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• ACC 2021 Disadvantaged Patients With CVD Face Barriers to COVID Prevention The findings add to growing evidence that socially disadvantaged populations face multiple barriers to healthy living, including a 'limited capacity' to engage in COVID-19 risk mitigation.
  Medscape Medical News, May 15, 2021
• ACC 2021 ADAPTABLE: Low-Dose Aspirin as Good as High-Dose in CHD? A large randomized trial specifically designed to investigate the optimum dose of aspirin in patients with established coronary disease has found similar efficacy and safety with 81 mg and 325 mg.
  Medscape Medical News, May 15, 2021
• Imagine the Worst, or We're at Our Own Peril: Osterholm   At home with politicians and news anchors, CIDRAP's Michael Osterholm shares three rules of science and the media, and explains why policy and science belong together like chocolate and peanut butter.
  Medscape, May 14, 2021
• Is the CDC Leading on COVID or Leading From Behind? Public health experts weigh in on the CDC's latest mask guidance, how they think the agency is doing, and where it should go next.
  Medscape Medical News, May 14, 2021
• ACC 2021 Cardiac Events Doubled Among Distressed Younger Survivors of MI In addition to medical therapy and cardiac rehab, cardiologists should consider psychological assessment after MI, especially among younger patients, to prevent recurrent events, a new study suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, May 14, 2021
• Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine Appears Not to Affect Sperm The COVID-19 mRNA vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech does not damage sperm, according to a study by Israeli researchers.
  Reuters Health Information, May 13, 2021
• Indian, South African Coronavirus Variants Found in Americas, WHO Expert Says The four most worrying coronavirus variants have been detected in virtually all countries and territories of the Americas, but although they are more transmissible there is no evidence they are more lethal, a WHO expert said on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, May 13, 2021
• Japan Vaccine Chief Blames Drug Approval System for Slow Inoculation Drive Japan's COVID-19 vaccine chief has blamed a rigid drug approval system for a slow inoculation campaign that is relying on only one approved shot, as a fourth wave of infections raises worries amid preparations for the Summer Olympics.
  Reuters Health Information, May 13, 2021
• Indian States Turn to Antiparasitic Drug to Fight COVID-19 Against WHO Advice At least two Indian states have said they plan to dose their populations with the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to protect against severe COVID-19 infections as their hospitals are overrun with patients in critical condition.
  Reuters Health Information, May 13, 2021
• CureVac-GSK Coronavirus Variant Vaccine Generates Good Immune Response in Rats A second-generation COVID-19 vaccine developed by CureVac and GlaxoSmithKline, designed to protect against coronavirus variants, produced a high level of immune response in a trial in rats, the companies said on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, May 13, 2021
• Medscape Public Health and Preventive Medicine Physician Compensation Report 2021 Medscape's Public Health and Preventive Medicine Physician Compensation Report 2021 explores income, hours worked, and greatest work challenges in 2020, an atypical year marked by the COVID pandemic.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, May 14, 2021
• Quebec, New Brunswick Stop Offering First Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine The Canadian provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick will no longer offer first doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as of Thursday, but will offer second doses using current supplies and future deliveries, the provinces said on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, May 13, 2021
• Who Decides if the World Needs COVID-19 Booster Shots? Vaccine makers Moderna and Pfizer, with its German partner BioNTech, have been vocal in their view that the world will soon need COVID-19 booster shots to maintain high levels of immunity. What is less clear, however, is who should make that decision - and based on what evidence.
  Reuters Health Information, May 13, 2021
• Q&A With Dr. John Whyte (May 14, 2021)   WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, MPH, answers viewers' questions about COVID-19 vaccines and blood thinners, infectiousness, and gatherings.
  WebMD, May 14, 2021
• Top Scientists Question the Need for COVID-19 Booster Shots COVID-19 vaccine developers are making ever bolder assertions that the world will need yearly booster shots, or new vaccines to tackle concerning coronavirus variants, but some scientists question when, or whether, such shots will be needed.
  Reuters Health Information, May 13, 2021
• Over a Quarter of EU Adults Would Refuse COVID-19 Shot, Survey Says More than a quarter of adults in the European Union would be unlikely to take the COVID-19 vaccine when it was offered to them, a survey published on Thursday showed.
  Reuters Health Information, May 13, 2021
• Post-COVID-19 GI Symptoms: Are We in for the Long Haul?   Dr David Johnson remarks on the increasingly complex GI manifestations that COVID long-haulers may be facing.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, May 14, 2021
• New Invention Speeds Up Walking Pace Engineers are designing lightweight, torque-controlled ankle supports to help walkers defy their limitations and propel forward faster.
  Medscape Medical News, May 14, 2021
• Inside One Network Cashing In on Vaccine Disinformation The Bollingers are part of an ecosystem of for-profit companies, nonprofit groups, YouTube channels and other social media accounts that stoke fear and distrust of COVID-19 vaccines.
  Associated Press, May 14, 2021
• ECO 2021 Ultraprocessed Food Adversely Impacts Metabolome in Kids Analysis of molecular changes to the metabolome upon consumption of ultraprocessed foods shows concerning changes in midchildhood and adolescence known to be associated with overweight/obesity.
  Medscape Medical News, May 14, 2021