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UK COVID-19 Update: Plea for COVID Jabs for Pregnant Women, Latest Infection Figures

News July 30, 2021

These are the UK coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
UK COVID-19 Update: NICE VITT Guidance, Cancelled Cancer Ops, General Practice 'SOS'

News July 29, 2021
New NICE Guidelines on Post-COVID Vaccine Blood Clots

News July 29, 2021

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Docs' Growing Concern at PAs Becoming 'Physician Associates'

Medscape Medical News July 21, 2021

The name change from physician assistant to physician associate has many potential ramifications that could change the nature and scope of professional relationships.
Does Violating HIPAA on Social Media Warrant Getting Fired?

Medscape Hospital Medicine July 16, 2021
What an Editor Learned After a Paper Was Deemed Insensitive

Medscape Medical News July 7, 2021

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Untreatable, Drug-Resistant Fungus Found in Texas and DC

Medscape Medical News July 30, 2021
Vaccination Alone Won't Counter Rise of Resistant Variants: Study

Medscape Medical News July 30, 2021
Pentagon, Federal Government Push for Employee Vaccinations

WebMD Health News July 30, 2021
'War Has Changed': CDC Says Delta as Contagious as Chicken Pox

Medscape Medical News July 30, 2021
Kidney Transplant Outcomes Good in Undocumented Immigrants

Medscape Medical News July 30, 2021
Do I Have Bad Breath? A New Sensor Will Check

WebMD Health News July 30, 2021
Ravages of COVID Surge Evident Inside Missouri Hospital

Associated Press July 30, 2021
Nearly Half of Female Surgeons Surveyed Lost a Pregnancy

Medscape Medical News July 30, 2021

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Does Violating HIPAA on Social Media Warrant Getting Fired?

Commentary July 16, 2021

Dr Alok S. Patel discusses and provides examples of inadvertent, well-intentioned HIPAA violations on social media.
'Enough English' to Be at Risk

Commentary July 19, 2021

One way to bypass language barriers is to recognize the value added by hiring and training bilingual healthcare providers.
Even the Vaccinated Can Still Get COVID-19

Blog July 19, 2021
Ivermectin for COVID: How Do We Know What to Believe?

Commentary July 14, 2021

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Identification of the SARS-CoV-2 Variants B.1.427 and B.1.429

Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report July 30, 2021
Advances in the Management of Convulsive Status Epilepticus

Brain July 30, 2021
Risks, Prevention of C diff Transmission During Transition

Emerging Infectious Diseases July 29, 2021
Management of a Spontaneous Supra-aortic Arterial Dissection

Journal of Medical Case Reports July 29, 2021
CBC and Inflammatory Markers in Patients With/Without COVID-19

American Journal of Clinical Pathology July 29, 2021
Emergence and Epidemiology of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.526 Variant

Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report July 28, 2021

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Patient Simulation: A 28-Year-Old Woman With Recent Myasthenic Crisis

Patient Simulation July 29, 2021

A 28-year-old woman was recently hospitalized for respiratory distress and feels like her symptoms are worsening. How would you manage this patient?
Fast Five Quiz: Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes

Fast Five Quiz July 23, 2021
A 53-Year-Old Social Media Worker With Dysphonia and Paresis

Case Challenge July 20, 2021
Fast Five Quiz: Oncology Pain Management

Fast Five Quiz July 19, 2021

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Diabetes Drug's New Weight Loss Formula Fuels Cost-Benefit Debate

Kaiser Health News July 30, 2021

Diabetes drugs are being reformulated and renamed as new obesity treatments. Medicare currently doesn't cover the latter, and private insurers will have to decide if the cost is worth the benefit.
Politics Trumping Science Is Increasingly Disheartening

Medscape Blogs July 30, 2021
5 Tips for Feeling Less Guilt When Calling Out Sick

Medscape Blogs July 30, 2021
3 Powerful Lessons Simone Biles Taught the World

Medscape Blogs July 29, 2021

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