Certain Medications Tied to Post-COVID Pulmonary Fibrosis Rituximab and chemotherapy singled out in U.S. dataset Aug 08, 2023
Nose-Picking Health Workers Had Higher COVID Risk "Deserves more consideration as a potential health hazard," researchers say Aug 03, 2023
COVID Cleared of Increasing Risk of Type 1 Diabetes in Kids? Prospective data contradict associations seen in prior studies during the pandemic Aug 02, 2023
FDA Head Robert Califf Battles Misinformation — Sometimes With Fuzzy Facts Often, the misinformation is about misinformation Jul 30, 2023
People With HIV Had Only a Modest Reduction in Death During Omicron Wave Mortality rates among hospitalized patients were 20% versus 10% for people without HIV Jul 26, 2023
U.S. Suspends Wuhan Lab Funding; 'Zombie' Clinical Trials; Wachter's COVID Scare This past week in healthcare investigations Jul 19, 2023
Lisa Marie Presley's Cause of Death; End of AIDS? Human-Animal COVID Transmission Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Jul 14, 2023
Fired COVID Whistleblower Will Take His Case to Trial With New Lawyers "I would really regret it, if I didn't at least try to change healthcare" Jul 13, 2023
COVID-19 Impaired Fertility Treatments IVF and sperm injections less effective after infection, Chinese researchers say Jul 13, 2023
The Straw-Man Argument Against California's COVID Misinfo Law We must uphold this crucial law for protecting patients against falsehoods Jul 09, 2023
Role for Paxlovid in Younger COVID Patients With Serious Comorbidities Better outcomes for people with cancer or heart disease, matched cohort finds Jul 06, 2023
COVID Infection May Impair Semen Quality, Even After Mild Cases Jury still out on whether infection can cause permanent seminal damage, however Jun 30, 2023
Stanford Study of Paxlovid for Long COVID Stopped Early Enrollment was halted earlier than planned after interim analysis Jun 30, 2023
Biden Put on CPAP; Madonna in ICU; Mandatory Masks Back at Boston Hospital Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Jun 29, 2023
What Do We Know About the EU.1.1 COVID Variant? It's a descendant of XBB.1.5, but it "isn't setting off any red flags for me," expert says Jun 27, 2023
The Next CDC Director Could Learn a Thing or Two From Warren Buffett Restoring trust in the agency will require more than just science Jun 27, 2023
Anti-Vaxxers Stalked Peter Hotez at His Home The incident follows a Twitter exchange regarding Joe Rogan's podcast Jun 21, 2023
Type 2 Diabetes Cases in Kids Still Rising After 'Return to Normal' Once they returned to school, we thought things would normalize, researcher says Jun 20, 2023
States Must Stop Criminalizing Medicine, AMA Delegates Say "This is unacceptable...and it's time for us to push back" Jun 11, 2023
Did FDA Apply Rigorous Standards in Approving Paxlovid? Evidence for all relevant studies should be accessible Jun 09, 2023
Daylong N95 Masking Alters Heart Rate, Respiration However, observations do not fall into territory of harm, according to exercise physiologists Jun 09, 2023
How Vax Skeptics Sow Doubt; Gun Death Every 11 Minutes; 90210 Star's Cancer Spreads Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Jun 08, 2023
Fired COVID Whistleblower Doesn't Want to Settle His Case Ming Lin, MD, says he wants an admission of wrongdoing instead of millions Jun 01, 2023
Long COVID Cognitive, Depressive Symptoms Tied to Brain Inflammation Marker PET scans suggest gliosis may accompany persistent neurocognitive symptoms May 31, 2023
Overuse of Some Disinfectants Can Do More Harm Than Good Health systems must eliminate unnecessary uses of QACs May 30, 2023
How Black Americans Lost 80 Million Years of Life Over the Past Two Decades Groundbreaking study finds 1.63 million excess deaths in U.S. Black population over 22 years May 24, 2023 video
Leading Through Crisis at the WHO Soumya Swaminathan, MD, discusses COVID misinformation and being the WHO's first chief scientist May 23, 2023 podcast
A COVID Test Medicare Scam May Be a Trial Run for Further Fraud The temporary pandemic benefit could have lingering consequences for seniors May 21, 2023
Physical Medicine Academy Issues Guidance on Long COVID Neurologic Symptoms Clinicians need to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, PM&R specialists say May 18, 2023
Masking Yields Small Reduction in COVID Risk, Review Concludes Surgical masks or N95s should still be worn in healthcare settings, urge editorial authors May 15, 2023
Are We Ready for the Long COVID Long-Haul? The COVID public health emergency may be over, but this condition isn't going away May 14, 2023
Sleep Apnea Patients Prone to Higher Long COVID Risk Study suggests close monitoring of adults with obstructive sleep apnea May 12, 2023
As the COVID PHE Ends, Here's What Doctors Are Carrying Forward Responses range the spectrum, from asking patients to mask, to not changing a thing May 10, 2023
Removing the COVID Blindfold A few lessons learned as we move beyond the public health emergency May 10, 2023
Data Leaked From Conservative Docs Group; Anti-Vax Legal Network; Cutting Copay Help This past week in healthcare investigations May 10, 2023
Gut Bacteria Cocktail Helps Long COVID Oral treatment alleviates symptoms better than placebo May 09, 2023
Neurologic Long COVID Patients Show Immune Dysregulation Autonomic dysfunction also emerges, NIH study shows May 08, 2023
No Masks in Long COVID Study? Participants Aren't Happy Stanford says masks are no longer mandatory, but are recommended May 03, 2023
