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
Qelbree Hits Shelves; Schizophrenia-Related Cognitive Impairment Breakthrough News and commentary from the psychiatry world May 26, 2021
Methotrexate Impairs COVID Vax Response Can extra vaccine doses or discontinuing drug benefit patients with immune-mediated diseases? May 25, 2021
Low Testosterone Could Be Bad News in COVID-19 In small study, men with low levels were more likely to have severe illness May 25, 2021
Breast Cancer Screening During COVID Reveals Inequities Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, discusses new findings and his takeaway May 25, 2021 video
GI Disruption Lasts for Months in Many COVID Survivors Persistently loose stools were most common after-effect May 24, 2021
Op-Ed: Diabetes Is Not an Equal Opportunity Killer Policy change and community intervention can help fight disparities May 23, 2021
FDA Draft Guidance on T2D Devices; New GLP-1 Drug Succeeds in Trial News and commentary from the endocrinology world May 23, 2021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
Poorly Controlled Sleep Apnea Tied to More COVID-19 Infections As adherence to PAP increased, infection rates fell, researcher says 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
CHS Sues Thousands of Patients; Hospital Parking Fees Under Fire; Trump-Era Emails This past week in healthcare investigations May 19, 2021
Xarelto Flops for COVID-19 Clot Prevention Outside ICU ACTION trial adds nuance to the story from large platform trials May 19, 2021
Burnout in Cardiology; Restrictive Transfusion Foiled; and Other News From ACC Highlights from the scientific program of the American College of Cardiology meeting May 18, 2021
Antibody Cocktail Reduced Poor Outcomes in High-Risk COVID Casirivimab plus imdevimab showed clinical efficacy in phase III trial May 18, 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
Indian States Turn to Ivermectin in COVID Crisis Two states give anti-parasitic preventatively to large swaths of population despite warnings 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
COVID Patient 'Lottery' Ensured Scarce Drugs Divided Equitably System prioritized, deprioritized certain patient groups 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
DARE-19 Didn't Pay Off for Farxiga in COVID-19 But trial may still show SGLT2 inhibitor is safe for sicker patients May 17, 2021
Review ID's Racism During Care of Black Doctor Who Died of COVID "Lack of empathy, compassion, and awareness of implicit racial bias," external review concludes May 14, 2021
Probiotics Protect Overweight, Older Patients From Coughs and Wheeze Trial affirms "gut-lung" link but with important caveats May 14, 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
Pandemic Drinking Took Swift Toll on the Gut, Liver Alcohol-related inpatient consults soared, remained high even after reopening 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
Droplets vs Aerosols: What's More Important in COVID-19 Spread? CDC finally acknowledged aerosol transmission, but contribution to case counts remains unclear May 13, 2021
Is This the Most TikTok'd COVID Vaccine Side Effect? Dermatologists say there's no issue: 'Happy filling, happy vaccinating' May 12, 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
First COVID Treatment Ads Hit the Airwaves Regeneron hoping patients ask their doctors about monoclonal antibodies May 10, 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
