MedPod Today: Long COVID and Stem Cells; An Unusual Pregnancy; New Cannabinoids
The following is a transcript of the podcast episode: Rachael Robertson: Hey everybody. Welcome to MedPod Today, the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week’s biggest healthcare stories. I’m your host, Rachael Robertson. Today we’re talking with Kristina Fiore about how stem cell companies are marketing to long COVID patients. […]
MedPod Today: So-Called ‘Abortion Reversal’; CMS Cuts; Tinnitus After COVID Vax
The following is a transcript of the podcast episode: Rachael Robertson: Hey, everybody. Welcome to MedPod Today, the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week’s biggest healthcare stories. I’m your host, Rachael Robertson. First up, Sophie Putka will interview me about my reporting on a legal battle in Colorado over […]
Opinion | ‘Everybody Is a Little Bit Anxious’: What We Heard This Week
“Everybody is a little bit anxious, and they are watching this.” — William Schaffner, MD, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, on a study showing mammal-to-mammal transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza on a mink farm in Spain. “We know that alcohol-based hand sanitizer kills more bugs than hand-washing removes.” — Janet Glowicz, PhD, […]
99% Of World’s Population Breathes Poor-Quality Air: WHO
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. health agency says nearly everybody in the world breathes air that doesn’t meet its standards for air quality, calling for more action to reduce fossil-fuel use, which generates pollutants that cause respiratory and blood-flow problems and lead to millions of preventable deaths each year. The World Health Organization, about six […]