{
  "id": 17846092,
  "title": "Trends in the incidence of childhood type 1 diabetes after the COVID-19 lockdown in Finland: An observational study",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/trends-in-the-incidence-of-childhood-type-1-diabetes-after-the-covid",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-02T14:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PLOS Medicine",
    "slug": "plos-medicine",
    "url": "https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1005288"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A recent observational study conducted by Finnish researchers has shed light on the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on the incidence of type 1 diabetes in children. The study, published in the journal Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews, compared the incidence rates before, during, and after the pandemic-related closure of society in Finland. The findings reveal a significant decrease in childhood type 1 diabetes incidence during the lockdown compared to the lockdown period itself. However, this decrease did not persist, and the incidence returned to its pre-pandemic levels after the lockdown. The research also highlights a notable increase in the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among children following the lockdown, suggesting an indirect rather than a direct link between the virus and changes in type 1 diabetes incidence. The study's limitations include a relatively short follow-up period and the absence of explicit modeling to account for the long-term secular trend in type 1 diabetes incidence.",
  "summary": "by Susanna Tall, Maaret Turtinen, Anna Parviainen, Jenni Pettersson, Anna But, Taina Härkönen, Jussi Hepojoki, Tarja Sironen, Rommel Iheozor-Ejiofor, Hasan Uğurlu, Kalle Saksela, Jorma Ilonen, Suvi M. Virtanen, Olli Vapalahti, Mikael Knip, on behalf of the Finnish Pediatric Diabetes Register Background While COVID-19 lockdowns have been systematically associated with increased incidence rate of…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}