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• As COVID Restrictions Ease, RSV and Other Viruses Re-Eemerge The CDC urges more testing for RSV among patients presenting with acute respiratory illness who test negative for SARS-CoV-2. RSV is just one of the viruses reemerging as COVID restrictions lift.
  Medscape Medical News, June 11, 2021
• Alert EMA Seeks More Data on Myocarditis After COVID-19 Shots The agency says it needs more data to determine if there is a causal relationship of myocarditis and COVID-19 vaccines, and will seek additional information from the manufacturers.
  News Alerts, June 11, 2021
• Alert EMA Says Sinus Bradycardia a Possible Risk With Remdesivir A causal relationship between COVID-19 treatment with remdesivir and sinus bradycardia is 'at least a reasonable possibility,' the EMA's safety committee has concluded.
  News Alerts, June 11, 2021
• Alert EMA Warns of New AZ Vaccine Side Effect AstraZeneca's Vaxzevria COVID-19 vaccine is now contraindicated in people with a history of capillary leak syndrome; the condition will be listed as a side effect with an "unknown frequency."
  News Alerts, June 11, 2021
• COVID-19 Death Toll Higher for International Medical Graduates A disproportionate share of the US physicians who died from COVID-19 in 2020 had graduated from medical schools outside the United States.
  Medscape Medical News, June 11, 2021
• Noninvasive Ventilation Tied to Higher Mortality Than CPAP in COVID-19 Pneumonia Compared with continuous positive airway pressure, use of noninvasive ventilation to treat acute respiratory failure secondary to COVID-19 pneumonia is tied to higher mortality, according to a new review.
  Reuters Health Information, June 10, 2021
• EULAR 2021 Mavrilimumab May Aid Severe COVID-19 Recovery The granulocyte/macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) blocker reduced the need for mechanical ventilation and death by day 29 vs placebo.
  Medscape Medical News, June 11, 2021
• Medscape Physician Wealth & Debt Report 2021 Medscape surveyed almost 18,000 physicians who told us about their spending habits, savings, and what debts they're paying off.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, June 11, 2021
• Pharmacist Who Ruined COVID Vaccine Doses Sentenced Before receiving his prison sentence, Steven Brandenburg said he felt "great shame" and accepted responsibility for his actions. He also apologized to his co-workers, his family, and the community.
  WebMD Health News, June 10, 2021
• Delta Variant and COVID-19 Vaccines: What to Know "If you've gotten your first dose, make sure to get that second dose," Anthony Fauci, MD, White House medical advisor, said Tuesday, noting that the Delta variant accounts for about 6% of new US cases.
  WebMD Health News, June 10, 2021
• Buprenorphine: More Is Needed to Ensure Patients Have Access Patients have few, if any, options for connecting with outpatient providers who can continue this effective therapy.
  Medscape Hospital Medicine, June 10, 2021
• EAS 2021 Simple Risk Assessment Predicts Post-PCI Ischemic Events Determining if PCI patients have just one or more guideline-based risk features predicts their odds of ischemic events, and can be used to tailor antiplatelet therapy, suggests a real-world analysis.
  Medscape Medical News, June 10, 2021
• Prone Position in Mechanically Ventilated COVID-19 Patients Prone positioning is a commonly used strategy for intubated, mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients, but what do we know about the efficacy of this practice?
  Critical Care, June 10, 2021
• Anticoagulation Therapy in Patients With COVID-19 Is the use of anticoagulation therapy in COVID-19 patients a useful treatment option?
  Critical Care Medicine, June 10, 2021
• Two FDA Panel Members Resign Over Alzheimer's Drug Approval Two members of an FDA advisory panel have now resigned following the agency's approval of the controversial Alzheimer's drug aducanumab.
  Medscape Medical News, June 09, 2021
• Houston Hospital Suspends Workers Over Vaccine Compliance Houston Methodist Hospital says nearly all its workers are vaccinated against COVID-19. It's the first hospital in the US to mandate the shots.
  WebMD Health News, June 09, 2021
• Living to 100 Age 99 was not good enough. My patient enlisted my help to change her advance directive. She wanted to make it to 100, and she wanted the birthday card to show for it.
  Medscape Family Medicine, June 09, 2021
• Trust in CDC, FDA Took a Beating During Pandemic Out of nearly 2000 US nurses surveyed on Medscape between May 25 and June 3, 77% said their trust in the CDC has decreased since the start of COVID, and 51% said their trust in the FDA has decreased.
  WebMD Health News, June 09, 2021
• Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Mild Stroke: Better at Lower BP? A new analysis from the POINT trial suggests that a strategy of mild blood-pressure reduction combined with dual antiplatelet therapy may further lower early risk for stroke recurrence, say the authors.
  Medscape Medical News, June 08, 2021
• AMA, JAMA Shakeup Highlights Divide in Medicine A February podcast on structural racism has brought to light an ideological divide in medicine begetting two distinct camps: those who believe systemic racism permeates the field, and those who do not.
  Medscape Medical News, June 08, 2021