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Recent reporting, analysis and explainers from the Epidemiology desk.
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A medRxiv preprint analysing dengue cases across 435 Brazilian health regions reports that climate information improved forecasts at lead times of one to 12 months. The authors found different combinations of dry, warm and wet conditions associated with higher relative risk across climate zones.
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Pennsylvania has reported a fourth measles-associated death, involving an 18-year-old, according to a 16 September 2026 report in The BMJ. The deaths are not included in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s national measles mortality tally.
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A UK analysis of around 980,000 adults found that people reporting six or more cups of tea or coffee at “very hot” temperatures had three times the risk of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma compared with those reporting warm drinks. The result came from more than 10 years of health-record follow-up and describes an association.