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Using unique data from five longitudinal UK birth cohorts, four distinct subsets of genetic variants were identified as differentially associated across wheezing phenotypes from infancy to adolescence with little evidence of genetic associations spanning across different phenotypes.

Analyses of longitudinal neuroimaging data highlight the importance of social contact for brain health.

Serocatalytic models applied to seroprevalence data from England reveal an increase in Enterovirus D68 transmission that occurred before 2011.

A large collaborative project combined many different researchers' forecasts of COVID-19 across Europe, making predictions used in policy more reliable.

Affectionate touch in everyday life is linked to lower self-reported burden and is associated with higher endogenous oxytocin levels during times of prolonged stress.

The proposed Footprinting framework enables approximation of missing cervical cancer epidemiological data and derivation of context-specific impact projection of cervical cancer prevention measures, assisting public health decisions on cervical cancer prevention in India and other countries.

The participation in the FIT-based colorectal cancer screening programme and subsequent compliance to colonoscopy after a positive FIT test was only slightly affected during the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark.

The comprehensive assessment on environmental factors and epigenetics with obesity provides novel insights into potentially modifiable factors related to obesity at the outset and the end of puberty, with close relevance to health policy and public health.

Well-coordinated, decisive, and collective actions remain critical to make screening programmes more equitable and resilient in the face of natural and geo-political calamities.

The lifespan of individuals who suffer from an osteoporotic fracture is reduced by between 1 and 7 years, depending on the location of the fracture and their risk profile, suggesting that their 'Skeletal Age' is higher than their chronological age.