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CDC: U.S. Adult Obesity Rate Up Sharply

At least 35% of adults are obese in 19 states and two territories.

Measuring the Effect of Ending Food Deserts in Obese Children

A study of New York City students followed for 12 months after the opening/remodeling of a grocery store incentivized to provide healthy food options revealed a small but significant decrease in body mass index scores and a decrease in the likelihood of obesity in the students living within walking distance to the store compared to a control group of peers living farther from such a store.

Probiotics and Iron Intake in Pregnant Women

In a randomized, controlled trial, a significantly smaller decrease in serum ferritin was observed in pregnant women with the intake of a Lactinplantibacillus plantarum 299v supplement containing a low dose of iron, folic acid, and ascorbic acid than in the placebo group.

CDC: Most Pregnancy-Related Deaths Are Preventable

Recent data indicate mental health conditions, excessive bleeding are the leading causes of pregnancy-related deaths in the United States.

Kindergarten Vaccine Rates: Post-COVID

The COVID-19 pandemic caused disruption in healthcare delivery for everyone. Schools continue to struggle to meet the Healthy People 2030 Nationwide target of ≥ 95% coverage for measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccination in kindergarteners, and COVID-19 did not help. Remarkably, the nationwide vaccine rate for children entering kindergarten in the 2020-2021 school year was decreased by only 1% for all vaccines compared with the previous year.

Rehospitalization Common in Herpes Encephalitis

Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) is the most common cause of infectious encephalitis in the United States, accounting for around 30% of all causes of infectious encephalitis in the United States. With the advent of antiviral therapy and improved diagnostic measures, mortality and morbidity have improved over the past few decades, but patients remain at risk for long-term neurologic sequelae and even relapse.

U.S. Endemic Fungal Infection Surveillance

In the United States in 2019, 29,061 cases of coccidioidomycosis were reported, as were 1,124 cases of histoplasmosis and 240 of blastomycosis.

CDC Warning: Enterovirus-D68 Re-Emerging and Once Again Raising the Specter of Acute Flaccid Myelitis in Children

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is receiving increasing reports of pediatric infections with enterovirus-D68, which previously has been associated with the development of acute flaccid myelitis.

Safety of Infliximab After Live Vaccines

Despite concerns about the use of infliximab for children with Kawasaki disease shortly after administration of live vaccines, retrospective reviews do not show any vaccine-related infections following subsequent infliximab use.

Doxycycline Plus a Beta-Lactam for Treatment of Inpatients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

In this retrospective study of an elderly male population hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia, the combination of doxycycline with a beta-lactam was at least as effective as a respiratory fluoroquinolone or a combination of a beta-lactam with azithromycin.