LAURA H. CYPHERS

This study reports an epidemiological assessment of laboratory-confirmed group A streptococcal meningitis cases in the Netherlands using more than 40 years of national bacteriological surveillance data.
Source: JAMA Online First

This JAMA Patient Page describes the causes, risk factors, diagnosis, and management of early pregnancy loss.
Source: JAMA Online First

This study uses data from the US Department of Veterans Affairs to assess whether SARS-CoV-2 remains associated with higher risk of death compared with seasonal influenza in fall-winter 2022-2023.
Source: JAMA Online First

In this narrative medicine essay, a critical care physician’s shared grief with a father who also recently experienced the death of a young child helps guide him back from his family’s unimaginable loss.
Source: JAMA Online First

Many Central and South American countries are experiencing an increase in arboviral infections—specifically, dengue and chikungunya. The region is at high risk because of large numbers of vector mosquitoes and the viruses’ expansion into areas where people might not have immunity or recognize the diseases’ clinical presentations, according to a statement from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Source: JAMA Online First

Currently, standard treatment for endometrial cancer is chemotherapy alone. But adding pembrolizumab to a chemotherapy regimen improved progression-free survival in patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer, according to results from a phase 3 trial that included 816 patients.
Source: JAMA Online First

Narcan, a 4-mg naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray that reverses the effects of opioid overdose, will soon be available for purchase without a prescription, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in a statement.
Source: JAMA Online First

Since the first reported cases in 2022, more than 1000 children from 35 countries have been diagnosed with unexplained hepatitis. The rise in cases is linked to infection with adeno-associated virus 2 (AAV2), according to results from 3 studies published in Nature, although whether AAV2 is the cause of the hepatitis cases is unclear.
Source: JAMA Online First

This Medical News feature discusses how implementation science seeks to narrow the often yearslong gap between the development of evidence-based practices and their routine use in the real world.
Source: JAMA Online First

This Insights in the Women’s Health series describes the availability, timing, and risks of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in pregnant individuals who have HIV infection.
Source: JAMA Online First