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Smoking cessation messages that emphasize the impact on children and with outcomes focused on respiratory health

Smoking Cessation Messages Focusing on Child Most Important

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Parent smokers highly rank messages with outcomes focused on respiratory, general health, cancer
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has high transmissibility within households

Transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 High Within Households

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No significant difference in infectivity seen for incubation period versus symptomatic period
For patients with melanoma treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs)

Vitamin D May Cut Colitis Risk for Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

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Odds of developing ICI colitis significantly reduced with vitamin D use in patients with melanoma
There was a considerable increase in self-reported maternal depression and anxiety from prepandemic to current times

Depression, Anxiety Up for New Moms During COVID-19

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Scores for both depression, anxiety significantly lower for women engaging in physical activity
The distribution of infectious disease physicians in the United States is geographically skewed

Many U.S. Counties Lack Infectious Disease Specialists

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Among 785 counties with highest quartile of COVID-19 burden, 66.4 percent have no ID physicians
Parents are more concerned about diseases from tick bites than from mosquito bites

Poll: Parents Most Concerned About Diseases From Tick Bites

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Poll finds parents may be uncertain as to what type of bug repellent is best
Here is what the editors at Physician's Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of June 15 to 19

Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup

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Here is what the editors at Physician's Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of...
Statewide stay-at-home orders are associated with decreases in COVID-19 hospitalizations

Stay-at-Home Orders Tied to Slowing of COVID-19 Hospitalizations

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12 days after stay-at-home orders started, hospitalization growth began to deviate from projected numbers
Antiracism protests in the United States have not led to increases in new cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19

Early Data Show No Protest-Related Increases in COVID-19 Infections

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Use of masks and the fact that protests are outdoors may have helped
A study on the use of masks to protect against the new coronavirus should be retracted by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences because it contains "egregious errors" and "verifiably false" statements

Scientists Say Journal Should Retract Mask Study

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Study, published June 11, claims wearing a mask 'significantly reduces the number of infections' with the new coronavirus