Risk Factors for Drug-Induced Liver Injury ID’d in Hospitalized Patients
Risk for DILI up for patients with hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular disease, preexisting liver disease, surgical history
Third-Trimester COVID-19 Vaccination May Protect Infants
Transplacental transfer of antibodies seen as early as 16 days following first dose of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine
Antibody Response Lags After Second Vaccine Dose in Transplant Recipients
Fifty-four percent of solid organ transplant recipients had antibody response after two doses of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine
Vaccination Rates Low Among Lupus Patients on Medicaid
Acute care use for vaccine-preventable illnesses potentially could be avoided with greater use of outpatient care, vaccination in SLE patients
Guidance Issued for Managing CVST After COVID-19 Vaccination
CVST with thrombocytopenia reported after COVID-19 vaccine with adenoviral vector; management similar to heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Medicare Making Nursing Homes Report COVID-19 Vaccination Rates
Officials hope requirement will be an incentive for these facilities to keep giving shots even as the pandemic wanes
WHO Increases Warning About Indian COVID-19 Variant
Variant first found in India in late 2020 and became more common in March
Biden Restores Health Care Protection for Gay and Transgender Americans
Policy will bring HHS into line with Supreme Court decision that said sex discrimination laws in workplaces also protect gay and transgender people
FDA Approves Emergency Use of Pfizer Vaccine for Those Aged 12 to 15
Vaccination side effects comparable to those seen in trial participants ages 16 to 25 years
Impaired First-Phase Ejection Fraction Tied to COVID-19 Mortality
Mortality increased in unadjusted, adjusted analyses for patients with impaired first-phase ejection fraction