News
Quick byte: Curing diabetes
February 19, 2021
“If it works in people as well as it does in animals, it’s possible that people will not be diabetic.”
News
CDC chief lays out attack plan for COVID variants
February 19, 2021
Public health leaders are ramping up genome sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and ensuring that sampling is geographically representative.
News
Alien cells may explain COVID-19 brain fog
February 18, 2021
Occlusion of a multitude of tiny vessels by megalokaryocytes may explain the cognitive issues seen in some patients with COVID-19 infection.
Opinion
When the X-Waiver gets X’ed: Implications for hospitalists
February 17, 2021
Hospitalists can be leaders in further adopting buprenorphine as standard of care for people with OUD.
News
New child COVID-19 cases decline as total passes 3 million
February 17, 2021
Weekly cases dropped below 100,000 for the first time since early November.
News
FDA expands sacubitril/valsartan indication to embrace some HFpEF
February 17, 2021
The newly approved labeling for sacubitril/valsartan (Entresto) is simply for “chronic heart failure” but almost teasingly adds, “the benefits are most clearly evident” at below-normal LVEF.
News
One-third of health care workers leery of getting COVID-19 vaccine, survey shows
February 16, 2021
Self-reported willingness to be vaccinated differs by age, gender, race, and hospital role, suggests research.
News
More Americans hospitalized, readmitted for heart failure
February 16, 2021
“We should be emphasizing the things we know work to reduce heart failure hospitalization, which is, number one, prevention.”
News
Steroid and immunoglobulin standard of care for MIS-C
February 12, 2021
The combination treatment failed in only 9% of cases while immunoglobulins alone failed in 38% of cases.
News
PPE protected critical care staff from COVID-19 transmission
February 11, 2021
Staff acquisition peaked 3 weeks before the peak of COVID-19 ICU admission.