COVID Self-Testers May Get Quarantine Wrong With 'Authorized' Instructions Potential gains with at-home kits if users know how to interpret negative results Jan 31, 2022
Two Nurses Charged With Selling Fake COVID Vax Cards Julie DeVuono and Marissa Urraro earned some $1.5 million from scheme Jan 31, 2022
IV Hyperimmune Immunoglobulin No Help in Severe COVID Randomized trial finds no benefit for hospitalized patients Jan 28, 2022
So, Your Patient Just Asked About CBD for COVID-19? David Aronoff, MD, discusses an early study on CBD and on how to address interested patients Jan 28, 2022 video
CDC: Third Dose Guarded Immunocompromised From Severe COVID High VE for both immunocompromised and immunocompetent adults during Delta Jan 27, 2022
Turmoil in San Jose ED: Overworked, Unhappy Staff Stage Walkout Yes, the pandemic is still causing havoc, but is a new doc staffing group making things worse? Jan 27, 2022
Fact Check: Remdesivir Isn't Killing People False claims made during senator's hearing that featured "disinformation docs" Jan 27, 2022
Prescription Drug Misuse High Among Nurses During Pandemic Home health RNs have highest rates, but those working at hospitals most likely to have an SUD Jan 27, 2022
Is It Time to Explore Alternative and Encore Careers in Medicine? A new way to build back better Jan 27, 2022
'Impressive' Survival for COVID Patients Undergoing Lung Transplant Early registry data showed COVID cases accounted for 7% of lung transplants nationwide Jan 26, 2022
Medicare Patients Can't Get Their At-Home COVID Test Kits Covered -- Yet But CMS says it's working to provide that coverage Jan 25, 2022
Post-Vax Myocarditis Most Pervasive in High-School Boys Reports of myocarditis remained rare in passive surveillance Jan 25, 2022
Type 1 Diabetes Diagnoses Spiked During the Pandemic Single-center study capturing a full year finds 57% increase in new-onset disease Jan 24, 2022
Does Omicron Pose as Much of a Blood Clot Threat? More data are needed, but thromboembolic risk appears to have dropped Jan 24, 2022
Remdesivir Now Approved for COVID Outpatients, Too FDA expands indication of Veklury to bolster supply of treatment during Omicron surge Jan 22, 2022
Can Patients Just Say 'No' to Treatment? Psychiatrist weighs in on how to approach misinformed beliefs Jan 22, 2022
Which IBD Patients Experience More Severe COVID? Research suggests immunomodulators, incomplete vaccination, and non-mRNA vaccines may play a role Jan 21, 2022
More Docs Turn to Mental Health Support During COVID Sharp uptick in outpatient mental health and substance use visits, Canadian study finds Jan 21, 2022
False Negatives Still Common With COVID PCR Testing Pathologist says one in five people get negative result even if they have COVID Jan 21, 2022
Throat Swab on Rapid Testing Chokes in Omicron-Era Study Alternate methods of testing don't hold up as well, pre-print finds Jan 20, 2022
Arkansas Inmates Accuse Doc of Covertly Prescribing Ivermectin for COVID Four inmates allege Robert Karas, MD, gave them the drug as a type of "medical experimentation" Jan 20, 2022
Signs of Lingering Cardiac Dysfunction After Severe COVID Study included people hospitalized before vaccines were available Jan 20, 2022
I'm Over COVID Symptoms, but Still Testing Positive. Am I Infectious? Infectiousness may linger beyond the 5-day isolation period recommended by the CDC Jan 20, 2022
What Caused RSV to Roar Back During COVID? Multinational study pinpoints the most important drivers of the seasonal illness Jan 19, 2022
Vaccination, Religion, and Science: An Astonishing 300-Year-Old Story It's time for a history lesson in the roots of vaccine advocacy and resistance Jan 19, 2022
Free COVID Tests, N95 Masks; Omicron vs Pfizer Pill; Do Kids Need Boosters? A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Jan 19, 2022
Doc Suspended for Anti-Vax Views Sues Hospital Mary Talley Bowden, MD, wants access to hospital financial records Jan 18, 2022
Caution: Paxlovid Interacts With Many Heart Meds The Skeptical Cardiologist asks clinicians and patients to take note Jan 17, 2022
False Positive COVID Tests; Cannabis and Car Accidents Also in TTHealthWatch: diabetes risk among kids with COVID Jan 15, 2022 podcast
(When) to Boost or Not to Boost, That Is the Question Countless complex questions remain Jan 13, 2022
COVID in Kids Under 5 May Look Like Croup, Pediatricians Warn Barking cough may be specific to Omicron Jan 13, 2022
Maine Physician Suspended for COVID Misinformation Licensing agency says Meryl Nass must undergo neuropsych exam for her claims about COVID vaccine Jan 13, 2022
Nurse Gave Out Fake COVID Jabs At least 45 "patients" in Italy allegedly received no vaccine at all Jan 13, 2022
Don't Expect Much From COVID Vax in This Patient Group With rituximab on board, even third doses didn't induce meaningful antibody response Jan 13, 2022
Too Much Focus on Boosters, Says FDA Vaccine Advisor At the hospital level, COVID-19 remains "a disease for the unvaccinated," says Paul Offit, MD Jan 12, 2022 video
Just What Is Mass Formation Psychosis? One doctor is pushing controversial theory on how the public is being coerced into getting vaxxed Jan 12, 2022
Fatty Liver Disease a Long-COVID Symptom After Severe Cases? In Italian study, over half had metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease Jan 11, 2022
It's 'Deja Vu All Over Again' at Our 'Cough, Cold, and Fever' Clinic The Omicron variant has forced our COVID-19 clinic back into service Jan 10, 2022
Taste Dysfunction May Linger After COVID-19 Loss of taste not always due to loss of smell Jan 06, 2022
