With the holidays fast approaching, party season is just around the corner. But as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise across the US, the director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) just warned about a worrisome source of infection spread: small gatherings, especially in household settings. "In the public square, we're seeing a higher degree […]
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(HealthDay)—Racial differences in disease expression and adverse clinical outcomes exist between black and white patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, according to a study published online Dec. 4 in JAMA Cardiology. Lauren A. Eberly, M.D., from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and colleagues assessed data from the Sarcomeric Human Cardiomyopathy Registry (1989 through 2018) to evaluate […]
The vaccine alliance GAVI announced Thursday it would invest $178 million to create a global stockpile of about 500,000 Ebola vaccines, a decision that health officials say could help prevent future outbreaks from spiraling out of control. The public-private partnership includes the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the World […]
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The final 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan released today by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is laser focused – unsurprisingly, given the goals of recent rulemakings – on ensuring Americans’ easy access to their own electronic health information. ONC worked with more than two dozen federal organizations and drew upon […]
Medications
October 26, 2020 — The ACTIV-3 clinical trial evaluating the investigational monoclonal antibody LY-CoV555 in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 will not enroll more participants into this sub-study following a recommendation from the independent Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB). The trial is sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of […]
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Incyte (NASDAQ: INCY) announced today initial data emerging from the Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial (ACTT-2) sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). ACTT-2 included more than 1,000 patients and began on May 8 to assess […]
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With Halloween around the corner, you may be perfecting your costume, and perhaps, fake fangs are part of the look. But don’t make the same mistake several others have already and use superglue or nail adhesive to secure the fangs to your real teeth. No, this is not a joke. Apparently, the method of keeping […]
Baby on board! Hilary Duff is pregnant and expecting her second child with husband Matthew Koma. Celeb Pregnancy Announcements of 2020 The Younger star, 33, shared a Boomerang via Instagram on Saturday, October 24, of Koma, 33, as he rubbed her baby bump while she smiled. “We are growing!!! Mostly me …” Duff captioned the […]
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The final 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan released today by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is laser focused – unsurprisingly, given the goals of recent rulemakings – on ensuring Americans’ easy access to their own electronic health information. ONC worked with more than two dozen federal organizations and drew upon […]
