New US Covid-19 cases have declined by 61 percent compared to the peak level on January 8, officials said Friday,
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Long-term use of muscle relaxants has skyrocketed since 2005
Office visits for ongoing prescribing of skeletal muscle relaxant drugs tripled from 2005 to 2016, according to a new study
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C-section rates have nearly doubled since 2000: study
(HealthDay)—The number of women delivering babies via cesarean section has nearly doubled worldwide since 2000, to about 21 percent, new
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More Opioid Users Getting Treatment Since Medicaid Expansion
FRIDAY, Aug. 17, 2018 — The expansion of Medicaid that came along with the Affordable Care Act has made it
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1.35 million children’s lives saved by HiB and pneumococcal vaccines since 2000
Childhood deaths from two leading bacterial causes of pneumonia and meningitis, pneumococcus and Hib, declined sharply during the period 2000
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Lassa fever kills 142 in Nigeria since January: official
Lassa fever has killed 142 people in Nigeria since the start of the year, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
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