A CDC report on antimicrobial resistance found that hospital-onset infections and deaths from antimicrobial-resistant infections rose 15% during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic. Data...
A paper published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal analyzed how patient–physician language agreement improved hospital outcomes. Understanding the impact of language on healthcare...
A cohort study on middle-aged women with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) found an increased risk of accelerated cognitive decline. According to the National Center for PTSD, a subset of the...
JAMA Psychiatry recently published a cohort study looking at how telemedicine in nonmetropolitan counties can improve access to mental healthcare and adherence to medication. The scientists concluded...
BMJ recently published an article that correlated a history of infertility with a risk of stroke. The study determined that women who had experienced miscarriages and birth-related child loss had...
The first cases of diphtheria in over 30 years were announced by Healthy North Coast (HNC), a non-profit Australian government initiative. Since the 1990s, there have been no new cases of diphtheria in...
A study published in JAMA found that a reduction in muscle strength is associated with an increased risk of dementia. Researchers in this study analyzed data from the UK Biobank on patients between 39...
The Journal of Current Medical Research and Opinion recently published a study that found sex differences in COVID sequelae and long COVID. The study involved a literature review of multiple...
The CDC advised college and university students, as well as gay and bisexual men living in parts of Florida, to get the MenB or MenACWY vaccine as an outbreak of meningococcal disease takes hold in the...
On June 20, an article was published highlighting that income and education impacted the risk of late diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The study noted that areas with lower income and...
Recently, BMJ published a study that compared how effective virtual cognitive behavioral therapy is compared to face-to-face therapy in PTSD patients. The study was characterized as a non-inferiority...
Last week, the Lancet published an observational study that concluded a reduced risk of developing long COVID when infected with the omicron versus the delta variant. The CDC defines long COVID,...
According to a 2022 study published in BMJ Global Health, the global prevalence of Lyme disease has increased to 14.5%. Many sources attribute this increase to the impending climate change crisis. As...
In a recent press release, the American Medical Association (AMA) made a stride in addressing the effects of climate change on human health by declaring climate change a public health crisis. The AMA...
Research scientists at the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered a coupled imaging method to detect lung cancer at the cellular level in real-time when performing a...
The FDA, CDC, and state and local partners have been investigating a recent hepatitis A outbreak potentially linked to fresh organic strawberries in the United States and Canada.
Epidemiologic and...
A recently released White House strategy loosely defines how the Biden Administration plans to spend $27 billion in 2023 to combat the growing mental health crisis in the United States. The plan...
CDC officials are releasing doses of the JYNNEOS vaccines and pledging to boost the national stockpile after multiple cases of the rare disease, monkeypox, emerged in the United States. Currently, the...
In a recent announcement, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has pledged $20 million this year, and up to $300 million over the next 10 years, to combat antibiotic microbial resistance...
FDA recently permitted the marketing of the first in vitro diagnostic test for the early detection of amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
Adult patients aged 55 years and...
