President Joe Biden is confronting his most controversial and politically unpalatable moment yet since assuming responsibility for the US’ response to the pandemic.
Asthma drug shortens recovery time in COVID-19 patients at home
Early treatment with an asthma drug budesonide shortens recovery time in COVID-19 patients aged over 50 who are treated at home or in other community settings.
Police officer jailed for breaking Black man’s knee in ‘clear case of racial profiling’
A serving police officer from London’s Metropolitan Police force has been sentenced to two years and three months in prison after breaking a Black man’s knee in what the judge called “a clear case of racial profiling.”
Results from phase 3 trial show baricitinib reduces deaths from COVID-19
The latest results from a study to assess the efficacy of the arthritis drug, baricitinib, in treating COVID-19 patients have shown that the treatment reduced mortality in those hospitalized with the disease.
Machine learning can help slow down future pandemics
Artificial intelligence could be one of the keys for limiting the spread of infection in future pandemics. In a new study, researchers at the University of Gothenburg have investigated how machine learning can be used to find effective testing methods during epidemic outbreaks, thereby helping to better control the outbreaks.
COVID-19 not the sole cause of excess U.S. deaths in 2020
By the year 2017, the United States was already suffering more excess deaths and more life years lost each year than those associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, according to research from demographers Samuel Preston of the University of Pennsylvania and Yana Vierboom of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.
Improving liver transplant waitlist mortality by improved risk assessment
The top priority in the field of transplantation is to ensure that donor organs are allocated to the patients with the greatest need.
Study reveals the 3D structure of human uterine endometrium and adenomyosis tissue
New insights into the three-dimensional (3D) morphology of the human uterine endometrium could advance the understanding of the mechanisms of endometrial regeneration and fertilized egg implantation while clarifying the pathogenesis of menstrual disorders, infertility and endometrium-related diseases such as adenomyosis, endometriosis, endometrial hyperplasia and endometrial cancer.
Physicians debate best management strategy for patient with severe aortic stenosis
In a new Annals ‘Beyond the Guideline’s feature, a cardiologist and a cardiothoracic surgeon debate the risks and benefits of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) versus surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for a patient with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis who is at low risk for surgical death. All ‘Beyond the Guidelines’ features are based on …
How Do You Write an Anthony Bourdain Book Without Anthony Bourdain?
After the author and TV personality’s death, his longtime assistant was left to finish his last book, a world travel guide.