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Excess asymptomatic thyroid cancer in Fire Department World Trade Center-exposed rescue/recovery workers is apparently attributable to the identification of occult lesions during medical surveillance

Heightened Surveillance IDs More Thyroid Cancer in 9/11 Responders

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Rates higher for responders versus non-World Trade Center-exposed men, but most cases asymptomatic
Few primary care physicians report interest in treating patients with opioid use disorder

Physicians Report Low Interest in Opioid Use Disorder Meds

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Few PCPs report obtaining buprenorphine waiver orprescribing buprenorphine, naltrexone for OUD
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176,190 U.S. Children Estimated to Have SARS-CoV-2 by April 6, 2020

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Under cumulative peds infection proportion scenario of 5 percent, 3.7 million children would be infected
Most community-dwelling older adults with newly identified dementia die or are admitted to a long-term care home within five years

Most Older Adults With New Dementia Die Within Five Years

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Increased odds of death seen in association with older age, male sex, and presence of organ failure
Expanding COVID-19 symptom screening criteria to include myalgias and chills could identify more health care personnel with the illness

Expanding Symptom Screening Criteria Can Up COVID-19 Detection

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Even with addition of myalgia, chills, about 10 percent of health care personnel with COVID-19 would be missed
The economic benefits of lives saved through social distancing substantially outweigh the value of the projected losses to the U.S. economy

Benefit of Social Distancing Outweighs Economic Impact

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Study found the benefits of social distancing policies will outweigh the economic costs by $5.2 trillion
About one in four cases of colorectal cancer in patients aged 40 to 49 years meet family history-based criteria for early screening

Family History-Based Early Screen Could ID More Young-Onset CRC

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Almost all who met criteria for early screening could have initiated screening before age of diagnosis
Maternal hypertensive pregnancy disorders are associated with increased risk in offspring for any childhood mental disorder

Hypertension in Pregnancy Ups Risk for Mental Disorder in Child

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Associations of preeclampsia and severe preeclampsia independent of all covariates
In an American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement

AAP Updates Guidance for Care of Infants Born at Home

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The AAP does not recommendplanned home birth, which is linked to increased risk for infant mortality
The first COVID-19 tests in the United States were ineffective due to poor laboratory practices at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Lab Protocol Failures Led to Ineffective COVID-19 Tests From CDC

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Researchers entered and left COVID-19 labs without changing their coats, resulting in contamination of tests