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• Original Research

  Published 12 October 2026

  Left to cope alone: how pregnant and postpartum women and their newborns manage extreme heat in coastal Kilifi, Kenya

  Adelaide Lusambili · Fiona Scorgie · Matthew Chersich · Britt Nakstad · Stanley Luchters · Peter Khaemba · Veronique Filippi · Jeremy Hess · Sari Kovats

  Frontiers in Global Women's Health

  doi 10.3389/fgwh.2026.1825348

• Review

  Published 12 October 2026

  From constitutive killing to microenvironment-activated antimicrobial activity: a critical narrative review of antimicrobial dental materials for caries prevention

  Xiwen Xin · Ziying Tang · Yuejia Deng · Yulong Zhang · Hai Zhang · Bennett T. Amaechi · Andre V. Ritter · Alvin G. Wee · Justin Kaspar · Jing Zhao · Andréa Ferreira Zandoná · Xuelian Huang

  Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

  doi 10.3389/fcimb.2026.1983359

• Review

  Published 12 October 2026

  Artificial intelligence for full-cycle clinical management in orthokeratology: a comprehensive review

  Xiaotong Wang · Haojiang Yang

  Frontiers in Medicine

  doi 10.3389/fmed.2026.1950432

• Original Research

  Published 12 October 2026

  Comparative transcriptomics of outbreak-associated Salmonella Heidelberg, Typhimurium, and monophasic Typhimurium reveals differential expression of stress tolerance, virulence, and biofilm-associated genes

  Chelsey A. Patch · Andrea J. Etter

  Frontiers in Microbiology

  doi 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1895105

• Review

  Published 12 October 2026

  Metabolic-epigenetic regulation of the HBV cccDNA reservoir: pathways underpinning viral persistence

  Qing Peng · Liyuan Hao · Shenghao Li · Fei Yu · Na Li · Fanghang Ye · Xiaoyu Hu

  Frontiers in Microbiology

  doi 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1968789

• Policy and Practice Reviews

  Published 12 October 2026

  Obesity in adults: overview of a clinical practice guideline for South Africa

  Marli Conradie-Smit · Wayne May · Clayton Arendse · Jason Bantjes · Zaheer Bayat · Elna Barnard · Sindeep Bhana · Nomathemba Chandiwana · Annibale Cois · Paula N. Diab · Zodwa Dire · Virginia R. Fourie · Julia H. Goedecke · Jocelyn Hellig · Zachary Koto · Kathleen Mawson · Makama Andries Monyeki · Angela Murphy · Christina Nieuwoudt · Marisa Noeth · Nicole Pearce · Joanna Skelton · Thinus (JGM) Smit · Sanjeev Sockalingam · Francois H. van Zyl · Jeanne Lubbe

  Frontiers in Endocrinology

  doi 10.3389/fendo.2026.1875018

• Original Research

  Published 9 October 2026

  Understanding the interplay between cognitive changes at menopause, the workplace, and mental health: qualitative findings from the MARIE-UK (WP2a) project

  Sharron Hinchliff · Kristina Potočnik · Gayathri Delanerolle · Julie Taylor · Kathryn Elliot · Donatella Fontana · Lucky Saraswat · Nick Panay · Vikram Talaulikar · Carol Atkinson · Helen Felicity Kemp · Om Kurmi · Nirmala Rathnayake · Lamya Al-Kharusi · Vindya Pathiraja · Nihal Al-Riyami · Ramya Palanisamy · George Uchenna Eleje · Peter Phiri

  Frontiers in Global Women's Health

  doi 10.3389/fgwh.2026.1878423

• Original Research

  Published 9 October 2026

  Quality, reliability, and user engagement of hepatitis B–related short videos on TikTok, Bilibili, and Xiaohongshu: a cross-platform cross-sectional study

  Lili Yu · Hongyu Wei · Yuanyuan Zhang

  Frontiers in Digital Health

  doi 10.3389/fdgth.2026.1880030

• Review

  Published 9 October 2026

  Gut microbiota-immune-bone axis in osteoporosis: mechanisms and intervention strategies

  Minying Huang · Baocheng Xie · Hongyu Liu

  Frontiers in Pharmacology

  doi 10.3389/fphar.2026.1879472

• Original Research

  Published 9 October 2026

  Association between changes in obesity- and lipid-related indices and the risk of cardiovascular disease: a prospective cohort study in Northwest China

  Jinlong You · Wu Ding · Xue Wang · Jing Tang · Xiuqian Li · Rui Wang · Yuanyuan Li · Yana Bai · Minzhen Wang · Shan Zheng

  Frontiers in Endocrinology

  doi 10.3389/fendo.2026.1975120

• Systematic Review

  Published 9 October 2026

  Efficacy of artificial intelligence-driven conversational agents (chatbots) for mental health promotion among university students: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  Chen Shao · Xiaochen Chen · Shengnan Qiao · Ang Li · Shipeng Liu · Yanglong Chen

  Frontiers in Psychiatry

  doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1824378

• Original Research

  Published 8 October 2026

  Multimodal classification of skin lesions based on lightweight gated low-rank hyper-fusion network

  Ke Wang · Tao Zhang · Xingqi Liu · Jiancun Zhou · Qian He · Jianxin He

  Frontiers in Digital Health

  doi 10.3389/fdgth.2026.1947161

• Original Research

  Published 7 October 2026

  College mental health and the digital care transition: national trends in distress, help-seeking, and technology-mediated access, 2020–2025

  Génesis Carolina Arévalo Guadalupe · Luis Alexander Gamboa Tama · Joaquín Estalín Gamboa Tama

  Frontiers in Digital Health

  doi 10.3389/fdgth.2026.1963340

• Original Research

  Published 7 October 2026

  Integrating transcriptomic analysis and experimental validation unravels autophagy- and lactylation-related gene signatures in acute myocardial infarction

  Jun Peng · Li Chen · Lizhen Liu · Xiangdong Xu · Huiwen Song

  Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

  doi 10.3389/fcvm.2026.1814910

• Original Research

  Published 5 October 2026

  Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk is associated with AT(N)V neuroimaging biomarkers and cognitive impairment in the health and aging brain study–health disparities cohort

  Kimberly Espejo · Ryan Rulkens · Cellas A. Hayes · Joey A. Contreras

  Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

  doi 10.3389/fnagi.2026.1874472

• Systematic Review

  Published 2 October 2026

  Artificial intelligence, explainable deep learning, and generative models for osteoporosis and bone disease prediction: a systematic review and future research roadmap

  M. Raja · Avulapalli Jayaram Reddy

  Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence

  doi 10.3389/frai.2026.1930437

• Methods

  Published 29 September 2026

  An open-access workflow combining climate model projections with epidemiological frameworks to assess air quality mortality

  Alice F. Wells · James W. Hurrell · Eric Gilleland · G. Brooke Anderson

  Frontiers in Climate

  doi 10.3389/fclim.2026.1847091

• Review

  Published 25 September 2026

  Targeting gut dysbiosis: a new frontier in MASLD management

  Shweta Sharma · Arun Pachauri · Harshal Nagar · Vishwa Thakkar · Kajal Patel

  Frontiers in Systems Biology

  doi 10.3389/fsysb.2026.1937809

• Study Protocol

  Published 14 September 2026

  Effectiveness of mobile text messages v/s traditional health education on improving knowledge about oral cancer at a primary dental health care center, Cuttack, Odisha: a randomized controlled trial protocol

  Amaranath Behera · Hemamalini Rath · Utkal Kesari Mohanty · Gaurav Sharma · Saharsh Vir Jha · Krishnapriya Sekar · Anisha Dutta · Sharmistha S. Udgata · Saroj Kumar Behera · Subham Baroi · Satyaprabha Rout · Payal Maharana

  Frontiers in Oral Health

  doi 10.3389/froh.2026.1922583

• Review

  Published 10 September 2026

  Chronic liver disease impacting the severity of acute pancreatitis: a detailed narrative review of the literature

  Abdul Basit · Muhammad Ashhad Usman · Syed Muhammad Ali · Abdul Mabood Basil

  Frontiers in Gastroenterology

  doi 10.3389/fgstr.2026.1921741

• Original Research

  Published 1 September 2026

  Postpartum doula care and symptoms of depression and anxiety among BIPOC and Latina birthing parents: a longitudinal pilot intervention study

  Jessica Hanlin · Laurel M. Hicks · Gabriela Alvarado · Alison Batwin · Michele Holland · Elizabeth Greenwell

  Frontiers in Global Women's Health

  doi 10.3389/fgwh.2026.1869956

• Original Research

  Published 27 August 2026

  Exploring the associations of cortical connectivity-modulation with clinical and psychological measures in acute low back pain

  Sabina Hotz-Boendermaker · Bart Boendermaker · Roman Buechler · Lars Michels

  Frontiers in Pain Research

  doi 10.3389/fpain.2026.1884788

• Perspective

  Published 24 August 2026

  Climate stress as a caregiving crisis for mothers of children with disabilities in Tamil Nadu, India

  Saravanan T. Thangarajan · Kari C. Nadeau

  Frontiers in Environmental Health

  doi 10.3389/fenvh.2026.1877880

• Brief Research Report

  Published 28 July 2026

  Association between parental support from immigrant parents and anxiety/depression of second-generation teenagers

  Ellice Lim · Talia Dardis · Natalia M. Rojas · Sungwoo Lim · Bonnie D. Kerker

  Frontiers in Developmental Psychology

  doi 10.3389/fdpys.2026.1861151

• Original Research

  Published 24 July 2026

  Associations between hearing difficulty, labor force status, and health burden in young stroke survivors

  Elizabeth Tobener · Molly Jacobs · Charles Ellis

  Frontiers in Stroke

  doi 10.3389/fstro.2026.1807741

• Systematic Review

  Published 1 July 2026

  Global burden, economic impact, and management strategies for re-emerging dengue virus infections: a systematic review

  Pranjal Vats · Shilpa · Apoorva Gupta · Brijesh Rathi · Mansi Verma

  Frontiers in Virology

  doi 10.3389/fviro.2026.1878325

• Original Research

  Published 29 June 2026

  Influence of the pyruvate kinase activator mitapivat (AG-348) on RBC ATP content and export and RBC adhesivity in blood from healthy subjects and sickle cell disease patients

  Apoorva Jagadish · Youwei Chen · Hongmei Zhu · Weijia Mai · Shein-Chung Chow · Zhong Li · Grace M. Lee · Marilyn J. Telen · Tim J. McMahon

  Frontiers in Hematology

  doi 10.3389/frhem.2026.1766692

• Original Research

  Published 18 June 2026

  Deep learning model to predict COPD hospital admissions based on meteorological data: a medical meteorological forecast

  Lei Zhang · Mingjie Zhang · Jinghong Zhang · Yajie Zhang · Tian Xie · Yipeng Ding · Shuyuan Chu · Haihong Wu

  Frontiers in Big Data

  doi 10.3389/fdata.2026.1687969

• Mini Review

  Published 15 June 2026

  Distribution of nanotechnology in the cancer therapeutics market as a multimodal treatment: comparison with predecessors and emergence in the commercial field

  Ishita Chanana · Jagdish Verma · Aparajita Sharma · Nitesh Priyadarshi

  Frontiers in Nanotechnology

  doi 10.3389/fnano.2026.1796622

• Perspective

  Published 5 June 2026

  Predictive modeling for cervical cancer: existing AI approaches and the emerging role of vaginal microbiome

  Michelle Gomes · Zonglun Li · Adeola Olaitan · Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj

  Frontiers in Network Physiology

  doi 10.3389/fnetp.2026.1799486

• Original Research

  Published 26 May 2026

  Estimating heatwave-induced excess mortality in India's districts

  Piyush Narang · Ashok Gadgil

  Frontiers in Environmental Health

  doi 10.3389/fenvh.2026.1789071

• Review

  Published 13 March 2026

  Onchocerciasis overview: pathogenesis, clinical spectrum, and therapeutic challenges of a neglected tropical disease

  Charity N. Njeshi · Alan P. Robertson · Richard J. Martin

  Frontiers in Parasitology

  doi 10.3389/fpara.2026.1690973

• Malaria

  Published 31 January 2025

  High rate of false positive malaria rapid diagnostic tests in a district hospital in Uganda

  Susanne E. Mortazavi · Allan Lugaajju · Anna-Clara Ivarsson · Sara Karlsson Söbirk · Hans Norrgren · Kristina E. M. Persson

  Frontiers in Malaria

  doi 10.3389/fmala.2025.1545825