McConnell’s Medical Report; Mask Mandate War Brews; OTC Naloxone Hits Stores
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) had no evidence of stroke, seizure disorder, or movement disorder like Parkinson’s disease, Capitol physician Brian Monahan, MD, stated in a letter. (Politico) But Sen. Rand Paul, MD (R-Ky.), an ophthalmologist, thinks differently. (USA Today) Mask on; mask off: President […]
Deadly Milkshakes; Masks Back at College Campus; Task Force Updates PrEP Guidance
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Three people died after drinking milkshakes contaminated with listeria at a Frugal’s burger restaurant in Tacoma, Washington. (NBC News) Of course first-year medical residents who started training before the COVID-19 pandemic had lower rates of PTSD symptoms compared with those who started their training during the […]
Jared Kushner Reveals Cancer Dx; Docs Warn on ‘No Poop July’; The Pharma Bro Returns
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Jared Kushner says in his soon-to-be-published book that he was diagnosed with and treated for thyroid cancer while he was working in the White House during the Trump administration. (New York Times) Texas otolaryngologist Mary Talley Bowden, MD, sued Houston Methodist Hospital for defamation, claiming the […]
‘Viagra’-Laced Honey; CDC Raises Alarm on Another Virus; Health Workforce $$ Coming
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. The FDA warned four companies against selling tainted honey-based products that contained ingredients not listed on the label, including active drug ingredients found in Cialis and Viagra. In other agency news, the FDA may issue an emergency use authorization for Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine as early as […]
OTC Birth Control; Abortion Access a Public Health Emergency? Monkeypox Cases Surge
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. HRA Pharma, a subunit of Perrigo, has submitted an application to the FDA to potentially be the first-ever over-the-counter birth control pill. President Biden is considering declaring a public health emergency over the current state of abortion access, though White House officials are debating whether the […]
Philly Yanks Mask Mandate; No Vax for Tots Until June? Man Has COVID for 505 Days
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. The World Health Organization strongly recommended use of Pfizer’s oral antiviral treatment nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) for high-risk patients in a new statement, calling it the “best therapeutic choice for high-risk patients to date.” Just a few days after reinstating it, Philly is pulling the plug on its […]
Adios COVID Funds; Death After Xenotransplant; What’s ‘Deltacron’?
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Democrats took $15.6 billion in COVID relief funding off the table in order to get the $1.5 trillion federal spending bill passed by the House of Representatives. (New York Times) Observers decried Russia’s bombing of a maternity and children’s hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine. (BBC News) The […]
OSHA Ups Hospital Inspections; IDSA Slams Florida Vax Policy; A Perilous Kyiv Escape
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court to reinstate a vaccine mandate for federal employees, arguing that the need for the mandate has increased now that more workers are headed back to their offices. (Politico) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it will be […]
COVID Vaccine Flops; Heat Wave Threatens West; Hand Sanitizer Vapor Warning
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Participation award for developing a COVID-19 vaccine candidate goes to CureVac — the German company announced interim trial results and suggested variants were to blame for the 47% efficacy. An extended and potentially lethal heat wave is threatening more than 40 million Americans in western parts […]
U.S. Hits 600K COVID Deaths; Brazil’s Iffy Drug Cocktail; STDs Reach New High
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. As of Wednesday at 8 a.m. EDT, the unofficial U.S. COVID-19 toll reached 33,486,925 cases and 600,287 deaths, up 11,626 cases and 327 deaths from yesterday. And while daily cases and deaths have drastically declined, new and dangerous variants could set back the U.S.’s progress on […]