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COVID Excess Deaths Paper Retracted Over Misinformation
(MedPage Today) -- BMJ Public Health retracted a study on excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic that appeared to suggest vaccination and other countermeasures as a possible explanation, following an investigation by the journal and the... -
CDC Warns of Severe Arboviral Disease With B-Cell Drugs
(MedPage Today) -- The CDC on Tuesday warned doctors about the risk for severe arboviral neuroinvasive disease in patients on B cell-depleting or modulating agents, calling out anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies in particular.
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Fact Focus: Trump's False Claims During Childhood Vaccine Order Signing
(MedPage Today) -- While issuing an executive order on Monday aimed at getting states to revise childhood vaccine recommendations, President Donald Trump and others in his administration repeated several false claims about those vaccines, as well... -
AED Drones; Endometriosis and Blood Clots; Wonky PFO Closure Risk
(MedPage Today) -- A pilot study has drones flying automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to patients during real 911 calls for cardiac arrest in two counties in North Carolina and Virginia, said VCU Health.
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Deaths After GLP-1s; First Detransition Clinic for Youths; DXA Scans Decline
(MedPage Today) -- More than 150 deaths possibly linked to injectable weight-loss medications were reported in the U.K., according to government regulators. (The Independent)
Texas Children's Hospital in Houston will open the nation's first detransition... -
Nonprofit Hospitals Aren't Acting Like Nonprofits. Congress Should Ask Why.
(MedPage Today) -- Last September, I (Whaley) testified before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight about something that should trouble every American who has ever paid a hospital bill or a health insurance premium: the nonprofit... -
Ozempic Teeth, Muscle Loss: Some of the Buzziest GLP-1 Side Effects
(MedPage Today) -- GLP-1 drugs, used for type 2 diabetes and weight loss, have been touted for their many benefits, but it's their side effects that often make headlines, especially those with compelling monikers like "Ozempic teeth."
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I Thought the CDC Shooting Was Rock Bottom. We're Still Sinking.
(MedPage Today) -- A year ago, a gunman fired 500 rounds at the CDC campus, killing DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose. I was inside the building during the attack. Authorities said the shooter was radicalized by the anti-vaccine conspiracy...