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• IDWeek 2020 Around the World in 24 Hours: A Snapshot of COVID's Global Havoc IDWeek's 24-hour 'Chasing the Sun' session on advances in the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 around the word was covered by a team of Medscape reporters.
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2020
• Healthcare Workers Ask OSHA for More Oversight on COVID-19 Safety With such minimal oversight from OSHA, some union leaders and legislators say it's actually more dangerous than not having workplace safety enforcement at all.
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2020
• KidneyWeek 2020 Novel Drug Slows Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease Finerenone, a selective, nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, significantly reduced both renal and cardiovascular events, with good tolerability, in the FIDELIO-DKD trial.
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2020
• CHEST 2020 Unneeded Meds at Discharge Could Cause Harm Too many patients are discharged from the hospital with unneeded bronchodilators and acid suppressant agents, highlighting the need for medication reconciliation.
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2020
• Opinion: Bailout US Cancer Care The authors argue that 'ensuring the short-term solvency of independent practices is critical to preserving patients' access to cancer care.'
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2020
• IDWeek 2020 Two Thirds of US Teens Fail to Get Needed Vaccines Completion rates vary from 11.3% in Idaho to 56.4% in Rhode Island. Provider visits at age 16 or 17 and mandates for meningococcal ACWY are keys to uptake, researcher says.
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2020
• TCT 2020 Off Target: Optimal Post-PCI FFR Often Missed Despite angiographically acceptable PCI results, the majority of patients had a physiologically suboptimal outcome based on postprocedure FFR.
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2020
• TGF-Beta Signaling Impairs T Cell-Mediated Cancer Immunity TGF-beta impairs the ability of CD4+ T cells to prevent cancer progression, but blocking TGF-beta signaling in these cells restores their ability to remodel the tumor microenvironment and trigger cancer-cell death, researchers report.
  Reuters Health Information, October 22, 2020
• Polygenic Risk Score Could Spot People at Higher Risk for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Several genetic risk variants are associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm, and a polygenic risk score might help identify those who can benefit from screening, according to a genome-wide association study.
  Reuters Health Information, October 22, 2020
• US Records More Than 71,000 Cases on Thursday New coronavirus statistics bear out experts' predictions that the coronavirus will tighten its grip on the United States in the fall and winter.
  WebMD Health News, October 23, 2020
• Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors Unlikely to Cause Birth Defects in HIV-Positive Pregnant Women HIV-positive pregnant women taking integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) don't seem to be at significantly greater risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, October 23, 2020
• Hypothyroidism in Pregnant Woman May Raise Child's Risk of ADHD Low levels of maternal thyroid hormone during the first three months of pregnancy may influence a fetus's brain development leaving the child at a greater risk of ADHD, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, October 22, 2020
• Moderna Might Seek Government OK for Vaccine in December In a news release issued Thursday, Massachusetts-based Moderna said it had enrolled all 30,000 volunteers and had administered the second dose of the vaccine to 26,650 of them.
  WebMD Health News, October 23, 2020
• Expected Clinical Trajectory of Severe Bronchiolitis Doesn't Pass Muster in New Study A new study challenges the notion that bronchiolitis symptoms peak on days three to five of illness in hospitalized infants.
  Reuters Health Information, October 22, 2020
• Extracorporeal CO2 Removal Effective in Status Asthmaticus Venovenous extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) may be lifesaving in patients with status asthmaticus refractory to maximal medical therapy, according to a retrospective review.
  Reuters Health Information, October 22, 2020
• Risankizumab Improves Patient-Reported Outcomes in Moderate to Severe Psoriasis Risankizumab treatment significantly improves symptoms, health-related quality of life and mental health among patients with moderate to severe psoriasis, according to findings from two randomized clinical trials.
  Reuters Health Information, October 22, 2020
• Glycine/N-Acetylcysteine Supplementation May Slow HIV-Related Premature Aging Supplementation with glycine and N-acetylcysteine appears to slow premature aging in people living with HIV, according to results from a pilot open-label clinical trial.
  Reuters Health Information, October 22, 2020
• Pfizer, J&J Urge Clarity From FDA on Future of COVID-19 Vaccine Trials Once a Vaccine Is Available Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson are seeking input from a US FDA advisory committee on retaining and attracting volunteers for COVID-19 vaccine trials after a vaccine becomes available, if they know they might receive a placebo.
  Reuters Health Information, October 22, 2020
• Doctors in Delhi See Jump in Breathing Issues Amid COVID-19, Pollution Top doctors in New Delhi are reporting a jump in respiratory problems among its residents, coinciding with the onset of peak pollution season in India's capital and raising concerns about complications for COVID-19 patients.
  Reuters Health Information, October 22, 2020
• Risk of Inflight Spread of COVID-19 'Very Low,' Not Zero: WHO The risk of COVID-19 spreading on flights appears 'very low' but cannot be ruled out, despite studies showing only a small number of cases, WHO said.
  Reuters Health Information, October 22, 2020