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• Cancer Drugmaker Destroyed Records Before FDA Inspection A manufacturer of cancer drug ingredients destroyed records that would have shown it was in violation of US FDA standards. It will pay $50 million in fines and forfeiture.
  Medscape Medical News, March 05, 2021
• Pandemic Slices Medicare Physician Spending in First Half of 2020: AMA Pandemic Slices Medicare Physician Spending in First Half of 2020
  Medscape Medical News, March 05, 2021
• Europe Starts Formal Review of Russia's Sputnik V COVID Vaccine Europe's medicines regulator said it had started a rolling review of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, an important display of confidence in the shot that paves the way for potential approval.
  Reuters Health Information, March 04, 2021
• Italy, Germany to Give Just One COVID Shot to Some Patients Italy and Germany will administer just a single coronavirus vaccine dose to people who have been infected with COVID-19 up to 6 months beforehand, as governments scramble to save shots.
  Reuters Health Information, March 04, 2021
• RECOVERY Trial of COVID Treatments Stops Colchicine Arm Recruitment was halted for lack of efficacy in patients hospitalized with the disease.
  Medscape Medical News, March 05, 2021
• Four Phases Help COVID Patients Ease Back Into Exercise Patients who have had mild to moderate COVID-19 can start gentle activity a week after their symptoms have passed. Those who had severe COVID-19 or who have heart complications need more assessment.
  Medscape Medical News, March 05, 2021
• Hundreds of Fake COVID Vaccines Seized in South Africa: Interpol South African police have seized hundreds of fake COVID-19 vaccines and arrested four suspects in connection with the haul, the Interpol global police coordination agency said.
  Reuters Health Information, March 04, 2021
• New-onset Arrhythmias Low in COVID-19 and Flu New-onset atrial fibrillation or flutter is uncommon in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and occurs at a rate similar to that seen in patients hospitalized with influenza.
  Medscape Medical News, March 05, 2021
• Maternal Chronic Conditions Predict Cerebral Palsy in Offspring Several maternal chronic conditions increase the risk of giving birth to a child with cerebral palsy, based on data from more than 1.3 million Norwegian children.
  Medscape Medical News, March 05, 2021
• Cuba Starts Late-Stage Trials of COVID Vaccine Candidate in Havana Cuba has begun late-stage trials of its most advanced experimental COVID-19 vaccine, edging closer to a potential home-grown inoculation that could help the nation contain infections.
  Reuters Health Information, March 04, 2021
• WHO to Scrap Interim Report on Probe of COVID-19 Origins: WSJ
  Reuters Health Information, March 04, 2021
• Rural Women Receive Antibiotics for Longer Than Necessary for UTIs The majority of antibiotic prescriptions for uncomplicated UTI are suboptimal because they are written for nonrecommended agents and durations.
  Medscape Medical News, March 05, 2021
• Waive COVID Vaccine Patents to Benefit Poor Nations, Activists Say Doctors Without Borders staged a protest Thursday against what it said was the rich world's reluctance to waive patents and allow more production of COVID-19 vaccines for poorer nations.
  Reuters Health Information, March 04, 2021
• NY Officials Altered Count of Nursing Home Deaths Top aides altered a state Health Department report to omit the true number of people killed by COVID-19 in the state's nursing homes.
  Associated Press, March 05, 2021
• RA Experts Highlight Key Developments Over the Past Year A massive Swedish cohort study suggesting that biologic agents reduce the known excess risk of lymphoma in patients with rheumatoid arthritis was hailed as one of the high points of the last year.
  Medscape Medical News, March 05, 2021
• Ovarian Cancer Prevention: How Patients Decide on Surgery Patients consider the risk of cancer and menopause, as well as other factors, when making decisions about ovarian cancer prevention surgery, according to a small study.
  Medscape Medical News, March 05, 2021
• What a Difference a Year Makes: California Poised to Reopen Next month, nearly the entire state could see a return of inside restaurant dining, the reopening of movie theaters and other indoor businesses, far more children back in classrooms and competing in sports.
  Associated Press, March 05, 2021
• Psoriasis Pathophysiology Insights Carry Treatment Implications Several surprising recent insights into the pathophysiology of psoriasis may eventually lead to superior treatment strategies for this common T-cell-mediated disease.
  Medscape Medical News, March 05, 2021
• AAN 2021 A Swing and a Hit? Golf Beneficial in Parkinson's Disease Playing golf improves mobility and balance in Parkinson's better than tai chi, the gold standard exercise for improved balance and falls prevention in this patient population, early research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, March 05, 2021
• Semaglutide for Meaningful Weight Loss in Obesity and Diabetes? "This is by far the best result we had with any weight loss medicine in patients with diabetes," says the senior author of the STEP 2 clinical trial of weekly subcutaneous semaglutide 2.4 mg.
  Medscape Medical News, March 05, 2021