News
J&J’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine advances to phase 3 testing
September 24, 2020
J&J’s vaccine is unusual in that it will be tested based on a single dose, while other advanced candidates have been tested in two-dose regimens.
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CDC playbook prepares states for rollout of COVID-19 vaccine if one is approved
September 24, 2020
The agency has asked states to submit plans for vaccine distribution by mid-October.
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Article
Social media and health information: Empowering or misleading?
September 23, 2020
Health care providers often take a conflicted stand on the use of social media by patients.
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Three major COVID vaccine developers release detailed trial protocols
September 23, 2020
Typically, manufacturers guard the specifics of preclinical vaccine trials. This rare move follows calls for greater transparency.
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Children’s share of COVID-19 burden continues to increase
September 23, 2020
Over the course of 1 week, almost 17% of all U.S. cases occurred in children.
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Signs of an ‘October vaccine surprise’ alarm career scientists
- JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News;
- Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News
September 22, 2020
If the executive branch were to overrule the FDA’s scientific judgment, a vaccine of limited efficacy and, worse, unknown side effects could be rushed to market.
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Opinion
The path to leadership
September 22, 2020
Many hospitalists shy away from leadership roles, but the key is to start, even if you don’t feel ready.
News
CDC adds then retracts aerosols as main COVID-19 mode of transmission
September 21, 2020
WHO has long stated that coronavirus is spread mainly by droplets that, once expelled by coughs and sneezes of infected people, fall quickly to the floor.
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‘Cautious’ DOAC underdosing in AFib may push mortality higher
September 21, 2020
Risk-averse clinicians might be doing more harm than good by prescribing direct oral anticoagulants at lower-than-recommended dosages in hope of avoiding bleeding complications, suggests a study.
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Observational study again suggests lasting impact of COVID-19 on heart
September 21, 2020
Cardiac MR study raises concern for myocarditis post COVID in some young athletes, but commentators suggest these and other such findings are too weak to suggest routine screening with CMR.