COVID-19 Updates
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‘Empathy fatigue’ in clinicians rises with latest COVID-19 surge
It is not shameful for clinicians to acknowledge that they experience emotions such as frustration, anger, sadness, and anxiety, said Dr. Mona...
Letters from Maine
Pandemic goal deficiency disorder
Articulating a national goal that covers both communities where the response to the pandemic has been less thoughtful and robust along with states...
Beyond the White Coat
How could this happen? Judge forces doctors to give ivermectin
Even when a consensus on best practice is hard to establish, damage can be mitigated by creating consequences for promoting aberrant care.
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New Moderna vaccine data ‘support’ booster shot after 8 months
There is still a lot of debate in the medical community about the need for boosters.
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COVID vaccine preprint study prompts Twitter outrage
The authors’ conclusions about rates of myocarditis after COVID vaccine in boys aged 12-17 years are attacked for supposedly stoking antivaccine...
Livin' on the MDedge
COVID wars, part nine: The rise of iodine
Plus: Justice for vaccination, a gut feeling about travel, and your inner braniac.
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A boy went to a COVID-swamped ER. He waited for hours. Then his appendix burst.
To have so many ICU beds pressed into service for a single diagnosis is “unheard of. It’s approaching apocalyptic.”
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Children and COVID: New cases down slightly from record high
Hospitalizations may have spiked as vaccinations continue to decline.
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FDA could authorize COVID-19 vaccine for ages 5-11 in October
The agency said it would consider applications for emergency use, which would allow for faster approval.
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Biden vaccine mandate rule could be ready within weeks
Companies that refuse to follow the standard could be fined $13,600 per violation.
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Flu and COVID-19 vaccines can be given on the same day: CDC and AAP
“Extensive experience with non–COVID-19 vaccines has demonstrated that immunogenicity and adverse-event profiles are generally similar.”