COVID-19 Updates
Conference Coverage
COVID-19 ICU visit restrictions add to staff stress, burnout
Livin' on the MDedge
The compass that points toward food
Plus COVID-19 resisters, the power of parasites, and pandemic memes.
News
FDA authorizes boosters for Moderna, J&J, allows mix-and-match
The move gives the vaccine experts on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices latitude to...
News
White House announces vaccination plans for younger children
The shots could be available in early November.
Feature
Why toilet paper is the unofficial symbol of anxiety during COVID
A year and half into the pandemic, people are hypervigilant to danger. Any hint of a possible toilet paper shortage can provoke anxiety.
Managing Your Practice
COVID-19: Can doctors refuse to see unvaccinated patients?
In the end, every private practitioner will have to make his or her own decision on this question.
Latest News
Paper linking COVID-19 vaccines to myocarditis is temporarily removed without explanation
Elsevier has temporarily removed more than 100 papers since 2005, by our count. The papers are often reinstated without any mention of why the...
From the Journals
Few JAK inhibitor users have diminished immune response to COVID-19 vaccines
Most patients taking JAK inhibitors had seemingly adequate immune responses based on serologic assessment of detectable antibodies, but those...
News
FDA panel backs second dose for Johnson & Johnson vaccine recipients
It will be up to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) panel to make more specific recommendations for who might need another shot....
From the Journals
Substance abuse boosts COVID hospitalization, death risk, even after vaccination
Investigators found about twice as many individuals with an SUD had a breakthrough COVID-19 infection as their counterparts without an SUD.
Feature
How the Navajo’s cultural values are driving COVID vaccinations
“We’re a very social culture, so having to isolate really impacted our mental health,” said Dr. Mary Hasbah Roessel.