August 21, 2025

Screen Time May Raise Cardiometabolic Risk in Youth

Researchers link increased screen time in children and adolescents to higher cardiometabolic and cardiovascular risk, with sleep duration identified as a key moderating factor.

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August 19, 2025

AAP Vaccine Recommendations Veer From ACIP

AAP released 2025 evidence-based US childhood and adolescent immunization schedule with updates for RSV, influenza, COVID-19, HPV, and meningococcal vaccines.

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August 19, 2025

‘Enough Is Enough’—But When?

How Bogalusa, Louisiana became a lens on the US gun violence epidemic—where race, poverty, policy, and profit converge and communities bear the cost.

KFF Health News

August 14, 2025

Early TMP-SMX Use Linked to Birth Defects

TMP-SMX is prescribed earlier in gestation than β-lactams, placing fetal exposure closer to the window of organogenesis, which may contribute to elevated malformation risk observed in first-trimester use.

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August 12, 2025

Advanced-Practice Providers Filling Rural ER Gaps

Rural emergency rooms across the U.S. are increasingly staffed by physician assistants and nurse practitioners instead of physicians, raising debates over care quality, staffing shortages, and access to emergency services.

KFF Health News

August 11, 2025

Why Turning 26 Jeopardizes Health Coverage

A growing number of young Americans lose affordable health insurance at age 26, facing complex Affordable Care Act marketplaces, rising costs, and limited coverage options.

KFF Health News

August 06, 2025

New COVID Booster Matches Efficacy, Raises Antibodies

A phase 3 randomized trial found that Moderna’s next-generation COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA-1283, was non-inferior to the earlier mRNA-1273 vaccine in preventing COVID-19 and produced stronger neutralizing antibody responses.

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August 05, 2025

Weight Regain Persists After Anti-Obesity Treatment

A new meta-analysis of 11 randomized controlled trials found that patients began regaining weight as early as 8 weeks after discontinuing anti-obesity medications, with weight gain continuing through 52 weeks.

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August 01, 2025

Consistent or Increasing Physical Activity Across Adulthood Linked to Lower Mortality

This large meta-analysis on physical activity patterns and mortality—encompassing 85 prospective cohort studies—shows that consistent or increasing physical activity during adulthood is associated with lower all-cause and cardiovascular mortality risk.

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