Inpatient telemedicine improves care and patient satisfaction at Howard University Hospital

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Photo: Howard University Hospital In March 2020, the number of new COVID-19 infections was rapidly increasing in Washington. With no vaccination or specific treatment on the horizon, Howard University Hospital, an academic medical center in the district, prepared for a major surge of COVID-19 patients. Soon after the onset of the pandemic a racial disparity became clear. African Americans were disproportionately […]

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Former CDC head urges kids’ COVID-19 vaccinations as agency probes rare heart issues

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Epidemiologist: We can control the pandemic with vaccinations UCLA Department of Epidemiology professor Dr. Anne Rimoin on COVID-19 vaccines and face mask requirements As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigates rare reports of heart issues among adolescents and young adults who received COVID-19 vaccinations, a former acting head of the agency says there is no clear link […]

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Impact of school nutrition policies in California varies by children’s ethnicity

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California state school nutrition policies and federal policies for school meals have mixed impacts on childhood obesity in children of Pacific Islander (PI), Filipino (FI) and American Indian/Alaska native (AIAN) origins, according to a new study published this week in the open access journal PLOS Medicine by Mika Matsuzaki of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, U.S., and colleagues. […]

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Drug Combination Disappoints in Advanced NSCLC

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Adding bevacizumab (Avastin) to second-line osimertinib (Tagrisso) provided no overall benefit vs osimertinib alone for advanced non-small cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and T790M mutations in the randomized, open-label, phase 2 European Thoracic Oncology Platform (ETOP) BOOSTER trial. The combination treatment did, however, show superiority over osimertinib alone in current and former smokers in the study, […]

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Study finds health insurance disruptions associated with worse healthcare access

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A new study underscores the importance of health insurance coverage continuity in access to and receipt of care and care affordability in the United States. Researchers found that health insurance coverage disruptions were consistently associated with worse healthcare access and problems with care affordability. The study appears in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Decades of research has demonstrated that […]

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Moscow Mayor Decries Low Demand for COVID-19 Vaccines

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on Friday lamented how few residents had chosen to get vaccinated against COVID-19 despite free and easy access to shots since January, a rare admission by a Russian politician of the extent of the problem. Hospitals in the Russian capital continue to be packed with sick and dying people, Sobyanin said, despite vaccines […]

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Australia Seeks Domestic Capability to Produce mRNA Vaccines

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CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia has invited proposals from pharmaceutical firms to establish domestic manufacturing of mRNA vaccines, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, as Canberra seeks to strengthen the nation’s ability to respond to future pandemics. Earlier this month, the government announced it was in talks with Moderna to establish mRNA vaccine production, and on Friday Canberra said other companies had […]

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Should we consider the microbiome to be another organ?

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In this feature, we hear from two United Kingdom-based researchers whose work focuses on obesity and metabolism: Dr. Petra Hanson and Dr. Thomas M. Barber. They discuss the microbiome, the marketing hype behind probiotics, and the future direction of research. Dr. Hanson and Dr. Barber work at Warwick Medical School and the University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire National Health Service […]

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