Rapid Treatment Needed to Reduce Mortality From Flu-Linked Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy in Children
76 percent of the children in the study had no significant medical history; 27 percent of patients died
Study Estimates COVID-19 Vaccinations Prevented More Than 2.5 Million Deaths in 2020 to 2024
Most life-years saved were among people aged 60 years or older; estimates are more conservative than those that focused on the first year of vaccination
Avoidable All-Cause Hospitalization, ED Visits Common in Nursing Homes
Among severely impaired and terminally ill nursing home residents, about one-third of all-cause hospitalizations are potentially avoidable
In-Person Offers Most Effective for Self-Sampling Cervical Cancer Screening
About 12 percent of those who received a self-sampling kit in the mail returned the self-sample
FDA Approves Empaveli for Rare Kidney Diseases
Approval is first treatment for C3 glomerulopathy and primary immune complex membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
Cannabis Use Disorder Linked to Increased Risk for Oral Cancer
Significantly increased risk for oral cancer seen in unadjusted and adjusted analyses
Increases in Local Violence Tied to Higher Subsequent Suicide Rates
Trends strongest for firearm homicides, White populations, and rural areas
New Health Record System Aims to Make Sharing Info Easier, Trump Says
New Subtype of Diabetes Identified in Sub-Saharan Africans, Black Americans
Participants did not have islet autoantibodies and had significantly lower median type 1 diabetes genetic risk score
Medial Opening Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy Beneficial in Knee OA
Addition of medial opening wedge HTO to nonsurgical management reduces loss of articular cartilage