COVID Vaccine vs Flu Vaccine: What to Know

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The COVID and flu vaccines are important, and both are quite effective at preventing serious illness or death. But that’s where much of their similarities end. Here’s the science behind both. The Methodology Two of the three COVID vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna) adopted in the United […]

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I Interviewed 101 Black Women About Their Hair

After hearing that her younger sister was being bullied about her natural hair, D.C.-based documentary filmmaker St. Clair Detrick-Jules snapped into Big Sister mode. The filmmaker — whose previous work includes the award-winning short film DACAmented about the fight for immigrant justice under Trump — immediately began to document a new subject: Black hair. In her own words, Detrick-Jules tells […]

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Prior-Authorization Requirement Exacts Huge Financial Toll on Radiation-Oncology Clinics

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the United States, prior-authorization requirements cost radiation-oncology clinics more than $40 million annually, according to new research. “Physician and staff time are finite resources and need to be directed towards the most clinically meaningful activities,” said Dr. Brian Bingham of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, in a presentation of the findings at […]

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Vaccine shows promise against typhoid in South Asia

A typhoid vaccine shown in trials to be 79 percent effective, even after two years, is being recommended for use across South Asia, where the food and waterborne disease is widespread. Typhoid fever is a life-threatening infection caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi and affects up to 20 million people annually with symptoms including fever, fatigue, nausea, abdominal pain, and […]

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SGLT2 inhibitors may have kidney- and heart-protective effects in adults with type 1 diabetes

In addition to lowering blood sugar levels, diabetes drugs called sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors can provide kidney- and cardiovascular-related benefits for people with type 2 diabetes. A recent study examined whether such benefits are also experienced by individuals with type 1 diabetes. The findings will be presented online at ASN Kidney Week 2021 November 4–November 7. The study applied […]

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Common Drugs Affect How Cells Respond to the Flu Virus

Some common medications for chronic conditions could affect what the flu virus does to human cells, new research suggests. In findings published in Viruses , researchers have identified a cholesterol medication as well as antidepressants and an antihistamine that change how cells respond to the virus. The results could be important because people most likely to experience influenza complications, such […]

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