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Older adults and patients with chronic conditions are more vulnerable to severe influenza disease.

Two gene therapy techniques in separate, concurrently published trials demonstrate clinical success in mitigating monogenic hemoglobinopathies.

New data suggests a clear benefit to adjuvanted flu vaccines in elderly populations.

Increased cumulative smoking was associated with increased risk of hospitalization and death.

Subjective reader assessments performed best among several different parameters.

Few diabetic patients adhere to daily blood glucose monitoring, foot checks, eye examinations, and cholesterol checks.

The US and China make up nearly half of the globes vaccinations.

The University of Chicago hypertension expert discusses new ADA recommendations for cardiovascular risk management.

Patients treated with the bispecific antibody at fixed intervals of 16 weeks achieved visual acuity outcomes comparable to 8-week interval treatment of aflibercept.

New study will look at psychedelics as a treatment for PTSD.

Elevated tricuspid reguritant velocity levels as a biomarker for SCA severity also marks response to disease modifying treatments.

After 7 days post-vaccination, some common adverse events of interest included wheezing, nasal congestion, and cough.

In the initial report, investigators find just 2.5 cases of anaphylaxis per million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

The clinical presentation of influenza myocarditis includes, fever, myalgia, palpitations, shortness of breath, and chest pains.

These findings underscore the importance of safely implementing new marijuana legislation across the US.

Encouraging and incentivizing donations is essential to ensuring supplies of all blood types are met.

An individualized model that provides vaccine-hesitant patients resources without compromising autonomy could aid efforts to limit the pandemic with new vaccines.

The guidelines list more than 40 recommendations related to blood pressure targets, screening and diagnosis, and overall cardiovascular disease risk management strategies.

The association between genetic liability to smoking and ASCVD was independent from the effects of smoking on traditional cardiovascular risk factors.

More than two-thirds of smokers want to quit, but lack proper resources. A prescribing professional could help make up that difference.

A related editorial noted the study authors’ numbers were higher than those of the Mayo Clinic.

In most scenarios, patients with diabetes said they would use remote digital monitoring to manage their disease if the monitoring were equally or somewhat more effective than their current monitoring.

The longtime FDA expert assumes the role following the resignation of Stephen Hahn, MD.

The Biden administration has stated plans to administer 100 million vaccines in the next 100 days.

The study underscores the importance of lowering air pollution concentrations below WHO guidelines.

New Jersey enters the top 10 of total vaccines administered.

The approval is the first indication for a new pathway of care—one which has been linked to reduced heart failure death and hospitalization.

About half of patients experienced adverse events, and two-thirds of those events were likely related to inflammatory bowel disease medications.