Latest - Public Health & Prevention

• PPE Shortage Crisis Continues at Most Hospitals, Survey Shows Nearly 3 in 4 infection prevention experts say facilities remain in crisis mode, with shortages of respirators, masks, face shields, and other personal protective equipment.
  Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2020
• Getting a COVID Vaccine -- Trial Participant Shares What It's Like   WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with Kelvin Phillips, who is participating in a 2-year COVID-19 vaccine trial, about his experience and why he is taking part.
  WebMD, December 04, 2020
• New Residency Matching Sets Record, Says NRMP Highest number of applicants ever are matched to subspecialty training positions, as number of US MD and international grads both rise.
  Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2020
• Biden Will Ask Americans to Wear Masks for 100 Days President-elect Joe Biden plans to ask all Americans to mask up 'not forever' but just for 100 days to help get the virus under control in the US.
  WebMD Health News, December 04, 2020
• States Plan for Vaccines as Daily US Virus Deaths Top 3,100 States drafted plans Thursday for who will go to the front of the line when the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine become available later this month.
  Associated Press, December 04, 2020
• New CREDENCE Data Support SGLT2 Inhibitor Use in Advanced CKD 'We would not recommend initiating treatment with SGLT2 inhibitor in eGFR < 30 until results of the other pending trials are available,' but new CREDENCE data add to the evidence base, say investigators.
  Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2020
• From Cradle to Grave, Alcohol Is Bad for the Brain There is "compelling" evidence of the harmful effects of alcohol on the brain. The greatest risk occurs during three periods of life that are marked by dynamic brain changes, experts say.
  Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2020
• COVID-19 Fuels Surge in Overdose-Related Cardiac Arrests Researchers urge investments in substance use treatment, harm reduction, and the structural drivers of overdose as core elements of the COVID-19 response.
  Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2020
• A COVID-19 and Diabetes Update From Anne Peters   How are patients faring with the changes to diabetes care during the pandemic? Dr Anne Peters gives an update and highlights areas that need more focus.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, December 04, 2020
• California Governor Unveils Plan for Regional Lockdowns as ICUs Near Capacity California's governor on Thursday announced plans to impose COVID-19 stay-at-home orders on a regional basis, with new restrictions on social and economic activities to be triggered in a given region when its hospital intensive care units get close to capacity.
  Reuters Health Information, December 03, 2020
• Biden Picks Two Former Obama Officials to Help Lead COVID-19 Response: Politico President-elect Joe Biden has selected former Obama administration official Jeff Zients to be his White House coronavirus coordinator and former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to return in that role, Politico reported on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, December 03, 2020
• Former US Presidents Obama, Bush, Clinton Willing to Take Coronavirus Vaccine on Camera Former US Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton said they were willing to be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus on television in order to ease any public skepticism over the safety of new vaccines.
  Reuters Health Information, December 03, 2020
• Canada Could Approve Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine Soon, Quebec Cancels Christmas for Some Canadian health authorities could complete their regulatory review of Pfizer Inc's coronavirus vaccine within the next week, allowing distribution to start in early 2021, medical officials indicated on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, December 03, 2020
• Airports Reject Vaccine Requirement as Travel Debate Intensifies Aviation industry opposition to requiring mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for passengers has intensified as impending drug approvals trigger a debate over their role in air travel.
  Reuters Health Information, December 03, 2020
• UN Chief Pans Countries Who Ignored COVID-19 Facts, WHO Guidance United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday decried countries - without naming names - who rejected the facts about the coronavirus pandemic and ignored guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO).
  Reuters Health Information, December 03, 2020
• Hackers Targeting Groups Involved in COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution, IBM Warns IBM is sounding the alarm over hackers targeting companies critical to the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, a sign that digital spies are turning their attention to the complex logistical work involved in inoculating the world's population against the novel coronavirus.
  Reuters Health Information, December 03, 2020
• WHO Looks at Possible 'e-Vaccination Certificates' for Travel The World Health Organization (WHO) does not recommend countries issuing "immunity passports" for those who have recovered from COVID-19, but is looking at prospects of deploying e-vaccination certificates like those it is developing with Estonia.
  Reuters Health Information, December 03, 2020
• Africa Foresees 60% of People Vaccinated Against COVID in 2-3 Years Africa aims to have 60% of its population vaccinated against COVID-19 within the next two to three years, the African Union's disease control group said on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, December 03, 2020
• Ensuring Global COVID-19 Vaccine Access Seen Worth Billions to Rich Nations Rich nations stand to lose hundreds of billions of dollars in economic output over the next five years if poorer countries do not get equal access to COVID-19 vaccines, a report said on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, December 03, 2020
• Facebook Bans False Claims About COVID-19 Vaccines Facebook Inc on Thursday said it would remove false claims about COVID-19 vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts, following a similar announcement by Alphabet Inc's YouTube in October.
  Reuters Health Information, December 03, 2020