This 2024 Recommendation Statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force concludes that current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening and routine supplementation for iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in pregnant persons to prevent adverse maternal and infant health outcomes (I statement).
This systematic review to support a 2024 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement summarizes published evidence on the benefits and harms of iron supplementation, and screening for iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia, during pregnancy.
This Viewpoint discusses the current mpox outbreak in Africa and why countries worldwide must urgently act to address it after the World Health Organization declared the event a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
This JAMA Patient Page discusses the pros and cons of screening for iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy.
This randomized clinical trial assesses the effect of tranexamic acid vs placebo on the need for blood transfusion among patients undergoing cancer-related liver resection.
This study estimates the association between Florida’s red flag law enactment and firearm and nonfirearm homicide and suicide rates.
This Medical News article discusses the introduction of coursework on climate change in medical schools, residency programs, and beyond.
This Medical News article is an interview about the latest findings presented at the recent Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.
This study assesses the long-term outcomes of uterus transplant to determine whether uterus transplant is feasible, safe, and results in births of healthy infants.
In this narrative medicine essay, a pediatric critical care physician explores the right moment to speak with parents about their child’s life or death outcome, relying on the various elements involved in predicting, an iffy endeavor.
This JAMA Patient Page describes the viral infection dengue and its signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention measures.
This randomized clinical trial assesses whether edetate-disodium–based chelation infusions decreases cardiovascular disease events compared with placebo among patients with diabetes and prior myocardial infarction.
This national cohort survey of older adults assesses which health-related concerns they consider to be most salient in the 2024 election.
This Viewpoint describes new maximum contaminant levels set by the Environmental Protection Agency for specific perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and discusses the role clinicians can play in addressing their patients’ PFAS health concerns.
This JAMA Insights examines the history, diagnosis, prevention, and stigma of genital herpes infection in the US and explores treatments such as suppressive therapy.
This population-based cohort study used health care utilization data for pregnant individuals with opioid use disorder to compare neonatal and maternal outcomes following prenatal exposure to buprenorphine combined with naloxone vs buprenorphine alone.
This study evaluates the frequency of terminal disclaimers filed by drug patent holders to obviate obviousness-type double patenting rejections associated with drug patent thickets.
This Viewpoint highlights the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) health care tools to introduce unintended patient harm; calls for an efficient, rigorous approach to AI testing and certification that is the shared responsibility of developers and users; and makes recommendations to inform such an approach.
This Viewpoint discusses a suggested framework of local registries to record and track all health artificial intelligence technologies used in clinical care, with the goal of providing transparency on these technologies and helping speed adoption while also protecting patient well-being.
This narrative review investigates the use of direct oral anticoagulants to treat patients undergoing surgical and nonsurgical procedures and the most effective management strategies for these medications based on the type of procedure, including elective, emergent, urgent, or semiurgent.
This Viewpoint examines the implementation of the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act, known as the PACT Act, which expanded health care for millions of veterans from any era exposed to toxic hazards.
This Medical News article is an interview with US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, and JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, about his call for a warning label on social media platforms.
This population-based case-control study assesses the association of commonly prescribed oral antibiotics with serious cutaneous adverse drug reactions and characterizes outcomes of patients hospitalized for them.
This Viewpoint summarizes methods used by health care organizations to assess and improve clinician well-being, discusses the potential downsides of public reporting of clinician well-being survey data, and calls for making organizations’ adherence to structure and process measures a part of accreditation criteria.
This Viewpoint from the National Center for Health Statistics reports the leading causes of death in the US from 2019 to 2023, including the emergence of COVID-19 and shifts in other top causes as pandemic deaths decreased.
In this narrative medicine essay, a pediatric and internal medicine physician and her husband reach a difficult crossroads upon learning that their unborn daughter has a severe heart defect.
This randomized clinical trial compares the effectiveness of a tailored, interactive text message program for nicotine vaping cessation vs assessment only among US adolescents aged 13-17 years.
This study characterizes and quantifies constituents in 2 e-cigarette products to assess product consistency and inform future risk assessments.
This JAMA Insights reviews the health effects of vaping among youth in the US and current recommendations for screening and treatment.
This JAMA Insights explores the adverse effects and health outcomes of e-cigarettes vs combusted cigarettes and the effectiveness of using e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation aid among US adults.
This Medical News story examines the controversy surrounding the FDA’s first authorization of flavored e-cigarettes, in this case menthol.
This JAMA Patient Page describes e-cigarettes and the potential health effects of vaping.
This Special Communication proposes expanding clinical research to include rigorous evaluation of multiple data sources and types and to enable reuse of health data for many purposes to produce evidence about medical interventions.
This Viewpoint explores partisan attitudes toward Medicaid in the 2024 US election and the implications for access to care and health equity if a Republican proposal that includes work requirements and block grants moves forward.
This Viewpoint discusses the high cost of new gene therapies for sickle cell disease, the challenges these costs pose for health care access, and new policy approaches to ensure fair reimbursement for payers and manufacturers without further increasing health care costs or barriers to access for underserved populations.
This Review summarizes the current evidence regarding the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of obesity in adolescents, with a focus on management of obesity.
This Medical News story discusses the rise in ransomware cyberattacks on health care, as well as new cybersecurity initiatives.
This Medical News article discusses recent findings that help explain Staphylococcus aureus vaccine failures.
This prospective diagnostic study examines the accuracy of an AI-enabled ultrasonography tool in estimating gestational age when used by those with no prior training in sonography.
This Viewpoint reviews the history of mandates governing access to medical diagnostic equipment in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and reviews the new rules.
This JAMA Patient Page describes the types of canker sores and how they can be treated.