Leaders in infectious disease medicine address concerns about SARS-CoV-2 variants emerging in the US and globally, and assess the evidence.
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The national rate of methamphetamine overdose deaths shot up significantly between 2011 and 2018, particularly among non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native communities, new research shows.
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But rates of hospitalizations and deaths following holiday travel and holiday gatherings have not yet been seen, the incoming CDC director said.
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Patients with primary progressive aphasia-associated Alzheimer’s seem to be more resilient to effects of neurofibrillary tangles in the brain, a new study shows.
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The Trump administration’s attempts in its final days to revise FDA policies have drawn criticism from watchdog groups and former commissioner Scott Gottlieb.
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Modeling predicts the US will see rapid growth of a highly transmissible new strain of SARS-CoV-2 first detected in the UK.
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The President-elect aims to set up 100 mass vaccination clinics by late February and use FEMA to mobilize thousands of workers to give vaccines.
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Brazilian dentists propose a protocol for toothbrush disinfection as a measure to limit SARS-CoV-2 transmission in communal spaces.
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The combination treatment may be a game changer for some patients with severe methamphetamine use disorder, results of a new randomized trial, ADAPT-2, suggest.
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Susan Bailey, MD, decries political interference with science and medicine; questions Biden’s planned release of nearly all vaccination supplies.
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