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Since the implementation of coverage expansions associated with the Affordable Care Act

Racial/Ethnic Insurance Coverage Disparity Down Since ACA

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From 2013 to 2017, drop seen in unadjusted, adjusted black-white gap, Hispanic-white gap in uninsurance
All-cause and cause-specific mortality have decreased among five-year adolescent and young adult cancer survivors overall

Late Mortality Down for Young Adult, Adolescent Cancer Survivors

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Five-year mortality from all causes overall decreased, but improvement was limited for some cancer types
An emergency authorization will make more respirators available for U.S. health care workers during the coronavirus outbreak

Emergency Measure Will Get More Respirators to U.S. Health Care Workers

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Currently, most respirators are approved for use only in industrial settings
Ambient air pollution is a leading cause of excess mortality and loss of life expectancy

Ambient Air Pollution Causes Decreased Life Expectancy

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Loss of life expectancy from all ambient air pollution found to be 2.9 years, exceeding that of tobacco smoking
Chest computed tomography has higher sensitivity for detecting 2019 novel coronavirus disease than reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction tests

Chest CT More Sensitive Than RT-PCR for Diagnosing COVID-19

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For those with negative RT-PCR results but positive chest CT scan, 48 percent thought to be highly likely cases
From 1996 to 2016

1996 to 2016 Saw Increases in U.S. Spending on Health Care

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Public, private insurance, out-of-pocket payments increased by 2.9, 2.6, and 1.1 percent annually
Patients with coronavirus disease 2019 often have fever and cough on presentation

Cough, Fever Most Common Initial Symptoms of COVID-19

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But absence of fever or radiologic abnormalities in some patients makes diagnosis more difficult
Current vaccination strategies focusing on the elderly may be less effective than thought for reducing hospitalization or mortality among this population

Focus on Vaccinating Elderly May Not Be Enough for Flu Protection

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Strategies prioritizing vaccination for elderly persons seem not to reduce hospitalizations, mortality
Two dozen new U.S. cases of coronavirus were reported in multiple states across the country over the weekend

U.S. Coronavirus Cases Now at 89

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Second death reported; new cases also reported in 10 states
The main computed tomography findings in coronavirus disease-19 are ground-glass and consolidative pulmonary opacities

Chest CT Findings for COVID-19 More Common Later in Infection

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CT findings include consolidation, bilateral and peripheral disease, greater total lung involvement