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East Kent Trust Fined £733,000 for Failures in Mother and Baby's Care

News June 18, 2021

The Trust pleaded guilty to the offence of failing to provide safe care and treatment to a mother and her newborn son.
Teenagers at Greatest Risk of Self-harming Could Be Identified a Decade Earlier

News June 18, 2021
ACC 2021: What Could Change UK Cardiology Practice?

Commentary June 18, 2021

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United Wants to Charge You for ER Visits It Disagrees With

WebMD Health News June 17, 2021

The nation's largest health insurer says it still plans to stop paying for ER visits it decides are unnecessary.
AMA: 'Excited Delirium' Not a Legitimate Medical Diagnosis

Medscape Medical News June 14, 2021
Buprenorphine: More Is Needed to Ensure Patients Have Access

Medscape Hospital Medicine June 10, 2021

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Delta Variant Drives Huge COVID Spike in UK

WebMD Health News June 18, 2021
Hundreds of Vaccinated Medical Workers in Indonesia Hospitalized

WebMD Health News June 18, 2021
Scalpel or Sword? Surgery Resident Off to Olympics in Fencing

Medscape Medical News June 18, 2021
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FDA Approves StrataGraft for Deep Skin Burns

FDA Approvals June 18, 2021
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Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act

WebMD Health News June 17, 2021
England to Make COVID-19 Vaccinations Compulsory for Care Workers

Reuters Health Information June 17, 2021
More Evidence Suggests COVID-19 Was in US by Christmas 2019

Associated Press June 15, 2021
Prophylactic Anticoagulation Tied to Lower Death Rate in COVID

Medscape Medical News June 15, 2021

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Buprenorphine: More Is Needed to Ensure Patients Have Access

Commentary June 10, 2021

Patients have few, if any, options for connecting with outpatient providers who can continue this effective therapy.
New! Spotlight on Medical Power Couples: Their Extraordinary Lives

Article June 16, 2021

Infectious disease experts and spouses juggle their personal lives with major disease outbreaks; plus the only married couple in the United States to lead separate medical schools.
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Being Vaccinated Doesn't Mean You Must Go Maskless. Here's Why.

Commentary June 15, 2021
A Quick Tour of the New Lyme Disease Guideline

Commentary June 14, 2021

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Twenty-Year Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines

Emerging Infectious Diseases June 17, 2021
Interim Estimates of Effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines

Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report June 16, 2021
AIDP or Guillain-barre Syndrome Associated With COVID-19

Journal of Medical Case Reports June 3, 2021
Thrombocytopenia and COVID-19 Severity and Outcome

Laboratory Medicine June 2, 2021
Tilt Testing Remains a Valuable Asset

European Heart Journal June 2, 2021
SARS-CoV-2 and Stroke Characteristics

Stroke June 1, 2021

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Fast Five Quiz: Sinusitis With Nasal Polyps

Fast Five Quiz June 18, 2021

Chronic rhinosinusitis is one of the most common medical disorders worldwide. How much do you know about chronic sinusitis with nasal polyps? Test your knowledge with this short quiz.
ECG Challenge: Lightheadedness and Slow, Irregular Pulse

Clinical Case June 17, 2021
Fast Five Quiz: Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)

Fast Five Quiz June 10, 2021
Fast Five Quiz: Serotonin Syndrome

Fast Five Quiz June 4, 2021

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Pandemic Swells Medicaid Enrollment to 80 Million People

Kaiser Health News June 18, 2021

More than 80 million Americans with low incomes were receiving health coverage through the federal-state program in January. The program now covers nearly 1 in 4 people nationwide.
The Realities of 'No Jab, No Job' for Healthcare Workers

Kaiser Health News June 18, 2021
Race, Healthcare, Pandemic: Hope in a Year of Challenges

WebMD Health News June 18, 2021
High Rates of Work-Related Trauma, PTSD in Intern Physicians

Medscape Medical News June 18, 2021

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