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Vaccines Are Available, but the Search for COVID-19 Therapeutics Continues
Right after the FDA issued an emergency use authorization for one drug, feds pressed pause on distributing another. -
Determining the ‘Culprit’ Artery
How would one interpret the ECG in the figure, obtained in the ED from a middle-aged man with new chest pain? -
Aducanumab-avwa Injection (Aduhelm)
The FDA has approved a new, but controversial, treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. -
Using Procalcitonin to Limit Antibiotic Treatment for Sepsis Reduces Infection-Related Adverse Events
By shortening the duration of antibiotic therapy, a procalcitonin-guided protocol decreased the rate of infection-associated adverse effects, decreased costs, and reduced mortality in patients with sepsis. -
Air Filters and Asthma
Children with asthma showed improved small airway mechanics following indoor filtration of particulates (2.5 µm and greater) using high-efficiency particulate air filtration devices. -
The Effect of Antiviral Drugs on COVID-19 Outcomes and Mortality
The WHO Solidarity Trial Consortium found remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir, and interferon regimens produced “little or no effect” on relevant outcomes. -
Has the Unmasked Person Beside You Been Immunized for COVID-19?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent recommendation that those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can shed their masks and drop social distancing in many public situations was a bridge too far for some critics.
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40 years of HIV: From Fear and Stigma to Effective Treatment
A constantly mutating retrovirus that attacks the immune system directly, human immunodeficiency virus was isolated as the cause of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in 1984. There was initial optimism that a vaccine would be forthcoming, but it was not to be.
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What Is an Emergency Temporary Standard?
According to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), “OSHA is authorized to set emergency temporary standards that take effect immediately and are in effect until superseded by a permanent standard."
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OSHA’s COVID-19 Reg Codifies CDC Guidelines
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued an emergency temporary standard to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19, putting regulatory teeth into recommended practices by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.