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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 25-Apr-2025 17:09 ET (25-Apr-2025 21:09 GMT/UTC)

Health care cost concerns and hardships for families of children with disabilities

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: This study contributes to the existing literature by identifying that while insurance coverage is higher among children with disabilities, their families had higher adjusted odds for all of the financial hardships evaluated, compared with families of children without disabilities. This finding suggests that insurance is inadequate for disabled children. These data demonstrate a need to structure health insurance policies to ensure that children with disabilities have their needed medical care covered in a way that is not financially burdensome to families.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Trends in mental health diagnoses among publicly insured children

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: The percentage of publicly insured children receiving any mental health or neurodevelopmental disorder diagnosis significantly increased between 2010 and 2019, with increases observed for most diagnostic categories examined. These findings highlight the need for access to appropriate services in safety net systems and other settings that serve this population.

Journal: JAMA

Measles may be making a comeback in the US, Stanford Medicine-led research finds

Stanford Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Diseases such as measles, rubella and polio could become endemic to the U.S. again if vaccine rates decline, according to modeling run by researchers at Stanford Medicine and their colleagues.

Journal: JAMA

Shane Crotty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

La Jolla Institute for Immunology
Grant and Award Announcement

Immunologist Shane Crotty, Ph.D., Professor and Chief Scientific Officer at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Crotty was elected to this prestigious organization in recognition of his leadership in immune system research and his breakthroughs in understanding fundamental aspects of how the immune system works.

Study: potential therapy for uncontrolled hypertension

University of California - San Diego
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers with UC San Diego Health identify a potential new treatment for uncontrolled high blood pressure.

Journal: New England Journal of Medicine
Funder: Mineralys Therapeutics

Research reveals early warning signs for uterine health

University of Missouri-Columbia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine have shed new light on how the uterus develops, leading to a better understanding of female reproductive health while providing clues to early disease detection.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

UMass Amherst tick researchers identify new strain of rickettsia bacteria that causes spotted fever infections in humans

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a residential backyard in Maine, Project ITCH researchers stumbled upon a surprise finding: rabbit ticks harboring a new type of bacteria related to a group of pathogens that can cause sometimes life-threatening spotted fever rickettsioses(SFR) infections in humans. The most common and deadly SFR is Rocky Mountain spotted fever, which has a death rate of 20-30% if not treated promptly with the antibiotic doxycycline.

Journal: Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
Funder: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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