This Viewpoint discusses actions that health care leaders and policy makers can take to better assess the likely constitutionality of reducing “COVID misinformation” through government prohibitions or sanctions.
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This Viewpoint demonstrates that the financial measures used to place patients on the transplant waiting list is an example of structural racism and offers 3 policy shifts to address those inequities.
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This Medical News article discusses physicians’ advocacy to protect patients and the patient-physician relationship amid efforts by politicians to limit access or criminalize gender-affirming care.
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This Medical News article discusses burnout, financial stressors, and other factors driving physicians out of medicine during COVID-19.
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A woman had 6 months of digital erythema and painful finger ulcers that had increased in number and become more painful in the past several weeks, along with erythematous and scaly papules and scale and fissures on the lateral aspect of several digits. She had normal strength throughout all muscle groups and a normal creatine kinase level. What is the diagnosis and what would you do next?
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This Viewpoint highlights the recent CDC updates to preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for individuals at risk for HIV and the implications for US clinicians.
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This large prospective cohort study compares the rates of acute myocardial infarction between recipients of a 2-dose hepatitis B vaccine and recipients of a 3-dose hepatitis B vaccine.
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SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy is associated with increased risk for maternal morbidity and adverse birth outcomes. COVID-19 vaccines are effective for preventing severe disease, including in pregnant populations. Although more than 100 countries recommend COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy, COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant people has lagged behind that for age-matched, nonpregnant adults. As of February 2022, the US Vaccine Safety Datalink estimated that 68% of pregnant individuals have completed the primary COVID-19 vaccine series. Persistent wide disparities in COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy by race or ethnicity are likely to exacerbate longstanding disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality.
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This study examines infections, illness severity, vaccinations, and early neonatal infections among obstetric patients during the pre-Delta, Delta, and Omicron periods of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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This cohort study examines the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes after vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy based on registry data from Sweden and Norway.
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