COVID-19 vaccine expected to be ready for year-end approval
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 13, 2020
Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE plan to seek federal approval for a jointly developed coronavirus vaccine by the end of 2020. The drugmakers say they have been ramping up production capabilities to meet expected...
Clinical Briefs for Monday, July 13
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 13, 2020
CDC: Elderly may get top priority when coronavirus vaccine emerges … It’s official: Some aerosol transmission of COVID-19 is likely, say Fauci, WHO … Yogurt, fruit consumption tied to lower metabolic...
Talking through a mask is not easy, but these tips can help
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 10, 2020
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association has ideas for counteracting the effects of muffled voices and the lost ability to read lips and facial expressions.
CDC: Shingles vaccination rate soars among some seniors
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 10, 2020
The number of adults aged 60 and older getting vaccinated increased from 7% to 35% between 2008 and 2018. But the rates are much lower in some groups than others.
NIH falls prevention study shows no difference from usual care
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 09, 2020
A managed, individualized prevention plan did not appear to affect the length of time to a new, serious fall. The study involved 5,000 at-risk adults.
Clinical Briefs for Friday, July 10
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 10, 2020
Probiotics do not reduce antibiotic use in nursing homes, study finds … Interrupted sitting may reduce dangerous post-meal dips in type 2 diabetes … Cognitive stimulation, exercise top docs’ list...
New NIH network to recruit thousands for late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trials
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 09, 2020
A nationwide clinical trial network will test promising COVID-19 vaccines and antibodies. There are five possible vaccine candidates.
Biogen seeks FDA approval for Alzheimer’s drug; aims to be first to slow disease
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 09, 2020
Treatment with aducanumab reduced declines in memory, language, and activities of daily living performance, the drugmaker says.
Hearing may indeed be the last sense to go, hospice study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 09, 2020
New evidence suggests that unresponsive patients’ brains react to sound and that they might be able to hear what clinicians and family are saying.
Clinical Briefs for Thursday, July 9
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 09, 2020
LTC residents and staff should get top priority for COVID-19 vaccine: AHCA … FDA warns of methanol contamination in hand sanitizers … Drug performs better than standard rheumatoid arthritis treatment...