Perspectives

• How Likely Is a COVID-19 Vaccine by the End of the Year?   WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with Dr Paul Offit about the typical vaccine approval process and the importance of vaccine safety and efficacy in stopping the spread of COVID-19.
  WebMD, August 14, 2020
• Studies Track Infections to Measure Mask Effectiveness These three recent studies demonstrate that universal masking is associated with a significantly lower rate of COVID transmission.
  Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), August 14, 2020
• Aug 14 2020 This Week in Cardiology  
  theheart.org on Medscape, August 14, 2020
• Treating Kids With MIS-C: It's 'Humbling'   Clinical pearls from The Cribsiders' recent podcast episode on post-COVID multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.
  Medscape Pediatrics, August 14, 2020
• APA Tackles Structural Racism in Psychiatry, Itself A new APA task force aims to address structural and institutional racism in psychiatry.
  Medscape Psychiatry, August 14, 2020
• The Week That Wasn't: Gaiters, Chicken Wings, Nasal Spray Three medical stories that we didn't cover, explained.
  Medscape, August 14, 2020
• CDC Director Outlines Next Steps in the War on COVID-19   WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with CDC Director Robert Redfield about what we might expect from COVID for the rest of the year as the creation of an effective vaccine is underway.
  WebMD, August 12, 2020
• Can ED Visits Predict Thunderstorms?   Dr F. Perry Wilson reviews a study showing that emergency department visits for respiratory complaints spike before the arrival of thunderstorms.
  Medscape, August 12, 2020
• Preparticipation CV Screening: Who Gets the Red Card?   Which cardiac conditions are disqualifying for kids who play sports? From hypertrophic cardiomyopathy to heart transplant, Mayo Clinic's Jonathan Johnson and Bernard Gersh have answers that may surprise you.
  Mayo Clinic, August 12, 2020
• The Role of Vericiguat: An Overview of the VICTORIA Trial In this large trial of patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, the addition of vericiguat to medical therapy showed positive results.
  ACC.org, August 12, 2020
• Continuing Preventive Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic The American Society for Preventive Cardiology provides several recommendations on how clinicians can continue outpatient care and mitigate effects from lapses in health care.
  ACC.org, August 12, 2020
• How Medicine Did Harm With Anecdotal Data Anecdotal evidence can be highly seductive when facing a global infectious disease outbreak.
  Medscape Oncology, August 11, 2020
• Are We Healthcare Heroes or Doomsayers? A physician faces his daughter's disregard for social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Medscape Oncology, August 11, 2020
• The Many Ways Opening Schools Could Go Wrong Epidemiologist Bill Hanage thinks hybrid models for school reopening are flawed. Here's why.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, August 11, 2020
• A Doctor Conquers His Demons In his new book, Dr Adam Hill recounts how he overcame his struggle with depression and alcoholism.
  Medscape Psychiatry, August 11, 2020
• With 5 Million Confirmed Cases, Is a Vaccine the Best Hope?   As the United States reaches an unwelcome milestone of 5 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with Dr William Schaffner about the lessons we have learned.
  WebMD, August 10, 2020
• When to Screen BRCA Carriers for Colorectal, Pancreatic Cancer   New guidelines illuminate how these mutations can increase risk, but the final decision requires our own judgment, according to Dr David Johnson.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, August 10, 2020
• The Kidney and COVID-19: What We Know so Far   Nephrologists Matthew Sparks and Samira Farouk, of the Freely Filtered podcast, discuss the kidney effects of COVID-19 -- what is and isn't clear in patients with and without preexisting kidney disease.
  Medscape Nephrology, August 10, 2020
• COVID-19 Vaccine: Is Our Priority Speed or Safety?   Dr Art Caplan discusses what our priorities should be when developing a vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, August 10, 2020
• Malpractice Case: Follow Through on Your First Suspicions Medicine is full of mysteries, but acting diligently until a solution is reached is critical.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, August 10, 2020