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ACIP: Health workers, long-term care residents first tier for COVID-19 vaccine
State health departments are expected to rely on the recommendation, but ultimately can make their own decisions on how to allocate vaccine in...
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Are more female physicians leaving medicine as pandemic surges?
“I have done the academically unfathomable: I am resigning my faculty position without another job lined up.”
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Moderna filing for FDA emergency COVID-19 vaccine approval, reports 94.1% efficacy
Vaccine efficacy remained consistent across different groups analyzed by age, race/ethnicity, and gender.
From the Journals
Blood glucose on admission predicts COVID-19 severity in all
Those with abnormally high glucose levels were more than twice as likely to die from the virus than were those with normal readings.
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Approval of COVID-19 vaccines will change nature of clinical trials
Medical ethicists point out there may be ethical dilemmas involved in continuing clinical trials once a vaccine has been approved.
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Immune checkpoint inhibitors don’t increase COVID-19 incidence or mortality, studies suggest
Cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors are not significantly more likely to develop or die from COVID-19, two studies suggest...
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CDC panel delves into priorities for COVID vaccine distribution
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COVID-19 cases in children continue to set records
More than 1.18 million U.S. children have been infected by the coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic.
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AMA takes on vaccine misinformation, physician vaccines, racism
The AMA House of Delegates recently issued multiple new policies on controversial topics that many clinicians face on a regular basis.
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Pfizer files for FDA emergency use authorization of COVID vaccine
“The process of the speed did not compromise at all safety, nor did it compromise scientific integrity.”
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FDA authorizes baricitinib combo for COVID-19