
Updated: The vaccine, AZD1222, showed 100% efficacy against severe disease/hospitalization and, notably, 80% efficacy in trial participants aged ≥65 years, the company reports.

Updated: The vaccine, AZD1222, showed 100% efficacy against severe disease/hospitalization and, notably, 80% efficacy in trial participants aged ≥65 years, the company reports.

A lifestyle intervention targeting women with obesity and infertility is more effective in increasing the pregnancy rate vs fertility treatments, suggests a new study presented at ENDO 2021.

Global confirmed cases of COVID-19 have surpassed 123 million. We summarize more of today's data from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map.

COVID-19 patients with hyperglycemia on hospital admission, with and without diabetes, had increased odds of intubation, ICU admission, and mortality, according to research presented at ENDO 2021.

ENDO 2021: An investigational once-weekly insulin formulation was found as effective as daily basal insulin injection for glucose control with lower rates of hypoglycemia and less weight gain.

ENDO 2021: Obese individuals treated with semaglutide 2.4 mg vs placebo demonstrated improvements in body composition paralleling weight loss that may reduce risk for cardiometabolic disease.

The CDC released the first set of public health recommendations for people fully vaccinated against COVID-19. See what questions you may be asked and the answers to help prepare.

ENDO 2021: Fewer than 1-in-10 older adults with a hip fracture had been prescribed bone-directed treatment in the 6 months prior to the incident, according to research on trends in treatment.

Global confirmed cases of COVID-19 have surpassed 122 million. We summarize more of today's data from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map.

Preliminary findings being presented at the International Stroke Conference 2021 show some of the same risk factors associated with stroke in older adults also cause stroke in younger adults.

Global confirmed cases of COVID-19 have surpassed 121 million. We summarize more of today's data from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map.
How do clinicians who treat asthma rate their own adherence to tenets of evidence-based guidelines? Lead authors on analyses of a national survey respond.

International Stroke Conference 2021: A new analysis of the landmark REDUCE-IT trial found that adding icosapent ethyl to treatment regimens that already include statins further reduces stroke risk.

Data from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map and the CDC on COVID-19 cases, mortalities, vaccinations, and more.

In percentage of population fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Alaska currently leads and Utah brings up the rear. Find out which states are in between.
Primary care clinicians provide ~60% of asthma care in the US. The challenge is real and we discussed details with experts Drs Michelle Cloutier and Lara Akinbami.

Infectious disease expert Rodger MacArthur, MD, explains what we know so far about the COVID-19 variants and some of the challenges to come.

Study: Anosmia, myalgias, and headache were the most common extrapulmonary symptoms seen in COVID-19 patients at first presentation, say investigators.

Global confirmed cases of COVID-19 have surpassed 120 million. We summarize more of today's data from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map.

Suspicion for ACS in women was lower than that for men even in the presence of significant risk factors for heart attack, study authors report.