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  School feeding programs lead to modest but meaningful results

  11 December 2025

  Free or subsidized school meals lead to modest gains in math and school enrolment, according to a new Cochrane review that examined the global impact of school feeding programs on disadvantaged children in both high-income countries and low- and middle-income countries.

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  New evidence questions the benefit of calcium supplements in pregnancy for preventing pre-eclampsia

  3 December 2025

  An updated Cochrane review has found that calcium supplementation has no effect on pre-eclampsia, challenging long-held assumptions about the role of calcium in preventing hypertensive disorders in pregnancy.

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  New research confirms HPV vaccination prevents cervical cancer

  24 November 2025

  Two new Cochrane reviews show strong and consistent evidence that HPV vaccines are effective in preventing cervical cancer and pre-cancerous changes, especially when given to young people before they are exposed to the virus.

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  What do we know about the HPV vaccine?

  24 November 2025

  Learn about HPV as we answer common questions and explore how vaccination can protect children.

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• How well does the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) identify anxiety disorders? | 19 December 2025
• Do rapid genetic tests (molecular tests) for tuberculosis improve health outcomes compared to tests traditionally used to detect TB (microscopy and culture)? | 18 December 2025
• Do multi-component approaches help adolescents living with obesity to improve their well-being and health behaviours? | 18 December 2025

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