Health officials in New Jersey warned that travelers at a busy airport may have been exposed to measles.
The New Jersey Department of Health said Monday that a person with an infectious case of measles traveled through Newark Liberty International Airport on Dec. 12.
Specifically, the health department warned that anyone who was in terminals B and C between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on that date may have been exposed to measles and could develop symptoms as late as Jan. 2 — 21 days after exposure, the maximum incubation time for measles.
The department apologized for incorrectly identifying the

I found this issue’s cover story on the role of the microbiome in eye health and disease quite interesting.
A normal microbiome contains a stable population of core commensal microbes with a symbiotic relationship, sustaining themselves and enhancing an individual’s general health or the health of a tissue or organ, including the eye. An abnormal microbiome, called dysbiosis, is characterized by an altered composition of the normal microbiome, reducing the ability of the body or eyes to maintain health, which can induce disease. I must admit that in my 5 decades of practice, I never placed the

Individuals with a rare form of epilepsy treated with fenfluramine experienced significantly greater seizure reduction as well as clinically meaningful global functioning improvement compared with placebo at 14 weeks, according to a poster.
“CDKL5 deficiency disorder (CDD) is an ultra-rare, X-linked developmental and epileptic encephalopathy characterized by very early-onset, highly drug-resistant seizures and profound global developmental impairment,” Nicola Specchio, MD, PhD, FRCP, chair of the Neurology, Epilepsy and Movement Disorders Unit at Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome, told

Results showed collared fully hydroxyapatite-coated femoral components had lower rates of postoperative periprosthetic femoral fractures but higher rates of intraoperative periprosthetic femoral fractures vs. flat-tapered wedge designs.
“Propensity score matching revealed that the incidence of early [postoperative periprosthetic femoral fractures] was significantly lower in collared fully [hydroxyapatite]-coated femoral components than in flat-tapered wedge femoral components,” Rui Hirasawa, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the department of orthopedic surgery of the Graduate School of

An American Heart Association presidential advisory in 2023 introduced a new term: cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome.
Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome is an interconnected pathophysiologic set of conditions that encompasses obesity, prediabetes, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and chronic kidney disease (CKD) with cardiovascular disease that increases the risk for conditions such as atherosclerotic CVD (ASCVD), heart failure, coronary heart disease, stroke and CV death.
It is estimated that nearly 90 million adults in the United States, nearly one in three, meet the criteria

Neighborhood-level social determinants of health were associated with varying cancer risks and greater mortality among kidney transplant recipients, according to study results.
Cancer is a leading cause of death for kidney transplant recipients, particularly those living in disadvantaged neighborhoods, according to Yue-Harn Ng, MD, MPH, clinical professor of medicine and director of the transplant fellowship program at University of Washington, and colleagues. However, there is limited data on posttransplant cancer-related outcomes for kidney recipients, the researchers wrote.
“There is ample

ORLANDO — By utilizing three wavelength channels, as well as OCT scanning, the Optos Silverstone RGB retinal imaging device allows for a more detailed screening of the retina, according to a speaker.
“With RGB, we get the advantage of much better information on the vitreoretinal interface, the superficial retinal layers and the optic nerve head,” Paulo-Eduardo Stanga, MD, told Healio at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting. “With RG, we get more information on deep structures like, for example, choroidal nevi.”
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The device, which launched during the meeting, has red, green and

Young adults reported elevated levels of loneliness even though they had strong social connections, which may be due to rapid changes many experience at this point in their lives, according to a study published in PLOS One.
The survey of 4,812 adults aged 18 to 95 years assessed their social well-being (defined as companionship, friendship support and the number of friends) and social ill-being (defined as feelings of loneliness and disconnection).
Young adults as well as respondents reporting many life changes in the previous year were more likely to have high social well-being but also

Prophylactic intramuscular vitamin K administration in newborns decreased from 2017 to 2024, according to a recent research letter published in JAMA.
Study author Kristan Scott, MD, a neonatologist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), told Healio the decrease was not surprising but the magnitude of the drop was.
“We will now have a population of vulnerable babies who could face severe consequences,” he said. “The consequences that I worry about are bleeding from the GI tract, bleeding into the brain and even death.”
The American Academy of Pediatrics

Active rash, interstitial lung disease and elevated neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio were independently associated with in-hospital mortality among patients with dermatomyositis, according to a study.
“Dermatomyositis is a multisystem disease, and skin is one of the organs that is very frequently affected,” Jun Kang, MD, assistant professor of dermatology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, told Healio. “These patients can also get lung disease and, unfortunately, get very sick and die.”
For many people with dermatomyositis, hospitalization due to symptom exacerbation, comorbidities