Nurses News

• Doctors Urge FDA to Add Miscarriage Management to Abortion Pill Label Obstetricians, gynecologists, other medical professionals, and abortion rights advocates petitioned the FDA on Tuesday to urge Danco Laboratories to seek approval of mifepristone.
  Reuters Health Information, October 04, 2022
• Cholera Outbreak in Malawi Has Killed 110 Since March Cholera has spread to 22 of Malawi's 28 districts, killing 110 people and infecting 3,891 people since March when the first case was reported, the health minister said on Tuesday.
  Reuters Health Information, October 04, 2022
• Myocarditis Rare But Ticks Upward After COVID Booster in Youth A national study again shows a low rate of myocarditis with COVID vaccines in those under age 40 years, but also an uptick in rates among male adolescents after a first booster.
  Medscape Medical News, October 05, 2022
• EASD 2022 Is Continuous Glucose Monitoring for Everyone With Diabetes? At the EASD annual meeting, two experts debated '...and CGM for all," with nuanced takes regarding people with type 2 diabetes not on insulin.
  Medscape Medical News, October 05, 2022
• HIV/AIDS: Federal Strategy Includes QOL Indicators for First Time Indicators include mental health, stable housing, socioeconomic challenges, and food security.
  Medscape Medical News, October 05, 2022
• Death of Son Reinforces Flu Vaccination Message Brent had no health conditions to put him at higher risk for complications of the flu. "Brent was a wonderful son, brother, uncle, and friend."
  WebMD Health News, October 05, 2022
• The Pandemic Isn't Over, Fauci Says, but It's Getting Better Anthony Fauci, MD, said this week that he isn"t ready to say that we are nearing the end of COVID-19.
  WebMD Health News, October 05, 2022
• The CDC Scientist Who Couldn't Get Monkeypox Treatment "I emphasize my training and my experience because if I had to go to three different places before I got diagnosed, imagine what the average gay man has to do?"
  ProPublica, October 05, 2022
• WHO to Request Cholera Vaccines for Haiti, Expects Further Spread The World Health Organization is setting up tents to treat cholera in Haiti and will also request a supply of oral vaccines against the disease that has unexpectedly returned to a country paralyzed by a gang blockade, a WHO spokesperson said.
  Reuters Health Information, October 04, 2022
• Omicron BA.4.6 Makes Up Nearly 13% of COVID Variants Circulating in US: CDC The CDC on Tuesday estimated that nearly 13% of the circulating coronavirus variants in the United States were of the BA.4.6 subvariant of Omicron, as of the week ended October 1.
  Reuters Health Information, October 04, 2022
• When Failure to Correct a Flawed Paper Could Put Lives at Risk A paper claimed that vasopressin, also known as antidiuretic hormone, worsened SARS-CoV-2 infections.
  Retraction Watch, October 05, 2022
• Nifedipine During Labor Controls BP in Severe Preeclampsia For women with preeclampsia with severe features who are undergoing induction of labor, initiation of long-acting oral nifedipine every 24 hours should be considered, researchers say.
  Medscape Medical News, October 05, 2022
• ICH Patients at Increased Risk of Subsequent Vascular Events Patients with prior intracerebral hemorrhage have higher rates of major ischemic and hemorrhagic events than the general population, emphasizing the need for better secondary preventive measures.
  Medscape Medical News, October 05, 2022
• France's 8th Wave of COVID Is Gaining in Intensity: Health Official France has entered an eighth wave of the COVID-19 virus, as the winter season approaches, said a leading French health official.
  Reuters Health Information, October 04, 2022
• Too Old to Practice Medicine? In Brazil, there is no age limit for practicing medicine. Many Brazilian physicians support periodic self-evaluations, but not mandatory age-related assessments.
  Medscape Medical News, October 05, 2022
• Michigan Judge Drops Charges in Flint Water Crisis A Michigan judge on Tuesday threw out felony charges against seven former state and local officials in connection with the Flint water scandal.
  Reuters Health Information, October 04, 2022
• Biden to Nominate US Surgeon General to Join WHO Executive Board: Official President Joe Biden intends to nominate Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to be the US representative on the World Health Organization's executive board, administration officials said on Tuesday.
  Reuters Health Information, October 04, 2022
• New Consensus on Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease Together ADA and KDIGO, an international kidney disease group, together summarize their current guidance on how to manage patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease.
  Medscape Medical News, October 05, 2022
• US Abortion Restrictions Mount After Overturn of Roe v Wade Thirteen states have begun enforcing abortion bans since the US Supreme Court in June overturned Roe v Wade, a swift and dramatic change after nearly 50 years of federal abortion protections.
  Reuters Health Information, October 04, 2022
• Serplulimab Ups Survival in SCLC, but Where Does It Fit In? The new PD-1 inhibitor from China yielded positive results in a phase 3 trial, and a further trial in the US is now planned to bolster prospects for FDA approval.
  Medscape Medical News, October 05, 2022