Clinical

This channel newsfeed includes clinical content on treating patients or the clinical implications in a variety of cardiac subspecialties and disease states. The channel includes news on cardiac surgery, interventional cardiology, heart failure, electrophysiology, hypertension, structural heart disease, use of pharmaceuticals, and COVID-19.   

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WHO relaunches investigation into COVID-19 origin

The World Health Organization is relaunching an investigation into the origin of the virus that causes COVID-19.

 

FDA approves Pfizer booster shot for older adults

The Food and Drug Administration has approved booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

 

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Pfizer can’t find enough pregnant women to enroll in vaccine study

Pfizer and BioNTech are having trouble finding enough participants to enroll in a study of COVID-19 vaccines in expectant mothers. 

 

COVID-19 pandemic cut life expectancy by 9M years

The COVID-19 pandemic has shaved more than nine million years off aggregate life expectancy in the U.S.

 

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NIH launches nationwide study on COVID-19’s long-term effects

The long-term impacts of COVID-19 infection aren’t well known, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to change that.

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Opinions clash over COVID-19 booster shots

The Food and Drug Administration has taken a non-stance when it comes to recommending COVID-19 booster shots.

 

White House releases COVID-19 action plan

President Joe Biden has released a COVID-19 action plan to combat the virus, requiring roughly 100 million workers to get vaccinated or tested weekly.

Combined flu and COVID-19 vaccine begins clinical trials

A combined vaccine that fights the flu and COVID-19 is in the works, with the biotech company behind it beginning the first phase of clinical trials.

 

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Around the web

Cardiovascular Business
FTC sues drug middlemen over insulin prices, puts others on notice

The FTC alleges that pharmacy benefit managers have set up a system where they get rich, while patients are forced to pay rising insulin costs. The agency also called out drug manufacturers such as Eli Lilly, Sanofi and Novo Nordisk, saying their own actions have raised serious concerns.

Cardiovascular Business
Cath lab techs and nurses see new normal with post-COVID pay

In the post-COVID era, wages for permanent RNs are rising, and wages for travelers are decreasing. A new report tracked these trends and more. 

Cardiovascular Business
Merit Medical to purchase Cook Medical’s lead management portfolio for $210M

Two medical device companies have announced a transaction that could shake up the U.S. electrophysiology market. 

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