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Patient-surgeon gender concordance may not make a difference in death rates after U.S. surgeries, .
Health officials in to combat the continued surge in pediatric respiratory illness. (Reuters)
Sexual transmission of Clade I mpox has been , the World Health Organization said; the more virulent strain has been associated with a in the Central African nation. (AP, Forbes)
Former president Donald Trump said he's to the Affordable Care Act. (Axios)
The FDA has now received 52 reports of adverse events related to kids' cinnamon applesauce pouches ; the recalled products on store shelves. (CNN)
Meanwhile, lead exposure in low levels , new research suggests. (STAT)
The Salmonella outbreak linked to has now racked up 99 cases, 45 hospitalizations, and two deaths across 32 states, according to the CDC.
More than half of the hospitalized 3 years after their infection. (The Lancet)
Vaccination before a first COVID infection was strongly linked to a . (The BMJ)
Legal abortion rates in the U.S. overall, but increased slightly from 2020 to 2021, data in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) showed.
Overdose deaths among pregnant and postpartum women ages 35 to 44 years . (JAMA Psychiatry)
One male sex partner may be , and the unidentified strain may increase the risk of syphilis effects. (MMWR)
U.S. troops are still being trained on rocket launchers with a . (New York Times)
A second phase III trial confirmed the benefit of dupilumab (Dupixent) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), .
Researchers may have identified the tiny pathogen behind a mysterious . (NBC News)
A kitten with a kicked off a massive effort to vaccinate raccoons in the Omaha, Nebraska area. (Washington Post)
Air pollution from coal-fired plants is than previously believed. (CNN)
Michigan nurses to ease a care crisis, but hospitals and health systems say they can't find the staff. (Michigan Radio/NPR)
Search and rescue efforts in California for missing nurse practitioner Ann Herford. (SFGATE)
Around 85 million children worldwide are under-immunized because of to national childhood vaccine programs. (New York Times)
Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) can survive a used in some clinical settings. (Microbiology)
Democratic and Republican lawmakers are no longer , as patients can increasingly expect to see physician assistants and nurses at care visits. (Politico)