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Approximately 57% of individuals who were shown a flowchart of the FDA vaccine approval process were very or somewhat likely to recommend a respiratory syncytial virus vaccine to a pregnant family member or friend compared to only 40% of those who were not shown the process.

Policy efforts must be put in place to support HCV treatment for all individuals to reduce the disparities in direct-acting antiviral treatment.

A variety of comorbid mood disorders often accompany this condition, including OCD and PTSD.

No major changes were found in overdose behaviors among individuals who received take-home naloxone.

Study shows that as patients with type 2 diabetes lost more teeth, their risk of heart failure grew.

Lack of information and access to health care, stigma, discrimination, criminalization, and privacy concerns are among the barriers some groups face when trying to obtain preventative HIV medications.

Routine habits such as brushing and flossing can have a drastic impact on one’s overall health, including reducing risk of cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases.

The effects of probiotic strains on both constipation and cognition among all individuals involved in a meta-analysis remains difficult to determine.

The findings suggest that varying precautions and factors affected the transmission rates in schools in different periods of the pandemic.

The burden of aging-related comorbidities was higher across every age category in women compared to men, and increased with age.

Improved prescription information could help consumers make better health care decisions and result in cost savings.

Study results showed no significant association between those who bite their nails and SARS-CoV-2 infection, in addition to a lower rate of infection for those who wear glasses compared to those who don’t wear glasses.

In addition to the low use of structured surveillance overall, modified CHEST criteria only identified a small portion of patients with subsegmental pulmonary embolism eligible to receive structural surveillance.

Adults aged 80 years and older and those living in areas with worse economic conditions are more likely to receive potentially inappropriate medications in the outpatient setting, which may be associated with cognitive impairment.

Researchers say vitamin D supplementation could be a low-cost and effective avenue for the reduction of insulin resistance and better outcomes in preventing and treating diabetes.

New innovations are revolutionizing diagnostics and optimizing treatment outcomes, marking significant strides in the fight against digestive diseases.

More than 1 billion people suffer from sleep apnea, a condition often associated with snoring.

The findings suggest that CHD1L’s could provide treatment opportunities for individuals infected with HIV-1.

Notably, obesity was not independently associated with pulmonary pressure or decreased right ventricle load stress despite being a condition related to diabetes.

However, the FDA said an application for zuranolone to treat major depressive disorder did not provide substantial evidence of efficacy.

Compared to the BNT162b2 vaccine, the mRNA-1273 vaccine was associated with a lower risk of adverse events, which investigators speculate was due to interrelated safety and efficacy.

Social jet lag could create adverse health impacts that a 90-minute difference in the mid-point of sleep can improve.

The findings suggest that cigarette smoking is an independent predictor for the expansion of hematoma, although smoking status does not cause a difference in mortality.

CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 10 to 0 to recommend the routine use of nirsevimab-alip (Beyfortus; Sanofi and AstraZeneca) for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract disease in newborns and infants.

Black adults, who have a higher likelihood of suffering from stroke at a young age, benefitted from blood pressure control and increased physical activity.

Wastewater surveillance could be the most consistent way to measure COVID-19 across US counties, a recent study indicates.

Notably, patients with transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis had higher rates of heart failure hospitalizations, including patients treated with tafamidis.

Of the individuals that participated in the study, 65.3% reported hearing loss at 71 years and 96.2% reported hearing loss by 90 years.