Op-Ed: Vaccine Passports — An Alt-Middle Perspective ZDoggMD isn't sold on the need to carry proof of COVID immunity Mar 31, 2021
No Murder Charge in Alleged Mercy Killing; Anti-Vaxxers Gain New Allies; COVID-21? This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 31, 2021
The COVID Endgame: A Look Into Prasad's Crystal Ball Predictions on the future of vaccines, schools, media, science, and more Mar 30, 2021
Op-Ed: Our Kids' Mental Health Can't Wait Young people are struggling; greater investment in services and support is a must Mar 29, 2021
Redfield: COVID-19 Was in Wuhan in September or October 2019 Former CDC director also tells CNN that the virus likely escaped from a lab Mar 29, 2021
Vaccines and Rare Clotting Disorders: What's the Link? Causal relation appears possible, but evidence still indicates it's extremely rare Mar 25, 2021
Model: Give COVID-19 Vaccine to All Patients Before Surgery Prioritizing surgical patient population could avert more COVID deaths Mar 25, 2021
Benzene Found in Multiple Hand Sanitizer Brands Known human carcinogen can be absorbed through the skin Mar 25, 2021
What to Make of That Danish Reinfection Study? Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, discusses the findings and their takeaway Mar 25, 2021 video
Op-Ed: Blood Cancer Patients Need More COVID Vax Answers Patients are left wondering, "will I be protected?" Mar 24, 2021
They Came for a Caribbean Escape, and Stayed for COVID Shots St. Croix rides wave of vaccine tourism Mar 24, 2021
Nurse Unhooked Patient's Oxygen; Sneaky Code Hides Prices; HIV Surges in W.Va. This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 24, 2021
Hyperglycemia Better Predictor of Severe COVID-19 Than Diabetes Study looked at hospitalized patient outcomes during early months of the pandemic Mar 22, 2021
'They Stopped Treating and the Effect Persisted': What We Heard This Week Quotable quotes from 's sources Mar 21, 2021
Residency Matching Rates Down This Year Surge in registrants driven by pandemic; numbers of matches set records Mar 19, 2021
The 'Tamiflu' Approach to Treating COVID-19 Here's the latest on oral antivirals in development for COVID-19 Mar 18, 2021
COVID-19 Treatments: What's In, What's Out A look at which treatments are effective -- and which aren't Mar 17, 2021
Why Women Experience COVID and the Vaccines Differently Than Men It's chromosomal and hormonal, and maybe sociocultural too Mar 17, 2021 podcast
AstraZeneca Vax Flops Against South African Variant in Early Trial But jury still out as to whether it prevents severe disease from the variant Mar 16, 2021
Op-Ed: Did We Hurt Healthcare Workers With Bad Mask Advice? ZDoggMD discusses new evidence that suggests we did Mar 16, 2021
Why ADE Hasn't Been a Problem With COVID Vaccines Even with new variants, it's unlikely antibody-dependent enhancement will be an issue Mar 16, 2021
Op-Ed: COVID Shot While on a Blood Thinner? One hematologist's strategy for addressing concerns Mar 14, 2021
Healers Lend a Hand to HIV Testing in Rural Uganda Modern medicine benefits from engaging with local traditions Mar 14, 2021
Could One mRNA COVID Shot Be Adequate for Past Infectees? Small study shows powerful antibody response after first dose Mar 13, 2021
To Keep Schools Safe, Should Kids Be Six Feet Apart, or Three? Also, herd immunity probably unreachable unless kids get the shots Mar 11, 2021
'Real-World' Data Suggest COVID Vax Cuts Asymptomatic Infection Risk But like the real world, the reports come with many uncertainties Mar 11, 2021
Self-Unblinding Threatens COVID Vaccine Trial Taking antibody tests a 'small act of scientific sabotage' Mar 11, 2021
Maturation Inhibitor Shows Promise for HIV Encouragement from phase II study, but emergent resistance remains a problem Mar 10, 2021
Do HIV Drug Trials Need Better Infection Tests? Data from PrEP study reveal a sensitivity problem Mar 10, 2021
Dramatic Increase Seen in Getting HIV Patients Into Treatment Percentage of newly diagnosed individuals receiving "timely" therapy doubled in past decade Mar 10, 2021
When Can I Walk Into a Pharmacy and Get a COVID Shot? Walgreens' Rina Shah, PharmD, on the challenges and opportunities Mar 10, 2021 podcast
'Amazon Prime'-Type ART Delivery Worked for South African HIV Patients More experienced viral suppression versus traditional clinic visits Mar 09, 2021
Facebook: A Worthy Judge of Medical Info? The social media giant's fact-checkers are plucked from a constellation of Twitter stars Mar 08, 2021
Op-Ed: The American Psychiatric Association Sickened America It's time to right their wrongs and move toward recovery Mar 07, 2021
FDA Warns Mercola for Selling Bogus COVID Treatments Controversial physician in trouble for claims about vitamin C, vitamin D, and quercetin products Mar 05, 2021
Minnesota Nursing Board Drops Investigation of Fired Nurse Cliff Willmeng was under review after being fired for defying orders about hospital scrubs Mar 04, 2021
Meat and Poultry Processing Workers Need COVID Vaccines, Lawmakers Told Witnesses slam industry for failing to protect workers Mar 02, 2021
