Data from the CDC on boosters and US vaccination rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

The CDC recommends against the J&J COVID-19 vaccine if Pfizer or Moderna mRNA shots are available while affirming that any COVID vaccine is better than none.

Continuous glucose monitoring for type 2 diabetes patients is gaining exposure in the literature with positive evidence accumulating. Examples follow.

Data from the CDC on boosters and US vaccination rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

While use of insulin pumps and CGM increased over a 3-year study period for all racial-ethnic groups, the inequities were significant between White adults and all others.

Data from the CDC on boosters and US vaccination rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

The CDC recommends ASAP use of antivirals in certain high-risk patient groups. Test your memory of who is in those groups with 2 short questions.

Finerenone, the nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, significantly reduced new-onset HF and improved other HF outcomes in the FIGARO-DKD trial.

When is aspirin appropriate in primary ASCVD prevention? Should ezetimibe be added to maximal statin therapy in T2D? This quiz tests your guideline savvy.

In a new retrospective analysis, including smoking history in the 2013 ACC/AHA pooled cohort equations significantly improved ASCVD risk prediction.

Data from the CDC on boosters and US vaccination rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

Pfizer reported today final results of the phase 2/3 EPIC-HR trial, findings that confirm the investigational drug's 89% efficacy against severe COVID-19 disease.

New research presented at EuroEcho 2021 may help explain why some patients with long COVID-19 experience persistent dyspnea even 1 year after recovery.

COVID-19, in an attempt to bully Flu and potentially gain precious lung space in humans this year, provoked the veteran virus, labeling him as "irrelevant." Flu responds.

Influenza takes questions from key media outlets to rebut assertions by COVID-19 that Flu's heyday has come to an end. He replies to MSNBC, Fox News, CBS, & the Christian Science Monitor.

Excess adiposity and genetic predisposition both were found to be associated with a higher risk of gout, particularly among US women, in a new prospective study.

Referencing waning immunity of the 2-dose mRNA series and availability of the vaccine to youth in this age group for more than a year, FDA determined that benefits outweigh risks.

AHA Scientific Sessions 2021 recap, tests of clinical knowledge, expert interviews, and more in this roundup from Patient Care Online.

Increases in obesity parameters significantly increased risk of incident heart failure in persons with diabetes, but not without diabetes, in a large community-based cohort study.

Intranasal CGRP inhibitor zavegepant met coprimary regulatory endpoints in pivotal phase 3 trial in adults with migraine; FDA submission planned for Q1 2022.