Long-term exposure to silica dust, even at levels below permissible exposure limits in China, was associated with a higher risk for silicosis.

A study has found that moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea increases risk for incident myocardial infarction between 12 and 5:59 AM.

The CPS-Ped may be an efficient outcome metric for monitoring disease severity and clinical improvement over time among infants with RSV-related critical illness.

Decreases in childhood vaccination rates would likely cause millions of additional cases of preventable diseases.

Patients older than 65 years had similar clinical outcomes in response to immune checkpoint inhibitors as younger patients with cancer.

Medetomidine has been involved in a growing number of opioid overdoses and withdrawals as it is now common in opioids.

Brady Pregerson, MD, is an emergency medicine physician. Dr Pregerson is a columnist for The Clinical Advisor and author of Emergency Medicine 1-Minute Consult.

Brown, MD, and Victoria Francois, MPH, discuss strategies to address the gap in sleep inequalities affecting Black women.

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The NIH plans to develop whole-virus vaccines that would provide universal immunity against all strains of influenza and COVID-19.

Influenza cases and deaths are uncommonly high in 2025, with the pediatric death count the highest it has been since 2009.

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