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By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, Nov. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As Africa continues to battle an outbreak of the newer “clade Ib” strain of mpox, California officials have confirmed the first known U.S. case of this strain of the virus.The subtype of clade I mpox virus has already caused …

From 2022 to 2023, there was a 20 percent increase in estimated measles cases worldwide, from 8,645,000 to 10,341,000

Findings seen among patients hospitalized long term for schizophrenia

Most issues that patients initiate in discussion omitted from notes

Further reductions seen with the use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists

59 percent of adults aged 30 years and older with diabetes did not receive treatment in 2022, up 3.5 times from 1990

Substantial burden seen in terms of hospitalizations, ICU admissions, in-hospital deaths, especially in those aged 75 years and older

Palliative care consultations have no significant impact on the likelihood of documented treatment

Spreading misinformation to the community is least common reason for medical board discipline of physicians

Individuals with history of concussion have increased risk for mental illness in the 14 years after delivery