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The COVID-19 pandemic may have negatively impacted osteoporosis management

COVID-19 Pandemic Challenges Osteoporosis Management

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Decline in active management reflected by decrease in FRAX online fracture risk assessments
Rural Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer disease and related dementia spend more time in nursing homes

Rural Patients With Alzheimer Disease Have Shorter Survival

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Rural versus urban patients also spend more time in nursing homes, receive less home health care
Adults with Down syndrome have an increased risk for COVID-19-related death

COVID-19-Related Death Up for Adults With Down Syndrome

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Hazard ratios for COVID-19-related death, hospitalization 10.39 and 4.94 in adjusted analyses
Sex

Factors ID’d for Strong Antibody Response in COVID-19

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Increased antibody responses associated with male sex, older age, hospitalizations for COVID-19
Drugmakers AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson are ready to resume paused COVID-19 vaccine trials after health scares

AstraZeneca, J&J Resume U.S. COVID-19 Vaccine Trials

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the restart after reviewing all safety data
As the United States witnessed record-breaking daily COVID-19 case counts over the weekend

Hospitals Straining Under Weight of Surging COVID-19 Case Counts

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More than 41,000 COVID-19 patients hospitalized across the country, a 40 percent rise in the past month
Metabolic surgery is associated with a reduced risk for major adverse cardiovascular events and death among patients with previous myocardial infarction and obesity

Metabolic Surgery Linked to Reduced Risk for MACE After MI

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Risk for death, new MI, heart failure lower with metabolic surgery in obese patients with previous MI
Finerenone results in a lower risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression in patients with CKD and type 2 diabetes

ASN: Finerenone May Slow Progression in CKD With T2DM

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Risks for chronic kidney disease progression, CV events lower with finerenone versus placebo
In a 2020 guideline from the International Antiviral Society-USA

Recommendations Updated for HIV Treatment, Prevention

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Prompt initiation of antiretroviral therapy advised in those with HIV and detectable viremia
In a Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America white paper

SHEA Updates Guidance for Health Care Staff With Hepatitis, HIV

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Career counseling recommended for those planning to conduct exposure-prone procedures