Early-life exposure to environmental factors, especially in the pre-natal and early post-natal periods, has been proposed to enhance susceptibility to a variety of diseases in later years including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, mental health disorders and a variety of cancers.

In May 2024, Newcastle will play host to the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland (AoPGBI) Annual Meeting (APAM), a conference celebrating the latest and very best in translational medicine. It is the first time in 30 years that APAM has been held in the city, which is renowned for its translational research and clinical expertise....

The QJM has been at the forefront of publishing the real-world effects of COVID-19 infection both in the acute settings and in the recovery phase.1–4 We wellcome the important work by Dr Lai and colleagues from the University of Hong Kong who in a substantive case control study of patients (n = 127 744) infected with COVID-19 virus with one co-morbidity...

The Long-COVID Syndrome is defined as prolonged symptoms >12 weeks after acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection—that cannot be explained by an alternative diagnosis.1

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a severe viral disease that predominantly affects the central nervous system. This debilitating condition is caused by the tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), and while historically rare in Western Europe, it has been endemic in forested regions of Asia and eastern Europe. There has been a substantial increase in cases...

The QJM has been at the forefront of publishing seminal articles on the effects of COVID-19 infection on the mental health of patients and the population at-large.1–6 We continue this contribution in the current issue of the Journal in publishing two articles from Prof. Su and colleagues at Peking Medical College and from Dr Liu and colleagues at Tianjin...