
February 2021 Medical News Summary
Researchers Investigate What COVID-19 Does to the Heart; "Important Conversations" Are Needed to Explain the Nocebo Effect; Therapists Donate Their Time to Counsel Distressed Health Care Workers Relat...
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Coronavirus Update With CDC Director Rochelle Walensky - February 17, 2021
CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, returns to JAMA's Q&A series to discuss the agency's response to emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants, implications for the planned vaccine mobilization strategy, t...
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Coronavirus Vaccine Update With Paul Offit – February 11, 2021
Paul A. Offit, MD, of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia returns to JAMA's Q&A series to provide an update on the emergence of COVID-19 variants and their implications for vaccine development, in...
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Coronavirus Vaccination in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Individuals
As US vaccine distribution expands to include younger healthier populations, questions about vaccine safety in women of childbearing age have become more urgent. University of Texas Southwestern Medic...
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Mask Wearing for COVID-19 Prevention—Summary of CDC Data
Natural experiments comparing coronavirus spread on ships and in hair salons with vs without face masks point to the importance of wearing masks for curbing SARS-CoV-2 spread. John T. Brooks, MD, chie...
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Mandating COVID-19 Vaccines—Ethical and Legal Considerations
Interview with Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, author of Mandating COVID-19 Vaccines
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Coronavirus Variants - What They Mean
2021 has brought news of emerging SARS-CoV-2 genetic variants that increase transmissibility. Will they diminish vaccine efficacy and lead us to lose pandemic control? University of Michigan's Adam La...
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Coronavirus Update With Anthony Fauci – February 3, 2021
NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, MD, returns to JAMA's Q&A series to discuss Shifts in the US pandemic response under the Biden administration Emerging genetic variants and implications for vaccine e...
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