Incidence

The incidence of myopericarditis among adolescents and young adults who received mRNA COVID-19 vaccines is very low, according to a systemic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Cancer death rates declined broadly between 2015 and 2019 in the United States as overall incidence remained generally stable, according to the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer.

SAN DIEGO — Cataract surgery on the first eye improves vision, but surgery on the second eye minimizes the incidence of falls, according to a study presented during a virtual press conference at Academy 2022.

Patients with hypertension who received angiotensin receptor blocking therapy had a significant decrease in incidence of epilepsy, researchers reported in JAMA Neurology.

The incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease have increased in Denmark over the past two decades, most notably prevalence of ulcerative colitis among adults older than 40 years, according to a study in Gastroenterology.

Childhood obesity incidence was higher and came at younger ages during the 2000s compared with the previous decade, according to a study in Pediatrics.

Ivermectin did not lower the incidence of hospitalization among high-risk adults with COVID-19 enrolled in a large double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial in Brazil, researchers reported in The New England Journal of Medicine.

The use of low dead space syringes was associated with a 76% reduction in the odds of hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs, according to a study of U.K. data.

Despite a slight decrease in the worldwide incidence and mortality rates for stroke between 1990 and 2019, the overall numbers remain high, according to study results published in Neurology.

Interventions that targeted vascular risk factors in a real-world setting did not appear to reduce dementia incidence in old age, according to study results in a research letter published in JAMA Neurology.