2024-2025 Season Saw High Number of Pediatric Influenza-Associated Deaths
280 influenza-associated pediatric deaths reported through Sept. 13, 2025, representing national rate of 3.8 per 1 million children
Natural Language Processing Algorithms Can ID High-Risk Childhood Asthma Subgroup
Pneumonia, influenza A/B, and asthma exacerbation risks highest in those positive for both Predetermined Asthma Criteria and Asthma Predictive Index
Doctors Warn Against Mouth Taping During Sleep
Pre-K and Elementary School Students Have Highest Virus Detection Rates
More than 80 percent of pre-K through 12th-grade students and staff have respiratory virus, acute respiratory illness episodes
Advances in Cancer Research Described in 15th Cancer Progress Report
20 new anticancer therapeutics, two new devices, two minimally invasive tests, AI-based tools for early detection approved by FDA
Smoking Tied to Increased Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
People with a genetic susceptibility to developing diabetes may be more vulnerable to the adverse effects of smoking
Nicotine Pouch Use May Be a Harm Reduction Strategy
Non-Hispanic White men the most likely to report having used the product
Lung Cancer Screening Beneficial to Age 80 for Candidates Fit for Surgery
In patients treated with surgery, survival rates were comparable for those aged 75 to 80 years and for younger patients
Point-of-Care Ultrasonography Cuts Costs in Undifferentiated Dyspnea
In a recent study, incremental cost-effectiveness ratio was $3,055 per hospital bed day saved for 101 adults
