From 2019 to 2021, opioid prescribing by US physicians in EDs declined, but it increased among PAs and nurses.

Risk factors contributing to LBP worldwide have shifted between 1990 and 2021, with high BMI increasingly impacting years lived with disability due to LBP.

The US Department of Health and Human Services announced that the government will invest $176 million in Moderna to expedite the creation of a pandemic influenza vaccine.

Health officials in California are now offering gift cards to encourage people near farms to get tested for bird flu.

Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine could soon receive full approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration.

Ultraprocessed food intake contributes to all-cause mortality, according to results published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

In 2024, the provisional number of births in the United States was 3,622,673, which was 1% higher than in 2023.

Among patients with advanced cancer, individualized opioid management was effective for pain control without increasing doses.

The case — Kennedy v. Braidwood Management — questions the way the government under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) decides which preventive care services should be covered at no cost to patients.

Higher exercise adherence led to greater improvements in pain and functional limitations among adults with chronic low back pain.

Nonbenzodiazepine MRs may improve pain, muscle spasms, and physical outcomes compared with placebo in adults with acute LBP.

Individualized approaches may enhance the safety and efficacy of music for pain management in health care settings.