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• Valneva Expands Trials on COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate French vaccine maker Valneva is expanding trials of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate called VLA2001, and remains in talks with the European Commission over a potential contract, the company said on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, September 23, 2021
• Novavax Applies to WHO for Emergency Listing of COVID-19 Vaccine Novavax and its partner Serum Institute of India have applied to the World Health Organization for an emergency use listing of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine.
  Reuters Health Information, September 23, 2021
• Americas Health Agency Sees COVID Outbreaks Continuing Into 2022 The Pan American Health Organization has warned that countries in the region could continue to face localized COVID-19 outbreaks 'well into 2022.'
  Reuters Health Information, September 23, 2021
• A Daily Pill to Treat COVID? At least three promising antiviral treatments for COVID-19 are being tested in clinical trials, with results expected as soon as late fall or winter.
  Kaiser Health News, September 24, 2021
• AstraZeneca Invests in Imperial's Self-Amplifying RNA Technology With Eye on Future Drugs AstraZeneca on Thursday struck a deal with the firm behind Imperial College London's experimental COVID-19 vaccine to develop and sell drugs based on its self-amplifying RNA technology platform in other disease areas.
  Reuters Health Information, September 23, 2021
• EU Drugs Regulator to Decide on Pfizer Vaccine Booster in Early October The EMA aims to decide in early October whether to endorse a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to be given half a year after the initial two-shot course.
  Reuters Health Information, September 23, 2021
• COVID-19 Toll in WVa Eclipses Worst US Coal Mine Disaster Gov. Jim Justice is asking why the daily tolls don't motivate more people to get their COVID-19 shots.
  Associated Press, September 24, 2021
• NY Hospitals, Schools Fear Staff Shortage From Vaccine Rules Some of the nation's most aggressive COVID-19 vaccine mandates are scheduled to take effect Monday in New York amid continued resistance from some to the shots.
  Associated Press, September 24, 2021
• WCPD 2021 Dupilumab Effective for Up To 1 Year in Teens With AD: Study Efficacy remained steady at high levels at 52 weeks, and serious adverse effects were rare, extension trial finds.
  Medscape Medical News, September 24, 2021
• Holding Mycophenolate Helps Immune Response to COVID Vaccination A comparison of patients with RMDs shows that withholding mycophenolate around the time of vaccination can be done safely and is associated with a positive antibody response to vaccination.
  Medscape Medical News, September 24, 2021
• ICS 2021 Factors Differ for Early vs Late TNFi Switch in AS Patients Different factors were associated with switching an initial TNF inhibitor within 2 years vs after 2 years of treatment.
  Medscape Medical News, September 24, 2021
• A Plant-Based Diet for the Big Apple? That's the Plan Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams put his type 2 diabetes into remission with a plant-based diet. As New York City's likely next mayor, he'll aim to move residents in a 'plant-forward' direction.
  Medscape Medical News, September 24, 2021
• Use Live Donors for Liver Transplants for HCC Patients For patients with hepatocelluar carcinoma (HCC), liver transplant from a live donor improves survival and frees up organs from deceased donors for other patients on the long waiting list.
  Medscape Medical News, September 24, 2021
• MDS 2021 Apple Devices Identify Early Parkinson's Disease Smartwatch motion sensors, cognitive tasks, and motor exams can differentiate between patients with early, untreated Parkinson's disease and healthy controls, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, September 24, 2021
• TVT Registry Low-risk Bicuspid TAVR 1-Year Results Hit Print Short-term outcomes were similar for bicuspid and tricuspid aortic stenosis, but randomized trials are need to direct optimal care in these patients, experts say.
  Medscape Medical News, September 24, 2021
• MDS 2021 Pandemic-Related Stressors Identified in Parkinson's Disease Although all stressors studied yielded high scores, social stressors such as loss of social contacts and conflict at home exceeded those for "care stressors," such as problems accessing medication.
  Medscape Medical News, September 24, 2021
• Moderna Executive Says Pandemic Could End in a Year Asked if that meant a return to normal in the second half of next year, Moderna Chief Executive Stéphane Bancel said: 'As of today, in a year, I assume.'
  WebMD Health News, September 24, 2021
• Consensus Statement Addresses Tylenol Use During Pregnancy Pregnant women should use paracetamol/acetaminophen with a medical indication at the lowest effective dose for the shortest possible time, according to new research.
  Medscape Medical News, September 24, 2021
• In a Year of Change, Young Doc Salaries Remain the Same: Survey The uncertainty of a global pandemic changed the way many young physicians practiced, but it did not change their compensation, according to new survey results.
  Medscape Medical News, September 24, 2021
• Malpractice Claims During COVID-19: More Questions Than Answers Although healthcare practitioners are protected from medical liability during the pandemic, malpractice claims may still be brought against them.
  Medscape Medical News, September 24, 2021