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Storage and disposal practices of unused and expired medications among adult women attending Banadir Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia: A cross-sectional study
Improper storage and disposal of unused and expired medications in households pose significant environmental and public health risks. A cross-sectional study was conducted in November 2025 among 427 consecutively selected women visiting the outpatient pharmac…
Distribution and seasonal abundance of medically important flies in Sharkia Governorate, Egypt and their associated bacteria
Due to the medical importance of flies as mechanical vectors of numerous pathogens, accurate information on their distribution, abundance, and associated bacterial communities is essential. This study investigated the diversity, preliminary seasonal observati…
Syndromic management of sexually transmitted infections in the Brazilian Amazon: A 10-year retrospective study
Author summary Sexually transmitted infections remain a major public health challenge, especially in areas where access to laboratory tests is limited. In the Amazon region of Brazil, the vast geography and the difficulty in reaching many communities make tim…
Incidence of acute pancreatitis among hospitalized patients with dengue: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Author summary Dengue fever (DF) is one of the fastest growing mosquito-borne diseases worldwide, affecting millions of people each year. Although most patients present with mild symptoms such as fever, rash, and body aches, dengue can also cause severe and s…
Explainable AI-driven diagnosis model for early glaucoma detection using grey-wolf optimized extreme learning machine approach
Author summary Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide, yet it often remains undetected until significant vision loss has occurred. In this study, we developed GlaucoXAI, an explainable artificial intelligence (AI) model that…
Healthcare providers’ awareness of a mobile-based app for disease classification in northwest Ethiopia: A multilevel logistic regression analysis
Background Mobile health (mHealth) apps improve healthcare providers’ accurate disease classification in resource-limited settings. Ethiopia recently introduced the National Health Data Dictionary (NHDD) mobile app for disease classification; however, healthc…
Cardiovascular risk assessment with SCORE2 and targeted health dialogues in primary care patients with mental illness
Background Patients with mental illness face a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), mainly due to unhealthy lifestyle habits. The CVD risk assessment tool Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation 2 (SCORE2) does not assess modifiable lifestyle factors beyo…
Chikungunya virus in dengue-suspected patients: Molecular evidence from the 2019 outbreak in Yangon, Myanmar
Author summary Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and dengue virus (DENV) are mosquito-borne viruses that often co-circulate in endemic regions and cause similar clinical symptoms, making accurate diagnosis difficult without laboratory confirmation. In Myanmar, while …
Why do we have a vaccine for measles, but not cytomegalovirus (CMV)?
Ancestral sociohydrology: Transforming water research by learning from multiple ways of knowing, relating to, and governing water
The contemporary scientific concept of the hydrological cycle emerged within a positivist paradigm, historically serving the interests of state-led development and colonial expansion. This legacy positioned water primarily as a resource to be measured, extrac…
A global research and evaluation agenda for centering health and equity in city Climate Action Plans
City climate policy is one of the most powerful levers that can address environmental, health and equity challenges simultaneously. Yet large gaps exist in research and evaluation of city Climate Action Plans (CAPs) to guide and improve their impact, especial…