Hospital Medicine News

• Report: The Unvaccinated Infected With Delta Remain Contagious The New York Times reports the CDC will unveil new data that prompted a recent change in mask guidance.
  Medscape Medical News, July 29, 2021
• 'A Few Mutations Away': The Threat of a Vaccine-Proof Variant How close is the world to seeing a SARS-CoV-2 variant that gets around protection from current COVID-19 vaccines?
  Medscape Medical News, July 29, 2021
• Fighting Fauci: From Ridicule to Death Threats, Attacks Continue As one of the key government officials relaying information about the pandemic to the public, Fauci is front and center. That often brings with it the risk of scorn, and sometimes serious threats.
  Medscape Medical News, July 29, 2021
• CDC Reverses Guidance on Testing for Fully Vaccinated People The CDC previously said fully vaccinated people didn't need testing after exposure unless they showed symptoms.
  WebMD Health News, July 29, 2021
• New Vaccinations Increasing in COVID Hot Spots States struggling with alarming COVID-19 outbreaks are now vaccinating people at very high rates, an analysis of CDC data by Bloomberg shows.
  WebMD Health News, July 29, 2021
• One in Three Cancer Articles On Social Media Has Wrong Info One third of the 200 most popular news articles on social media about the treatment of the four leading cancers contain misinformation, says a new study.
  Medscape Medical News, July 29, 2021
• Disparities Seen in Use of Standard of Care Blood Thinners for Atrial Fibrillation Minority patients with atrial fibrillation are less likely to be treated with standard of care blood thinners than white patients, a new study of US Veterans Administration data suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, July 28, 2021
• Certain Gut Bacteria Tied to Lower Risk of Diabetes Greater gut microbial diversity and abundance of 12 types of butyrate-producing bacteria may hinder the development of type 2 diabetes, a population-based study in the Netherlands hints.
  Medscape Medical News, July 29, 2021
• Young Adults Born Small for Gestational Age Have Reduced Exercise Capacity, Heart Structure Changes Young adults born small for gestational age had lower exercise capacity than their non-SGA peers, as well as right ventricular remodeling, in an observational study in Spain
  Reuters Health Information, July 27, 2021
• Atrial Fibrillation After SAVR or TAVR Tied to Poorer Outcome Following hospital discharge after transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement (TAVR or SAVR), atrial fibrillation or flutter may portend worse outcomes, according to a post hoc analysis of the Partner 3 trial.
  Reuters Health Information, July 27, 2021
• Pfizer Vaccine Protection Wanes After 6 Months: Study Following reports that antibody levels can wane after a second dose of the Pfizer mRNA come more encouraging data regarding a third dose.
  Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2021
• 'Shocking' Early Complications From Teen-Onset Type 2 Diabetes Almost two thirds of study participants had at least one diabetes complication in young adulthood, around 15 years after diagnosis. A handful died, including one from heart attack and one due to kidney failure.
  Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2021
• Poll: Half of US Adults Uncomfortable Seeing Unvaccinated Doctor About half of adults in the United States say that they would be uncomfortable seeing a doctor who had not been vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a recent WebMD/Medscape poll.
  WebMD Health News, July 28, 2021
• US COVID Cases Likely Undercounted by Up to 60%, New Model Shows Deaths, case counts, and testing each tell only part of the story, researchers say. A new model synthesizes the data and adds random sampling.
  Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2021
• White House, Nevada Governor Order Return of Face Masks Because of new guidance from the CDC, mandatory face mask policies are returning to the White House and the US House of Representatives.
  WebMD Health News, July 28, 2021
• EXPLAINER: Employers Have Legal Right to Mandate COVID Shots Federal legal guidance out this week suggests the law is on the side of employers. Vaccination can be considered a "condition of employment," akin to a job qualification.
  Associated Press, July 28, 2021
• Hospital Morgues Fill as Death Count Climbs in Missouri Missouri has the nation's fourth-worst COVID-19 diagnosis rate over the past week, with one in every 360 people diagnosed with COVID-19.
  Associated Press, July 28, 2021
• Minorities Less Comfortable Discussing Sensitive Issues A new WebMD poll shows that members of minority communities are more uneasy about discussing sensitive topics, like race-related issues and sexual orientation, with doctors.
  WebMD Health News, July 28, 2021
• Mt. Sinai Leads Nation in Geriatric Hospital Services The Cleveland Clinic ranked second in care for persons older than age 75, and the Mayo Clinic–Rochester came in third, according to US News & World Report's annual top hospitals list.
  Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2021
• Are You Afraid of Getting COVID-19 Now? CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, called the COVID-19 Delta variant "one of the most infectious respiratory viruses we know of" and reported rising cases and hospitalizations in the US.
  Medscape Reader Polls, July 27, 2021