Preventive Medicine News

Among California patients with cervical cancer, women aged 65 years and older had a greater disease burden compared with younger women, researchers reported.

Cannabis use was linked to a lower ART adherence among older patients with HIV compared with patients who never use the drug, according to a study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

Among women eligible for Denmark’s national breast cancer screening program, those who had an intellectual disability were less likely to undergo recommended screening, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Editor’s Note: This interview between Healio and Drs. Philip Robinson and David Liew occurred in September. The editorial staff at Healio had been preparing to publish the resulting Q&A feature during the week of Jan. 2, when they learned of Robinson’s tragic death. We at Healio extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends and colleagues. The original Q&A feature in which Robinson appears is published below.

A single dose of the Jynneos mpox vaccine reduces hospitalization risk and disease severity, a study found, although researchers emphasized that people at risk for the disease should complete the two-dose vaccine series.

Over the past year, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has released recommendations on screening and preventive treatment for various medical conditions

Malaria cases and deaths stabilized in 2021 after increasing in 2020 as the mosquito-borne disease took a back seat to COVID-19 and an exploding pandemic.

Real-world data on Paxlovid showed it was associated with a reduced risk for hospitalization or death in outpatients with early COVID-19 “in the context of high vaccination prevalence and an intense omicron epidemic,” researchers reported.

Medicaid expansion was associated with statistically significant declines in mortality rates among Black infants in 2018 to 2019 and Hispanic infants in 2015 to 2019, according to researchers.

The ACP often releases position papers advocating for policy changes that will better health care.