Experts Confident About COVID Vaccines' Long-Term Safety "I know of no precedent of a long-term effect that comes up 5 or 10 years later," expert says Jun 11, 2021
Docs, Scientists Call on FDA to Delay Approval of COVID Vaccines Data should be from completed phase III trials, not interim results, group says Jun 10, 2021
Physicians Are Fed Up With Inconsistent Hospital Visitation Policies Keeping strict rules in place is "anti-medicine," critical care expert says Jun 10, 2021
COVID Vaccine Protection; 'Until You Die From the Cancer'; What's Palliative Care? News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Jun 10, 2021
Brain Vein Clots Less Likely With Vaccine Than With Severe COVID Study provides a better basis for weighing the relative risks Jun 08, 2021
Op-Ed: Needling Friends to Get the COVID Jab? Stop Here's a hot take on vaccine holdouts: leave them alone Jun 07, 2021
The Complex Ethical Morass of COVID-19 Human Challenge Trials "The end doesn't justify any and all means," ethicist says Jun 07, 2021
CDC: Worrisome Spike in Younger Teens' COVID Hospitalizations Data through April add urgency to calls for adolescent vaccination Jun 04, 2021
Guns for Vaccinations; IU Health Joins the Mandate Club; NFL Ends 'Race-Norming' A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Jun 03, 2021
Inside Hahnemann's Demise; Fauci: Society 'Totally Nuts'; Anti-Vax Law Firm This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 02, 2021
What Drives COVID Vaccine Hesitancy Among Moms? Social pressures, misinformation are at play Jun 02, 2021
Houston Methodist Sued Over COVID Vax Mandate Employees claim policy violates federal law, sue for wrongful discharge Jun 01, 2021
Op-Ed: Is Physician Behavior Contributing to CDC Skepticism? Setting an example or second-guessing guidelines? May 29, 2021
Are Vaccine Advisors More Conflicted Than We Thought? Rules for advisory committee members' disclosures vary widely May 28, 2021
Op-Ed: Quit Ignoring Natural COVID Immunity Antibody testing and proof of prior infection can allow more people to return to normal May 28, 2021
Op-Ed: Who Was Least Wrong About COVID? ZDoggMD and Marty Makary review their pandemic hits and misses May 26, 2021
Why CDC Changed Its 'Breakthrough Case' Definition Will new monitoring tactic miss the "full picture" of COVID infections among the vaccinated? May 26, 2021
Lymph Node Findings on PET: Cancer or COVID Vaccine? Post-jab radiotracer uptake "could prompt unnecessary biopsies and treatments" May 26, 2021
Methotrexate Impairs COVID Vax Response Can extra vaccine doses or discontinuing drug benefit patients with immune-mediated diseases? May 25, 2021
Breast Cancer Screening During COVID Reveals Inequities Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, discusses new findings and his takeaway May 25, 2021 video
FDA Draft Guidance on T2D Devices; New GLP-1 Drug Succeeds in Trial News and commentary from the endocrinology world May 23, 2021
Op-Ed: Let the Olympic Games Be Canceled Amid continued crisis, now is not the time for celebrating athletic achievement May 20, 2021
Nurses Union Blasts 'Dangerous' CDC Mask Guidance NNU charges CDC used unreliable data and disregarded variant threat, low vaccination rates May 20, 2021
Op-Ed: How Not to Message the Public on COVID Vaccines A "cringe-inducing" public service announcement with doctors and nurses May 20, 2021
House Dems Grill Emergent Execs Over Spoiled J&J Doses Mixed-up ingredients, wasted taxpayer dollars, potential insider training? May 20, 2021
Sudden Hearing Loss Reported After COVID Vaccines Preliminary report teases apart VAERS data to identify most likely cases May 20, 2021
Here's Why This Doc Got a Third Vaccine Dose A transplant surgeon, a heart recipient himself, saw robust antibody response after third dose May 20, 2021
Op-Ed: Will the Real COVID Experts Please Stand Up? A core set of principles separate those who make good and bad policy decisions May 18, 2021
Can COVID-19 Genes Integrate Into Human DNA? Debate rages over whether SARS-CoV-2 can insert bits of its RNA into the human genome May 17, 2021
Pacemaker Interference Warning; Religious Fasting and CVD; Toothpick in the Heart Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine May 17, 2021
COVID Exposes Another Gap in Care: Lack of Universal EHR Access Why can't our practice easily see test results from somewhere else? May 17, 2021
Fauci: Vaccines Showing Vigor Against COVID Variants Real-world effectiveness "easily as good, if not better" than trials May 17, 2021
ARNI Therapy in the Hot Seat at Another Virtual ACC PARADISE-MI to provide data on Entresto for MI survivors with reduced LVEF May 14, 2021
Most COVID Patients Landing in Hospitals Aren't Fully Vaccinated Reports from Cleveland Clinic, other health systems starting to roll in May 13, 2021
Op-Ed: Make America Maskless Again? ZDoggMD thinks we're reaching the COVID tipping point, here's why May 13, 2021
Nasal Vaccines for COVID-19? Some argue intranasal vaccines, still in early trials, may be better at blocking transmission May 11, 2021
Indian Variant a Global Risk; Good News on U.S. Cases; Baylor Expert Gets Threats A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine May 11, 2021
Op-Ed: Don't Overdose on COVID Optimism As the pandemic drags on, we can all take a cue from this Vietnam-era admiral's "paradox" May 10, 2021
First COVID Vax Authorized for Younger Teens FDA officials argued authorization was necessary to help control pandemic May 10, 2021
COVID Vax & Myocarditis; Ejection Fractions on EKG; Southerners Still Unwell Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine May 10, 2021
