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A total of 135 people across 36 states fell ill with Salmonella after eating Kellogg's Honey Smacks cereal

Final Update on Salmonella-Tainted Honey Smacks Cereal

135 people sickened, 34 hospitalized, no deaths
Influenza was deadlier last season than it has been for at least four decades

80,000 Americans Died From Influenza Over Last Year

2017 to 2018 flu strains hit the very young and elderly especially hard; poor vaccine/strain match-up
In a rare bipartisan move

Opioid Bill Gets Bipartisan Support

Bill contains a mix of law enforcement and public health measures
Having a Master of Business Administration degree can help doctors with important

Business Degree Increasingly Useful for Doctors

With increased focus on value, business analysis skills sought after
In a policy statement published online Sept. 24 in Pediatrics

AAP Provides Recommendations for Teen Drivers, Parents

Parents should be reminded that their driving and behavior will shape the behavior of their teen drivers
Machine learning of toxological big data can predict the toxicity of chemicals

Machine Learning Can Improve Chemical Toxicity Prediction

Read-across structure activity relationship models constructed, which outperformed animal testing
Female soccer players exhibit more widespread evidence of microstructural white matter alteration than males

Heading a Soccer Ball Found to Be Riskier for Female Players

Female players show more widespread brain tissue changes than male players after repetitive heading
There is a reduction in ovarian cancer risk associated with use of contemporary combined hormonal contraceptives

Newer Hormonal Contraception May Cut Ovarian Cancer Risk

Combined hormonal contraception use tied to lower risk; risk down with increasing duration of use
Roughly 2 percent of pediatric patients on maintenance dialysis recover within two years after dialysis initiation

Kidney Function Recovery Seen in Some Children on Dialysis

Recovery less likely in children with congenital anomalies
For adult patients in the intensive care unit

Having Hospital Palliative Care Doesn’t Impact Tx Intensity

Benefit of hospital palliative care program for patients in ICU is in increased discharge to hospice