Obstetrics & gynaecology

Births registered in US increased 1 percent from 2020 to 2021

From 2020 to 2021, there was an increase in births registered in the United States and in the general fertility rate, according to a study published in the Jan. 31 National Vital Statistics Reports, a publication from the ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Explaining the Malawi cholera outbreak

Malawi's worsening cholera crisis is the result of long-term neglect of the country's water supplies and water testing urgently needed, specialists say.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

XBB.1.5, the most transmissible Covid subvariant yet

The Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5, the most transmissible COVID-19 subvariant so far, is spreading quickly across the United States and was predicted on Friday to become Europe's dominant strain in a matter of weeks.

Cardiology

Reduced eGFR linked to increased mortality in A-fib

Moderately-to-severely reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), specifically among those with lower socioeconomic ...

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