Search for COVID 'Patient Zero'; J&J Coming Up Short; Price Hikes for Uninsured This past week in healthcare investigations Jul 07, 2021
LDCT Screening Linked to Lower Risk of Brain Mets in Lung Cancer This observed reduction in risk may be due to a less aggressive tumor biology, said study author Jun 28, 2021
Houston Methodist Ousts Over 150 Workers for Refusing COVID Vax Employees either resigned or were terminated, in line with the system's vaccine policy Jun 23, 2021
What's Guiding Prostate Cancer Care for Gay Men? Research specific to this group has only scratched the surface Jun 16, 2021
Fight Dengue With Mosquitoes?; Flu Vax in Pregnant Women: It's TTHealthWatch! Also this week: In utero management of a lung problem, and hospital-at-home treatment Jun 12, 2021 podcast
How Close Are We To Learning COVID's Origin Story? Experts discuss practical implications of a natural or accidental introduction for the virus Jun 07, 2021
Additional Infections Rare in Hospitalized COVID Patients Most were secondary infections, U.K. researchers found Jun 03, 2021
Houston Methodist Sued Over COVID Vax Mandate Employees claim policy violates federal law, sue for wrongful discharge Jun 01, 2021
Most COVID Patients Landing in Hospitals Aren't Fully Vaccinated Reports from Cleveland Clinic, other health systems starting to roll in May 13, 2021
After the Pandemic: Organ Transplants Bounce Back Amid Lingering Questions COVID concerns add to the usual risk calculus of listed patients, says Minnow Walsh May 09, 2021
Op-Ed: COVID Elimination or Eradication? It comes down to the collective investment the world is willing to make Apr 11, 2021
A Salute to China's COVID Heroes Stifled by their own government, they deserve the world's gratitude Apr 06, 2021
Op-Ed: Why Redfield Is Wrong on SARS-CoV-2 Origins Scientific data simply don't support the former CDC director's claims Apr 05, 2021
Where's the New FDA Commish? New Federal Vax Deal; COVID Kills GOP House Member The past week in healthcare politics and policy. Feb 12, 2021
Vaccine 'Hunger Games'; Are Reinfections Truly Rare? OWS Ignored Vax 'Last Mile' This past week in healthcare investigations Feb 10, 2021
COVID-19 Variants: 'The Virus Still Has Tricks Up Its Sleeve' Warner Greene on how the virus has mutated, and whether it's done yet Feb 09, 2021 video
Ontario Doc Demoted After Criticizing Gov't Over Pandemic Calls it retribution for what he called sluggish response to new coronavirus variants Feb 03, 2021
Fauci: Variants 'Wake Up Call' for COVID Vax Efforts U.S. mutations are inevitable as long as case counts remain high Jan 29, 2021
Can Negative Results With BinaxNOW Test Be Trusted? Real-world data from Arizona cast doubt Jan 19, 2021
Persistent COVID Symptoms; Spit vs Nasal Swab: It's TTHealthWatch! This week's topics also include meth addiction and vaccine effectiveness for coronavirus variants Jan 16, 2021 podcast
Hospitals: Stop Playing Vaccine Games and Show Leadership Don't wait on instructions from state governments in disarray Jan 12, 2021
FDA: Coronavirus Variants May Cause False-Negative Tests Tests targeting genetic elements where mutations occur theoretically affected, agency says Jan 08, 2021
Real-World Data Support CDC's 7-Day COVID Quarantine Recs Vermont had 3% positivity rate among asymptomatic contacts when tested after week of isolation Jan 07, 2021
Op-Ed: Why PCR Cycle Threshold Is Useful in Coronavirus Testing It can help better triage patients, physician argues Jan 04, 2021
Just How Much More Transmissible Is the New Coronavirus Variant? British researchers come up with numbers Jan 02, 2021
I Can't Wait for My Second Dose One very happy physician's first-hand account of getting the COVID-19 vaccine Dec 28, 2020
What Has COVID-19 Done to Child Welfare? The evidence is unclear; some see the pandemic as a chance to revamp systems toward prevention Dec 23, 2020
Daily Deaths Crack 3,000; Allergy Warning for Pfizer Vaccine; OTC COVID Test OK'd A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Dec 10, 2020
Cannabis and Driving; Avoiding Gout: It's TTHealthWatch! This week's topics also include a viral superspreader event in Argentina and self-knowledge of overweight and obesity Dec 05, 2020 podcast
Atlas Resigns; Beware of COVID 'Amnesia'; Novavax Trial Hits Snag A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Dec 01, 2020
Moderna Vaccine Readout; Post-Holiday Surge Fears A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Nov 30, 2020
FDA OKs Highly Specific COVID-19 Antibody Test Semi-quantitative assay has implications for public health, assessing vaccine response Nov 25, 2020
To Build Trust on COVID Vax in Black Community, Learn From the Flu If not, we'll reinforce systemic racism Nov 16, 2020
Neutralizing COVID Antibody Assay OK'd ... But Is It Useful? Experts see potential roles, but questions about immunity remain unanswered Nov 09, 2020
Here's What's Wrong With COVID-19 Case Counts How base rate fallacy may be clouding the picture of disease activity in an Indiana college town Nov 07, 2020
COVID-19 Testing: Where Do We Stand? Persistent problems have kept it from fulfilling early promise, but that could change Nov 05, 2020
Hospital Traces COVID Cluster to Break Room 15 employees of Holyoke Medical Center fall ill after eating together Oct 30, 2020
