Both the use of next-generation sequencing (NGS) testing for cancer and the rate of claim denials for such testing increased between 2016 and 2021, despite implementation of a recent Medicare national coverage determination that established coverage standards for NGS testing.

A new study investigated the impacts of cholera interventions in the city of Kalemie in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the disease is endemic, meaning it persists to some extent constantly. Their results suggest that focusing on long-term management strategies, such as improvements to sanitary infrastructure and access to clean water, may be most effective in the control of endemic cholera.