The President defended his COVID-19 response, saying that he had averted potentially millions of deaths. Biden claimed the president’s lack of action cost lives. Medscape Medical News …read more
A national survey shows a 14% overall increase in the frequency of alcohol consumption, with heavy drinking jumping 41% in women. Medscape Medical News …read more
The United States should have a baseline of around 10,000 new cases per day to get through the time before a vaccine becomes available. WebMD Health News …read more
Recent survey data show that America’s first line of health care is in crisis and shrinking. Medscape Medical News …read more
Mepolizumab is indicated for adults and children aged 12 years and older with HES for 6 months or longer without an identifiable nonhematologic secondary cause. FDA Approvals …read more
Armed private police patrolling Cleveland’s medical zone and nearby city streets disproportionately charge and cite Black people, even though most hospital employees, patients, and visitors are white. ProPublica …read more
The final plan clears the way for Florida and other states to implement a program bringing medications across the border despite the strong objections of drugmakers and the Canadian government. Kaiser Health News …read more
The authors of a 2018 paper purporting to find that the HPV vaccine guards against preterm birth have retracted the article after discovering they made an error which could have masked the opposite effect. Medscape Medical News …read more
Lichen simplex chronicus is characterized by years of relentless itching, and patients may wake up at night scratching. Medscape Medical News …read more
Johnson & Johnson has advanced its one-shot COVID-19 vaccine into phase 3 testing. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases describes this as the fourth candidate to reach this stage. Medscape Medical News …read more