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• ESOC 2021 Ticagrelor of Net Clinical Benefit aAfter Stroke, TIA: THALES A new analysis of data from the THALES trial separates out the reduction in ischemic events from the increase in bleeding events and shows the benefit outweighs the risk in a ratio of four-to-one.
  Medscape Medical News, September 17, 2021
• Poorer Teens Are More Likely to Have Lingering 'Lazy Eye' Researchers linked lower socioeconomic status and cognitive scores to higher rates of amblyopia, a condition that can become permanent if not treated early in childhood.
  Medscape Medical News, September 17, 2021
• Alert European Agency Recommends Two New Adalimumab Biosimilars The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use gave a positive opinion for the approval of Hukyndra and Libmyris, each of which will have 15 indications.
  International Approvals, September 17, 2021
• Biden Invests $2.1 Billion in Infection Control The Biden administration today announced an investment of $2.1 billion to improve infection prevention and control for COVID-19 and future infectious diseases, the largest allocation of its kind in American history.
  WebMD Health News, September 17, 2021
• Access, Travel Rules Influence Missionary Vaccine Policies The global agency of the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest evangelical Protestant denomination in the US, announced this month it is requiring vaccinations for missionaries they're sending into the field.
  Associated Press, September 17, 2021
• Alaska Sets Record for Daily COVID Cases "Our hospitals have been and continue to be incredibly stressed," Anne Zink, MD, the state's chief medical officer, said on a conference call, according to The Associated Press.
  WebMD Health News, September 17, 2021
• Alert FDA Panel Backs Pfizer's COVID Booster for 65 and Older, High Risk Pfizer's application for a third dose of its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine was earlier rejected by the panel for those 16 and over.
  Medscape Medical News, September 17, 2021
• Cuba Starts Vaccinating Kids as Young as 2 The pediatric vaccinations started this week, making Cuba one of the first countries in the world to vaccinate children so young.
  WebMD Health News, September 17, 2021
• EURETINA 2021 Gene Therapy Research Accelerates for Retinal Diseases Patients who have rare retinal diseases — as well as those with more common ones — may benefit from a surge in gene therapy research.
  Medscape Medical News, September 17, 2021
• Opioid Overdoses Tied to Lasting Cognitive Impairment Although opioid overdoses usually aren't fatal, new research suggests they can have long-lasting effects on the brain, possibly because of hypoxia resulting from respiratory depression.
  Medscape Medical News, September 17, 2021
• Pfizer Expands Recall of Antismoking Drug to Include All Lots Ongoing concerns over a nitrosamine impurity in Chantix prompt Pfizer to recall all batches of the product in the United States as a precautionary measure.
  Medscape Medical News, September 17, 2021
• Alert EMA Endorses Injectable Malaria Drug Artesunate The drug, which was approved by the FDA last year, is an initial treatment of severe malaria in adults and children.
  International Approvals, September 17, 2021
• ESMO 2021 Nivo/Ipi Combo Now 'Standard of Care' in Mesothelioma Patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma have a marked and sustained overall survival benefit with nivolumab and ipilimumab vs chemotherapy, even if they discontinue treatment.
  Medscape Medical News, September 17, 2021
• Alert Flurry of Cancer Drug Endorsements From EU Panel The European Medicines Agency panel recommended for approval three new cancer drugs and additional indications for two other already marketed immunotherapies.
  International Approvals, September 17, 2021
• AHA Reverses Course on Hybrid 2021 Sessions for All-Virtual Event The American Heart Association's decision to shift to an all-virtual meeting from the planned hybrid event with live sessions in Boston reflects the ongoing surge of the COVID-19 Delta variant.
  Medscape Medical News, September 17, 2021
• Blacks With Hypertension Also Seem to Benefit From Amlodipine With Benazepril In hypertensive patients, including Blacks, combining amlodipine, rather than hydrochlorothiazide, with benazepril effectively reduced multiple cardiovascular outcomes, including death, in a post-hoc analysis of the ACCOMPLISH trial.
  Reuters Health Information, September 16, 2021
• Telemedicine Visits for Medically Complex Kids Reduce Serious Illness, Health Costs Providing telemedicine in addition to comprehensive care for medically complex children can reduce care days outside the home, serious illness, and health care costs, a randomized clinical trial shows.
  Reuters Health Information, September 16, 2021
• Congenital Syphilis Still Diagnosed Beyond Neonatal Period in US The annual number of congenital syphilis cases reported to the US CDC surged 183% from 2014 to 2018, and too many of cases are being missed at or before birth, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, September 16, 2021
• Online CBT-Based Workshop Reduces Postpartum Depression and Anxiety A 1-day, online cognitive behavioral therapy-based workshop along with usual care can improve postpartum depression and anxiety, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, September 16, 2021
• Guinea Declares End of Marburg Virus Outbreak An outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in Guinea is officially over, health authorities said on Thursday, less than six weeks since West Africa's first ever case of the disease was detected.
  Reuters Health Information, September 16, 2021