence] The promise of large language models in health care - Anmol Arora, Ananya Arora Lancet
  The past few months have seen a rapid acceleration of innovation in the field of generative artificial intelligence with large language models (LLMs), capturing academic, media, and public attention. GPT-3, BERT, and ChatGPT are examples of LLMs that have been trained on swathes of the internet (...) (The Lancet 401, 10377 (2023))
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  [Correspondence] Insurance pools' merging in China needs careful design - Yian Fang Lancet
  Chen Xinxin and colleagues' call for healthy ageing in China is encouraging.1 To address equity concerns and mobility difficulties, the policy recommendation of “establishing a unified national insurance system that encompasses all citizens, regardless of occupation, resident status, or place of (...) (The Lancet 401, 10377 (2023))
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  [Correspondence] Insurance pools' merging in China needs careful design - Xinxin Chen, Qinqin Meng, Yafeng Wang, Yao Yao, Yaohui Zhao Lancet
  We thank Yian Fang for the letter and for allowing us to elaborate on the design of the national health insurance plan. In the Commission, we advocated a unified national plan because current insurance plans, with mostly city-level pooling, hinder healthy (...) (The Lancet 401, 10377 (2023))
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  [Correspondence] Rebuilding an agenda for Brazilian science and technology - Carol Góis Leandro, Conrado Rodrigues, Pedro Carelli, Charles Morphy D Santos Lancet
  Brazil has had ongoing political crises and instability in the past 6 years, and federal funding for science and technology has reached an all-time low. (The Lancet 401, 10377 (2023))
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  [Correspondence] China's COVID-19 reopening measures—warriors and weapons - Shujie Huang, Zhen Gao, Sichao Wang Lancet
  On Dec 7, 2022, the Chinese Government issued the New 10 epidemic prevention policy1 and announced that China's dynamic zero-COVID policy, which had been adhered to for nearly 3 years, has officially moved towards reopening. However, in the face of the omicron variant with an average basic (...) (The Lancet 401, 10377 (2023))
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  [Correspondence] Celebration of 200 years - Nick Black Lancet
  The Lancet's extensive coverage of its achievements is a timely reminder of the great contribution this journal has made to advance medical care. Although the timeline highlights many substantial scientific contributions, the extraordinary role The Lancet played in the reform of the medical (...) (The Lancet 401, 10377 (2023))
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  [Department of Error] Department of Error Lancet
  Feikin DR, Melissa MH, Abu-Raddad LJ, et al. Duration of effectiveness of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 disease: results of a systematic review and meta-regression. Lancet 2022; 399: 924–44—The methods for the meta-regression section in the appendix of this Article have been (...) (The Lancet 401, 10377 (2023))
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  [Clinical Picture] A professional sportsperson with subtle motor symptoms and signs: early-onset Parkinson's disease - Daniel Ferreira, Rui Araújo Lancet
  A 41-year-old professional hockey referee was referred to our clinic with an 8-month history of walking difficulties; previously he had consulted several orthopaedic surgeons and had undergone physical therapy—with limited benefit—for a presumed knee injury. The patient had no notable medical (...) (The Lancet 401, 10377 (2023))

24 February

Lancet https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet

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  [Comment] Hyperfractionation for reirradiation of recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma - Melvin L K Chua, Victor H F Lee, Anne W M Lee Lancet
  Treatment of locoregionally recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma presents a profound clinical challenge. If surgical expertise is available, the consensus among international experts recommends surgery for resectable recurrence.1 This approach is supported by data from a randomised trial by Liu (...) (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
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  [Articles] Hyperfractionation compared with standard fractionation in intensity-modulated radiotherapy for patients with locally advanced recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial - Rui You, You-Ping Liu, Yu-Long Xie, Chao Lin, Chong-Yang Duan, Dong-Ping Chen, Yi Pan, Bin Qi, Xiong Zou, Ling Guo, Jing-Yu Cao, Yi-Nuan Zhang, Zhi-Qiang Wang, Yong-Long Liu, Yan-Feng Ouyang, Kai Wen, Qi Yang, Ruo-Qi Xie, Hui-Feng Li, Xiao-Tong Duan, Xi Ding, Lan Peng, Si-Yuan Chen, Jiong-Lin Liang, Zheng-Kai Feng, Tian-Liang Xia, Rui-Ling Xie, Rou Jiang, Chen-Mei Gu, Rong-Zeng Liu, Rui Sun, Xin Yang, Li-Zhi Liu, Li Ling, Qing Liu, Wai Tong Ng, Yi-Jun Hua, Pei-Yu Huang, Ming-Yuan (...) Lancet
  Hyperfractionated intensity-modulated radiotherapy could significantly decrease the rate of severe late complications and improve overall survival among patients with locally advanced recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Our findings suggest that hyperfractionated intensity-modulated (...) (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))

23 February

Lancet https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet

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  [Comment] After a far-right government: challenges for Brazil's Unified Health System - Adriano Massuda, Rafael Dall'Alba, Arthur Chioro, José Gomes Temporão, Marcia C Castro Lancet
  The implementation of the Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde [SUS]) was a milestone for Brazil. Nearly four decades after the 8th National Health Conference declared that health is a universal right and a governmental responsibility, as enshrined in Brazil's 1988 Federal Constitution, (...) (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))

22 February

Lancet https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet

• 00:30
  [Comment] The war in Ukraine 1 year on: the need to strategise for the long-term health of Ukrainians - Paul B Spiegel, Pavlo Kovtoniuk, Katarzyna Lewtak Lancet
  1 year has passed since the unprovoked war by Russia on Ukraine began on Feb 24, 2022. The horrendous suffering and deaths among Ukrainian civilians and the massive loss of life in the military on both sides are tragic. The UN estimates there have been 7155 conflict-related civilian deaths with (...) (The Lancet 401, 10377 (2023))

21 February

Lancet https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet

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  [Comment] Fulminant mpox as an AIDS-defining condition: useful or stigmatising? - Isaac Núñez, Sergio Iván Valdés-Ferrer Lancet
  The 2022 mpox outbreak was declared a public health emergency of international concern in July, 2022, by WHO within 2 months of the initial reports.1 With over 85 000 confirmed cases and 86 deaths, the outbreak has mainly affected men, many of whom identify as men who have sex with men (...) (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
• 20:32
  [Articles] Mpox in people with advanced HIV infection: a global case series - Oriol Mitjà, Andrea Alemany, Michael Marks, Jezer I Lezama Mora, Juan Carlos Rodríguez-Aldama, Mayara Secco Torres Silva, Ever Arturo Corral Herrera, Brenda Crabtree-Ramirez, José Luis Blanco, Nicolo Girometti, Valentina Mazzotta, Aniruddha Hazra, Macarena Silva, Juan José Montenegro-Idrogo, Kelly Gebo, Jade Ghosn, María Fernanda Peña Vázquez, Eduardo Matos Prado, Uche Unigwe, Judit Villar-García, Noah Wald-Dickler, Jason Zucker, Roger Paredes, Alexandra Calmy, Laura Waters, Cristina Galvan-Casas, Sharon Walmsley, Chloe M Orkin, SHARE-NET writing (...) Lancet
  A severe necrotising form of mpox in the context of advanced immunosuppression appears to behave like an AIDS-defining condition, with a high prevalence of fulminant dermatological and systemic manifestations and death. (The Lancet 401, 10380 (2023))
• 00:30
  [Comment] Medicine Unboxed 2023: Matter—what is your substance, whereof are you made? - Sam Guglani Lancet
  A line of poetry lasts some 3 seconds, according to the poet Don Paterson. He calls this “the length of the human moment”.1 I love the idea of it, paper and words amounting to time and consciousness. And I think of it now typing the lines of a sonnet that opened the first Medicine Unboxed event: (...) (The Lancet 401, 10379 (2023))