Biden Administration Beefs Up Access to COVID Antiviral Pills Secures 20 million courses of Paxlovid, plans to offer antiviral at up to 20,000 more pharmacies Apr 26, 2022
Experts Break Down What Could Help Improve Access to Paxlovid "A lot of it boils down to a lack of patient and provider familiarity with the medication" Apr 26, 2022
The Pandemic Was Not the Culprit in Dr. Lorna Breen's Suicide "Treatment without consequences" could have saved her life Apr 25, 2022
Study Debunks COVID Vaccine Side Effect? Danish study finds no association between mRNA vaccines and appendicitis Apr 25, 2022
CDC Issues Advisory on Mystery Hepatitis Cases in Kids Agency eyes adenovirus infection as possible cause behind recently reported cases Apr 22, 2022
New Studies Offer Conflicting Takes on Prone Positioning in COVID One trial suggests at least an intubation benefit, while another finds no value and possible harm Apr 22, 2022
CDC Panel Wary of 'Booster Fatigue' in COVID Vaccination Planning "We need to be thinking about how to make a better vaccine," suggests one ACIP member Apr 20, 2022
Vision-Threatening Retinal Condition Linked to COVID-19 Rates of rare retinal vein occlusion jumped after infection, although overall numbers remain low Apr 14, 2022
What Proportion of Doctors Are Vaccine Hesitant? Researchers conducting a new survey said the answer was far higher than expected Apr 13, 2022
Meningitis B Vaccine May Protect Against ... Gonorrhea? Evidence from the U.S. and Australia indicates vaccine provides modest protection Apr 12, 2022
Meet This Year's Healthcare Billionaires HCA founder and Cook Group medical device developer make 2022 list of Forbes Billionaires Apr 12, 2022
Overall, Post-COVID Vax Myocarditis Rates Similar to Other Vaccines 75-year literature review finds incidence comparable to non-COVID vaccines Apr 11, 2022
Flu a Consistent Threat to ESRD Patients Those with advanced-stage kidney disease had 28% higher risk of in-hospital death Apr 08, 2022
COVID-Related AKI Chronically Hard on Kidneys More critically ill COVID patients developed CKD versus bacterial pneumonia patients Apr 08, 2022
COVID Origins and EcoHealth Alliance; Malone Didn't Invent mRNA Vaccines This past week in healthcare investigations Apr 06, 2022
White House Rolls Out National Plan to Fight Long COVID New initiative aims to better understand, prevent, detect, and treat the condition Apr 05, 2022
Nafcillin a Safe Option for Late-Onset Sepsis in Preemies Guidelines to reduce vancomycin use at an Ohio hospital did not affect mortality rate Apr 05, 2022
Persistent Brain Fog After Mild COVID Infection Tied to CSF Markers Immune activation, immunovascular markers elevated in people with long COVID cognitive changes Apr 04, 2022
Flu Vaccine Didn't Stop Vascular Events in Heart Failure Patients But study in lower income countries sees hint of benefit during peak disease season Apr 04, 2022
HHS Claws Back $100 Million in Provider Pandemic Relief Money Providers who did not comply with agency's reporting requirements forced to pay back pandemic aid Apr 01, 2022
What Drives Post-COVID Cognitive Changes? New research hints at why COVID brain fog may persist Apr 01, 2022
Mix and Match mRNA Boosters? It May Be a Good Idea, Experts Say "You can diversify your immune response as much as possible to get maximal protective immunity" Mar 31, 2022
CDC Reports Warn of Teen 'Mental Health Crisis' During Pandemic In survey, over one-third of high school students reported poor mental health Mar 31, 2022
Higher Dose Primaquine Promising for Malaria Relapse Prevention Brazilian study found more patients avoided relapse versus currently recommended regimen Mar 31, 2022
CDC's Border Restriction Changes; Biden Gets Boosted; Why Are People Unhinged? A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Mar 31, 2022
Largest Ivermectin Trial Fails to Show Benefit in COVID Outpatients Antiparasitic didn't result in lower incidence of hospital admission or prolonged ED stay Mar 30, 2022
Reassuring Data on Two-Dose Hep B Vaccine, Risk of Acute MI No significantly greater risk with Heplisav-B versus Engerix-B Mar 28, 2022
Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine No Problem for Kids With Asthma Contrary to CDC guidance, nasal spray did not increase asthma exacerbations Mar 28, 2022
Wisconsin Makes Threats Against Healthcare Workers a Felony Offenders could go to prison for 6 years, but is that enough to prevent harassment and violence? Mar 25, 2022
It's Not Over for Aspirin in Moderate COVID-19 Results more favorable for older people, those with comorbidities Mar 24, 2022
Blood Clots More Likely With COVID Versus Pneumonia More testing needed in COVID patients, researchers say Mar 24, 2022
Simpler Antifungal Course Works for Cryptococcal Meningitis in Africa Single high-dose antifungal-based regimen non-inferior to standard WHO-recommended treatment Mar 23, 2022
Moderna's COVID Vax for Youngest Kids Hits Important Milestones Company plans to submit to FDA for emergency use authorization Mar 23, 2022
Antiplatelets Don't Get Critically Ill COVID Patients Off Ventilation Sooner REMAP-CAP trial weighs in on addition of aspirin, P2Y12 inhibitors Mar 22, 2022
Shoulder Injury More Common After Certain Vaccines Population-based approach looks at highest risk intramuscular jabs, demographic factors Mar 21, 2022
COVID Vaccines Staved Off Severe Outcomes During Omicron Racial disparities in hospitalizations also highlighted in latest CDC studies Mar 18, 2022
I Ran Out of Compartments It's unsustainable to endlessly compartmentalize in the medical profession Mar 18, 2022
Awake Prone Positioning: Which COVID Patients Benefit? Meta-analysis supports maneuver to reduce need for intubation in these groups Mar 17, 2022
Default Order in Hospitals' EHR Doubles Hepatitis C Screening About 70% of patients completed screening with intervention versus 38% with conventional alert Mar 17, 2022
