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Preliminary Estimates Indicate the 2023 COLA May Be Significant

News & Updates, , , , , Cathy Ochoa

Tampa, FL (Law Firm Newswire) November 01, 2022 – Each year, the Social Security Administration, the federal agency tasked with administering Social Security benefits, reviews the monthly benefit payments made to recipients to determine whether they provide the same purchasing power as the year before. If the SSA determines that inflationary pressures reduced the purchasing … Continue reading Preliminary Estimates Indicate the 2023 COLA May Be Significant →

CDC Provides First In-Season Estimates of Flu Illnesses, Medical Visits, and Hospitalizations

News & Updates, , , , , , , Harold Richey

According to new data released by CDC, so far during the 2018-2019 season between about 6 and 7 million people have been sick with flu, up to half of those people have sought medical care for their illness, and between 69,000 and 84,000 people have been hospitalized from flu. This is the first time these … Continue reading CDC Provides First In-Season Estimates of Flu Illnesses, Medical Visits, and Hospitalizations →

CDC estimates 1 in 5 people in the U.S. have a sexually transmitted infection

News & Updates, , , , , , Geraldine Ibarra

New data published by the CDC estimate that on any given day in 2018, 1 in 5 people in the U.S. had a sexually transmitted infection (STI). The analyses, published in the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases, show the burden of diagnosed and undiagnosed STIs in the U.S. and the estimated medical costs associated with STIs.

CDC expands local area health estimates to include data for the entire U.S. New PLACES data help inform local health decisions

News & Updates, , , , , , , , , , , , Joyce Lawson

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced the expansion of the 500 Cities Project, a 2016 initiative to provide city- and neighborhood-level health estimates for a large portion of the nation’s population. The project is being renamed PLACES, and now provides Population Level Analysis and Community Estimates to the entire United States … Continue reading CDC expands local area health estimates to include data for the entire U.S. New PLACES data help inform local health decisions →

CDC Releases First National Estimates on Diabetes within Hispanic and Asian Populations in the US

News & Updates, , , , , , , , Matthew Gordon

In a study published today in JAMA Internal Medicine, CDC researchers examined the percentage of people living with diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes in Hispanic and non-Hispanic Asian subpopulations.