Validation for people living with chronic pain

An international study of the genes of 2.5 million people confirms fibromyalgia as a nervous system disorder. A rheumatologist explains the relationship to other disorders including CFS/ME and long COVID.

Women of reproductive age are getting iron infusions at an increasingly high rate. What’s causing the numbers to rise so sharply and who is missing out?

Cuts to USAID are having big impacts on spread of HIV in Africa, according to a leading South African expert. What can we learn from their experience about how to manage the growing spread of the disease in Fiji and elsewhere in our region?

References

• Nature Medicine: The genetic architecture of fibromyalgia across 2.5 million individuals
• Increasing utilisation of intravenous iron among Australian women of reproductive age, 2013–2024: an Australian population-based study
• Pacific Beat: Australia boosts Fiji's HIV crisis response with new $8 million funding
• Maternal RSVpreF Vaccine Effectiveness Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Hospitalized Infants
• New England Journal of Medicine: Atorvastatin, Cardiovascular Events, and Disability-free Survival in Older Adults
• The BMJ: Measles: CDC refuses to record Pennsylvania fatalities in “measles associated deaths” row