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California judge rules Allergan, Endo, Johnson & Johnson, and Teva not liable for state's opioid crisis; CDC panel to decide on approval of and recommendations for Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 5 to 11 years; screen time among teenagers more than doubled during the pandemic.

Patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors had significantly different survival rates based on the test, regardless of PD ligand 1 classification.

The August telehealth growth coincided with the peak of the surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the Delta variant in the South.

Robert A. Gabbay, MD, PhD, chief scientific and medical officer at the American Diabetes Association (ADA), talks about the "old-fashioned" finger stick requirement for continuous glucose monitoring.

Pharmacy experts from IPD Analytics explained the potential for authorized biologics, which would compete, potentially on the same price footing, with biosimilars.

The review found an association between systemic inflammatory disorders and increased risk of cardiovascular disease, encouraging discussions with patients regarding statin therapy.

The analysis found 20% of people with asthma, emphysema, or chronic bronchitis also have depression.

Video game therapy was found to have a minor impact on postural balance in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS); however, more research is needed to determine whether it should be recommended in clinical practice, investigators concluded.

Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) taking spironolactone saw a reduced risk of morbidity and mortality when receiving macitentan 10 mg.

Prenatal exposure to inorganic arsenic and coexposure to inorganic arsenic and cadmium was found to increase risk of atopic dermatitis by up to 2.42-fold in young Taiwanese children.

Results of online surveys show that adverse childhood experiences could affect migraine trajectory in adulthood.

FDA announce it will need more time on its decision to approve Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 12 to 17 years; lingering questions as the Supreme Court proceeds with hearings on the legality of the Texas abortion law; global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 5 million.

New research underscores racial/ethnic diabetes disparities in the United States.

Brian T. Kelly, MD, MA, FACAAI, Midwest Allergy and Asthma Clinic, and the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) Annual Scientific Meeting program chair, discusses how this year’s conference content will demonstrate the joint themes of innovation and diversity, as well as what exciting developments presenters and attendees alike should watch for.

With no single biomarker for systemic lupus erythematosus, investigators wanted to investigate whether there is a connection between mean platelet volume and the disease.

Most early glucocorticoid treatment was targeted to patients with the most severe or active disease, according to study results from Canada.

As spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) treatments advance, new biomarkers that correlate with clinical outcomes are needed to gauge treatment response.

Multiple comorbidities and medications are prevalent in older cancer populations, who may benefit from structured medication reviews by specialist geriatricians.

Two posters presented at AMCP Nexus 2021 analyzed the costs of treating cytokine release syndrome and neurological events, 2 common adverse events (AEs) of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy.

Because persons living with HIV (PLWH) are now living longer, issues beyond their positive serostatus are having an adverse impact on their quality of life (QOL), such as obesity; recent research findings note these should be a consideration when choosing how to manage HIV.

Researchers found individuals with type 1 diabetes and neuropathy exhibit altered gray matter volume and cortical thickness compared with healthy controls.

Responses from the Fox Insight study describe how patients with Parkinson disease experience OFF periods as expressed in both motor and nonmotor symptoms.

Even compared with other patients with chronic diseases, patients with Fabry disease had a very poor quality of life.

A new analysis suggests physicians should be on the lookout for cardiovascular disease and other types of cancer, in addition to acute myeloid lymphom, when caring for patients with certain myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs).

Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, FASTMH, professor of pediatrics and molecular virology and dean, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, and codirector, Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, addresses the approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 and emphasized its benefits far outweigh the rare possibility of myocarditis.

The single-center study explored cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament and protein levels in patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) undergoing treatment with nusinersen in an effort to identify useful biomarkers as treatment options expand.

A case study highlights the important role of nailfold videocapillaroscopy assessments in patients with Raynaud disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).