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• 'Almost surreal' investment earnings help PEIA cover spike in medical costs in 2020-21 - Charleston Gazette-Mail

  23-09-2021 22:55
  
  'Almost surreal' investment earnings help PEIA cover spike in medical costs in 2020-21  Charleston Gazette-Mail
  
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• Alaska medical provider Southcentral Foundation appoints interim leader as CEO - Anchorage Daily News

  23-09-2021 22:53
  
  Alaska medical provider Southcentral Foundation appoints interim leader as CEO  Anchorage Daily News
  
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• Still no medical marijuana license for Black farmer - WJXT News4JAX

  23-09-2021 22:37
  
  Still no medical marijuana license for Black farmer  WJXT News4JAX
  
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• Ryder Cup 2021: Harry Potter actor carted off following medical emergency during celebrity match - Golf Digest

  23-09-2021 21:53
  
  Ryder Cup 2021: Harry Potter actor carted off following medical emergency during celebrity match  Golf Digest
  
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• Medical groups back Mercatante's rejection to rescind COVID-19 quarantine rules - The Times Herald

  23-09-2021 21:28
  
  Medical groups back Mercatante's rejection to rescind COVID-19 quarantine rules  The Times Herald
  
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• A Day in the Life of a Doctor: Code Blue Emergency

  23-09-2021 20:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
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  Join medical resident Siobhan Deshauer, MD, for a night shift in the intensive care unit. She'll be caring for critically ill patients, solving medical mysteries, intubating a patient who cannot breathe, and reacting to a...
  
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• CDC Panel: Thumbs Down on Pfizer Booster for Healthcare Workers

  23-09-2021 20:05 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted Thursday to unanimously recommend a booster dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty) for adults ages 65 and up and those in long-term care facilities, as...
  
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• Mississippi lawmakers reach medical marijuana deal - Mississippi Today

  23-09-2021 20:00
  
  Mississippi lawmakers reach medical marijuana deal  Mississippi Today
  
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• Experts Clash Over Masking Kids in Schools During House Hearing

  23-09-2021 20:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Expert witnesses offered conflicting perspectives on whether masking children in schools prevents transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus during a hearing of the House Committee on Energy & Commerce's Subcommittee on Oversight...
  
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• I Got Moderna. Can I Boost With Pfizer?

  23-09-2021 19:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- With FDA authorizing boosters for Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty) for certain groups, recipients of the Moderna vaccine are wondering if they can crossover to Pfizer for a third dose.
  Experts are quick to point out that...
  
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• Fully Automated Capsule Endoscopy Feasible for Gastric Exams

  23-09-2021 19:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- A fully automated magnetically controlled capsule endoscopy (FAMCE) was found to be comparable to conventional transoral gastroscopy for gastric examination and lesion detection in a prospective feasibility study conducted at...
  
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• NY Health Commissioner Zucker resigns, medical vaccine mandate looms - The Journal News

  23-09-2021 18:52
  NY Health Commissioner Zucker resigns, medical vaccine mandate looms  The Journal News
  
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• Make the Diagnosis: But Will It Spread?

  23-09-2021 18:51 via medpagetoday.com
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• Medical Providers Challenge Law Banning Vaccine Requirements - Flathead Beacon

  23-09-2021 18:34
  
  Medical Providers Challenge Law Banning Vaccine Requirements  Flathead Beacon
  
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• Sexual Violence May Increase Cardiovascular Disease Risk

  23-09-2021 18:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Patients who experienced sexual violence during their lifetime had a higher risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes later on, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  Exposure to sexual violence was associated...
  
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• Seven Harvard affiliates named Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators - Harvard Gazette

  23-09-2021 18:25
  
  Seven Harvard affiliates named Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators  Harvard Gazette
  
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• Statistical Considerations for Evaluating COVID Vaccine Protection

  23-09-2021 18:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- I refer to a recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) to highlight a deficit in the reporting of statistical data: The failure to address the implications of the 95% confidence interval (95% CI).
  The report pertains...
  
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• GE Healthcare to buy BK Medical for $1.45B - MedTech Dive

  23-09-2021 18:00
  
  GE Healthcare to buy BK Medical for $1.45B  MedTech Dive
  
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• Preauthorization Slows Treatment; Taxing Cancer Away; HPV Saliva Test

  23-09-2021 17:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Prescriptions for most anticancer drugs require prior authorization, which increases the time until patients begin receiving the drugs. (ASCO Quality Care Symposium)
  Exelixis announced FDA approval of cabozantinib (Cabometyx...
  
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• Early Endoscopy for Acute GI Bleeds Tied to Better Outcomes

  23-09-2021 17:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Patients with acute upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, especially those with non-variceal bleeding, tended to have the best outcomes if they received an early therapeutic endoscopy (between 6 to 24 hours after admission)...
  
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• GoodRx launches health info platform to combat medical misinformation - Mobihealth News

  23-09-2021 16:41
  
  GoodRx launches health info platform to combat medical misinformation  Mobihealth News
  
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• Nix Race From eGFR, Says Joint Task Force

  23-09-2021 16:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- A new equation to estimate kidney function without a race variable is being recommended for use in clinical practice, a joint task force of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) reported...
  
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• COVID Vax Exemptions for Pregnant Healthcare Workers?

  23-09-2021 15:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Hospitals have had to reckon with decisions over whether or not to provide COVID-19 vaccine exemptions--or temporary deferrals--to pregnant employees.
  Those decisions, which continue to be polarizing for many pregnant...
  
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• Mount Sinai Neurobiologist Selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator - Mount Sinai

  23-09-2021 15:25
  
  Mount Sinai Neurobiologist Selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator  Mount Sinai
  
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• UT Southwestern biochemist, molecular biologist named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators - UT Southwestern

  23-09-2021 15:14
  
  UT Southwestern biochemist, molecular biologist named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators  UT Southwestern
  
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• ARH to buy Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center - WYMT News

  23-09-2021 15:09
  ARH to buy Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center  WYMT News
  
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• 'Privacy Exception' No Cure for Doctors' Open Notes Headaches

  23-09-2021 15:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Some physicians are bridling at last week's federal advisory suggesting they can delay releasing bad news to patients' electronic health portals without violating the new federal law that requires it. Their patients just have...
  
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• Checkpoint Inhibitors Whiff in Head and Neck Cancer Trials

  23-09-2021 14:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Three different checkpoint inhibitors missed the primary endpoints in separate randomized trials of head and neck cancer.
  In one trial, adding avelumab (Bavencio) to standard treatment did not significantly improve progression...
  
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• Top Science From the World Conference on Lung Cancer

  23-09-2021 14:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Hello, and thanks for joining us for the latest in-between-isode of Anamnesis from MedPage Today.
  IASLC [International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer] 2021 was a virtual event this year due to COVID-19, but MedPage...
  
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• In RA, Little Risk for Recurrent Cancer With Biologic Treatment

  23-09-2021 13:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who had a history of cancer did not have an increased risk of new or recurrent cancers if treated with biologic therapies, a meta-analysis found.
  Among patients with any previous cancer...
  
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• Preventing Gun Violence in Patients With Dementia

  23-09-2021 13:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Ways to reduce the risk of violence from firearms by people with dementia were described during a webinar hosted earlier this week by the BulletPoints Project, an initiative that was authorized and funded by California's state...
  
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• Immunotherapy-Chemo Offers Survival Advantage in Low PD-L1 NSCLC

  23-09-2021 12:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Adding durvalumab (Imfinzi) and tremelimumab to chemotherapy improved progression-free and overall survival in patients with metastatic, nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to the phase III POSEIDON trial...
  
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• Pharma and medical companies donated over $750K to Kyrsten Sinema before she opposed drug bill - Salon

  23-09-2021 12:01
  
  Pharma and medical companies donated over $750K to Kyrsten Sinema before she opposed drug bill  Salon
  
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• Good Samaritan Hospital Chief Medical Officer to Resign - NBC Bay Area

  23-09-2021 11:34
  
  Good Samaritan Hospital Chief Medical Officer to Resign  NBC Bay Area
  
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• What is Florida's 3 strikes malpractice law? Here's how dangerous doctors evade it - Palm Beach Post

  23-09-2021 11:12
  What is Florida's 3 strikes malpractice law? Here's how dangerous doctors evade it  Palm Beach Post
  
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• Alaska Starts Rationing Care; Remdesivir for Outpatients? New GVHD Drug OK'd

  23-09-2021 11:01 via medpagetoday.com
  
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  With Alaska hospitals crippled by the overwhelming number of COVID patients, the state has adopted crisis standards of care, Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) announced on...
  
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• Washington Regional Medical Center to expand at Drake Farms site in Fayetteville - Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

  23-09-2021 10:17
  
  Washington Regional Medical Center to expand at Drake Farms site in Fayetteville  Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
  
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• Thailand's Medical Services Department teams up with Huawei for 5G Healthcare - Healthcare IT News

  23-09-2021 10:01
  
  Thailand's Medical Services Department teams up with Huawei for 5G Healthcare  Healthcare IT News
  
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• Massachusetts woman stabbed medical worker outside hospital in 'unprovoked' attack, authorities say - Fox News

  23-09-2021 08:46
  
  Massachusetts woman stabbed medical worker outside hospital in 'unprovoked' attack, authorities say  Fox News
  
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• Medical examiner IDs Milwaukee woman found dead in car on fire - FOX 6 Milwaukee

  23-09-2021 08:08
  
  Medical examiner IDs Milwaukee woman found dead in car on fire  FOX 6 Milwaukee
  
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• Oregon Medical Board Revokes License of Former Wheeling Hospital Doctor Who Bucked COVID Guidelines - Wheeling Intelligencer

  23-09-2021 06:14
  
  Oregon Medical Board Revokes License of Former Wheeling Hospital Doctor Who Bucked COVID Guidelines  Wheeling Intelligencer
  
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• Transportation project near Naval Medical Center Portsmouth receives $250,000 federal grant - WAVY.com

  23-09-2021 05:49
  Transportation project near Naval Medical Center Portsmouth receives $250,000 federal grant  WAVY.com
  
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• ‘I Want A Proper Education’: Some NYC Public School Students With Medical Exemptions From In-Person Instruction Feel They’re Falling Behind - CBS New York

  23-09-2021 05:42
  
  ‘I Want A Proper Education’: Some NYC Public School Students With Medical Exemptions From In-Person Instruction Feel They’re Falling Behind  CBS New York
  
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• East Tennessee Medical Group to host annual flu shot clinic next month - Maryville Daily Times

  23-09-2021 05:30
  
  East Tennessee Medical Group to host annual flu shot clinic next month  Maryville Daily Times
  
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• East Texas state rep says businesses shouldn't be 'dispensing medical care' - KSLA

  23-09-2021 05:27
  
  East Texas state rep says businesses shouldn't be 'dispensing medical care'  KSLA
  
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• 'Post-COVID' Patients May Soon Outnumber Recently Infected Patients at Hilo Medical Center - Hawaiipublicradio

  23-09-2021 05:14
  
  'Post-COVID' Patients May Soon Outnumber Recently Infected Patients at Hilo Medical Center  Hawaiipublicradio
  
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• West Hartford non-profit helps get medical care to people living in Haiti - WTNH.com

  23-09-2021 04:44
  West Hartford non-profit helps get medical care to people living in Haiti  WTNH.com
  
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• NC’s medical marijuana bill may not be voted on until 2022 - WNCT

  23-09-2021 04:44
  NC’s medical marijuana bill may not be voted on until 2022  WNCT
  
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• NY state responds to vaccine mandate lawsuit on medical workers - NEWS10 ABC

  23-09-2021 04:43
  NY state responds to vaccine mandate lawsuit on medical workers  NEWS10 ABC
  
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• Nurses raise staffing concerns at UC Davis Medical Center - KCRA Sacramento

  23-09-2021 04:33
  Nurses raise staffing concerns at UC Davis Medical Center  KCRA Sacramento
  
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