Adverse Outcomes Increased With SARS-CoV-2 Infection During Pregnancy
Pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 have increased risk for maternal mortality, maternal morbidities
Model Can Accurately Predict Future Lung Cancer Risk From Low-Dose CT
Sybil achieved areas under receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.92, 0.86, and 0.94 on three external validation sets
Pandemic Funding Saved More Americans From Medical Debt
Researchers suggest that federal pandemic relief programs may have helped patients make a dent in their medical bills
Respiratory Virus Coinfection May Up SARS-CoV-2 Severity in Children Under 5
For children younger than 5 years, having any viral codetection or rhinovirus/enterovirus codetection significantly linked to severe illness
Cannabis Legalization Tied to Increases in Pediatric Asthma
Increases seen compared with states where neither recreational nor medical legalization has occurred
COPD Patients Have Lower Survival, Increased Costs After Surgery
Association between COPD and outcomes modified by frailty, cancer, and procedure type
Inpatient Mortality Up With Exposure to High Capacity Utilization
Two percent increase seen in odds of 14-day in-hospital mortality for each additional day of exposure to high capacity utilization
Most Long COVID Resolves Within One Year for Mild Infections
Furthermore, vaccinated people were at lower risk of long-term breathing difficulties than unvaccinated individuals
Overall Cancer Mortality Continued to Decline From 2019 to 2020
Prostate cancer incidence increased from 2014 to 2019; large decrease in cervical cancer incidence linked to HPV vaccine
FDA Approves New Two-Drug Combo Medicine for Asthma
Medication is the first approved in the United States to contain an inhaled corticosteroid as a reliever rather than as a controller of asthma symptoms