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Want to Limit Respiratory Virus Infections? Mask and Test in Hospitals

(MedPage Today) -- Stopping universal masking and SARS-CoV-2 testing in hospitals led to a surge in hospital-onset respiratory viral infections relative to community infections, a cohort study found.

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AREDS2 Supplements and Geographic Atrophy Progression

(MedPage Today) -- Post hoc analyses of the AREDS/AREDS2 studies presented at the recent American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting examined supplementation on the risk of geographic atrophy progressi

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IG Live December 2: The Weight of Wegovy

(MedPage Today) -- MedPage Today spoke with experts during an Instagram Live 2 years ago about the growing buzz around GLP-1 receptor agonists and their role in transforming diabetes and obesity care

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Former hospital chief executive told Lucy Letby ‘we’ve got your back’

Tony Chambers accepts that chances to stop nurse were missed but declines to identify any personal failures at inquiry A hospital chief executive has said he told Lucy Letby “we’ve got your back�

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Drug Companies Face Hostility as They Hope for Allies Among Trump’s Health Picks

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other candidates for top health posts are at odds with the drug industry, setting the stage for tense battles over regulatory changes.

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Chronic Pain Is Rising, and It's Not Clear Why

(MedPage Today) -- A new CDC report indicated that the percentage of Americans with chronic pain rose considerably in recent years, and it's not clear why. In 2023, 24.3% of U.S.

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Vision Problems in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Uncovered With Comprehensive Workup

(MedPage Today) -- Vision problems could be identified using comprehensive optical assessments and machine-learning approaches among people with chronic mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), a prospecti

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Doc Admits Owning Explosives; Doc Says He Was Fired for Sounding Alarm on Procedures

(MedPage Today) -- Ohio doctor Steven Werling, DO, admitted to owning improvised explosive devices, and could face up to 2 years in prison.

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Third Death Under TX Abortion Ban; Insurer Pays Its Own Docs More; CME Questioned

(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week.

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Trump Picks Jay Bhattacharya, Who Backed COVID Herd Immunity, as NIH Director

(MedPage Today) -- President-elect Donald Trump has chosen health economist Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, a critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates, to lead the National Institutes of Health (

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