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CDC panel recommends Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for people 16 and over
December 13, 2020
ACIP panelists said clinicians need more guidance on whether to use the vaccine in pregnant or breastfeeding women.
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FDA OKs emergency use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
December 12, 2020
“Vaccinating healthcare workers, in particular, will be a model for the general public.”
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COVID-19 vaccines: Preparing for patient questions
December 11, 2020
Two experts discuss what clinicians can expect and what evidence-based – as well as compassionate – answers might look like.
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Vitamin D deficiency in COVID-19 quadrupled death rate
December 11, 2020
Nearly 60% of patients with COVID-19 were vitamin D deficient upon hospitalization, with men in the advanced stages of COVID-19 pneumonia showing the greatest deficit.
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FDA panel overwhelmingly backs emergency authorization for Pfizer COVID vaccine
December 10, 2020
“I can assure you that no vaccine will be authorized for use in the United States until FDA career officials feel confident in allowing their own families to receive it.”
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Reducing admissions for alcohol withdrawal syndrome
December 10, 2020
If alcohol detox were an ambulatory care sensitive condition, it would be the largest in the VA by a substantial margin.
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Pfizer can’t supply additional vaccines to U.S. until June
December 10, 2020
Other countries have signed vaccine deals with Pfizer, so the U.S. may not be able to receive a second major allotment until the summer of 2021.
Opinion
Can a health care worker refuse the COVID-19 vaccine?
December 10, 2020
Can hospitals require their employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19?
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Natural history of adrenal incidentalomas with and without mild autonomous cortisol excess
December 10, 2020
Is there significant change in the tumor size or hormonal function of benign nonfunctioning adrenal tumors (NFATs) or adenomas causing mild autonomous cortisol excess (MACE) over time?
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Fracking sites tied to increased heart failure hospitalizations
December 10, 2020
The results were consistent and robust among more than 9,000 patients with heart failure in Pennsylvania, a state steeped in controversy over fracking.
