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In 2018

2018 Saw More Employed Physicians Than Self-Employed

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Proportion of physicians working in practices wholly owned by physicians dropped to 54 percent in 2018
If the incidence rates were the same for black women as for white women

CDC: HIV Racial Disparity Measure Decreased From 2010 to 2016

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Most incident HIV infections among black women would not have occurred if rates were same as for whites
In 2015 to 2016

In 2015 to 2016, 45.8 Percent of U.S. Population Used Rx Drugs

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Prescription drug use increased with age, reaching 85.0 percent for those aged 60 years and older
Hundreds of passengers and crew members of a Church of Scientology cruise ship remain under quarantine in its home port of Curacao while awaiting measles test results.

Scientology Cruise Ship Passengers, Crew Still Under Quarantine

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Affected crew member, who was immediately isolated after showing symptoms, has since recovered
In response to public demands for action to control drug costs

Prices Will Soon Be Included in TV Drug Ads

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Regulations will require companies to disclose prices of meds costing more than $35 for a month's supply
The average price for single-source brand-name drugs is higher in the United States than in other countries

External Reference Pricing Could Cut Drug Costs in U.S.

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Prices averaged 3.2 to 4.1 times higher in U.S.; differential varied from 1.3 to 70.1 for individual drugs
Efforts are needed to ensure all completed large trials are reported

Efforts Needed to Ensure Publication of All Trials

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67 trials ID'd that were unreported for median of nine years after completion, with 87,883 participants
A single dose of gentamicin is an appropriate second-line therapy for gonorrhea resistant to a single dose of ceftriaxone

Gentamicin Appropriate Second-Line Therapy to Ceftriaxone for Gonorrhea

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Two weeks after treatment, infection cleared for 98, 91 percent treated with ceftriaxone versus gentamicin
At least 60 more measles cases have been reported in the United States

CDC: Number of Measles Cases in the United States Reaches 764

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So far this year, 23 states have reported measles cases
Consumers should not eat and retailers should not sell or serve l'Explorateur soft ripened cheese due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination

FDA: French Soft Ripened Cheese Possibly Contaminated

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Agency warns of potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination of l'Explorateur cheese