The president said he would increase the supply of vaccines to states from 8.6 million doses to 10 million doses per week, a 16% increase, for at least the next 3 weeks.
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Combining an EGFR inhibitor with a pair of checkpoint inhibitors can produce ‘promising’ activity in certain patients with colorectal cancer, according to an investigator from a phase 2 trial.
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The primary endpoint was not significant in the overall population, but in those with PCR-confirmed COVID, treatment reduced hospitalization, need for ventilation, and death, top-line results show.
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The benefit, along with a trend to lower mortality, was reported in the subgroup of moderately ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19 taking part in three linked trials.
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Most people recover from the depression associated with a hip fracture in about a year as they return to normal activities, and physicians can help their recovery, researchers say.
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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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