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10/20/2021
AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | October 20
COMMERCIAL: COVID-19 Update
Headlines:
New/Updated Guidance
- U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Draft Recommendation on Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
- CDC: Rates of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths by Vaccination Status
- NIH: Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Journal Articles/Preprints
- Real-world Assessment of 2,879 COVID-19 Patients Treated with Monoclonal Antibody Therapy: A Propensity Score-Matched Cohort Study
- Effect of Antithrombotic Therapy on Clinical Outcomes in Outpatients With Clinically Stable Symptomatic COVID-19
- Differential Kinetics of Immune Responses Elicited by Covid-19 Vaccines
- MMWR: Prevalence of Arthritis and Arthritis-Attributable Activity Limitation — United States, 2016–2018
- JAMDA: Recommendations to Enhance Telemedicine in Nursing Homes in the Age of COVID-19
Research Reports/White Papers
- Workforce Displacement and Re-Employment During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- 'Mix and match' Covid vaccine boosters are effective, NIH study finds
Podcasts/Webinars
- TODAY (October 20, 2021) at 12:00 PM ET: FMDA's Journal Club | What's Then? What's Now? What's Up?
- CDC COCA: What Clinicians Need to Know about the Recent Updates to CDC’s Recommendations for COVID-19 Boosters. Tuesday, October 26, 2021, 2:00-3:00 PM ET
News/News Analysis
- An F.D.A. panel recommends a Moderna booster for many Americans.
- Providers must take more nuanced approach to visitors, CMS nursing home chief warns
- WHO advisers recommend 3rd COVID vaccine dose for highest-risk groups
- CMS Working With OSHA to Issue Staff Vaccine Mandate, On Track For Late October
- FDA to Hold Advisory Committee Meeting to Discuss Merck and Ridgeback’s EUA Application for COVID-19 Oral Treatment
- FDA panel recommends second J&J coronavirus vaccine dose for adult recipients
- COVID-19 public health emergency extended into 2022
- F.D.A. to Allow ‘Mix and Match’ Approach for Covid Booster Shots
- Heparin emerging as a lifesaver for moderately ill COVID patients