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Bird Flu Has Begun to Spread in Mammals—Here's What's Important to Know; Questions Remain About What Should Go Into Annual COVID-19 Vaccines; Long COVID Linked With Unemployment in New Analysis; As Superbugs Flourish, Bacteriophage Therapy Recaptures Researchers' Interest. Related Content: Bird Flu Has Begun to Spread in Mammals—Here's What's Important to Know Questions Remain About What SARS-CoV-2 Variants Should Go Into the Annual COVID-19 Vaccines Proposed by the FDA Long COVID Linked With Unemployment in New Analysis As Superbugs Flourish, Bacteriophage Therapy Recaptures Researchers' Interest

We're revisiting this 2017 episode—with updates! The episode is an interview with Robert T. "Chip" Schooley, MD, a professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health at the University of California, San Diego, and codirector of the school's Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics. Dr Schooley discusses the unique events that led to the first use of intravenous phage therapy in North America. Stay tuned to the end for an update on phage therapy and on Thomas Patterson, the patient who received the lifesaving treatment. Related Content: Phage Therapy's Role in Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens As Superbugs Flourish, Bacteriophage Therapy Recaptures Researchers' Interest

Large Cohort Study Finds Possible Association Between Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome and COVID-19 Vaccination but Far Stronger Link With SARS-CoV-2 Infection; From Thought to Text: How an Endovascular Brain-Computer Interface Could Help Patients With Severe Paralysis Communicate Related Content: Large Cohort Study Finds Possible Association Between Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome and COVID-19 Vaccination but Far Stronger Link With SARS-CoV-2 Infection From Thought to Text: How an Endovascular Brain-Computer Interface Could Help Patients With Severe Paralysis Communicate Swab the Throat as Well as the Nose? The Debate Over the Best Way to Test for SARS-CoV-2 Study: Short Spurts of Vigorous Physical Activity During Daily Life Are Associated With Lower Mortality Ceasefire Declared, but Ethiopian Health Systems Remain in Critical Condition After Civil War

Telemedicine Rollbacks—Why Providing Care Across State Lines Is No Longer as Simple as It Was Early in the Pandemic; Amid Ohio Measles Outbreak, New Global Report Warns of Decreased Vaccination During COVID-19 Pandemic; Will the New CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines Help Correct the Course in Pain Care? Related Content: Amid Ohio Measles Outbreak, New Global Report Warns of Decreased Vaccination During COVID-19 Pandemic Will the New CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines Help Correct the Course in Pain Care?

Trying to Predict What the COVID-19 Pandemic Might Look Like This Winter in the US; "This Is Our COVID"—What Physicians Need to Know About the Pediatric RSV Surge; Conflict and Climate Collide to Create an Acute Hunger Crisis for an Unprecedented 345 Million People. Related Content: How Immune-Evasive Omicron Offspring and a Lack of Mitigation Measures Could Shape a COVID-19 Winter Wave "This Is Our COVID"—What Physicians Need to Know About the Pediatric RSV Surge Conflict and Climate Collide to Create an Acute Hunger Crisis for an Unprecedented 345 Million People Highlights From the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2022—COVID-19's Ripple Effects, a Triglyceride Disappointment, Gene Editing Advances, and More Highlights From Infectious Disease Week 2022—COVID-19, HIV, Monkeypox, and Polio After the First Pig-to-Human Heart Transplant, Scientists Look to the Future of Cardiac Xenotransplantation Detailed Maternal Mortality Data Suggest More Than 4 in 5 Pregnancy-Related Deaths in US Are Preventable

Medical News Associate Managing Editor Jennifer Abbasi and Conference Chair Manesh Patel, MD, discuss the latest trials and topics from the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions meeting. Patel is the Richard S. Stack Distinguished Professor and chief of cardiology at Duke University School of Medicine. Related Content: Treatment Time and In-Hospital Mortality Among Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, 2018-2021 After the First Pig-to-Human Heart Transplant, Scientists Look to the Future of Cardiac Xenotransplantation Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr. Patel has received research grants from AstraZeneca, Bayer, Janssen, Mytonomy and Procyrion, and he currently serves on the Advisory Boards for Bayer, Janssen and Novartis.

JAMA Medical News Senior Staff Writer Melissa Suran, PhD, MSJ, speaks with Adarsh Bhimraj, MD, about new research and timely topics discussed at Infectious Disease Week (IDWeek) 2022. Dr Bhimraj, who was one of the conference chairs, is also director of Infectious Diseases Fellowship and Education at Houston Methodist Hospital. Related Content: Highlights From Infectious Disease Week 2022—COVID-19, HIV, Monkeypox, and Polio

Deciding Whether to Continue Using Teratogenic Drugs in States That Have Banned Abortions; Treating Cancer in Pregnant Patients After Roe v Wade Overturned; Dobbs Decision Threatens Full Breadth of Ob-Gyn Training Related Content: Threats to Evidence-Based Care With Teratogenic Medications in States With Abortion Restrictions Treating Cancer in Pregnant Patients After Roe v Wade Overturned Dobbs Decision Threatens Full Breadth of Ob-Gyn Training

In July 2022, Nahid Bhadelia, MD, MALD, joined the White House COVID-19 Response Team as senior policy advisor for Global COVID Response. The infectious disease physician, who is on sabbatical from Boston University, spoke with JAMA Associate Managing News Editor Jennifer Abbasi about the pandemic's true burden of disease in low- and middle-income countries and ongoing COVID-19 vaccine inequity. Related Content: White House Advisor Nahid Bhadelia, MD, MALD, on COVID-19 in Resource-Limited Nations—Undercounted Deaths, Vaccine Inequity, and More Global COVID-19 Update (video)

New Guidance From the American Academy of Pediatrics on Protecting Children From Sexual Abuse in Health Care Settings; Growing Role of Gabapentin in Opioid-Related Overdoses Highlights Misuse Potential and Off-label Prescribing Practices. Related Content: New Guidance From the American Academy of Pediatrics on Protecting Children From Sexual Abuse in Health Care Settings Growing Role of Gabapentin in Opioid-Related Overdoses Highlights Misuse Potential and Off-label Prescribing Practices Reports of Asymptomatic Monkeypox Suggest That, at the Very Least, Some Infections Go Unnoticed After the Genome—A Brief History of Proteomics Dr Fauci and the Art of Science Communication The Dreaded "Twindemic" of Influenza and COVID-19 Has Not Yet Materialized—Might This Be the Year?

The US Now Has a Research Plan for Long COVID—Is It Enough?; Debate Swirls Around the Relevance of the Amyloid Hypothesis in Alzheimer Disease Research; Microplastics Are Found Outside in Nature and Inside the Body—but Evidence of Health Risks Is Inconclusive Related Content: The US Now Has a Research Plan for Long COVID—Is It Enough? Much Anticipated Alzheimer Disease Prevention Trial Finds No Clinical Benefit From Drug Targeting Amyloid; Highlights Need to Consider Other Approaches Microplastics Are Found Outside in Nature and Inside the Body—but Evidence of Health Risks Is Inconclusive Animal Reservoirs—Where the Next SARS-CoV-2 Variant Could Arise Large Autopsy Study Estimates Prevalence of "LATE" Neuropathologic Change Addressing the Long-term Effects of COVID-19 Long COVID: The US Federal Response (audio) Long COVID: The US Federal Response (video)

How Abortion Bans Could Affect Care for Miscarriage and Infertility; COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Booster During Pregnancy Increases Maternal and Fetal Antibodies; Code Blue—What to Do When the Shooting Starts. Related Content: COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Booster During Pregnancy Increases Maternal and Fetal Antibodies How Abortion Bans Could Affect Care for Miscarriage and Infertility Code Blue—What to Do When the Shooting Starts

Studies dating back to the late 1950s have shown that people with South Asian ancestry have higher cardiovascular disease risk compared with other racial and ethnic groups, and the heightened risks have been observed in the US over the past 2 decades. To better understand why, in 2010 two Indian American internists, Alka Kanaya, MD, and Namratha Kandula, MD, MPH, launched the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America, or MASALA, prospective cohort study. Drs Kanaya and Kandula spoke with JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Jennifer Abbasi about cardiovascular disease and risk factors among people of South Asian descent. Related Content: MASALA Study Probes Why People With South Asian Ancestry Have Increased Cardiovascular Disease Risks

In July 2022, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, took on a new role as the 17th editor in chief of JAMA and the JAMA Network. In conversation with Nobel laureate Harold Varmus, MD, Bibbins-Domingo discusses her research background, approaches to leadership in health care, and the critical role that journals play in communication about public health and science. Related Content: The Urgency of Now and the Responsibility to Do More—My Commitment for JAMA and the JAMA Network A Conversation With Dr Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, JAMA's New Editor in Chief (video) A Conversation With Dr Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, JAMA's New Editor in Chief (audio)

The Mystery of Why COVID-19 Rebounds in Some Patients Who Take Paxlovid; What to Know About Monkeypox; UN Reports New Insights on Link Between Climate Change and Human Health. Related Content: The Mystery of Why COVID-19 Rebounds in Some Patients Who Take Paxlovid What to Know About Monkeypox UN Reports New Insights on Link Between Climate Change and Human Health

JAMA Medical News Senior Staff Writer Melissa Suran, PhD, MSJ, speaks with Sonali Smith, MD, about new research and timely topics from the recent annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Dr Smith, who chaired the conference's Scientific Program Committee, is also chief of the hematology and oncology section at the University of Chicago Medicine. Related Content: Highlights From the 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology—Disparities in Clinical Trials, Mitigating Clinician Burnout, and Combination Treatments for Cancer Effect of Electronic Symptom Monitoring on Patient-Reported Outcomes Among Patients With Metastatic Cancer Cancer Risk and Mortality in Adults With Obesity Who Underwent Bariatric Surgery vs No Surgery

Loren Laine, MD, professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases); chief, Section of Digestive Diseases, Internal Medicine; medical chief, Digestive Health, Yale New Haven Health, discusses the pandemic-related decline in colorectal cancer screening, racial and ethnic disparities in cancer care and survival, and other research highlights from the recent Digestive Disease Week meeting. Related Content: Highlights From Digestive Disease Week—Pandemic-Related Decline in Colorectal Cancer Screening, Lack of Association Between Proton Pump Inhibitors and Dementia, and More

JAMA Senior Editor Kristin L. Walter, MD, MS, speaks with Andrew J. Halayko, PhD, ATSF, MSc, BSc, about some important research studies and keynote addresses presented at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference in May 2022. Dr Halayko is professor of physiology and internal medicine at the University of Manitoba in Canada and this year's ATS conference chair. Related Article(s): American Thoracic Society 2022 Conference Highlights

What a Post–Roe v Wade US Might Look Like for Physicians; SARS-CoV-2 RNA Can Persist in Stool Months After Respiratory Tract Clears Virus Related Article(s): What a Post–Roe v Wade US Might Look Like for Physicians SARS-CoV-2 RNA Can Persist in Stool Months After Respiratory Tract Clears Virus

Clinical Trials Disrupted During War in Ukraine; The Role of Supervised Consumption Sites for People Who Use Illicit Drugs Related Content: Clinical Trials Disrupted During War in Ukraine The Role of Supervised Consumption Sites for People Who Use Illicit Drugs

Preventive cardiologist and conference cochair Pamela Morris, MD, discusses new heart failure management guidelines and important clinical trial results presented at the American College of Cardiology's 2022 Scientific Sessions. Related Content: Highlights From the American College of Cardiology's Scientific Sessions—New Heart Failure Management Guidelines, Alirocumab After a Myocardial Infarction, and Treating Mild Chronic Hypertension in Pregnancy Short Interfering RNA Targeting Lp(a) Production in Individuals With Elevated Plasma Lp(a) Effect of Alirocumab Added to High-Intensity Statin Therapy on Coronary Atherosclerosis The Potential Clinical Benefit of Lowering Lipoprotein(a)

Physicians in Ukraine—Caring for Patients in the Middle of a War; The COVID Heart—One Year After SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Patients Have an Array of Increased Cardiovascular Risks; How Cancer Will Affect the US in 2022 Related Content: Physicians in Ukraine: Caring for Patients in the Middle of a War The COVID Heart—One Year After SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Patients Have an Array of Increased Cardiovascular Risks How Cancer Will Affect the US in 2022

Russian attacks on Ukraine have created a humanitarian crisis and made the treatment of patients exponentially more difficult. Two Ukrainian doctors, Oleksandra Shchebet and Anastasiia Barzylovych, share their experiences as they practice medicine in a dangerous wartime environment. Recorded March 9, 2022. Related Content: Physicians in Ukraine: Caring for Patients in the Middle of a War

JAMA Medical News Senior Staff Writer Melissa Suran speaks with Louise McCullough, MD, PhD, about new research and timely topics from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association's annual International Stroke Conference. McCullough, who chaired this year's conference, is also chair of neurology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and chief of neurology at Memorial Hermann—Texas Medical Center. Related Content: Highlights From the International Stroke Conference 2022—Thrombectomy and Alteplase, Access to Stroke Centers, and Warfarin vs Direct Oral Anticoagulants

COVID-19 and the Common Cold: Preexisting Coronavirus Antibodies May Hinder SARS-CoV-2 Immunity; When Physicians Spread Unscientific Information About COVID-19; How Prolonged Isolation Affects People With Parkinson Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Related Content: COVID-19 and the Common Cold—Preexisting Coronavirus Antibodies May Hinder SARS-CoV-2 Immunity When Physicians Spread Unscientific Information About COVID-19 How Prolonged Isolation Affects People With Parkinson Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Questions Remain About Who Will Get Monoclonal Antibodies for COVID-19 Preexposure Prophylaxis; RSV Vaccines, Finally Within Reach, Could Prevent Tens of Thousands of Yearly Deaths; Preparing Hospitals' Medical Oxygen Delivery Systems for a Respiratory "Twindemic." Related Content: Questions Remain About Who Will Get Monoclonal Antibodies for COVID-19 Preexposure Prophylaxis RSV Vaccines, Finally Within Reach, Could Prevent Tens of Thousands of Yearly Deaths Preparing Hospitals' Medical Oxygen Delivery Systems for a Respiratory "Twindemic"

Thousands of US Youths Cope With the Trauma of Losing Parents to COVID-19; COVID-19 Vaccine Makers Plan for Annual Boosters, but It's Not Clear They'll Be Needed; Why Parents Still Hesitate to Vaccinate Their Children Against COVID-19. Related Content: Thousands of US Youths Cope With the Trauma of Losing Parents to COVID-19 The Debate Over Whether Repeated COVID-19 Boosters Will Be Needed Why Parents Still Hesitate to Vaccinate Their Children Against COVID-19

JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Jennifer Abbasi talks with physician-geneticist Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, as he steps down as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and returns full-time to his laboratory at the National Human Genome Research Institute. Collins discusses the NIH's biggest accomplishments and challenges during his historic tenure, shares what he will and won't miss about the job, and much more. Related Content: After 12 Years, NIH Director Francis S. Collins Seeks His Next Chapter

The Flawed Science of Antibody Testing for SARS-CoV-2 Immunity, Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Monoclonal Antibodies for Preexposure COVID-19 Prophylaxis, Trials Test Mushrooms and Herbs as Anti–COVID-19 Agents. Related Article(s): The Flawed Science of Antibody Testing for SARS-CoV-2 Immunity Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Monoclonal Antibodies for Preexposure COVID-19 Prophylaxis Trials Test Mushrooms and Herbs as Anti–COVID-19 Agents

JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Jennifer Abbasi talks with Manesh Patel, MD, about the latest trials and topics from the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions meeting. Patel is chief of the division of cardiology at Duke University School of Medicine and this year's Scientific Sessions conference chair. Related Content: Association of Apolipoprotein B–Containing Lipoproteins and Risk of Myocardial Infarction in Individuals With and Without Atherosclerosis Highlights From the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions—ApoB as a Risk Marker, an Oral PCSK9 Inhibitor, Aspirin and Dementia, and More Authors have declared conflicts of interest related to the article discussed in this podcast. Visit the article on jama.com for the complete disclosure.

COVID-19 Crisis Advances Efforts to Reimagine Nursing Homes; Moving COVID-19 Testing Out of the Clinic and Into the Home; The Lingua Franca of Addiction—Stigmatizing Words That Wound Related Content: COVID-19 Crisis Advances Efforts to Reimagine Nursing Homes COVID-19 Testing Moves Out of the Clinic and Into the Home The Lingua Franca of Addiction—Stigmatizing Words That Wound

The longstanding shortcomings of the US nursing home model became more visible during the COVID-19 crisis. Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, a geriatric nurse practitioner and president of the John A. Hartford Foundation in New York City, discusses the challenges skilled nursing facilities face and shares her vision for nursing homes that better serve residents and support the workforce. Related Content: COVID-19 Crisis Advances Efforts to Reimagine Nursing Homes Socially Assistive Robots Help Patients Make Behavioral Changes

After Mildest Flu Season Ever, Influenza Experts Wonder What Comes Next; Why Farmworkers Need More Than New Laws for Protection From Heat-Related Illness; COVID-19 Sets Back Efforts to See the Person in the ICU Patient Related Content: After Mildest Flu Season Ever, Influenza Experts Wonder What Comes Next Why Farmworkers Need More Than New Laws for Protection From Heat-Related Illness How COVID-19 Made It Even Tougher to Know ICU Patients as Individuals

Many patients experience neurocognitive deficits, PTSD, and generalized weakness and disability following an intensive care unit (ICU) stay. JAMA Medical News Senior Writer Rita Rubin talks with E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH, a professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, about ICU aftereffects, post-acute COVID-19 syndrome, and how the coronavirus pandemic, particularly hospitals' restrictions on visitors, impeded progress made since the 1990s in caring for the critically ill. Related Content: How COVID-19 Made It Even Tougher to Know ICU Patients as Individuals

More than half of the 80 000 emergency personnel, volunteers, and recovery and cleanup workers known to have responded to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the crash site near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, have at least 1 certified physical or mental health condition related to their exposures. First responder Terrence Jordan, a retired lieutenant with the Fire Department of the City of New York, shares his story. Related Content: Twenty Years After 9/11, Responders Are Still Healing 9/11 Responders' Health 20 Years Later, Part 1

More than half of the 80 000 emergency personnel, volunteers, and recovery and cleanup workers known to have responded to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the crash site near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, have at least 1 certified physical or mental health condition related to their exposures. Pulmonologist David Prezant, MD, chief medical officer for the Fire Department of the City of New York and a professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, shares his 9/11 story and updates us on how the responders are doing 20 years after the events. Related Content: Twenty Years After 9/11, Responders Are Still Healing 9/11 Responders' Health 20 Years Later, Part 2

FDA's Approval of New Alzheimer Drug Raises Many Questions; Überantibodies From Recovered COVID-19 Patients Could Spur New Therapeutics and Vaccines; Detecting Kids' Broken Hearts—Cardiac Screening Advised During Well-Child Visits Related Content: Recently Approved Alzheimer Drug Raises Questions That Might Never Be Answered Überantibodies From Recovered COVID-19 Patients Could Spur New Therapeutics and Vaccines Detecting Kids' Broken Hearts—Cardiac Screening Advised During Well-Child Visits

The Search for a Single Vaccine Against Coronaviruses Yet to Come; Semaglutide's Success Could Usher in a "New Dawn" for Obesity Treatment; Confronting High HIV Rates Among Transgender Women With Empowerment and Gender Affirmation. Related Content: The Search for a Single Vaccine Against Coronaviruses Yet to Come Semaglutide's Success Could Usher in a "New Dawn" for Obesity Treatment Confronting High HIV Rates Among Transgender Women With Empowerment and Gender Affirmation

Community-Based Organizations Step Up to Confront HIV in Southern States; Restrictive Policies Threaten Efforts to Stop 2 West Virginia HIV Outbreaks; Cystic Fibrosis Affects People of All Colors, Not Just Those Who Are White Related Content: Community-Based Organizations Step Up to Confront HIV in Southern States Restrictive Policies Threaten Efforts to Stop 2 West Virginia HIV Outbreaks Cystic Fibrosis Affects People of All Colors, Not Just Those Who Are White

Lung transplantation has become an option of last resort for a small subset of patients with COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) or pulmonary fibrosis. Ankit Bharat, MD, chief of Thoracic Surgery and director of Lung Transplant and ECMO at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, discusses his experience performing lung transplants for patients with respiratory failure due to COVID-19, including the first successful double lung transplant in the US for a patient with COVID-19-related ARDS. Related Content: Lung Transplants for COVID-19—The Option of Last Resort

Researchers Tie Severe Immunosuppression to Chronic COVID-19 and Virus Variants; An Inside Look at a Post–COVID-19 Clinic; COVID-19 and the "Lost Year" for Smokers Trying to Quit Related Content: Researchers Tie Severe Immunosuppression to Chronic COVID-19 and Virus Variants An Inside Look at a Post–COVID-19 Clinic COVID-19 and the "Lost Year" for Smokers Trying to Quit

Michigan public officials' decision to change Flint's water supply in 2014 created widespread lead contamination in the city's drinking water. Pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, MPH, revealed the tainted water's effects on the city's children during an unusual press conference in 2015. Although it took 7 years, a grand jury handed down indictments against 9 public officials, including Governor Rick Snyder, for their roles in the crisis. JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Jennifer Abbasi recently caught up with Hanna-Attisha to discuss the health of Flint's children, the future of its water supply, and other pressing public health issues. Related Content: Lead, Mistrust, and Trauma—Whistleblowing Pediatrician Discusses the Legacy of Flint's Water Crisis

COVID-19 leaves some people with a troubling constellation of symptoms that has been known as long-haul COVID but now has a more formal name: postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC). Currently, 33 states in the US have at least 1 clinic dedicated to caring for patients with PASC. Aluko Hope, MD, a pulmonary and critical care physician, cofounded the Montefiore-Einstein COVID-19 Recovery Clinic in New York in 2020. Now the medical director of the Long Covid-19 Program at the Oregon Health & Sciences University, Dr Hope provides insight into the care provided at a post-COVID-19 clinic. Related Content: An Inside Look at a Post–COVID-19 Clinic

In this Medical News podcast, Rita Rubin interviews retired neurologist Daniel Gibbs, MD, about his efforts to lessen the stigma surrounding Alzheimer disease, which he was diagnosed with 5 years ago. Related Content: Neurologist Faces His Alzheimer Diagnosis Determined to Lessen Stigma Surrounding the Disease

How Sharing Clinical Notes Affects the Patient-Physician Relationship; Experts Discuss COVID-19—Variants and Vaccine Efficacy, Immunosuppressed Patients, and More; The Push for Timely Follow-up After Abnormal At-home Colon Cancer Screening Results Related Content: How Sharing Clinical Notes Affects the Patient-Physician Relationship Experts Discuss COVID-19—Variants and Vaccine Efficacy, Immunosuppressed Patients, and More The Push for Timely Follow-up After Abnormal At-home Colon Cancer Screening Results

In this Medical News article, William Pettit, DO, dean of the new Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation, discusses how the first US medical school on tribal land came into being. Related Article(s): A Partnership With the Cherokee Nation Advances Medical Education on Tribal Land

The Price of Success—How to Evaluate COVID-19 Vaccines When They're Available Outside of Clinical Trials; When the Human Voice Speaks Volumes About Lung Function; COVID-19 Vaccines vs Variants—Determining How Much Immunity Is Enough Related Articles: The Price of Success—How to Evaluate COVID-19 Vaccines When They're Available Outside of Clinical Trials When the Human Voice Speaks Volumes About Lung Function COVID-19 Vaccines vs Variants—Determining How Much Immunity Is Enough

Researchers Investigate What COVID-19 Does to the Heart; "Important Conversations" Are Needed to Explain the Nocebo Effect; Therapists Donate Their Time to Counsel Distressed Health Care Workers Related Article: Researchers Investigate What COVID-19 Does to the Heart "Important Conversations" Are Needed to Explain the Nocebo Effect Therapists Donate Their Time to Counsel Distressed Health Care Workers

Pandemic Spotlights In-home Colon Cancer Screening Tests; Does Vitamin D Deficiency Raise COVID-19 Risk?; COVID-19 Conspiracies and Beyond: How Physicians Can Deal With Patients' Misinformation Related Article(s): Pandemic Spotlights In-home Colon Cancer Screening Tests Does Vitamin D Deficiency Raise COVID-19 Risk? COVID-19 Conspiracies and Beyond: How Physicians Can Deal With Patients' Misinformation

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented new challenges to people experiencing homelessness because they can't easily practice mitigation measures such as frequent handwashing and social distancing. Jennifer Tan, MD, a Massachusetts General Hospital dermatologist who has been caring for Boston's homeless population for several years, helped assemble special care kits, which included hand sanitizer and masks as well as over-the-counter treatments for skin problems, for distribution in Boston and Portland, Maine.