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• AF at COVID-19 Admission Predicts Mortality, Demands Vigilance Atrial fibrillation, especially new-onset AF, independently predicted early death in patients with COVID-19 in 2 studies, and probably should 'trigger a higher level of diagnostic and therapeutic effort.'
  Medscape Medical News, January 27, 2021
• Feds Look to Retrofit Factories to Increase COVID Vaccine Production The Biden administration also seeks to improve genomic sequencing efforts to stay a step ahead of emerging variants.
  Medscape Medical News, January 27, 2021
• Prolonged Prone-Position Ventilation Feasible in ARDS Prolonged pone position ventilation was feasible and 'relatively safe' in a retrospective single-center study.
  Reuters Health Information, January 26, 2021
• Influence of Patient Mask Wearing on Ocular Injection-Related Infection Unclear Pre-pandemic research suggests that mask wearing by clinicians may reduce infectious endophthalmitis in patients receiving ocular injections, and that a no-talking policy can also help. But the influence of mask wearing by patients themselves still remains to be precisely defined, ressearchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, January 26, 2021
• COVID Outcomes Have Improved Over Time in Patients With Rheumatic Disease A trends analysis shows that COVID-19 outcomes in patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases improved as the pandemic continued.
  Reuters Health Information, January 26, 2021
• COVID-19 Vaccine Recommended for All Patients With IBD Patients with inflammatory bowel disease should be vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, according to recommendations issued by the International Organization for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
  Reuters Health Information, January 26, 2021
• Alert FDA Approves Voclosporin for Lupus Nephritis Lupkynis is a calcineurin-inhibitor immunosuppressant, and is the first oral medication to show effectiveness in lupus nephritis, according to the company.
  FDA Approvals, January 27, 2021
• Lower-Body Compression Trims Orthostatic Tachycardia in POTS Symptoms also improved during tilt-table testing with compression garments in this complex, frequently misdiagnosed patient population.
  Medscape Medical News, January 27, 2021
• Patient Contact With Primary Care Physicians Declines in Study The reasons for this less frequent contact and the ramifications for patients and doctors practicing primary care are unclear, according to various experts.
  Medscape Medical News, January 27, 2021
• COVID-19 Can Spread in Less Than 15 Min, Joint CDC-NFL Study Says Four major factors played into COVID-19 transmission: whether masks were worn, how well the room was ventilated, how long the interaction lasted and the distance between the people.
  WebMD Health News, January 27, 2021
• Microthrombi, Necrosis Seen in COVID-19 Hearts on Autopsy A new autopsy series shows microthrombi and focal necrosis in hearts of patients who died of COVID-19. The findings support use of anticoagulation, but best dosing remains unclear, researchers say.
  Medscape Medical News, January 27, 2021
• Some Athletes Will Resist COVID-19 Vaccination, Says USOPC Medical Chief There may be only a one in a billion chance of failing a doping test due to the COVID-19 vaccine, but some athletes will still resist inoculation, scientists from the World Anti-Doping Agency and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) said on Tuesday.
  Reuters Health Information, January 26, 2021
• Ibrutinib 'Treatment of Choice' in Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia Longer-term results from a pivotal study have established ibritinib as one of the most effective monotherapies for this disease.
  Medscape Medical News, January 27, 2021
• Enthusiasm Over COVID-19 Vaccines Tempered by Talk of Protectionism and Hoarding Europe urged pharmaceutical companies on Tuesday to honour their commitments to supply coronavirus vaccines, as delivery cuts and delays dim hopes of a quick fix to COVID-19 and increase talk of protectionism and hoarding.
  Reuters Health Information, January 26, 2021
• Sanofi to Help Produce 100 Mln Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine Doses Sanofi will fill and pack millions of doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine from July in an effort to help meet the huge demand for the U.S. drugmaker's shots.
  Reuters Health Information, January 26, 2021
• GAVI Seeks Political Support for COVAX as Rich Nations Strike Fresh Vaccine Deals Political support is needed for a global scheme to vaccinate people in poor and middle income countries as wealthier nations strike fresh bilateral deals with developers to secure limited supplies, the head of the GAVI vaccine alliance said on Tuesday.
  Reuters Health Information, January 26, 2021
• PharmaMar Soars 21% After Mouse Data Confirm Drug's Efficacy Against COVID Shares in Spanish pharmaceutical company PharmaMar spiked over 20% on Tuesday after it cited a paper published in the journal Science that confirmed 'potent preclinical efficacy' of its drug Aplidin against COVID-19.
  Reuters Health Information, January 26, 2021
• Judge Orders Merck Documents on Antibaldness Drug Propecia Unsealed A US judge granted a Reuters request to unseal Merck documents produced in lawsuits related to its anti-baldness treatment Propecia, finding that the public's right to access outweighed the drug maker's arguments for keeping the information secret.
  Reuters Health Information, January 26, 2021
• EU to Create Private-Public Bio-Defence Preparedness Plan The European Union will seek to create a bio-defence preparedness programme in the form of a public-private partnership, to prepare against the next big health crisis, the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said.
  Reuters Health Information, January 26, 2021
• Sweden's Nobel Prize Hall to Become COVID-19 Vaccination Venue Stockholm's Blue Hall, where leading scientists, politicians and royalty gather for the glittering Nobel Prize banquet, will be used to vaccinate the Swedish capital's citizens against COVID-19, a city commissioner said on Wednesday.
  Reuters Health Information, January 26, 2021