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Population health, policy and the data behind prevention.

Helminth infection may raise HPV and cervical cancer risk, review finds

A scoping review found positive trends linking helminth infection with HPV and cervical neoplasia, especially schistosomiasis in LMIC settings.

DailyMed label for MENTHOPATCH HOT details a menthol and capsicum topical patch for temporary relief of minor pain,…

India’s National Centre of Assistive Health Technology links IIT Delhi, AIIMS Delhi, and ICMR to systematize assistive technology…

A mixed-methods survey of 1,806 physician mothers found distinct pandemic pressures by frontline status and child age, with…

Health systems face growing federal scrutiny as regulators move to enforce hospital price transparency rules and compel compliance.

Elevance Health is publicly challenging hospital billing and out-of-network care, sharpening its dispute with providers over healthcare costs.

A Harvard-led Nurses’ Health Study analysis found higher gratitude scores were linked to lower four-year mortality in older…

Harvard Health outlines 14 practical ways to cool down, prevent heat exhaustion, and recognize when extreme heat becomes…

NHANES data in young adults found no clear independent link between serum PFOS isomer composition and depressive symptoms…

HHS-OIG and DOJ issued new guidance for voluntary disclosure of criminal health care fraud, streamlining where companies must…

Public Health

Population health, policy and the data behind prevention.

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