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Diagnosing hepatitis C infection involves 2 steps: testing a blood sample for hepatitis C virus antibodies, and if the sample is reactive, performing an RNA test. Although the steps can be accomplished in a single visit, 2013 guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held that collecting the samples over 2 separate visits to a health care facility was also an acceptable strategy.
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This Medical News article discusses a US federal advisory that could help clinicians identify and treat mental health symptoms related to post–COVID-19 condition, or long COVID.
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New research using electroencephalogram (EEG) data was able to track transitions in patients’ levels of consciousness during general anesthesia—a finding that could help reduce cognitive problems after surgery, especially among older patients, the researchers reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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This Medical News article discusses the risk to humans from the currently circulating highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus.
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This Arts and Medicine essay describes creation of a batik art installation titled Risktalk, illustrating trends in mentions of public health and non-health risk-related topics in popular written media from 1810 to 2009.
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This study uses data from IQVIA’s National Prescription Audit to assess the association of the Inflation Reduction Act’s cap on cost sharing with insulin fills by Medicare beneficiaries.
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This Viewpoint discusses how federal vaccine requirements have helped thwart vaccine-preventable diseases as well as how growing public resistance to vaccines and judicial and legislative limits to vaccination mandates may change that.
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This Viewpoint expresses how use of certain language complicates decision-making for critically ill patients, and it highlights alternative phrasing for effective communication.
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The Original Investigation titled “Family-Based Behavioral Treatment for Childhood Obesity Implemented in Pediatric Primary Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial,” published in the June 13, 2023, issue of JAMA, was corrected to fix an error in the Conflict of Interest Disclosures section. This article was corrected online.
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This study assesses the use of mifepristone plus misoprostol for miscarriage management among commercially insured adults in the US.
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