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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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US hits sad milestone: 500,000 COVID-19 deaths

COVID-19 has caused or hastened the deaths of more than half a million U.S. residents, according to updated data from Johns Hopkins.

 

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Healthcare for children heavily delayed during the pandemic

A significant proportion of parents delayed or put off healthcare visits and care for their children during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report from the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

 

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AI algorithm targets new coronavirus outbreaks

Researchers are using AI to predict which mammals are hosts of new coronavirus diseases, potentially identifying and predicting new outbreaks before they become deadly in the future.

 

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Vitamin C and Zinc don’t fight COVID-19

A study has confirmed that taking zinc and Vitamin C, both of which have been hyped as supplements to reduce or prevent COVID-19 symptoms, in fact has no impact on the virus.

Federal officers trying to track down scammers behind ‘massive’ counterfeit PPE stores

The duped purchasers include government agencies as well as hospitals and other medical facilities.  

Case study: Telemonitoring patients at home may reduce COVID hospitalizations, ER visits

Provider organizations mulling telehealth entry or expansion might look to the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group for inspiration as well as edification.

Aggregated, analyzed web searches predict spikes, falloffs in COVID cases

Emulating finance’s use of satellite parking-lot imagery to guide investments in retail, researchers have tapped Google search patterns to helpfully predict ebbs and flows of COVID cases across the U.S.

Most COVID-19 spread by younger adults, early middle-agers

The vast majority of new COVID-19 infections trace to COVID-positive adults between the ages of 20 and 49, according to a new study published in Science.

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Cardiovascular Business
Merck spends up to $2B to license new weight loss drug with potential heart benefits

Merck sent Hansoh Pharma, a Chinese biopharmaceutical company, an upfront payment of $112 million to license a new investigational GLP-1 receptor agonist. There could be many more payments to come if certain milestones are met. 

AI in Healthcare
Healthcare AI regulation needs nuance, balance: Research review

When regulating AI-equipped medical devices, the FDA might take a page from the Department of Transportation’s playbook for overseeing AI-equipped vehicles. These run the gamut from assisting human drivers to fully taking the wheel. 

Radiology Business
Pending radiology bills in Congress and predicting the Trump administration's impact on imaging

Kit Crancer, RBMA board member, speaks with Radiology Business about key legislative developments on the Hill that will affect the specialty.