Internal Medicine News

• Sublingual Film Well-Tolerated for Parkinson 'Off' Episodes Even without the use of antiemetic drugs, apomorphine sublingual film was well tolerated to treat Parkinson 'off' episodes, the most common adverse event being mild nausea, a study has shown.
  Medscape Medical News, September 19, 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• WCLC 2021 'Urgent' Need to Understand Immunotherapy De-escalation in NSCLC The strong and durable response to immunotherapy in some patients suggests treatment could be reduced or withdrawn, but questions surround which patients will be ideal candidates, an expert argues.
  Medscape Medical News, September 17, 2021
• Most Americans Say COVID-19 Rules Aid Public Health: Poll In the Pew Research Center poll released this week, 62% of respondents said the restrictions have been worth the cost, compared to 37% who say the restrictions were not.
  WebMD Health News, September 17, 2021
• Southwest Airlines Offers Extra Pay to Workers Who Get Vaccinated Southwest is the latest airline to offer financial incentives to get more employees vaccinated against COVID-19.
  WebMD Health News, September 17, 2021
• Mississippi Now Has Country's Highest Rate for COVID Deaths 'We're recording well over 2500 (cases) a day, in recent days, far more than we'd like to see,' said State Health Officer Dr Thomas Dobbs. 'A lot of that's going to translate into the tragedy.'
  Associated Press, September 17, 2021
• French Doctors and Scientists Denounce Harassment, Threats A group of healthcare professionals and scientists in France have gone public with their fears over COVID-related harassment and threats. They are calling on the government to take immediate action.
  Medscape Medical News, September 17, 2021
• NY Governor Vows to Fight Lawsuit Over Vaccine Mandate A federal judge this week temporarily blocked the state from enforcing any part of its mandate that prohibits religious exemptions for healthcare workers.
  Associated Press, September 17, 2021
• COVID-19 Surge Forces Healthcare Rationing in Parts of West The decisions marked an escalation of the pandemic in several Western states struggling to convince skeptical people to get vaccinated.
  Associated Press, September 17, 2021
• EMA Panel Backs Diroximel Fumarate (Vumerity) for MS Diroximel fumarate is similar to dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera) in efficacy but has a unique chemical structure that may induce less irritation to the gastrointestinal tract.
  Medscape Medical News, September 17, 2021
• Florida Surpasses 50K COVID Deaths After Battling Delta Wave More than 12,700 succumbed this summer as the state battled a fierce surge in infections fueled by the Delta variant.
  Associated Press, September 17, 2021