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16-year-olds Will Not Need Parental Consent for COVID-19 Jabs

News August 4, 2021

JCVI has advised that the rollout should be extended to include 16 and 17-year-olds after reviewing the latest data.
UK COVID-19 Update: Teen Vaccinations, Jabs vs Delta Variant, Kids' Long COVID, Vaccinologist Barbie

News August 4, 2021
Long-lasting COVID Symptoms 'Rare in Young People'

News August 4, 2021

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Treating Bioterrorism-Related Plague: CDC Issues New Guidelines

Medscape Medical News August 3, 2021

"It's important for people to remember that the first sign of the potential attack could be somebody coming into your hospital."
Untreatable, Drug-Resistant Fungus Found in Texas and DC

Medscape Medical News July 30, 2021
No Link Between Childhood Vaccinations and Allergies or Asthma

Medscape Medical News July 23, 2021

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Tennessee Won't Incentivize COVID Shots but Pays to Vax Cows

Associated Press August 4, 2021
Do You Want a COVID-19 Booster Shot?

Medscape Reader Polls August 4, 2021
Houston Mask Mandate Might Violate Texas Governor's Order

Associated Press August 4, 2021
US Health System Ranks Last Among 11 High-Income Countries

Medscape Medical News August 4, 2021
ACOG, SMFM Urge All Pregnant Women to Get COVID-19 Vaccine

Medscape Medical News August 3, 2021
Delta Variant Could Drive Herd Immunity Threshold Over 80%

Medscape Medical News August 3, 2021
Slim Majority in US Supports Return to Masks, Social Distancing

WebMD Health News August 3, 2021
Louisiana Reinstates Indoor Mask Mandate as Hospitals Fill

WebMD Health News August 3, 2021

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It's Time for All Physicians to Have a National Medical License

Expert Column August 4, 2021

A physician says we need a national licensing system for doctors; it will help physicians, patients, and healthcare costs.
COVID-19: Delta Variant Is Raising the Stakes

Commentary August 4, 2021
Physicians Need to Unionize Now

Commentary August 4, 2021
Simplifying COVID Immunology, One Metaphor at a Time

Expert Interview August 3, 2021

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Medscape One-on-One Eric Topol on Medscape

Offit on Vaccines Paul A. Offit, MD

Ethics: Today's Hot Topics Arthur L. Caplan, PhD

CDC Expert Commentary

Auwaerter on Infectious Diseases Paul G. Auwaerter, MD

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Journal Articles View All

Recommendation for Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine in Ages 12-15

Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report August 4, 2021
Alternative Therapies for Dry Eye Disease

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology August 4, 2021
Characterization of Patients With Supine Nighttime Reflux

Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics August 4, 2021
Modeling of Future COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, and Deaths

Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report August 2, 2021
Identification of the SARS-CoV-2 Variants B.1.427 and B.1.429

Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report July 30, 2021
COVID-19 Vaccination in Incapacitated, Unrepresented Patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society July 30, 2021

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Cases & Quizzes View All

A 47-Year-Old With Diplopia, Limb Tingling, and Imbalance

Case Challenge August 3, 2021

A 47-year-old man presents with diplopia, lower-extremity tingling, and moderately impaired gait. The patient is concerned that normal daily activities are now difficult. Can you make the diagnosis?
A 40-Year-Old Man With Painful, Rupturing Lesions

Case Challenge July 27, 2021
Fast Five Quiz: Hiccups

Fast Five Quiz July 26, 2021
A 53-Year-Old Social Media Worker With Dysphonia and Paresis

Case Challenge July 20, 2021

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IAS 2021

July 18-21, 2021 Virtual
ECCMID 2021

July 09-12, 2021 Virtual
CROI 2021

March 06-10, 2021 Virtual

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Really? Lies Patients Think They Can Get Away With

Medscape Medical News August 4, 2021

Some patients will give their doctor the truth and nothing but the truth. But many more will fib, bend the truth, or just outright lie about what they've been doing before their office visit.
Docs Fight Back After Losing Hospital Privileges, Patients

Medscape Medical News August 4, 2021
US Health System Ranks Last Among 11 High-Income Countries

Medscape Medical News August 4, 2021
It's Time for All Physicians to Have a National Medical License

Medscape Business of Medicine August 4, 2021

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Eric J. Topol, MD

Eric J. Topol, MD Medscape Editor-in-Chief

Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Executive Vice President and Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute; Senior Consultant, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

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ECCMID

31st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)

31st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)

July 09 - 12, 2021 Virtual

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