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• Pence Named COVID-19 Point Person by Trump Vice President Mike Pence will be the White House point person for the administration's response to COVID-19, although President Trump dismisses the notion that he is a coronavirus "czar."
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2020
• Antibiotics, Corticosteroids Help Even Mild COPD Flare-ups Even patients with mild COPD exacerbations can benefit from antibiotics and systemic corticosteroids, a systematic review and meta-analysis suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2020
• Brazil Confirms First Case of COVID-19 in Latin America The Brazilian Ministry of Health confirmed the positive diagnosis of a patient from São Paulo. Another 20 suspected cases are under investigation in seven states in Brazil.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2020
• Synovial Biopsy Findings Drive Precision Medicine for RA Many treatments exist for RA, but methods for determining which to use for a given patient are sorely lacking, said the lead researcher of a new study on a precision approach: synovial tissue biopsy.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2020
• Insurance Titan Drops Doctors, Needy Patients 'Caught in the Middle' UnitedHealthcare is allegedly forcing patients to transfer to doctors it controls, leaving patients in limbo.
  Kaiser Health News, February 26, 2020
• Marijuana Use Continues to Grow in Older Adults Cannabis use in older Americans is growing. New research shows that over a 4-year period use of the drug in individuals age 65 and older increased by 75%.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2020
• 'Startling' Increase in Alcohol-Induced Deaths Alcohol-induced deaths in the US have increased substantially over the years and have recently accelerated, prompting calls for urgent action.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2020
• What Are the Most Prescribed Medications for Type 2 Diabetes? Changes in labeling, formularies, and drug formulations were among the factors contributing to shifts in type 2 diabetes drug prescribing practices in the US.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2020
• Initial FLAG-Ida Outperforms 7+3 for High-Risk AML A treatment commonly used as a salvage regimen for relapsed/refractory acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) showed better results than did standard treatment when used as initial induction therapy.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2020
• Ohio State Doc's Accusers: End Mediation, Proceed With Suits Some of the men suing Ohio State over decades-old sexual abuse by the late team doctor Richard Strauss are asking a judge to let the litigation resume.
  Associated Press, February 26, 2020
• Do Clinicians Need Training to Get Along? 'Interprofessional education' programs were part of the required curriculum at 143 medical schools in 2017-2018, and national nursing organizations promote them as well.
  Medscape Reader Polls, February 26, 2020
• High-Dose Vitamin D in Pregnancy May Boost Kids' Bones Questions remain regarding the extent to which the findings support a clinical recommendation.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2020
• New Drug May Help Relieve Long-term Cough, Early Trial Suggests Gefapixant shows promise in a phase 2b trial for a condition that affects 4% to 10% of adults worldwide and has had no safe, long-term treatments available.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2020
• CDC Expects Eventual Community Spread of Coronavirus in US Outbreaks of coronavirus in a wide range of countries have the CDC believing it is now a matter of when, not if, there will be community spread in the US.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2020
• Will Artificial Intelligence Make Psychiatry Better? Attention and popularity in AI is increasing across medicine, and psychiatry is no exception. But can it live up to its promise and improve the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness?
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2020
• FDA Updates Steps to Make Power Morcellators Safer in Surgery Laparoscopic power morcellation for myomectomy or hysterectomy should only be performed with an approved tissue containment system and only in appropriately selected patients.
  News Alerts, February 25, 2020
• SARS-CoV-2: What’s in a Name? The name of the new coronavirus that first appeared in China has been evolving to its now official designation: SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2).
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2020
• Chinese Officials Detail Coronavirus Mortality, Age Distribution A summary of key findings of the largest case series to date has been published.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2020
• COVID-19: Time to 'Take the Risk of Scaring People' It's past time to call the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, a pandemic and help people prepare for widespread cases, experts said.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2020
• Presidential Fitness: How Much Do We Need to Know? A recent cardiac health dust-up between former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Sen. Bernie Sanders, both vying for the Democratic presidential nomination, focuses attention on this question.
  Kaiser Health News, February 25, 2020