Top 5 Takeaways Vaccine Effectiveness: Two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine reduced the risk of Omicron infection by 31% among children aged 5–11 years and by 59% among adolescents
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Top 5 Takeaways Significant Reduction in Cases: From 2000 to 2020, reported neonatal tetanus cases decreased by 88%, and estimated deaths declined by 92% globally. Progress in Elimination: 47 out
Top 5 Takeaways Increased BMI Rates: The rate of BMI increase nearly doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the prepandemic period. Higher Impact on Overweight and Obese: Persons aged
The Role of Epistemic Trust in Vaccine Hesitancy and Conspiracy Thinking: Insights from New Research Understanding the psychological factors that shape belief systems, trust in information, and susceptibility to misinformation
Top 5 Takeaways Significant Increase in ESKD Cases: From 2000 to 2019, the number of incident ESKD cases in the U.S. increased by 41.8%, while the number of prevalent cases
Top 5 Takeaways Prevalence of Long COVID: One third of participants reported at least one symptom 2 months after their positive SARS-CoV-2 test result. Demographic Disparities: Higher odds of post-acute
Emerging Study: The Indirect Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Life Expectancy Across 24 Countries Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped global health and international mortality in ways that
Top 5 Takeaways Overall Difficulty: In 2020, 12.3% of adults aged ≥18 years reported some difficulty hearing even when using a hearing aid, and 1.5% had a lot of difficulty
Top 5 Takeaways Disaggregated Data Reveals Disparities: Disaggregating COVID-19 data by specific racial subgroups in Hawaii highlighted significant disparities in case and mortality rates among Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and
Top 5 Takeaways Prevalence of Tobacco Use: In 2020, 19.0% of U.S. adults (47.1 million) used any tobacco product, with cigarettes being the most commonly used (12.5%). Decrease in Tobacco