May 26, 2023
(STAT News) – When a new and hoped-to-be safer oral polio vaccine started to make its way into use in March 2021, there was huge optimism that this long-needed tool would help the polio eradication campaign quell a growing problem … Read More
May 26, 2023
(Science) – Earlier this year, U.S. regulators settled on a new strategy for COVID-19 vaccines. Like the annual flu shot, the vaccines will be updated each year based on the virus’ evolution, then rolled out in the fall. Accordingly, on … Read More
May 26, 2023
(The Atlantic) – But although many doctors and obesity experts have embraced semaglutide as a treatment for adults, some are concerned that taking it at such a young age—and at such a precarious stage of life—could pose serious risks, especially … Read More
May 26, 2023
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 388, no. 11, 2023) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Medicare Part D Coverage of Antiobesity Medications — Challenges and Uncertainty Ahead” by K. Baig, et al. “Pregnancy and Residency — … Read More
May 25, 2023
(Associated Press) – About 10% of people appear to suffer long COVID after an omicron infection, a lower estimate than earlier in the pandemic, according to a study of nearly 10,000 Americans that aims to help unravel the mysterious condition. … Read More
May 24, 2023
(STAT News) – It’s one thing if mental health awareness efforts are simply ineffective. But as an academic psychologist who researches mental health in teenagers in particular, I’ve started to ask a tricky question: What if these well-intentioned campaigns are … Read More
May 24, 2023
(STAT News) – An impressive number of vaccines and monoclonal antibody products are racing toward the end of the development pipeline, with two products aimed at protecting children expected to receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration by autumn. … Read More
May 24, 2023
(Science) – The laboratory, which will be operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has taken nearly a decade longer to complete than planned and, at $1.25 billion, cost nearly three times as much as first predicted. It is also … Read More
May 24, 2023
(Axios) – New HIV infections among young people have plummeted in recent years, according to updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data published on Tuesday shows. Why it matters: The sharp decrease in HIV infections among 13- to … Read More
May 24, 2023
(MedPage Today) – “Female youth, especially female adolescents, represented the most vulnerable population with regard to marked increases in the prevalence of MH [mental health] diagnoses during the pandemic, the most pronounced being the prevalence of eating disorders,” the authors … Read More
