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The article reports on a population-based study in Victoria, Australia, exploring whether recent infections or vaccinations influence the risk of childhood stroke among residents aged 28 days to under 18 years from 2017 to 2023. It identifies 571 stroke cases and matches them with 2,734 healthy controls to examine infection and vaccination histories. Findings show that a recent infection more than doubles the odds of stroke, with the highest risk in the first two weeks after infection, while recent vaccination shows no association.

These findings illustrate how immune-related events can influence brain health during development, a topic that sits at the intersection of psychology, neurology, and public health. The results also underscore the relevance of risk awareness and prevention messages for caregivers and clinicians.

Article Title: Everyday infections, not vaccines, are linked to an increased risk of childhood stroke

Link to PsyPost Article: https://nolinkpreview.com/www.psypost.org/everyday-infections-not-vaccines-are-linked-to-an-increased-risk-of-childhood-stroke/

#childhoodstroke #infections #vaccines #epidemiology #pediatrics

Cuiwei G Apr 16

#introduction I'm Cuiwei, an R developer working on biostatistics tooling. I maintain four CRAN packages:

- lineagefreq: variant frequency modeling, 5 engines + CDC data
- survinger: design-adjusted prevalence for genomic surveillance
- clinicalfair: fairness auditing for clinical prediction models
- syntheticdata: synthetic clinical data + privacy risk assessment

https://cuiweig.github.io
https://github.com/CuiweiG

#RStats #OpenSource #Biostatistics #Epidemiology

Cuiwei Gao

Scientific Frontline Apr 15

A newly developed, antibody-based diagnostic tool combined with mathematical modeling designed to accurately map the transmission dynamics of mosquito-borne viral diseases such as dengue, Zika, Chikungunya, and Mayaro.
#Virology #Immunology #Epidemiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/vi04152601.html

New blood test may improve mapping of mosquito-borne viruses

As climate change accelerates the geographic distribution of mosquito vectors into temperate zones

Scientific Frontline Apr 14

Archaeoanthropological research demonstrates that working youths from lower socioeconomic backgrounds experienced the highest vulnerability and mortality rates during the last Early Modern plague epidemic in Basel, Switzerland.
#Archaeology #Anthropology #Paleontology #Pathology #Epidemiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/arch04142601.html

Plague outbreaks in the Early Modern period hit working youths the hardest

Excavations beneath Basel’s Stadtcasino uncovered graves from the 17th century, including plague burials

Scientific Frontline Apr 11

Weight gain and the onset of #obesity early in adulthood (between the ages of 17 and 29) are associated with a substantially higher risk of premature death and chronic disease later in life compared to weight gained in later decades.
#Epidemiology #PublicHealth #MetabolicMedicine #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/epi04112601.html

Early weight gain can have lifelong consequences

When we gain weight in life, it can have a significant impact on our health many years later.

cs Apr 10

Measles cases are rising after a drop in MMR vaccination rates and growing immunity gaps. Public-health experts warn small declines in coverage let this highly contagious disease spread, putting infants and immunocompromised people at risk. Targeted outreach, contact tracing and increased vaccination can curb outbreaks. #Measles #Vaccination #PublicHealth #MMR #Epidemiology #HealthPolicy
🎧 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/health-experts-warn-of-rising-measles-cases-in-undervaccinated-communities/

Health experts warn of rising measles cases in undervaccinated communities

A sharp rise in U.S. measles cases is linked to falling MMR vaccination rates and growing immunity gaps

Scientific American

Scientific Frontline Apr 9

Very high maternal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) during pregnancy is strongly correlated with a significantly increased risk of asthma in children.
#Epidemiology #Environmental #Pediatrics #Toxicology #PFAS #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/epid04092601.html

Link observed between very high PFAS exposure and asthma in children

We saw a clear link between very high PFAS exposure and a higher incidence of asthma

Industry Documents Library Apr 8

We’re excited to announce our upcoming #Opioid #Archive National Symposium, Tues, May 12 – Thurs, May 14. Check out the lineup of speakers on topics including #HealthJournalism #HealthPolicy #Epidemiology #DataScience #Archives #ArtificialIntelligence #HistMed #ScienceHistory #HarmReduction #LivedExperience https://oida-resources.jhu.edu/oida-national-symposium-2026/

Krzysztof Sakrejda Apr 4

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/116340759204660827

Childcare? Fires? Bah, let's ask the serious questions:

They pay $34 for burgers, should their #KnoxVirus vaccine be free?

#ProjectZomboid #Epidemiology

Ecology & Evolution of Health Apr 3

The team is hiring a research engineer (or #postdoc) for 12+12 months via the #PReViX project on the #epidemiology of #PathogenX led by @mtsofonea with @laurentjacob, Anna Zhukova, @sebduchene @simonlorierelab, and François Chevenet.

The goal is to implement #web versions of #phylodynamics software packages.

Applicants are expected to have experience in #JavaScript, #PHP, #Python and, ideally, #rust.

#Job description (in French) is at
https://www.college-de-france.fr/fr/actualites/ingenieur-en-bioinformatique-fh-0