A recent study published in JAMA Network Open concluded that mental health emergency department visits are less elastic than overall emergency department (ED) visits. Using data from before and during...
Researchers and scientists at Washington University in St. Louis developed an air monitor to detect COVID-19 variants in the surrounding air. The researchers published a proof-of-concept study in...
An assessment published in JAMA Network Open on national pediatric readiness in United States emergency departments (ED) found that the COVID-19 pandemic reduced readiness. However, additional...
Across American Indian and Alaskan Native (AIAN); Asian, Native Hawaiian, or other Pacific Islander (AANHPI); Hispanic; Black; and White patients, the United States maternal mortality rates (MMRs)...
On June 26, 2023, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory prompted by local cases in Florida and Texas. The organization...
On June 23, 2023, Kathy Hochul, the governor of New York, extended the previous protections for abortion care providers, guarding providers in NY when offering telehealth abortion services to patients...
As an addendum to guidelines published in December 2022, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) has updated its screening guidelines for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in diabetic patients....
An NIH-funded study in the Lancet highlighted the importance of newborn screenings for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). The study was a longitudinal analysis of 36 years of data from the...
A recent KFF survey of obstetricians and gynecologists (OB/GYNs) on their experiences in a post-Dobbs world noted that 24% of clinicians had patients unable to get an abortion despite wanting one. The...
On June 16, 2023, the FDA issued a statement warning restaurants, retailers, and consumers to avoid serving, selling, or consuming raw oysters from Dai One Food Co, Ltd, and Central Fisheries Co, Ltd,...
A CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published last week revealed an increase in meningococcal disease among individuals with HIV in 2022. The report estimated that, compared to cases in...
Using quantitative CT and MR spectroscopy, researchers in Radiology linked adolescent sleeve gastrectomy procedures to adverse skeletal effects. After a two-year follow-up, the clinicians determined...
Data from the 2021 and 2022 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health showed that lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals are more likely to have substance use and mental health disorders. The data,...
A study conducted by Yale researchers may have found one of the underlying mechanisms that makes it so difficult for obese people to lose weight. Data from the paper published in Nature showed that,...
Jose Alexander, MD, a clinical microbiologist and director of microbiology, virology, and immunology for AdventHealth Orlando, and his team have expanded access to their brain-eating amoeba test beyond...
Wildfires across Canada and the United States have threatened public health across the regions. As communities go up in flames, toxic chemicals are released into the environment, damaging lungs and...
A CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) evaluating antibodies among blood donors in the United States revealed that over 95% of people over 16 who donated blood between April 2021 and...
A recent article published in the American Journal of Public Health found that life expectancy rates in the United States have lagged behind other nations. The publication analyzed data on life...
A study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology found that incorporating liquid biopsy screening for colorectal cancer improved screening rates among veterans between 50 and 75. The...
A CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) assessment noted that 40% of foodborne illnesses between 2017 and 2019 were linked to infected or ill food workers. These findings suggest increasing...
