There is high-certainty evidence that incentives improve smoking cessation rates at long-term follow-up across populations.

Vaccination prior to COVID-19 infection does not significantly affect neurologic symptoms in patients with long COVID.

Researchers present a nuanced approach to defining clinical obesity as a chronic illness resulting from the effect of excess adiposity on organ and tissue function.

Gout flares are commonly underreported among US adults with gout, according to study findings published in ACR Open Rheumatology.

Mother-to-child HBV transmission was effectively prevented by earlier initiation of TDF prophylaxis in pregnancy combined with HBV vaccination at birth for infants.

Study findings indicated a transition from IV to enteral triazole therapy as a feasible option for pediatric patients with invasive candidiasis.

COVID-19 vaccines were not associated with increased risk for thyroid diseases but were associated with increased risk for exacerbated hypothyroidism.

Using glucocorticoids, rituzimab, or certain immunosuppressants to treat connective tissue diseases is associated with greater risks for severe COVID-19-related outcomes.

Three main themes may largely explain COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Black women in the US: mistrust in health care and government, concerns over vaccine safety, and disapproval of coercive vaccine ...

Postdischarge contacts with patients after hospitalization are not associated with reductions in 30-day emergency department use or 30-day readmissions.

A substantial proportion of US adults are aware of and have already experimented with synthetic cooling agent menthol-mimicking cigarettes.

US FDA officials have uncovered dozens of violations at a McDonald's supplier tied to last year's deadly E coli outbreak.