UK-based Study Finds People with COVID-19 Symptoms More Susceptible to General Psychiatric Disorders, Loneliness
A survey of >15 000 UK respondents found people who have or had COVID-19 are more likely to develop general psychiatric disorders and loneliness.
FDA Alert: Hand Sanitizer Methanol Contamination
Hand sanitizer products contaminated with methyl alcohol have caused serious adverse events, including hospitalization, blindness, and death.
COVID-19 Update: Global Cases and Recoveries as of July 17, 2020
Data from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on coronavirus cases, mortalities, recoveries, and more.
Medicare Use of Telehealth During COVID-19
Medicare beneficiary use of telehealth services reached nearly 9 million as COVID-19 shut down on-site visits. Will the options be permanent?
Obesity Could Stymie Preventive Cardiology Efforts
VIDEO: Obesity is a chronic, relapsing disease that threatens to neutralize, even reverse, years of progress in reducing CVD-related death. Ted Kyle, RPh, explores.
COVID-19 Update: Global Cases and Recoveries as of July 16, 2020
How many cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the US? How many people have been tested? Get your daily COVID-19 update here.
AHA Guidelines on Obesity for CVD Prevention: 5 Questions
Obesity is a primary risk factor for cardiovascular disease and can also be modified with comprehensive care. Test yourself on the AHA/ACC recommendations for that care.
COVID-19 Update: Global Cases and Recoveries as of July 15, 2020
COVID-19 Health Improvements: State by State
A new survey examined which states have experienced a positive or negative trend in their residents’ health in recent weeks of the pandemic. Find out which states are recovering in our quick slideshow.
Moderna: COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Promising Immune Response Results in Phase 1 Study
Moderna's vaccine candidate was found to induce a high neutralizing antibody response in all study participants.
Survey: More than One-quarter of Parents Hesitant to Vaccinate Children Against Flu
Parental doubts about efficacy drive flu-shot hesitancy, according to a new survey, and impact routine vaccination rates, as well.
COVID-19 in the ICU: A Cardiothoracic Surgeon's Experience
Cardiothoracic surgeon Brian Lima, MD spent weeks in a large metropolitan New York City ICU treating the sickest patients with COVID-19. He shares details.
USPSTF: New Lung Cancer Screening Recommendations Will Double Number of Eligible Patients
The proposed recommendations will allow more women and black patients to be eligible for lung cancer screening.
COVID-19 Update: Global Cases and Recoveries as of July 14, 2020
There are now >13 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally. Plus more data from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map you should know about today.
COVID-19 Update: Global Cases and Recoveries as of July 13, 2020
Get the latest data on confirmed cases, surge states, and more with our daily COVID-19 update.
Americans Trust COVID-19 Science, Despite Shifting Advice
Effective ways to limit SARS-CoV2 spread are reasonably well understood, say US adults, and the science can be trusted, even though advice keeps changing.
COVID-19 Update: Global Cases and Recoveries as of July 10, 2020
8 New Drugs for Primary Care: Q2 2020
The first and only non-hormonal gel for pregnancy prevention, the first minocycline product for use in rosacea, and 6 more recently approved drugs of interest to primary care.
FDA Issues EUA for Combined Influenza-COVID-19 Diagnostic
The EUA is the third for diagnostics designed for detection and differentiation of the viruses that cause COVID-19 and the flu.
VIDEO: CVD Risk Reduction in Primary Care: Diabetes
Jorge Plutzky, MD, director of the Preventive Cardiology Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital, discusses the insidious role diabetes plays in cardiovascular disease.