On 23-24 September 2025, VERDI partners gathered in Rome for the project's final General Assembly, bringing together partners from across Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Southeast Asia to celebrate achievements, share results, and look ahead to the...
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British news media representations of mpox during the 2022 and 2024 outbreaks: a mixed-methods analysis using corpus linguistics
Authors: Malory B, Le Prevost M, Nicholls EJ, Bilardi D, Choudhry A, Tariq S. Published in: medRxiv (preprint), October 2025 Read more
Join VERDI dissemination webinar on 22 October: “Building research and community preparedness for future outbreaks in Europe: insights from VERDIQual”
Since its emergence in 2019, SARS-CoV-2 has continued to evolve, with new variants of concern impacting transmissibility, severity, and immunity. Vulnerable groups, including children, pregnant women and people living with HIV, have been disproportionately affected....
Representations of mpox by healthcare professionals and scientists on TikTok: a qualitative analysis of TikTok content and comments
Authors: Nicholls EJ, Le Prevost M, Gomes W, Witzel TC, Bilardi D, Denford S, May T, Tariq S. Published in: JMIR (preprint), September 2025 Read more
Long COVID and post-viral fatigue syndrome recorded in children and young people in England primary care, 2006-2022
Authors: Raveendran V, Thorne C, Jackson C, Hardelid P. Presented at: Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK) Conference, September 2025 Read more
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the introduction of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 infection on uptake of childhood vaccines in Norway
Authors: Trinh NTH, Lupattelli A. Presented at: European Perinatal and Paediatric Epidemiology Conference (EPPEC), September 2025 Read more
Impact of in utero exposure to SARS-CoV-2 on children’s hospital admission: National birth cohort study of 262,000 children in England
Authors: Liu M, Abdullahi F, Jackson C, Collins IJ, Thorne C, Hardelid P. Published in: medRxiv (preprint), September 2025 Read more
Lessons from the European Mpox Outbreak: Strengthening Cohort Research for Future Pandemic Preparedness
Authors: Visentin A, Nazeri A, Peñalvo JL, Gorska A, Davis RJ, Flett RL, Simensen VC, Langeland N, Gaday Q, Mirandola M, Mazzotta V, Nguyen LBL, Mothe B, Van Dijck C, Meyerhans A, Boesecke C, Giaquinto C, Judd A, Tacconelli E. Published in: Clinical Microbiology and...
The Prevalence and Seasonal Distribution of Respiratory Viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, in South African Children with Respiratory Tract Infections
Authors: McGregor S, Claasen M, Barday M-A, van Niekerk M, Redfern A, Verhagen LM, Rabie H, van der Zalm MM, Hulsman C. Presented at: Stellenbosch University Academic Year Day, August 2025 Read more
Diarrhoeal admissions among children aged <5 years in public sector facilities in Western Cape Province, South Africa, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2019-2021)
Authors: Kehoe K, Morden E, Zinyakatira N, Heekes A, Jones HE, Walter SR, Jacobs T, Murray J, Buys H, Eley B, Redaniel T, Davies M-A. Published in: South African Medical Journal, August 2025 Read more

