Even brief visits abroad may bring travellers into contact with pathogens against which they have no immunity. Though returning home apparently well, the travellers may be incubating an exotic illness with which they then present to their local doctor. We report a recent outbreak of acute Schistosoma mansoni infection that occurred in this way.

The joint associations of maternal cigarette smoking and social class on perinatal outcome were studied in the 1970 British birth cohort (British Births). Whereas smoking was much more frequent among women in social classes III, IV, and V, there was little difference in the birthweight decrement associated with smoking across class. Perinatal mortality, however, was increased only among smokers...

Public and academic debate has revealed concern with the extent and implications of national identification among minority groups in Western societies. In this paper we present new analysis of Understanding Society that expands the limited evidence on minority identification. Drawing on Berry’s acculturation framework, we explore patterns of dual minority and majority identification among the U...