Vaccination
Who will be the first to get COVID-19 vaccines?
Who will be the first to get COVID-19 vaccines?
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Medications
COVID-19: Dexamethasone discovery carries treatment implications
A new discovery about how the body transports dexamethasone, a drug that can increase the survival chances of patients with severe COVID-19, suggests diabetes and other factors may reduce its potentially lifesaving effectiveness. ...
Oct 22, 2020
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Cardiology
Results from the DEFINE-FLOW study reported
A new observational study of deferred lesions following combined fractional flow reserve (FFR) and coronary flow reserve (CFR) assessments found that untreated vessels with abnormal FFR but intact CFR do not have non-inferior ...
Oct 17, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Preliminary results to second 2020 nationwide SARS-CoV-2 molecular testing survey released
The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), the premier global, molecular diagnostic professional society, today released the preliminary results of its August 2020 SARS-CoV-2 Testing Survey for clinical laboratories. ...
Oct 8, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US panel tackles race, poverty in virus vaccine priorities
A U.S. advisory panel made recommendations Friday for who should be first in line to get COVID-19 vaccine, including a plea for special efforts by states and cities to get the shots to low-income minority groups.
Oct 2, 2020
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Medications
New report shows impact of Connecticut overdose tracking program fighting opioid epidemic
A new report shows the strong impact Connecticut's Statewide Opioid Reporting Directive (SWORD) is having in its first year of tracking opioid overdoses.
Sep 23, 2020
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Medications
Blood pressure medications decrease death and severe disease in COVID-19 patients
At the start of the pandemic, there was concern that certain drugs for high blood pressure might be linked with worse outcomes for COVID-19 patients.
Sep 23, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study: Death counts fail to capture full mortality effects of COVID-19
More than 200,000 people in the U.S. have died from COVID-19. Some argue that statistic is inaccurate due to inconsistencies in how deaths are being reported. But researchers from the University of South Florida claim that ...
Sep 23, 2020
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Health informatics
The geographic bias in medical AI tools
Just a few decades ago, scientists didn't think much about diversity when studying new medications. Most clinical trials enrolled mainly white men living near urban research institutes, with the assumption that any findings ...
Sep 23, 2020
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Genetics
Future of genomics at risk without greater public trust in how genetic data is shared
The largest ever survey on global public attitudes towards genomic research and data sharing suggests that work is needed to raise levels of public trust in how genetic data is used in order for that data to fulfil its promise ...
Sep 17, 2020
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