ACIP OKs Changes to 2021 Vax Schedule Includes changes to menACWY, zoster, and language about severe allergic reactions to flu vax Oct 29, 2020
Cardiac ICU: AHA Drafts Guidance for Best Practices Scientific statement aims to optimize specialized critical care, pending more rigorous evidence Oct 29, 2020
COVID-19 Racism Takes Toll on Chinese Americans’ Mental Health Slurs perpetuated online, in-person become everyday reality for many families, survey reveals Oct 28, 2020
Some Hospitals Giving Back CARES Act Funds Not clear if they're returning unspent money or simply repaying loans; reporting discrepancies abound Oct 28, 2020
Watch for Weight Gain When Switching Tenofovir HIV Regimens Could TDF act as weight suppressant? Oct 28, 2020
Initial GI Symptoms Independently Tied to Poor COVID-19 Outcomes Separate study finds diarrhea as a presenting symptom portended worse disease Oct 27, 2020
Homeless Camps Less Risky Than Shelters for COVID-19 Common-sense hunch gets backing in study Oct 27, 2020
Physicians Push Back on Trump's Claim of Inflated COVID Deaths Accusations provoke outrage; but president has his believers too Oct 27, 2020
Infectious Disease Docs Get Same Pay for More Work During Pandemic Some survey respondents report negative financial impact Oct 26, 2020
Acute HIV Cases Turn Up in COVID Screening Similar symptoms result in surge in finding new infections at one institution Oct 26, 2020
Fluad on Par With High-Dose Flu Vax in High-Risk Seniors Real-world data also shows higher effectiveness with adjuvanted trivalent flu vaccine vs standard Oct 25, 2020
When COVID-19 Hit, Antibiotic Use in VA Hospitals Spiked Up Pandemic wiped out years of progress in antibiotic stewardship Oct 24, 2020
Ethics Consult: Keep Dead Man's Medical Secret? MD/JD Weighs In You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion Oct 23, 2020
COVID Deaths Drop in the Hospitalized; Miracle Mouthwash? New Organ Discovered A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Oct 21, 2020
First COVID-19 Wave Offers ICUs Lessons for Next Time Medication shortages forced hospitals to get creative, but staff shortages still loom large Oct 20, 2020
Who Are the Scientists Behind the Great Barrington Declaration? All three have advocated against lockdown measures since the start of the pandemic Oct 19, 2020
Op-Ed: Great Barrington vs John Snow Is a False Choice Should whomever gets the most signatures decide our fate? Oct 16, 2020
COVID Heart Autopsies Point More to Clot Damage Than Myocarditis Results bolster case for anticoagulation in hospitalized patients Oct 15, 2020
Was COVID-19 Really the Killer? Panel addresses determination of "death from" versus "death with" coronavirus infection Oct 15, 2020
More Evidence Points to Role of Blood Type in COVID-19 Two studies find ties to infection susceptibility, severity, but with caveats Oct 14, 2020
Registry: Door-to-Balloon Times No Slower in COVID-19 Patients North American registry shows worse outcomes even so Oct 14, 2020
The Rise of the 'Payvider' and Other Healthcare Trends to Watch David Nash, MD, lists this year's "Dirty Dozen" trends in healthcare Oct 07, 2020
Virtual Heart Failure Care No Substitute for the Face-to-Face Visit? Reduced GDMT titration suggests a dip in quality of care Oct 05, 2020
Kaletra Again Fails for Moderate-to-Severe COVID-19 RECOVERY trial affirms smaller trial findings Oct 05, 2020
Mask Mandate Exemptions Put Pulmonary Patients at Risk Exemptions aren't evidence based, respiratory group says Oct 02, 2020
CSF Leak From COVID-19 Nasal Swab Reported Patient had unusual vulnerability; clinicians urged to check patients' surgical history Oct 01, 2020
With H. Pylori, Higher-Dose PPIs May Promote Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia Retrospective Israeli study comes with many caveats, however Sep 24, 2020
Popular Therapy Fails to Reduce C-Section Infection Risk Increased risk of adverse skin reactions brings trial to a halt Sep 22, 2020
COVID-19 in Health Workers; Stimulating New White Blood Cells: It's TTHealthWatch! This week's topics also include gene expression and COVID infection, and outbreaks in childcare settings Sep 19, 2020 podcast
Case Report Links Parkinson's Disease to COVID-19 Parkinson's symptoms emerged after patient was hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 Sep 18, 2020
Does Virus Dose or Load Predict How Sick You Get With COVID-19? Initial exposure, strength of virus infection both seen as contributors to illness severity Sep 18, 2020
Flu, COVID-19 or Both? Don't Overlook Co-Infection, CDC Urges With overlapping signs and symptoms, surveillance, testing more important than ever Sep 17, 2020
CDC: COVID-19 Wiped Out the Flu Around the World This Year Community mitigation measures halted the other pandemic here and abroad... but winter is coming Sep 17, 2020
Post-COVID Heart Scans Without Symptoms: Not a Good Idea Multidisciplinary group urges against general population screening Sep 15, 2020
