LAURA H. CYPHERS

This JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis summarizes the 2021 guidelines from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons on management of type A and type B thoracic aortic dissection.
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This study examines the available data used to surveil state-level drug overdoses and characterizes them based on their timeliness, drug involvement, and specification of nonfatal outcomes.
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More than 80% of the global COVID-19–related deaths between 2020 and 2021 occurred among people aged 60 years or older, according to data published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
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Under a new rule, US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) anticipates recovering billions of dollars from Medicare Advantage insurers, which cover around 30 million eligible people.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first oral treatment for anemia caused by chronic kidney disease.
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This Medical News story examines the US Food and Drug Administration’s proposed plans for an annual COVID-19 vaccination.
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This Medical News article discusses new research on the association between long COVID and employment status.
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In this narrative medicine essay, a pharmacoepidemiologist worries that her brother’s lifelong neurological challenges may have been caused by a heritable genetic variant and that she possibly passed it to her young son, who looks uncannily like his uncle.
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This Viewpoint discusses a pending US Supreme Court case to determine the extent to which people who identify as LGBTQ+ are protected under state antidiscrimination laws in the commercial marketplace.
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This Viewpoint explains the obstacles faced by individuals seeking gender-affirming care and summarizes needed changes to improve quality of care and access to care.
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