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Suicide mortality increased among adolescents and young adults across the Americas from 2000 to 2021. Rates varied by age, sex, and region, with widening disparities observed in population-level data.

A meta-analysis of 232,655 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases found no statistically significant difference in favorable neurologic outcomes or survival to hospital discharge between bystander standard CPR with ventilation and chest compression-only CPR.

Each additional hour of daily digital screen exposure was associated with 21% higher odds of myopia in a 335,524-participant meta-analysis, with the steepest odds increase observed between 1 and 4 hours of daily exposure, though substantial heterogeneity and cross-sectional study designs precluded causal conclusions.

A Senate investigative report alleged that federal health officials received early signals of myocarditis and pericarditis following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in adolescents and young adults months before public advisories were issued, citing internal agency communications and subpoenaed HHS documents.

As of May 7, 2026, three passengers had died and additional suspected cases emerged aboard a cruise ship cluster linked to Andes hantavirus, the one strain documented to spread person-to-person.

A SARS-CoV-2 variant designated BA.3.2, or “Cicada,” has been added to the WHO variants under monitoring list, with wastewater detection across at least 25 US states and 132 locations.