Details Emerge on Unexplained Illness in AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
Healthy 37-year-old woman 'experienced confirmed transverse myelitis' after receiving second dose of vaccine
Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
Here is what the editors at Physician's Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of...
Vaccine Campaign Would Take Six to Nine Months to Curb COVID-19
First to be vaccinated would be those with health conditions that make them vulnerable to severe illness, death
Characteristics ID’d for Under 21s With SARS-CoV-2-Linked Deaths
Teens and young adults, those with underlying medical conditions overrepresented among decedents
New Drug Shows Promise in Preventing Severe COVID-19
Drug is monoclonal antibody, a man-made copy of antibody produced by a recovered COVID-19 patient
Many Doctors Misinformed About Nicotine’s Risks
Less than one-third of doctors correctly agree that nicotine directly contributed to birth defects
Factor V Activity Significantly Increased in Severe COVID-19
Rates of DVT/PE significantly higher for patients with COVID-19 and elevated factor V activity
Poll: Most Americans Do Not Trust Trump’s COVID-19 Vaccine Comments
More than half of adults say they do not trust the president's vaccine comments
NIH Launches Clinical Trials of Antithrombotics for COVID-19
Adaptive design allows evaluation of various doses, types of blood thinners in outpatients, inpatients
One or More Opioids Involved in ~80 Percent of OD Deaths
At least one potential opportunity for prevention intervention for 62.7 percent of overdose deaths
