A 53-year-old woman presented to the gastroenterology clinic for endoscopy because of submucosal gastric nodule. Reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction SARS-CoV-2 testing before the procedure was positive, and the patient reported testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 30 days prior. What would you do next?
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The Editorial titled “Screening for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea,” published in the September 14, 2021, issue of JAMA, has been updated to fix the year of the initial USPSTF recommendation; wording in 3 other paragraphs; and the correct citation for reference 2. This article was corrected online.
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This Viewpoint explains the complex emotion of hope and provides guidance to clinicians for supportively conversing about hope with seriously ill patients.
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In this narrative medicine essay, a palliative medicine physician describes his brother’s hospitalization and death from COVID-19. He reflects on his brother’s ability to achieve a dignified death because the physicians caring for him honestly assessed his prognosis.
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This Medical News feature discusses with Vanderbilt University critical care specialist E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH, the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on progress that had been made in intensive care units.
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This Viewpoint discusses international efforts to address the COVID-19 and future pandemics as well as offers steps that the international community can take to fix gaps in pandemic response.
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This Viewpoint explains how “skinny labeling” works (bioequivalent drugs approved for unpatented uses and excluding patented indications from the generic drug’s labeling), the uncertainty about this pathway, and how the government and generic manufacturers can help restore timely generic competition in the face of brand-name drugs protected by patents.
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In the Research Letter titled “Spontaneous Abortion Following COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy,” published online in JAMA on September 8, 2021, the column heads in Table 1 were transposed. This article was corrected online.
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This Viewpoint discusses new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rules that will require hospitals to verify completion of an annual self-assessment of their electronic health record using the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology–sponsored SAFER Guides and suggests 3 additional steps required to strengthen the effects of the new rules and ensure patient safety.
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This study estimates what 2020 national US savings would have been using international reference pricing rather than US manufacturer and net prices for insulins and 50 top brand-name drugs.
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