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Join Me in the Fight Against COVID-19 Misinformation
Another COVID outbreak appears to be upon us. As America celebrated significant milestones with vaccination efforts, many people were still spurred by misinformation and lack...
1 month ago - MedPage Today
COVID Is Spreading Like Wildfire in ICE Facilities
In recent months, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has reported higher-than-ever rates of COVID-19 among people in its custody. Since February, the COVID-19 positivity...
1 month ago - MedPage Today - 2 articles
Youth T2D Complications; CMV Infection in Pregnancy: It's TTHealthWatch
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas...
1 month ago - MedPage Today
Positive future orientation and strong parental support linked with lower risk of youth vaping
Adolescents who set goals for their future and those with strong parental support are less likely to use e-cigarettes and other tobacco products, according to a study by UPMC...
1 month ago - News Medical
Youth-onset type 2 diabetes is more aggressive and difficult to control, study shows
People with type 2 diabetes diagnosed during youth have a high risk of developing complications at early ages and have a greater chance of multiple complications within 15...
1 month ago - News Medical
Newly identified genetic mutation causes rare, early onset inflammatory bowel disease
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers, in collaboration with national and international researchers, have identified a genetic mutation in a small number of children with a rare...
1 month ago - News Medical
Vaccine Hesitancy, Passports and the Demand for Vaccination - by Joshua S. Gans
Vaccine hesitancy is modelled as an endogenous decision within a behavioural SIR model with endogenous agent activity. It is shown that policy interventions that directly...
1 month ago - National Bureau of Economic Research
Partisan Fertility and Presidential Elections - by Gordon Dahl, Runjing Lu, William Mullins
Changes in political leadership drive large changes in economic optimism. We exploit the surprise 2016 election of Trump to identify the effects of a shift in political power...
1 month ago - National Bureau of Economic Research
Effects of Welfare Reform on Household Food Insecurity Across Generations - by Hope Corman, Dhaval M. Dave, Nancy Reichman, Ofira Schwartz-Soicher
This study estimated the effects of welfare reform in the 1990s, which permanently restructured and contracted the cash assistance system in the U.S., on food insecurity-a...
1 month ago - National Bureau of Economic Research
Economic burden of HF climbing, preventive guidance lacking, but tools available
HF is a growing economic burden in the U.S., with 1 million new cases projected to surface in 2021; however, there is a paucity of guidance on HF prevention, a speaker...
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FDA approves selexipag for IV use in adults with PAH
The FDA has approved selexipag for IV use in adults with WHO functional class II to III pulmonary arterial hypertension who are temporarily unable to take oral...
Obesity does not increase risk for serious infection in biologic-treated IBD
Obesity was not associated with an increased risk for serious infection among patients with inflammatory bowel disease treated with biologics, according to research published...
Many women with gestational diabetes do not receive type 2 diabetes...
Women in the United Kingdom who had gestational diabetes were not often screened for type 2 diabetes in accordance with national guidelines, a recent analysis showed. According...
Influenza vaccine may provide additional protection from COVID-19
Influenza vaccination may reduce the risk for stroke, sepsis and deep vein thrombosis in patients with COVID-19, data presented at the ECCMID virtual meeting...
Vanilla Bean Mini Sheet Cake from Trader Joe's PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Lab...
Does the Chantilly Cream Vanilla Bean Mini Sheet Cake from Trader Joe's have any indication of PFAS contamination in the food packaging? This is what you've been asking us to...
FDA approves Shingrix for prevention of shingles in immunocompromised adults
The FDA this week approved Shingrix for the prevention of shingles in immunocompromised adults, GlaxoSmithKline announced. Shingrix , is a nonlive, recombinant sub-unit...
FDA approves Twyneo cream for acne vulgaris
Twyneo cream, a fixed-dose combination of tretinoin and benzoyl peroxide, has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of acne vulgaris, Sol-Gel Technologies announced in a...
FDA OKs emergency use of baricitinib alone for COVID-19
The FDA has authorized emergency use of baricitinib alone for the treatment of patients aged 2 years and older who are hospitalized with COVID-19. The authorization applies to...
VIDEO: Bausch + Lomb pipeline includes NOV03 for dry eye disease
LAS VEGAS - In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Yolande Barnard, vice president and general manager, U.S. Pharmaceuticals, Bausch + Lomb, offers updates on...
Low vision patients not routinely tested for dry eye disease despite high risk
Results from a retrospective chart review on dry eye disease and low vision showed low vision patients are at risk for dry eye disease, but low numbers of dry eye disease tests...