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Screening donated blood for Zika virus is cost-effective only in the high mosquito season in Puerto Rico

Screening Donated Blood for Zika Not Cost-Effective

Universal mini-pool nucleic acid testing only during high mosquito activity cost-effective in Puerto Rico
Partner-delivered HIV self-testing with financial incentives or reminders can increase the odds of male partners being linked to care or prevention

Partner-Delivered HIV Self-Testing Can Up Linkage to Care

HIVST and reminder phone calls or financial incentives increase HIV testing, care
Fecal occult blood test screening for colorectal cancer is associated with several improved outcomes in men but not women

Fecal Occult Blood Test May Improve CRC Outcomes in Some

For men with left-sided tumors, those undergoing screening had lower N, M categories, higher survival
When using brief cognitive assessments

Dementia Often Misclassified With Brief Cognitive Assessments

Only consistent predictor of overall misclassification was absence of informant-rated poor memory
An individually tailored written feedback intervention at sigmoidoscopy screening is associated with small improvements in cancer-preventive lifestyle behaviors

Tailored Feedback at CRC Screen Improves Lifestyle Behaviors

Number of cancer-preventive lifestyle behaviors increased with TF at sigmoidoscopy screening
A mail-based human papillomavirus self-testing program appears to be a promising approach to screening women in Appalachia

Mail-Based HPV Testing May Increase Access

Findings based on a pilot of underscreened women in Appalachia
A point-of-care polymerase chain reaction test (Atlas io) has high sensitivity and specificity for Chlamydia trachomatis

High Sensitivity, Specificity for Chlamydia Point-of-Care Test

Polymerase chain reaction test has high sensitivity and specificity for vaginal swab samples
An app that detects color and metadata from fingernails can identify hemoglobin levels in the blood

Smartphone App Uses Fingernail Bed Images to Detect Anemia

App uses color and metadata from fingernails to detect hemoglobin levels in the blood
Noninvasive diagnostic imaging using machine-learning analysis of nanoresolution images of cell surfaces can detect bladder cancer with high diagnostic accuracy

Noninvasive Diagnostic Imaging Accurately IDs Bladder Cancer

Method evaluating cells collected from urine shows 94 percent diagnostic accuracy
When using brief cognitive assessments

Dementia Often Misclassified With Brief Cognitive Assessments

Only consistent predictor of overall misclassification was absence of informant-rated poor memory