Emergency Medicine News

• CDC Panel Sounds Alarm on Variants, Even as Vaccine Supply Rises CDC's ACIP panel underscores challenges of managing a limited supply of COVID-19 shots amid rising concern about viral variants.
  Medscape Medical News, March 02, 2021
• Biden Vows Enough COVID-19 Vaccine for Every Adult by End of May President Biden announced the accelerated schedule after a new deal with Merck will help Johnson & Johnson ramp up production of their recently approved vaccine.
  WebMD Health News, March 02, 2021
• Texas Becomes Biggest US State to Lift COVID-19 Mask Mandate Texas is lifting its mask mandate, Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday, making it the largest state to end an order intended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus that has killed more than 42,000 Texans.
  Associated Press, March 02, 2021
• Fathers Grieve Lost Child With Stoicism, Self-isolation, Work Fathers who are grieving the loss of a young child may not discuss their feelings with others, instead coping with stoicism and self-isolation or by throwing themselves into work.
  Reuters Health Information, March 01, 2021
• Vitamin Sales Skyrocket in the Pandemic, but Buyer Beware The supplement market, valued at $48 billion in 2019, is projected to grow to $58 billion this year, but misleading claims take advantage of people trying new methods to improve health in a crisis.
  Medscape Medical News, March 02, 2021
• COVID-19 Pandemic Fuels Attacks on Health Workers Globally A new report by the Human Rights Center identified more than 1100 threats or acts of violence against health care workers and facilities last year.
  Associated Press, March 02, 2021
• Over 60% of Russians Don't Want Sputnik V Vaccine: Poll Nearly two thirds of Russians are not willing to receive Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, an independent pollster said on Monday.
  Reuters Health Information, March 01, 2021
• Scientists Reveal Why SARS-CoV-2 More Infectious Than SARS-CoV-1 The research team also identified a specific region at the end of the spike protein, called the N-terminal domain (NTD), that is the key difference between SARS-CoV-1 and -2.
  Reuters Health Information, March 01, 2021
• Pegilodecakin No Aid to FOLFOX in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Adding pegilodecakin to FOLFOX in patients with advanced gemcitabine-refractory pancreatic cancer does not improve overall survival, according to the SEQUOIA trial.
  Reuters Health Information, March 01, 2021
• ASDS Issues First Filler Safety Recommendations "Truthfully, a lot of people don't know what they're doing," lead author Derek Jones, MD, of Skin Care and Laser Physicians of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, said in an interview.
  Medscape Medical News, March 02, 2021
• Residency Has Changed; What New Docs Must Do Now Unlike last year, faculty and current trainees can now offer advice to docs starting their residency amid COVID-19. Do you agree with these tips for starting a medical career off on the right foot?
  Medscape Medical News, March 01, 2021
• 'Doctor, I'd Like You to Change My Medical Record' As more patients are now able to access their medical records, physicians find that some are asking for changes. What to do if the request is unreasonable?
  Medscape Medical News, March 01, 2021
• Older, Heavier People May Be 'Superspreaders' of COVID-19 Study finds that older age and higher BMI increase the likelihood of spreading the SARS-CoV-2 virus; authors say that a nasal mist product could potentially reduce the number of exhaled viral particles.
  Medscape Medical News, March 01, 2021
• CDC Chief Signs Off on Advisory Panel's Backing of J&J Vaccine The action by CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, follows a unanimous endorsement earlier Sunday of the third COVID-19 vaccine authorized for use in the US, clearing the way to begin distribution.
  Medscape Medical News, March 01, 2021
• Alert FDA Grants Emergency Use to Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine The Janssen/Johnson & Johnson SARS-CoV-2 vaccine becomes the third available to fight the pandemic in the US and the first designed for single-dose administration.
  FDA Approvals, February 27, 2021
• COVID-19 Vaccination Linked to Less Mechanical Ventilation A new report from Israel links COVID-19 vaccination to a drop in the need for mechanical ventilation among people 70 and older.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2021
• FDA Clears Device to Protect Kids Against Head Injury The US Food and Drug Administration has cleared a new over-the-counter (OTC) device designed to protect children aged 13 years and older from sports-related traumatic brain injury.
  FDA Approvals, February 26, 2021
• Most Severe COVID Tied to Four Cardiometabolic Conditions The authors of a new study are calling for stronger public health lifestyle advice to minimize the risk for COVID-19 hospitalization.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2021
• SOFA Score Not Helpful for Ventilator Triage in Patients With COVID-19 Pneumonia The Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score has 'inadequate' discriminant accuracy for ventilator triage of patients with COVID-19, clinicians caution.
  Reuters Health Information, February 24, 2021
• How to Convince Patients Muscle Pain Isn't a Statin Achilles Heel The strategy seemed to work in this trial: two-thirds of patients who previously rejected statins, perceiving them as the cause of muscle pain, decided they would go on them again, 'which was quite amazing.'
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2021