CDC Presents Provisional Mortality Data for 2023 in the United States
Number of deaths from COVID-19 was 68.9 percent lower than in 2022
New Strain of Mpox Spreading in Africa Has CDC Concerned
Estimated U.S. Annual Cost of Initial Cancer Screening $43 Billion in 2021
Major drivers of the total estimated costs of screening were amounts paid to facilities where testing occurred
State-Level COVID-19 Restrictions Helped Save Lives
However, not all measures were equally effective, according to recent study
Mpox Has Surged in Africa Amid Shortages of Vaccines and Treatments
Mortality Risk High for Some Gleason Grade 1 Prostate Cancer Patients
Risks increased for those with percentage positive biopsies >50 percent or prostate-specific antigen >20 ng/mL
Plasma Biomarkers of Alzheimer Neuropathy Linked to Dementia Risk
Significant associations seen for all Alzheimer disease plasma biomarkers in late life with late-life dementia
Amyloid Probability Score 2 Has High Diagnostic Accuracy for Alzheimer Disease
Diagnostic accuracy 73 percent for dementia specialists compared with 91 percent using the APS2
Incidence of Specific, All Cancers Increased With Pesticide Use
Increased incidence seen for leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and bladder, colon, lung, pancreatic, and all cancers
Loss of a Loved One During Early Adulthood Linked to Biological Aging
Those who experienced two or more losses tended to have older biological ages for several of the epigenetic clocks
