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• Child-Resistant Microwave Doors to Help Protect Children From Burns Starting in 2023, new safety measures on microwave oven doors will be designed to reduce the number of severe scalding burns that young children experience when handling food and beverages, a team of pediatricians reports.
  Reuters Health Information, January 21, 2021
• Longer Risk Period for MIS-C in Children With COVID The risk period for development of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) with COVID-19 may be longer than currently thought.
  Reuters Health Information, January 21, 2021
• J&J COVID Vaccine Gets Unique CPT Code Even Before FDA Filing The AMA's CPT panel readies for potential introduction of a third COVID-19 vaccine for the US, with J&J awaiting phase 3 results for its product.
  Medscape Medical News, January 22, 2021
• New CDC Head Discusses Timeline for Vaccine Rollout The new CDC director gave an overview of the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccination strategy on Thursday.
  WebMD Health News, January 22, 2021
• Pfizer Cuts Vaccine Deliveries by as Much as Half to Some EU Countries Pfizer has slashed in half the volume of COVID-19 vaccines it will deliver to some EU countries this week, government officials said on Thursday, as frustration over the US drugmaker's unexpected cut in supplies grows.
  Reuters Health Information, January 21, 2021
• BioNTech Investor, Amid Worry Over Shortage, Vows Vaccines to Be Delivered for 2nd Shot European countries should use all available vaccine doses provided by biotech firm BioNTech and its partner Pfizer because there will be enough for the requisite second booster shot due to a planned production ramp-up, BioNTech's largest investor said.
  Reuters Health Information, January 21, 2021
• 'Invisible' Migrants Risk Being Last in Line for COVID-19 Vaccination As an undocumented migrant living in Colombia, Venezuelan Leidi Gutierrez has little chance of getting a COVID-19 vaccination. With the death toll rising fast, the mother-of-two said all she could do was pray.
  Reuters Health Information, January 21, 2021
• Dubai Halts Elective Surgeries, Live Music as COVID-19 Cases Surge Dubai has suspended elective surgeries for a month and live music at restaurants and hotels indefinitely as coronavirus infections surge in the Middle East trade hub.
  Reuters Health Information, January 21, 2021
• British PM Says New Variant May Carry Higher Risk of Death British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday the new English variant of COVID-19 may be associated with a higher level of mortality although he said evidence showed that both vaccines being used in the country are effective against it.
  Reuters Health Information, January 22, 2021
• Tool Predicts Severe Toxicity From Chemo in Breast Cancer A new tool for predicting the risk of severe chemotherapy toxicity in older adults with early-stage breast cancer outperforms existing models.
  Medscape Medical News, January 22, 2021
• Different Ways of Estimating Postreperfusion Infarct Volume Have Comparable Results In assessing postreperfusion final infarct volume and functional outcomes in certain stroke patients, NCCT e-Stroke Suite software performs similarly to RAPID CTP, according to a cross-sectional observational study.
  Reuters Health Information, January 21, 2021
• Exercise Improves Bone Mass After Bariatric Surgery People who have bariatric surgery may have healthier bones afterward if they participate in a supervised exercise program, a randomized controlled trial suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, January 21, 2021
• Adding Liothyronine for Hypothyroidism Doesn't Up Breast Cancer Risk A large Swedish study shows those treated with LT3 in combination with LT4 for hypothyroidism have no greater breast cancer risk than individuals taking LT4 alone.
  Medscape Medical News, January 22, 2021
• Naltrexone Cuts Hospitalization, Deaths in Alcohol Use Disorder A study suggests that clinicians treating AUD have a toolkit of pharmacologic options to help their patients, with naltrexone as a potential option.
  Medscape Medical News, January 22, 2021
• Little Help, Possible Harm of Antidepressants for Pain A new review suggests that the benefits of antidepressants for back pain and osteoarthritis are limited.
  Medscape Medical News, January 22, 2021
• SMFM 2021 Upcoming SMFM Meeting Will Highlight Disparities, COVID-19 Although the annual Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine meeting will involve the same breadth of topics as in the past, the intersection of the pandemic, pregnancy, and disparities will feature prominently.
  Medscape Medical News, January 22, 2021
• What We Know and Don't Know About Virus Variants and Vaccines Leaders in infectious disease medicine address concerns about SARS-CoV-2 variants emerging in the US and globally, and assess the evidence.
  Medscape Medical News, January 21, 2021
• Biden Signs 10 New Orders to Help Fight COVID-19 The orders establish a COVID-19 response office and mask requirement in airports, federal buildings. AAFP applauds action, most of which will need legislative approval.
  Medscape Medical News, January 21, 2021
• B Cells Will Remember How to Make COVID-19 Antibodies People who have recovered from COVID-19 can likely mount a fast and effective response to the virus if they encounter it again because their B cells will remember how to make the antibodies needed to fight it, a new study shows.
  Reuters Health Information, January 20, 2021
• ED Sonographic Score Helps Rule in or Exclude Acute Cholecystitis A bedside scoring tool could help identify or rule out sonographic acute cholecystitis in the emergency department, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, January 20, 2021