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Oncologist Admits Wrongly Continuing Therapy, Inappropriate Behaviour

News March 5, 2021

Oncologist Justin Stebbing's lawyer likens him to trailblazer, Dr Christian Barnard, as he admits to wrongly continuing immunotherapy in a patient with whom he developed an inappropriate relationship.
UK COVID-19 Update: Infections Fall, and Regulator Plans Fast-track Approval for Updated Vaccines

News March 4, 2021
Increasing Vaccine Options and Availability, yet Restrictions Generally Remain in Place: Global Weekly Highlights

News March 4, 2021

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As Vaccines Roll Out, Will Risky Behavior Increase?

WebMD Health News March 5, 2021

But Arthur Caplan, PhD, a bioethicist at NYU Langone Medical Center, sees the beginning of a new potential hazard: the Peltzman effect.
Doctor Sues Med School for Discrimination

Medscape Medical News March 5, 2021
WHO Advises Against Hydroxychloroquine to Prevent COVID-19

Medscape Medical News March 4, 2021

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Terlipressin Shows Benefit in Hepatorenal Syndrome

News March 4, 2021

Details of the phase-3 CONFIRM trial show the vasopressin analog terlipressin can reverse the effects of type 1 hepatorenal syndrome, although not without potentially serious side effects.
US Boosts Virus Sequencing Efforts as More Variants Emerge

News March 4, 2021
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Benefit of Blinatumomab in Kids With Relapsed B-Cell Lymphoma

News March 3, 2021
No Flu Season Will Affect Next Year's Vaccine Prep

News March 3, 2021
The 'Awful but Necessary Distance' of COVID-19

Expert Interview March 3, 2021
Vitamin Sales Skyrocket in the Pandemic, but Buyer Beware

News March 2, 2021
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Solid Organ Malignancy and Organ Transplant Candidacy

Journal Article March 2, 2021
FDA: Recall of Medtronic HVAD Implant Kits Is Class 1

News Alert March 1, 2021

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Fast Five Quiz March 1, 2021

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Nurse Pleads Guilty to Swapping Saline for Fentanyl

Medscape Medical News March 4, 2021

A former Yale fertility nurse admitted to replacing painkillers with saline, knowing it would cause patients harm.
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Medscape Medical News March 4, 2021
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