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How best to manage the increased risk of arterial and venous thrombosis in COVID-19 patients is the subject of a new review article. Medscape Medical News
Slowly tapering off – or remaining on – antimalarial medications can help prevent disease flare in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who've achieved clinical remission for at least a year. Medscape Medical News
A letter from the California Dept of Public Health recommended hospitals test healthcare workers weekly because they are at high risk of contracting COVID-19 and spreading it to other patients. Associated Press
Moncef Slaoui, a Moderna board member and longtime drug industry executive, was awarded options to buy 18,270 shares in the company, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Kaiser Health News
The new policy, which recognizes the ongoing PPE shortage amid the COVID-19 pandemic, goes into effect immediately. Medscape Medical News
'We chose papers that had the highest level of evidence, such as randomized controlled trials, controlled studies, and large datasets -- and some small datasets too,' said Tamar Taddei, MD, Yale Univ. Medscape Medical News
Setmelanotide (Imcivree) is indicated for weight management in adults and children as young as 6 years with severe obesity driven by genetic deficits in the melanocortin-4 receptor pathway. FDA Approvals
Seeing this behavior recurring and steadily escalating, and seeing other people in the situations we had been in, led us to feel like we could no longer stay silent. Retraction Watch
Workplace safety regulators have given employers broad discretion to decide internally whether to report worker deaths. Scores of deaths were not reported to occupational safety officials. Kaiser Health News
Follow-up CT scan confirmed hairline fractures of President-elect Biden's lateral and intermediate cuneiform bones. It is anticipated that he will likely require a walking boot for several weeks. WebMD Health News
The added burden of the COVID-19 pandemic, on top of an already tenuous work-life balance, has some women quitting medicine, at least for now. Medscape Medical News
Moderna announced final results of its phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial and plans to file for an FDA emergency use authorization on Monday. Medscape Medical News
'Now that we've found what looks like a better efficacy, we have to validate this, so we need to do an additional study,' CEO Pascal Soriot said. WebMD Health News
ACIP will consider the allocation of initial COVID-19 vaccine supplies, the groups that should be included in Phase 1a of the rollout, and safety monitoring after vaccines are approved. WebMD Health News
Observational data from more than 11,000 COVID-19 patients finds significant link between high blood glucose on admission and COVID-19 severity, independent of diabetes status.Medscape Medical News
In addition to his real sister, a patient saw and heard from two hallucinatory copies of her. But the real mystery wasn't what the condition was -- but what caused it. Medscape Medical News
A treatment that should not be used any more will be among the practice-changing data presented at this year's American Society of Hematology annual meeting. Medscape Medical News
With the help of machine-learning algorithms, images of the vasculature of the eye may open a window to a new way of diagnosing neurological disease. Medscape Medical News
The spread of river blindness, or onchocerciasis, may have been halted in nearly two-thirds of the 34,000 people who remain at risk in the Americas, new evidence suggests. Reuters Health Information
The number of COVID-19 patients being treated in hospitals across the United States reached 90,000 on Friday after nearly doubling in the last month, just as holiday gatherings are expected to propel the next wave of infections. Reuters Health ...