Massive vaccination programs throughout the world have led to significant protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe diseases. However, there has been an increase in breakthrough infections during late 2021 and early 2022 among vaccinated individuals due to the replacement of the Delta variant with the Omicron variant. Therefore, the waning of protection for different vaccines and the number of doses […]

Covid-19: Dr Hilary calls for return of masks as cases rise We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The UK is seeing a surge in Covid cases […]

An international team of scientists has identified the neural mechanisms through which sound blunts pain in mice. The findings, which could inform development of safer methods to treat pain, were published in Science. The study was led by researchers at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR); the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei; and Anhui […]

Interventions to address adult Medicaid patients’ social needs may cut hospitalizations, according to a study published online July 5 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Daniel M. Brown, Ph.D., from Contra Costa Health Services in Martinez, California, and colleagues assessed the population-level impact of a 12-month case management program designed to address patients’ social needs. Analysis included 57,972 randomized enrollments […]

The study covered in this summary was published in medRxiv.org as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. Key Takeaways Rich-club areas of ischemic stroke are predefined highly interconnected brain regions. They were shown to be associated with increased odds of unfavorable outcomes among patients after ischemic stroke. The rich-club lesions were spatially specific in their relevance for […]

Lindley B. Wall, MD, a professor of orthopedic surgery and a member of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery's hand and microsurgery service, has been named director of the Division of Pediatric and Adolescent Orthopedics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Wall also has been named orthopedic surgeon-in-chief at St. Louis Children's Hospital. Wall is a national leader […]

Democratic senators on Wednesday took a formal step toward reviving President Joe Biden’s economic agenda, starting with a measure to let Medicare negotiate prices with drugmakers and to curb rising drug costs more broadly. A similar proposal died in December when Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) decided to oppose Biden’s $1.9 trillion Build Back Better bill, which also included provisions allowing […]

Various ingredients in topical eye medications may be causing allergic contact dermatitis at higher rates than assumed, a small retrospective cohort study suggests. “Allergic contact dermatitis caused by topical ophthalmic medications (OftACD) is frequently difficult to confirm with patch testing and, therefore, it is considered uncommon,” senior study author Margarida Gonçalo, MD, PhD, a professor of dermatology at the University […]

People experiencing homelessness were overrepresented among those who died of substance-related acute toxicity in Canada in 2016 and 2017, according to a new report. Among those who were homeless at the time of their death, at least 1 in 10 were released from a correctional or healthcare institution in the month before their death. In addition, about one quarter of […]

My daughters are toddlers now, but I’ll never forget my reaction the first time someone asked me if I was excited to start them on solids: I almost cried. Up until that point, I was their only food source, and I liked that level of dependence. Plus, the closer we inched to the six-month-mark, the more I was reminded that […]