COVID-19 Updates
Opinion
Ivermectin for COVID-19: Final nail in the coffin
Is this nice U.S. randomized trial enough to convince people that results from a petri dish don’t always transfer to humans, regardless of the...
News from the FDA/CDC
Children and COVID: Weekly cases fall to lowest level in over a year
Reported new cases have dropped by almost 75% since the beginning of September.
From the Journals
Myocarditis after COVID vax rare and mild in teens
Myocarditis in adolescents after Pfizer mRNA vaccination is rare with a mild and benign course and a favorable long-term prognosis, new data...
Feature
COVID lawsuits have arrived: Which doctors are at risk?
One factor may be that physicians were doing the best they could at the time but that the pandemic affected the extent of care they could provide...
Latest News
Reminder that COVID-19 and cancer can be a deadly combo
“This analysis provides additional empirical evidence on the magnitude of risk to patients with cancer whose immune systems are often weakened...
Latest News
New COVID variant gaining traction in U.S.
Concerning features of the BQ.1 variant include mutations that could potentially escape vaccines and treatments for COVID-19.
Feature
You and the skeptical patient: Who’s the doctor here?
“I spoke to him on many occasions about the dangers of COVID, but he just didn’t believe me.”
From the Journals
New deep dive into Paxlovid interactions with CVD meds
The review tackles potential drug-drug interactions with the antiviral drug and today’s most commonly prescribed cardiovascular drugs.
From the Journals
Vaccination tied to lower mortality in ventilated patients with COVID-19
Oxygenation was higher in the full vaccination group than in the control group on the third day after intubation.
Opinion
The marked contrast in pandemic outcomes between Japan and the United States
Over time Japan has the least cumulative deaths per capita of any major country in the world.