Hospital Dumps Doc Who Took COVID Patient Off FDA-Approved Antiviral John Witcher, MD, stopped remdesivir in three patients and switched them to ivermectin Dec 10, 2021
Beware Flu and COVID Vax Mix-Ups and Other Medication Errors Medication safety group previews new best practices for next year Dec 09, 2021
Which Incentive Lottery Programs for COVID Vaccines Hit the Jackpot? Results varied by state, study finds Dec 09, 2021
An Inside Look at a New York Lab Working With Omicron NYU virologist: "What Omicron represents is scary, but Omicron itself is not scary" Dec 09, 2021
States Didn't Follow CDC Recs to Prioritize COVID Vaccine for Cancer Patients Only 17 states gave cancer patients the same immunization priority as those ages 65-74 Dec 02, 2021
German Doc Investigated for Giving Out Home-Brewed COVID Vax Winfried Stocker claimed some 20,000 people have received his homemade vaccine Dec 01, 2021
Will Moderna Ever Learn to Share? The company's dispute with NIH over who invented the COVID vaccine has huge implications Nov 28, 2021
Florida Hospitals Face Dueling Vaccine Mandate Rules The stakes are high with Medicare, Medicaid dollars at play Nov 24, 2021
Georgia Emergency Doc Tries Again for Congress Rich McCormick, MD, got his political start lobbying on surprise billing Nov 18, 2021
Doc Took 'Miracle Drug', Still Got COVID; St. Jude Has Billions as Families Go Broke This past week in healthcare investigations Nov 17, 2021
To Aaron Rodgers, From a Physician and Packers Fan Thoughts on the star quarterback's recent controversy Nov 16, 2021
Houston Methodist Suspends Doc for 'Spreading Dangerous' Info Mary Talley Bowden, MD, says she will no longer treat vaccinated patients Nov 16, 2021
How Do Patients With Cirrhosis Respond to the COVID Vaccine? Italian researchers examine data in this understudied subset of patients Nov 16, 2021
AMA Delegates Target Naturopaths Who Write Vaccine Exemptions Other proposals focused on minimum wage, access to menstrual care products, and looming pay cuts Nov 15, 2021
Young Physicians Need Support From Organized Medicine, Says AMA President "The fear and weariness ... I'd call it battle fatigue" Nov 13, 2021
New Institute Has Ties to the Great Barrington Declaration All three GBD lead authors contribute to Brownstone Institute Nov 11, 2021
Is Multiple Myeloma a Greater Threat to Black Patients? Incidence and treatment disparities combined with a heightened COVID risk is cause for concern Nov 11, 2021
Are Second COVID Vax Doses Too Risky After Allergic Reaction to the First? Mostly no, says military doctor Nov 10, 2021
Vaccinated Blood Cancer Patients Still at Risk for Severe COVID-19 Those with hematologic malignancies also remain at higher risk of mortality as well Nov 08, 2021
Experts Blow Whistle on Alleged COVID Vaccine Whistleblower Claims Allegations described as "vague kind of hand waving" Nov 05, 2021
What You Need to Know About Kids' COVID Vax Dose Lower dose showed good antibody response, low side effects Nov 04, 2021
Who Are the Scientists Behind the COVID-19 Vaccines? A new book details the personalities, and the science, that made COVID vaccines a reality Nov 02, 2021
Should Doctors Peddling COVID Disinformation Lose Their License? A group of physicians is pushing the Federation of State Medical Boards to do just that Oct 27, 2021 podcast
COVID Vaccine Recipients Also Less Likely to Die of Other Causes Study found downstream health effect for vaccination Oct 22, 2021
How Should Patients With Autoimmune Diseases Approach COVID Vaccination? Mixed messaging and a lack of tailored research leaves providers and patients in the dark Oct 22, 2021
CDC Panel Champions 'Mix and Match' Booster Strategy Unanimous vote for boosters in certain groups, without specifying which vaccine they should be Oct 21, 2021
What Do COVID Antibody Levels Really Mean? Commercial tests aren't neutralization assays, but some trends are emerging Oct 20, 2021
CDC Now Reports COVID Cases and Deaths by Vax Status New tool also reveals numeric differences between vaccines Oct 19, 2021
COVID Vaccine Response Varies With MS Treatment Type How this relates to infection outcomes or risk of infecting others is unknown Oct 18, 2021
Medicine Must Sanction the COVID Quacks Intent doesn't matter when patients are being harmed Oct 17, 2021
To Boost or Not to Boost After COVID? In those with "hybrid immunity," booster could be helpful but probably not necessary, experts say Oct 14, 2021
Q&A: Sterling Ransone, Jr., President of the American Academy of Family Physicians Better pay and fewer paperwork hassles for members are high priorities for AAFP's new president Oct 14, 2021
CPR on a COVID Patient: Not a Moment to Waste Looking for PPE Updated AHA guidance says resuscitation should not be delayed by mask availability Oct 14, 2021
First U.S. 'Mix and Match' COVID Booster Data Are In Researchers urge caution, but a clearer picture starts to emerge Oct 14, 2021
'Trusting the Science' on COVID Must Be Combined With Public Will, Says Wen Decisions also need to take societal values into account, former Baltimore health czar says Oct 12, 2021
Perinatal COVID: More Answers Needed on Preterm Birth, Maternal Mortality Evolving questions about new moms and infants during the pandemic Oct 11, 2021
How Did Scandinavians Get Their Pre-Pandemic Lives Back? Faith in government acknowledged as key driver of pandemic success Oct 11, 2021
Collateral Damage of COVID-19: Home Injuries, Suicides in Kids? Trends during a period when many kids were kept out of school Oct 10, 2021
We Lift Bodies Into the Morgue The physical and emotional toll of the pandemic on providers often goes unseen Oct 08, 2021
UCLA Anesthesiologist Escorted Out of Work for Being Unvaccinated Christopher Rake, MD, says he's "willing to lose everything" to avoid COVID vaccine Oct 08, 2021
