Op-Ed: Why I Refuse to Get the COVID Vaccine Right Now America's vaccine rollout is widening socioeconomic and racial inequities Jan 04, 2021
CDC Updates Contraindications to COVID-19 Vaccination Casts wider net on allergic reactions to vaccine components Jan 04, 2021
Promising Peanut Allergy Treatments Hit Snags in 2020 COVID-19 interrupts Palforzia rollout; FDA slams door on competitor's patch therapy Jan 03, 2021
Gabapentinoids Plus Opioids Up Overdose Risk After Surgery Absolute risks of adverse events were low, however Dec 29, 2020
Metformin Recalls Ballooned in 2020 Last addition to the list in November brought number to 254 products recalled Dec 29, 2020
Op-Ed: Why Did Fauci Move the Herd Immunity Goal Posts? Scientists play a dangerous game when they tailor factual statements to promote policy goals Dec 29, 2020
Rising Out-of-Pocket Costs for Neurology Visits, Diagnostic Tests Neurologist distribution varies widely, as does involvement in patient care Dec 28, 2020
Black Doctor Who Died of COVID Said Racism Impacted Care Susan Moore, MD, said she had to beg for proper care: "This is how Black people get killed" Dec 23, 2020
Bamlanivimab Flops in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Published results confirm why ACTIV-3 trial was stopped for futility Dec 23, 2020
What Has COVID-19 Done to Child Welfare? The evidence is unclear; some see the pandemic as a chance to revamp systems toward prevention Dec 23, 2020
How Do We Inject Confidence Into Vaccine Hesitant Americans? "We need to really up our game in terms of communicating," says Peter Hotez, MD, PhD Dec 23, 2020 podcast
Vascular Surgeon Pleads Guilty in Blood Vessel Scam Physician performed unnecessary procedures and faked thousands of insurance claims, feds say Dec 22, 2020
GI Bleeds Tied to Worse Prognosis for COVID-19 Inpatients Anticoagulation or antiplatelet agents not tied to higher risk of bleeding in cohort study Dec 22, 2020
Op-Ed: Atlas Shrugged? The Legacy of Scott Atlas, MD Did he always put science before agenda? Dec 20, 2020
Most Allergic Reactions Not Enough to Nix COVID-19 Vaccine More observation may be all that's required, even among those with history of severe reactions Dec 18, 2020
House Dems, GOP Agree: Sacklers, Purdue Pharma 'Sickening' "I'm not sure I'm aware of any family in America that's more evil than yours" Dec 17, 2020
As COVID-19 Rages, Vaping Lung Disease Hasn't Disappeared COVID similarities complicate EVALI diagnosis Dec 17, 2020
Airlines Rely on Honor System to Keep COVID Off Planes Major carriers simply ask people at check-in to certify that they haven't had COVID symptoms Dec 17, 2020
'We Want Them Infected'; Extra Vax Doses; Tom Cruise, Distancing Enforcer A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Dec 17, 2020
Trazodone-Sildenafil Mix-Up; Ibogaine Minus Hallucinations; Facebook Flags Distress News and commentary from the psychiatry world Dec 16, 2020
FDA Panel Backs Entresto, Spironolactone for Broader HF Use But committee stops short of advocating categorical approval for HFpEF Dec 16, 2020
FDA OK's First-Ever Synthetic Implant for ACL Tears Bioresorbable device fills gap between torn ligament ends Dec 16, 2020
Are Old Vaccines Helpful Against COVID-19? They rev the innate immune response, which appears to play a key role in fighting COVID-19 Dec 16, 2020
FDA Review Gives Rosy Outlook for What Could Be First HFpEF Drugs Advisory committee weigh unusual moves for Entresto and spironolactone Dec 14, 2020
Longer Diabetes Duration Means More Complications Later On Early prevention efforts key for young people, researchers urged Dec 14, 2020
HHS Clarifies Difference Between Guidance and Rules Some previous guidance may have unlawfully created new rules, agency says Dec 14, 2020
ER Doc Cleavon Gilman 'Fired' for Tweet, Hopes to Return to Work 'Outpouring of support' from community convinced him to stay Dec 12, 2020
Greenhouse Gas Emissions From U.S. Healthcare On the Rise U.S. healthcare sector pollutes more than any other industrialized health system in the world Dec 11, 2020
Over 73% of U.S. Adults Overweight or Obese Obesity rate up by half since 1999-2000, NHANES data indicate; nearly 10% severely obese Dec 11, 2020
Hospital Teams with Marvel for Nurse Superhero Comic Allegheny Health Network finds unique way to thank front-line nurses during the pandemic Dec 10, 2020
Gland Larceny: When Testicle Thefts Took Chicago by Storm Male rejuvenation craze sparked kidnappings and organ harvesting Dec 09, 2020
Derm Symptoms Signal MIS-C in Kids Case series shows mucocutaneous findings in most children Dec 09, 2020
