'They Stopped Treating and the Effect Persisted': What We Heard This Week Quotable quotes from Bվ's sources Mar 21, 2021
Residency Matching Rates Down This Year Surge in registrants driven by pandemic; numbers of matches set records Mar 19, 2021
The 'Tamiflu' Approach to Treating COVID-19 Here's the latest on oral antivirals in development for COVID-19 Mar 18, 2021
COVID-19 Treatments: What's In, What's Out A look at which treatments are effective -- and which aren't Mar 17, 2021
Why Women Experience COVID and the Vaccines Differently Than Men It's chromosomal and hormonal, and maybe sociocultural too Mar 17, 2021 podcast
AstraZeneca Vax Flops Against South African Variant in Early Trial But jury still out as to whether it prevents severe disease from the variant Mar 16, 2021
Op-Ed: Did We Hurt Healthcare Workers With Bad Mask Advice? ZDoggMD discusses new evidence that suggests we did Mar 16, 2021
Why ADE Hasn't Been a Problem With COVID Vaccines Even with new variants, it's unlikely antibody-dependent enhancement will be an issue Mar 16, 2021
Op-Ed: COVID Shot While on a Blood Thinner? One hematologist's strategy for addressing concerns Mar 14, 2021
Healers Lend a Hand to HIV Testing in Rural Uganda Modern medicine benefits from engaging with local traditions Mar 14, 2021
Could One mRNA COVID Shot Be Adequate for Past Infectees? Small study shows powerful antibody response after first dose Mar 13, 2021
To Keep Schools Safe, Should Kids Be Six Feet Apart, or Three? Also, herd immunity probably unreachable unless kids get the shots Mar 11, 2021
'Real-World' Data Suggest COVID Vax Cuts Asymptomatic Infection Risk But like the real world, the reports come with many uncertainties Mar 11, 2021
Self-Unblinding Threatens COVID Vaccine Trial Taking antibody tests a 'small act of scientific sabotage' Mar 11, 2021
Maturation Inhibitor Shows Promise for HIV Encouragement from phase II study, but emergent resistance remains a problem Mar 10, 2021
Do HIV Drug Trials Need Better Infection Tests? Data from PrEP study reveal a sensitivity problem Mar 10, 2021
Dramatic Increase Seen in Getting HIV Patients Into Treatment Percentage of newly diagnosed individuals receiving "timely" therapy doubled in past decade Mar 10, 2021
When Can I Walk Into a Pharmacy and Get a COVID Shot? Walgreens' Rina Shah, PharmD, on the challenges and opportunities Mar 10, 2021 podcast
'Amazon Prime'-Type ART Delivery Worked for South African HIV Patients More experienced viral suppression versus traditional clinic visits Mar 09, 2021
Facebook: A Worthy Judge of Medical Info? The social media giant's fact-checkers are plucked from a constellation of Twitter stars Mar 08, 2021
Op-Ed: The American Psychiatric Association Sickened America It's time to right their wrongs and move toward recovery Mar 07, 2021
FDA Warns Mercola for Selling Bogus COVID Treatments Controversial physician in trouble for claims about vitamin C, vitamin D, and quercetin products Mar 05, 2021
Minnesota Nursing Board Drops Investigation of Fired Nurse Cliff Willmeng was under review after being fired for defying orders about hospital scrubs Mar 04, 2021
Meat and Poultry Processing Workers Need COVID Vaccines, Lawmakers Told Witnesses slam industry for failing to protect workers Mar 02, 2021
Studies Cast More Light on 'Long COVID' Prevalence, Presentation High rates of debilitating symptoms lasting months Mar 01, 2021
Op-Ed: Stop Ignoring Our Parallel Pandemic Biden's COVID-19 task force must take action to prevent clinician burnout Mar 01, 2021
J&J COVID Vaccine Gets Green Light from FDA Panel No dissent on question of whether benefits outweigh risks Feb 26, 2021
Is Nursing Board Discipline Getting More Aggressive? Texas Board epitomizes national trend, with nurses seeing campaign of intimidation Feb 23, 2021
Op-Ed: COVID Vax Misinformation May Be Our Worst Enemy Biden needs to stop the spread of more than just the virus Feb 22, 2021
CDC: Teachers Get, Transmit COVID at School CDC finds most COVID-19 clusters involved at least one teacher Feb 22, 2021
Can the Same Vaccines Protect Against New COVID Strains? Questions about long-term efficacy become more insistent Feb 17, 2021 podcast
The Math Doesn't Add Up for COVID-19 Vaccine Access New York state's rollout is adding headaches for providers Feb 16, 2021
Is Asthma Tx a Breath of Fresh Air for Early COVID-19 Patients? Markedly reduced hospitalizations with inhaled steroid in small, open-label trial Feb 09, 2021
Big Brother Intervention No Fix for Hospital Hand Hygiene Practices Device that counted each drop of hand sanitizer used was of little help Feb 08, 2021
COVID-19 Risk Not Equal for All Critical Care Staff Antibody study in British hospital reveals exposure varied by role Feb 04, 2021
Anti-COVID Mouthwash: Spit, Don't Swallow? Some reduction in viral load in infected patients, pilot study finds Feb 04, 2021