Greatest reduction would involve performing unenhanced CT assuming no more than moderate negative effect on diagnostic accuracy
Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 Shots Work for Children Under 5, FDA Says
On Wednesday, advisory panel will weigh whether the FDA should authorize the use of both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for young children
Rectal Cancer Study Produced Very Promising Treatment Results
The cure rate for nonmetastatic rectal cancer has been improving for decades but often includes unpleasant treatments, wrote Hanna K. Sanoff, M.D., M.P.H. in an Editorial published by The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on June 5, 2022.
Recent phase 3 trial findings have increased treatment intensity to include multiagent chemotherapy in addition to radiation therapy before proctectomy is performed.
Such treatment has resulted in a 3-year disease-free survival rate of up to 77%.
Screening Mammography Levels Not Fully Restored After Pandemic Drop
While mammography, biopsies, and cancer diagnoses are up from 2020 lows, none have reached pre-COVID-19 volumes
COVID-19 Testing Requirement Lifted for Travelers Flying to the U.S.
CDC has determined the regulation is no longer necessary, but will reevaluate the need every 90 days
Millions of COVID-19 Shots Ready for Children Under 5: White House
Children under 5 are the only age group in the United States not yet eligible for COVID-19 shots
In Utero SARS-CoV-2 Exposure Tied to Neurodevelopmental Sequelae
Maternal SARS-CoV-2 positivity during pregnancy linked to greater rate of neurodevelopmental diagnoses in offspring within first year of life
One in Nine May Get Delayed Large Local Reaction After Moderna Vaccine
Higher risk seen among women and among individuals aged 30 to 69 years
COVID-19 Breakthrough Infection 28% Greater in People with HIV
According to findings from a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, people with HIV have a higher rate of breakthrough COVID-19 infections after vaccination than those without HIV.
In the study published in the peer-review JAMA Network Open on June 7, 2022, the researchers analyzed anonymized health records among nearly 114,000 people fully vaccinated with either two doses of mRNA vaccines or one dose of the viral vector vaccine in late 2021.
WHO Experts Open to Notion That China Lab Leak Spurred COVID-19
Agency noted that lab accidents have triggered some previous outbreaks, so theory could not be discounted