2019 to 2021 Saw E-Cigarette Use Prevalence Increase in Younger Adults
Increase in prevalence mainly due to increase among never smokers, who accounted for 53 percent of younger adult e-cigarette users in 2021
Universal Masking in Health Care No Longer Seems Appropriate
Maintaining masking may offer marginal benefit in terms of reducing transmission, but impedes communication
Cancer Risk Found to Be Higher in Asthma Patients
However, inhaled steroids may offer protective effect
Flu-Related Hospitalization Rates Higher for Indigenous People
Across high-income nations, higher disparities seen during the pandemic
About 100,000 U.S. Nurses Left Workforce During Pandemic
Results of a new survey lay bare the pandemic's impact on nursing
Juul Reaches $462 Million Settlement With Six States, D.C.
While the company has not admitted wrongdoing, its payments to plaintiffs in earlier lawsuits will be used to fight underage e-cigarette use
Biden to Expand Access to Health Care for Immigrants Brought Illegally to U.S. as...
DACA participants have not had the opportunity to obtain health insurance as they do not meet the definition of having 'lawful presence' in the United States
EPA Wants to Accelerate U.S. Sales of Electric Vehicles, Boosting Air Quality
The proposals, which kick in with model year 2027, would cut nearly 10 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2055
Disparities Seen in Patient Selection for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
ECMO use less likely among women, patients with Medicaid, and patients living in the lowest-income neighborhoods
Biden Signs Bill to End National COVID-19 Emergency
President Joe Biden signed a Republican-backed bill that ends the national COVID-19 emergency a month earlier than planned
