Emergency Physicians Warn: Don’t Degrade America’s Disaster Readiness
(MedPage Today) -- It was 5 years ago when the COVID-19 pandemic took the world by storm. By the end of April 2020, more than 60,000 Americans had succumbed to the disease that was still shrouded in mystery and uncertainty. Public health experts...FDA Panel Recommends Monovalent COVID Vaccine for Next Season
(MedPage Today) -- An FDA advisory committee unanimously recommended Thursday that the next COVID vaccine should be a monovalent one in the JN.1 lineage, although members disagreed slightly about which specific strain should be included.
"I'm...Criminal Investigation of Cuomo Over COVID; Biden’s Last PSA Test; Cucumber Recall
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The Department of Justice opened a criminal investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) after congressional Republicans recommended that he be charged...FDA Panel to Consider COVID Vaccine Makeup for Next Season
(MedPage Today) -- Which COVID-19 variants should be targeted in the next round of COVID vaccines? The FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) will be addressing that issue in a meeting on Thursday, but FDA staff...WHO Members Adopt a ‘Pandemic Agreement’ After Disjointed Global COVID Response
(MedPage Today) -- World Health Organization (WHO) member countries on Tuesday approved an agreement to better prevent, prepare for, and respond to future pandemics in the wake of the devastation wrought by the coronavirus.
Sustained applause...FDA Officials Detail Plan to Limit COVID Shots
(MedPage Today) -- FDA officials have outlined their new approach to COVID-19 vaccine approvals, allowing immunogenicity endpoints for high-risk groups, while calling for randomized controlled trials for those at lower risk.
FDA Commissioner Marty...Routine Antibiotics Appear to Hold No Benefit in Non-Severe COVID-19
(MedPage Today) -- The use of antibiotics in patients hospitalized with non-severe COVID-19 was not associated with better outcomes, a large retrospective cohort study found.
Among more than half a million U.S. patients with COVID, those given...New Dads, Non-Birthing Partners Less Likely to Get Prenatal Counseling on Vaccines
(MedPage Today) -- MINNEAPOLIS -- Non-birthing partners were far less likely to have received prenatal vaccine counseling than their birthing partners, but those who were vaccinated were more likely to have received counseling, according to a...FDA Approves Novavax COVID-19 Shot, but With Unusual Restrictions
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA has issued a long-awaited approval of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine (Nuvaxovid), but with unusual restrictions.
Novavax makes the nation's only traditional protein-based coronavirus vaccine -- and until now it had emergency...CDC to Pull COVID Vax Recommendations; NIH Cut Autism Funding; Florida Bans Fluoride
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to remove CDC recommendations for COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant women and children. Come the fall, it may just be older...COVID-Flu Vaccine; AI for Diagnosing Diabetic Kidney Disease
(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center...Trump’s Gain-of-Function Order Prompts Questions
(MedPage Today) -- In the wake of President Donald Trump's executive order on gain-of-function research, questions linger on exactly how the order will be implemented and about its potential impacts on the study of infectious diseases, experts...Vinay Prasad, Critic of COVID Measures, Picked as FDA’s Top Vaccine Official
(MedPage Today) -- Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, a frequent critic of the FDA and COVID-19 lockdowns and vaccination policies, will be the next director of FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), the center that oversees vaccine approvals...Trump Team’s $500 Million Bet on Old Vaccine Technology Puzzles Scientists
(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration's unprecedented $500 million grant for a broadly protective flu shot has confounded vaccine and pandemic preparedness experts, who said the project was in its early stages, relied on old technology, and...Mixing Science and Politics Leads to Trouble, Former NIH Director Says
(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- "When you mix politics and science, you just get politics."
Former NIH director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, made that comment Tuesday at an event here sponsored by The Atlantic as he reflected on the lessons he...RFK Jr. Claims Vax Has Fetus Debris; China Blames U.S. for COVID; TB in High School
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. MedPage Today is collecting stories of HHS staffers across all agencies affected by Trump administration cuts. If you want to share your story, please email MPT_Editorial...Flu Shot Tied to Brief Menstrual Cycle Disruptions Too
(MedPage Today) -- Women's menstrual cycles temporarily became a little longer after receiving a flu shot, regardless of whether they also received a COVID vaccine at the same time, a retrospective study found.
Among 1,501 women with regular menstrual...Pregnancy Checkbox on Death Certificates Mainly Behind Spike in Maternal Deaths
(MedPage Today) -- The introduction of the pregnancy checkbox on death certificates was responsible for most of the spike in maternal deaths in the U.S. since 2000, other than a jump attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, a longitudinal cross-sectional...Novavax Says Its COVID Shot Is on Track for Full FDA Approval After Delay
(MedPage Today) -- Novavax's closely watched COVID-19 vaccine is on track for full approval after additional discussions with the FDA, the company said Wednesday.
The news sent company shares soaring more than 21% in morning trading and appeared...Bill Treats mRNA Vaccines as ‘Weapons’; Brain Drain Begins? New Ice Bucket Challenge
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. MedPage Today is collecting stories of HHS staffers across all agencies affected by Trump administration cuts. If you want to share your story, please email MPT_Editorial...Article printed from Gastroenterology Education and CPD for trainees and specialists: https://www.gastrotraining.com