During the 3-year study period, 8,340 idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis deaths in men and 5,908 deaths in women might have resulted from occupational exposures.
Data from both Medicaid claims and enrollment, rather than claims data only, identified an additional 14,163 Medicaid members who reported using tobacco in King County, Washington.
About 6.8 million fewer adults exclusively smoked cigarettes in 2023 compared to 2017, but about 7.2 million more adults exclusively used e-cigarettes.
During the weeks ending September 22-December 22, 2024, a type 2 variant poliovirus was detected in 35 wastewater samples collected from 17 sites in 16 cities in five European countries: Spain, Poland, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Finland.
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