Epidemiology and Global Health

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1. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health
   2. Medicine

   Association between bisphosphonate use and COVID-19 related outcomes

   Jeffrey Thompson, Yidi Wang ... Ulrich H von Andrian

   A claims-based retrospective cohort study shows that patients who used bisphosphonates between 01/01/2019 and 02/29/2020 had dramatically reduced odds of SARS-CoV-2 testing, COVID-19 diagnosis, and COVID-19-related hospitalizations during the initial surge of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US.
2. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health

   Sleep: Another benefit of regular sleep

   Tianyi Huang

   A large observational study has found that irregular sleep-wake patterns are associated with a higher risk of overall mortality, and also mortality from cancers and cardiovascular disease.
3. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health
   2. Medicine

   Pharmacometric assessment of primaquine induced haemolysis in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

   Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Podjanee Jittamala ... Nicholas J White
4. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   The inter-continental population dynamics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

   Magnus N Osnes, Ola B Brynildsrud ... Vegard Eldholm
5. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health

   Sleep regularity and mortality: a prospective analysis in the UK Biobank

   Lachlan Cribb, Ramon Sha ... Matthew P Pase

   Irregular sleep-wake patterns are associated with higher mortality risk, including mortality due to cancer and cardiovascular disease.
6. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health

   Resource allocation strategies for insecticide-treated bed nets to achieve malaria eradication

   Nora Schmit, Hillary M Topazian ... Azra C Ghani
7. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health

   Higher ratio of plasma omega-6/omega-3 fatty acids is associated with greater risk of all-cause, cancer, and cardiovascular mortality: a population-based cohort study in UK Biobank

   Yuchen Zhang, Yitang Sun ... Kaixiong Ye
8. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health

   Strong isolation by distance and evidence of population microstructure reflect ongoing Plasmodium falciparum transmission in Zanzibar

   Sean V. Connelly, Nicholas F. Brazeau ... Jeffrey A. Bailey
9. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health

   The impact of COVID-19 on cancer screening and treatment in older adults: The Multiethnic Cohort Study

   Victoria P Mak, Kami White ... Loic Le Marchand

   During the COVID-19 pandemic, cancer-related screening and healthcare practices varied (by age, race/ethnicity, education, and comorbidities), and considering these differences in high-risk individuals' monitoring is important as undiagnosed cases or poor prognosis may increase due to delayed screening/treatment.
10. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Clinical characteristics, racial inequities, and outcomes in patients with breast cancer and COVID-19: A COVID-19 and cancer consortium (CCC19) cohort study

    Gayathri Nagaraj, Shaveta Vinayak ... Dimpy P Shah

    Sociodemographic (age, race/ethnicity) and clinical (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status, pre-existing comorbidities, and active and progressing cancer) risk factors were associated with worse COVID-19 outcomes in patients with breast cancer.