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Black pediatric patients are more likely to be physically restrained in EDs than their white peers, according to a study by researchers at Yale.

Environmental MRSA contamination of hospital rooms likely depends on patient activity and level of colonization, researchers reported in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

The United States still plans to offer COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to the general public beginning Sept. 20, pending FDA approval and CDC recommendations.

Individuals who survived for at least 30 days after contracting COVID-19 — considered the acute phase of the illness — were at greater risk for adverse kidney outcomes, even if the infection was deemed mild, study results showed.

The percentage of pregnant patients who used a price transparency tool prior to delivery more than doubled within the first 6 years of its availability, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Based on testing of more than 1.4 million blood donations, researchers estimated that the SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence from infection or vaccination among Americans aged 16 years or older was 83% in May, before the delta variant surge.

Additional support and flexibility in academia following a loss can foster recovery and may help reduce burnout among health care professionals, according to an opinion piece published in JAMA.

Although researchers from Emory University found communication between hospitals and dialysis facilities to be “suboptimal,” patients viewed overall care coordination favorably, according to a study that included a one-time patient survey.

The proportion of Americans without health insurance increased by 1.36 percentage points during the first several weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to findings published in JAMA Health Forum.

Reducing excess body fat and adjusting factors of metabolic syndrome can greatly lower the risk for lung disease among World Trade Center first responders, according to data in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.