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A fierce political battle over a proposed expansion of Massachusetts’ largest and most expensive hospital system is raising questions about whether similar expansions of large health care systems across the country are driving up health care costs. Mass General Brigham, which owns 11 hospitals in the state, has proposed a $2.3 billion expansion, including a […]

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A new statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the benefit-harm balance of screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) in asymptomatic adults. The guidance is similar to the 2018 task force statement on screening for atrial fibrillation with electrocardiography (ECG) in asymptomatic adults age 65 […]

A team of researchers assessed the extent and duration of the neutralization of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant of concern (VOC) after the administration of two and three doses of the BNT162b2 messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA ) vaccine. The results of this new study are available on the BioRxiv* preprint […]

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Editor’s note: Visit Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center for the latest COVID-19 news and guidance. Blacks and whites were similarly reluctant to receive COVID-19 vaccines when they first became available, but new data suggests black Americans overcame their reluctance faster than whites. The results of a new study suggest that hesitancy is unlikely to be the […]

Rapid, accessible, and highly accurate detection of addictive substances such as opiates and cocaine is critical to reducing the adverse personal and societal impact of addiction, which can take too long with current drug detection systems. However, real-time monitoring of abused drugs in a patient’s on-site system could alert doctors before dangerous levels are reached, […]

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved risankizumab-rzaa (Skyrizi) for a second indication – the treatment of adults with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) – making it the second anti-interleukin-23 monoclonal antibody available for the treatment of PsA Announcement by the manufacturer AbbVie. The agency previously approved risankizumab in April 2019 for adults with […]

In a recent study, Japanese researchers report that the new variant of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Omicron, has greater environmental stability than previous variants. Study: Differences in environmental stability among SARS-CoV-2 variants Worrying: Omicron has higher stability. Suitable for Ztudio/Shutterstock The study, published on preprint server bioRxiv*, compared the SARS-CoV-2 Wuhan […]