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A sign attached to a white brick wall which reads: NOTICE Proof of vaccination required.

<乌鸦传媒>American Hospital Association Joins Others in Support of COVID Vax Mandates

Largest U.S.-based healthcare organization to advocate for these requirements so far

<乌鸦传媒>Georgia Hospital Chooses PAs/NPs, Not Physicians, for Daily Rounds

Sound Physicians staffing firm will use APPs at Memorial University Medical Center

IAS over a red AIDS ribbon laying on a world map.

<乌鸦传媒>Survey Probes Barriers to Long-Acting Injectable PrEP for MSM

Some factors more important than others for HIV prevention

TVT over a computer rendering of a transparent heart with the valves highlighted and blood flowing.

<乌鸦传媒>Does COAPT Change the Need to Try Foundational HF Drugs in Functional MR?

Current GDMT titration approach under fire during TVT debate

Illustration of a brain shaped maze.

<乌鸦传媒>Drug Overdoses Spike; Shock Therapy Effective; Psychiatrist Charged for 'Pill-Mill'

News and commentary from the psychiatry world

A young Hispanic girl standing in front of an American flag.

<乌鸦传媒>Noncitizen Kids More Likely to Be Uninsured Than Siblings With Citizenship

These children were also twice as likely to experience delays in access to medical care

A box of ivermectin tablets.

<乌鸦传媒>Large Ivermectin Study Retracted

Preprint publisher finds evidence of plagiarism, problems with raw data

A box of Chantix (varenicline) tablets

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Warns Doctors, Consumers on Contaminated Chantix

Latest drug found with cancer-causing nitrosamines

A close up of a tick embedded in a persons skin with radiating redness around the site.

<乌鸦传媒>Why Are Tick-Borne Illnesses Increasing in the U.S.?

Heightened awareness, growing population, and climate change all play a role

<乌鸦传媒>Staffing Contract Disputes Causing Uproar in San Diego

Public healthcare system Palomar Health accused of Brown Act violations by staff and citizens

The legs and feet of a nurse are visible beneath the bottom of the curtain separating patients in a hospital.

<乌鸦传媒>Are Patients Spreading SARS-CoV-2 to Their Hospital Roommates?

A new study explores the data and implications

A commemorative coin on a thank you note from Banner Health.

<乌鸦传媒>A Literal Token of Thanks for Pandemic Work: That's All?

Anger after Banner Health rewards employees with unbankable coin for enduring the pandemic

<乌鸦传媒>The U.S. Fumbled the Early COVID Response in Two Major Ways

Marty Makary, MD, and Andy Slavitt review those initial strategies and public health messages

A screenshot of the trailer for Paul Thomas's, MD, YouTube channel.

<乌鸦传媒>Anti-Vax Pediatrician Is Back in Business, Kind Of

Restrictions will require previously suspended doctor to stay mum on vaccine protocols

INVESTIGATIVE ROUNDUP over an image of two people looking at computer screens.

<乌鸦传媒>Company Shut Down Robot Mid-Surgery; Infected in Quarantine; Investigating Aduhelm

This past week in healthcare investigations

Four JUUL advertisements

<乌鸦传媒>Juul Bought Out Medical Journal for $51K

E-cig maker sponsored nearly a dozen studies, took over journal as it awaits FDA ruling

A female professor at a medical college speaks in front of a classroom of students.

<乌鸦传媒>Academic Cardiologists Singled Out for Gender Equality Problem

Women still poorly represented, paid in procedural internal medicine specialties

A man with his eyes closed and wearing an oxygen mask lies in a hospital bed in South Africa

<乌鸦传媒>Beta Variant May Be Deadlier, South African Hospital Data Suggests

Increases in hospitalizations, deaths in country's second COVID-19 wave

Three different COVID-19 vaccine 2nd shot reminder advertisements.

<乌鸦传媒>How Many People Skipped Their Second COVID Shot?

New CDC data say 15 million people in the U.S. have not completed their vaccination series

An abstract illustration of two people hugging.

<乌鸦传媒>Empathy: The Most Critical Skill in Medicine

Caring for a patient means putting yourself in their shoes

Boxes and blister pack of Ivermectin Tablets USP Boxes & blister pack of Ivermectin Tablets USP & a prescription bottle.

<乌鸦传媒>Awaited Ivermectin Review Is Out

Findings are positive, but critics still want a large randomized controlled trial

A tired male healthcare worker in scrubs and PPE sits in a folding chair and rubs his eyes in a dark room.

<乌鸦传媒>You're Not Alone in Your Darkest Hours

Ending the silence on mental health can save the lives of our peers, our patients, and ourselves

A close up of a Heartmate 3 left ventricular assist device

<乌鸦传媒>Skin Rash Should Be a Huge Red Flag for LVAD Recipients, Group Says

New phenomenon suggests perils of not performing biopsy in time

An aerial view of CoxHealth Cox Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri next to a photo of CEO Steve Edwards.

<乌鸦传媒>Missouri Health System CEO Calls Out for Help Amid COVID Surge

Makes plea on Twitter for respiratory therapists during local uptick in cases

A photo of Champlain Towers South Condo in Surfside, FL.

<乌鸦传媒>Doctors Among the Missing in Surfside Condo Collapse

Brothers Brad and Gary Cohen were visiting their elderly parents; newlywed couple also missing

A screenshot of a TikTok video with Kelly Morris with the caption: I鈥檇 unplug your vent to charge my cell phone.

<乌鸦传媒>Nurse Suspended Over TikTok Videos About Patients

Only thing hurt in her posts were "people's feelings," nurse said

A young pregnant woman takes a selfie with her smartphone while receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.

<乌鸦传媒>Is Confirmation Bias Guiding COVID Vaccine Recommendations?

Policy must be based on indisputable evidence

COVID-19 UPDATE and Other News over a background of illustrated coronaviruses

<乌鸦传媒>COVID Surges Emerge; FDA Warns About Chantix; Lions, Tigers, Bears Get Vaxxed

A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine

A computer rendered COVID-19 virus on a plate between a knife and fork.

<乌鸦传媒>One GI Symptom Stuck Around Months After Severe COVID

But most symptoms resolved within 3 months, researchers found

ADA over a photo of a glucose monitor laying on a blood sugar tracker chart

<乌鸦传媒>CDC Study: Income-Related Inequalities Widening in Diabetes

Disparities differed by sex and age group

A photo of John Markowitz, MD

<乌鸦传媒>Q&A: Helping Surfside Survivors, and Other Trauma Patients, Return to Normal

Columbia University's John Markowitz outlines the types of therapies that are proven to work

<乌鸦传媒>Medfluencer: Who Is TikTok Superstar Dr. Noc?

Meet the social media sensation who's fighting COVID lies online

ADA over a photo of a glucose monitor laying on a blood sugar tracker chart

<乌鸦传媒>Genetics, Socioeconomic Factors Each Tied to Diabetes and Obesity

People with highest risk genetics more than 15 times more likely to have T2D

ADA over a photo of a glucose monitor laying on a blood sugar tracker chart

<乌鸦传媒>COVID-19 Pandemic Upped Anxiety in Adults, Kids With Diabetes

Providers should be screening patients on how COVID is affecting them, says researcher

A male nurse gives a teen male a COVID-19 vaccination, both are wearing protective masks.

<乌鸦传媒>CDC's All-or-Nothing Approach to Teen COVID Vaccination Is All Wrong

The agency should revisit its latest guidance to maximize benefits and minimize risks

Anti vaccination protesters carry signs down a street in Vancouver, BC.

<乌鸦传媒>Who Are the COVID Vaccine 'Holdouts'?

Public health experts explain the chief concerns among those who still don't want a shot

A computed tomography scan showing a malignant tumor in the lung of a male heavy smoker

<乌鸦传媒>LDCT Screening Linked to Lower Risk of Brain Mets in Lung Cancer

This observed reduction in risk may be due to a less aggressive tumor biology, said study author

A bottle of (ranitidine) tablets spilled on a table.

<乌鸦传媒>Ranitidine Did Not Convert to Carcinogen in Two Small FDA Studies

However, don't expect the drug's return to market anytime soon, say editorialists

EASL over a computer rendering of a liver

<乌鸦传媒>The Murky Post-Pandemic Future of Hepatitis C Elimination in the U.S.

Modeling study demonstrates need to rebound or risk losing progress

An abstract illustration of viruses, antibodies, strands of DNA and a syringe.

<乌鸦传媒>ACIP Backs Flu and COVID Vaccine Co-Administration

Committee also voted on dengue, rabies vaccines for kids

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