Children of Mothers With Mental Illness Less Likely to Receive Vaccines
Risk highest for children living with mothers with alcohol or substance misuse disorders
Grip Strength May Help ID Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Healthy Adults
Grip strength cut points relative to body weight, gender, and age group proposed
COVID-19 Pandemic Slowing Cancer Research
Findings based on survey of American Cancer Society research grantees
Risk Score May Predict Critical Illness at COVID-19 Admission
10 independent predictors in risk score include chest radiographic abnormality, age, hemoptysis, dyspnea
Gap in Rural, Urban CVD Deaths Grew From 1999 to 2017
CVD age-adjusted mortality rates higher for rural versus nonrural areas for all population subgroups
Olfactory Dysfunction Most Often Occurs by Third Day of COVID-19
Loss of smell, usually severe and accompanied by loss of taste, may signal later shortness of breath
USPSTF Urges Behavioral Counseling for Those With CVD Risk
Moderate net benefit observed for behavioral health interventions on CVD risk in adults at increased risk
Doctors Without Borders Team Sent to Navajo Nation to Fight COVID-19
This marks the first time Doctors Without Borders has dispatched a team to a U.S. location
Crude Link ID’d for Vitamin D Levels, COVID-19 Cases, Death
Vitamin D levels severely low in aging population, the most vulnerable population to COVID-19
Pediatric Vaccine Ordering Has Decreased During COVID-19
Decrease seen in VFC-funded APIC-recommended childhood vaccines after national emergency declaration
