First Close Look at Presumed Myocarditis Cases After COVID Vaccination

(MedPage Today) -- Detailed records showed that people diagnosed with myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccination tended to be men, and all were able to recover after a few days in the hospital. Health officials around the globe are investigating the...

Is Old Vaccine Technology the Key to Hesitancy?

(MedPage Today) -- Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine candidate could be the first authorized or approved in the U.S. to rely on a "tried and true" method for immunizing people against coronavirus. This purified protein, or protein subunit, vaccine strategy...

New Bladder-Sparing Approaches Emerge at ASCO 2021

(MedPage Today) -- In this exclusive MedPage Today video, Matthew Galsky, MD, of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, highlights data he presented at the 2021 virtual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting...

Convalescent Plasma Tied to Reduced COVID Mortality in Blood Cancer Patients

(MedPage Today) -- Patients with hematologic cancers who were hospitalized for COVID-19 had improved survival odds if they underwent convalescent plasma therapy, according to the results of a retrospective cohort study. After adjustment for potential...

Clinical Challenge: Risk of Tumor Lysis Syndrome With Venetoclax in CLL

(MedPage Today) -- Venetoclax (Venclexta), a potent oral BCL2 inhibitor, is increasingly being used for the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). However, its efficacy at inducing apoptosis in CLL cells increases the risk...

SCOTUS Dismisses Threat to Obamacare Once More

(MedPage Today) -- The U.S. Supreme Court batted down a lawsuit led by several Republican states and the former Trump administration that challenged the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), upholding the law for a third time. In...

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