Clinical Features ID’d for First 2019 Novel Coronavirus Patients
Forty-one patients ID'd with virus as of Jan. 2, 2020; all had pneumonia with abnormal chest CT findings
Survey: Most Americans Think of Themselves as Healthy
Those with higher income rate their health higher than those with lower income
Coronavirus Deaths Top 100 in China
CDC urges all Americans to avoid any nonessential travel to China
Drug Price-Fixing Charge Laid Against ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli
Former drug industry executive charged with restricting competition to maintain a monopoly on the drug Daraprim
Dangerous Additives Found in Illegal Pot Vaping Products in Los Angeles
Additives include vitamin E acetate, which has been implicated in vaping-related respiratory illnesses
Gender Gap Persists in Starting Salary for Physicians
Gender differences in preferences for control over work-life balance do not account for gap in salary
Disparities Seen in Outcomes for Young Adults With CRC
Risk for death higher for those from lowest versus highest income and education areas
Naloxone Prescribing Increasing but Still Very Low
Factors associated with naloxone fills include high opioid daily dosage, concurrent benzodiazepines
Racial Disparities Noted in Quality of Care for Dementia
Asian patients less likely to be prescribed antidementia drugs; anxiolytics/hypnotic Rxs lower for blacks
Coronavirus Cases Top 2,700 in China, Five in the United States
Two new cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in Arizona and California over the weekend
