Machine learning prediction of procalcitonin positivity using inexpensive routine laboratory tests may reduce procalcitonin test volume and support diagnostic stewardship.
A population-based study of 1102 Canadian children found infants with bone and soft tissue tumors had poorer survival, driven largely by treatment deaths.
After Pennsylvania began rewarding Medicaid managed care plans for increasing well-child visits among Black infants, rates did not change significantly overall but varied by region.
A case report describes the first KRAS::ETNK1 fusion in MDS/MPN with eosinophilia; the fusion disappeared when disease relapsed as AML after transplant.
Hepatitis B functional cure with bepirovirsen held in 90% to 92% of responders 48 weeks after stopping all therapy, per data at The Liver Meeting 2026.