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Nature Medicine, Published online: 28 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41591-024-03336-5

The current Oropouche fever outbreak has been traced to a novel reassortant virus that emerged about a decade ago, which highlights the importance of One Health surveillance in preventing, predicting, detecting and responding to emerging threats.

Nature Medicine, Published online: 28 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41591-024-03312-z

AVATAR therapy, in which patient and therapist interact with a digital embodiment of patients’ auditory hallucinations, effectively reduces distress and symptom frequency, which could be a game-changer for patients.

Nature Medicine, Published online: 28 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41591-024-03372-1

Author Correction: Finerenone in heart failure and chronic kidney disease with type 2 diabetes: FINE-HEART pooled analysis of cardiovascular, kidney and mortality outcomes

McDonald’s says onions are linked to the E. coli outbreak in the United States. E. coli (short for Escherichia coli) is a type of bacteria commonly found in the intestines of people and animals, as well as in the environment and certain foods. Most kinds of E. coli are harmless, but some can make you sick.

Nature Medicine, Published online: 25 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41591-024-03327-6

In participants with obesity and chronic kidney disease without diabetes, once-weekly administration of semaglutide 2.4 mg led to a reduction in albuminuria, body weight and systolic blood pressure compared with placebo, with no changes to creatinine or cystatin-C estimated glomerular filtration rate or measured glomerular filtration rate during the 24-week follow-up period.

Nature Medicine, Published online: 25 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41591-024-03307-w

Political polarization is an understudied determinant of health. This Review describes the types of political polarization and how they impact the health of populations and individuals, including potential mitigation strategies and research priorities.

Nature Medicine, Published online: 25 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41591-024-03335-6

Trauma and infections increase during war, while routine cancer care is disrupted, but telemedicine, AI chatbots and electronic health records can help.

Changes reflect the streamlined Maternity Services Survey.

Nature Medicine, Published online: 24 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41591-024-03299-7

A precision medicine approach used unsupervised clustering to identify five distinct phenotypic profiles that can better predict risks of cardiometabolic disease compared with those ascertained based on the additive value of body mass index and other biomarkers, and validated these findings across four independent cohorts.

Nature Medicine, Published online: 24 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41591-024-03333-8

A foundation model leverages large-scale medical knowledge to repurpose drugs for diseases that currently lack approved treatments, and provides explanations to support clinicians’ decisions.