COVID-19 Mortality Tied to Social Determinants of Health
Counties with higher proportion of Black residents, poverty, lower education have higher COVID-19 death rates
South Africa Delays AstraZeneca Vaccine Rollout
Decision made after vaccine shows lack of effectiveness against COVID-19 variant
COVID-19 Vaccine Scammers Proliferating on the ‘Dark Web’
Sharp rise seen in number of COVID-19 vaccine ads on the dark web; asking prices have doubled or even quadrupled in recent weeks
FDA OKs Marketing of New Device to Reduce Snoring, Mild OSA
The removable eXciteOSA device, to be used when a patient is awake, delivers neuromuscular stimulation to the tongue
Chronic Pain Patients Taking Opioids Have Hard Time Finding Care
Patients with history suggestive of aberrant opioid use have even harder time getting an appointment
More Than Two-Thirds of Adults Consume Any Fruit on a Given Day
Fruit consumption higher for women than men and increases with income; 95 percent of adults consume vegetables
Postpartum BP Trajectory May Predict Persistent Hypertension
Findings seen among women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy followed for up to 18 months
Hospitalized Health Care Workers Do Not Have Worse COVID-19 Outcomes
Health care workers have shorter length of hospitalization and less likelihood of ICU admission
Genes That Best Predict Breast Cancer Risk Identified
And estimates determined for breast cancer risk in association with pathogenic variants in known predisposition genes
Female Breast Cancer Most Commonly Diagnosed Cancer in 2020
Female breast cancer surpassed lung cancer, although lung cancer remained leading cause of cancer deaths in 2020
