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President Joe Biden announced that the Treasury Department is finalizing a fix for the “family glitch” in the Affordable Care Act, which will allow more than 1 million Americans to gain or have more affordable insurance starting Nov. 1.

Myocarditis and pericarditis after COVID-19 vaccination is rare across demographic groups and most likely to occur in teen boys in the week after their second shot of a two-dose vaccine, according to a study.

The presence of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis increased risk for lung cancer regardless of smoking status, according to recent findings published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Readmission within 30 days of discharge was common among survivors of COVID-19, and more so in those with comorbidities, researchers found.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — A study found that having a pre-existing comorbidity was the strongest indicator of risk for severe COVID-19 in children, according to data reported here.

The city of Philadelphia has issued a formal apology for the experiments conducted by the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia’s Holmesburg Prison from the 1950s to 1970s, according to a press release.

Of patients being treated for Mycobacterium avium complex and Mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary infection, fewer than half received guideline-based treatment, according to a recent study.

People who received a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine had reduced symptom severity and duration across delta and omicron variant predominance, according to data from the COVID-Out trial.

New data show that more than 2.5 million middle and high school students in the U.S. report using e-cigarettes, and the FDA has announced additional steps it is taking to help curb the pervasive use.

Almost one-third of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis had an incidental diagnosis, with survival outcomes still comparably poor to those diagnosed non-incidentally, according to a study published in Respiratory Medicine.