Every year the indexers at the National Library of Medicine update the MeSH index terms for PubMed/Medline. Full details of the updates can be found at https://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/whatsnew.html. Here are some highlights that may be of interest to LSHTM staff and students, including a number of new terms covering social and economic factors and a variety of terms related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
These terms are added to NEW articles, terms are not retrospectively applied.
Immunology, Infectious Disease & Vaccines
Immunological Memory Cells
Memory B Cells
Memory T Cells
Immunomodulating Agents
Elite Controllers
HIV Non-Progressors
Respiratory Aerosols and Droplets
Aerosolized Particles and Droplets
Persistent Infection
Serial Infection Interval
Genital Diseases
Urogenital Diseases
Genitourinary Agents
Vaccine Development
Vaccine Efficacy
Vaccine Hesitancy
Adjuvants, Vaccine
Nucleic Acid-Based Vaccines
mRNA Vaccines
2019-nCoV Vaccine mRNA-1273
Ad26COVS1
BNT162 Vaccine
ChADOx1nCoV-19
Health Systems
Overdiagnosis
Overtreatment
Medication Review
Low-Value Care
Hospital to Home Transition
Community support
Epidemiology
Climate Models
Epidemiological Models
Disability-Adjusted Life Years
Populations and population characteristics
Adolescent Fathers
Adolescent Monthers
Birth Cohort
Octogenearians
Nonagenarians
Centenarians
Healthy Life Expectancy
Mass Gatherings
Information science
Bias, Implicit
Information Avoidance
Gaslighting
Infodemic
Infodemiology
Predatory Journals as Topic
Social and environmental issues
Microaggression
Intersectional Framework
Social Cohesion
Systemic Racism
Child Poverty
Community Resources
Community Support
Economic Stability
Environmental Justice
Environmentalism
Ethnic and Racial Minorities
Health Inequities
Health Disparity, Minority and Vulnerable Populations
Home Environment
Housing Instability
Housing Quality
Light Pollution
Neighborhood Characteristics
Social Deprivation
Social Status
Social Structure
Social Vulnerability
Sociodemographic Factors
Access to Healthy Foods
Other
Psychological First Aid
Iron Deficiencies
Weight Cycling
