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KEY POINTS Canada is facing an ongoing crisis of poisonings from unregulated drugs. Synthetic opioids like fentanyl are a known driver, but stimulant use is also rising. For example, in nearly half of all opioid deaths in Canada in 2022, a stimulant was also detected.[1][1] Accessing the unregulated

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Europe has faced its fair share of animal health crises, like the outbreaks of Foot and Mouth Disease, Avian influenza in the Netherlands (2003), and African swine fever. But what about the diseases present in many countries that don't grab the headlines?

Elisa Liberati and colleagues argue that understanding the systemic and institutional forces behind lack of compassion in mental health services is key to solutions to this problem A series of undercover investigations in 2022 exposed instances of serious abuse in UK mental health facilities. Service users were observed being verbally humiliated, subjected to unnecessary seclusion and excessive restraint, and dragged down corridors by members of staff.1 Although extreme, these incidents reflect ...

At this 10-year milestone for Knowledge Unlatched, Sven Fund talks about about what’s next for the company and open access.

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**The Internet has become an integral part of our daily lives, revolutionizing the way we communicate, access information, and conduct business. It has transformed the world into a global village, connecting people across continents and bridging cultural and societal gaps. However, with the increasing importance and reliance on the Internet, there arises a need for legislation that ensures its openness to everyone.**

Objectives To synthesise research investigating data and code sharing in medicine and health to establish an accurate representation of the prevalence of sharing, how this frequency has changed over time, and what factors influence availability. Design Systematic review with meta-analysis of individual participant data. Data sources Ovid Medline, Ovid Embase, and the preprint servers medRxiv, bioRxiv, and MetaArXiv were searched from inception to 1 July 2021. Forward citation searches were also ...

Objective To determine whether health systems in the United States modify treatment or discharge decisions for otherwise similar patients based on health insurance coverage. Design Regression discontinuity approach. Setting American College of Surgeons’ National Trauma Data Bank, 2007-17. Participants Adults aged between 50 and 79 years with a total of 1 586 577 trauma encounters at level I and level II trauma centers in the US. Interventions Eligibility for Medicare at age 65 years. Main ...

Mutual Collaboration Simplifies Workflows to Manage Transformative Agreements (TF) and Open Access (OA) Publishing in One Place