CDC Director Walensky Announces Sweeping Review of Agency
Revamp would focus on improving the nation's public health workforce, data modernization, laboratory capacity, rapid response to outbreaks
Risk for Death by Homicide Up for Cohabitants of Gun Owners
Of homicides occurring at home, sevenfold increased risk for being fatally shot by spouse, partner seen for cohabitants of gun owners
Clinical, Economic Impact of Nonfatal Firearm Injuries Explored
Increases in substance use disorders, psychiatric disorders, pain diagnoses, health care use and spending seen in survivors
Commercial-to-Medicare Hospital Price Ratios Stable 2012 to 2019
Trends in ratios varied considerably across hospital referral regions
Mental Health Among High School Students Explored During COVID-19
Students who felt close to someone at school had lower prevalence of poor mental health, had considered or attempted suicide
Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
Health, Economic Impact of COVID-19 Set to Lessen in Coming Years
Health care use projected to normalize after decline in 2020; remaining federal supplemental spending expected to decrease through 2024
In Utero Antipsychotic Exposure May Not Up Neurodevelopmental Disorder Risk
Commonly prescribed antipsychotic medications taken late in pregnancy seem not to meaningfully increase NDD risk in offspring
ED-Initiated Buprenorphine for OUD Often Not Sustained
Many patients filling buprenorphine prescriptions written by emergency physicians do not subsequently fill prescriptions for the treatment
Seizures of Drugs Containing Illicit Fentanyl Increasing in U.S.
From 2018 to 2021, increases seen in number of fentanyl-containing powder seizures, number of pill seizures
