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Mary Pat Gallagher, MD, of NYU Langone Health, explains her research documenting new onset diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Although existing research has shown structural differences between multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder in following optic neuritis, the new report also covers non–optic neuritis eyes.

David McIntyre, MD, FRACP, gives an overview of his talk "Diagnosis and Management of Diabetes in Pregnancy During the COVID-19 Pandemic," to be presented at the American Diabetes Association's (ADA) 81st Scientific Sessions.

The once-weekly therapy is also being studied in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and obesity.

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Study highlights variability in COVID-19 testing among LGBTQ+ populations; most COVID-19 deaths are among unvaccinated individuals; FDA grants emergency use authorization (EUA) for Roche drug.

The company, uniQure, said it is the largest group of patients with hemophilia B to receive a single gene therapy investigational product so far. 

Minimal residual disease, overall response rate, complete response rate, and stringent complete response may be useful as surrogate end points to estimate progression-free survival (PFS) benefit for patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

Ivo Abraham, PhD, RN, a professor with the University of Arizona Health Sciences in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, talks about the role that the pandemic has played in the struggle between biosimilar pegfilgrastims and the on-body injector version of the reference product.

The American Diabetes Association's chief scientific and medical officer said the results are important to families at risk of type 1 diabetes.

The head of AHIP sat down with a senator and 3 health care executives for a conversation about payment and access issues at the organization's 2021 Institute and Expo Online.

Yescarta, the first and only approved chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for these patients, was shown to achieve durable responses in a majority of patients and reduced the risk of death compared with other treatments.

Robert A. Gabbay, MD, PhD, the chief science and medical officer at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) offers insights on trial results and sessions to be presented at this year's ADA Scientific Sessions, taking place virtually June 25-29, 2021.

Validity assessments revealed that 2 algorithms utilizing administrative claims data and electronic medical records were accurate at identifying moderate and severe events signaling acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD).

The average US life expectancy decreased by nearly 2 years from 2018 to 2020, with minority groups affected the most; the FDA will add a rare heart inflammation warning to fact sheets for the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines; a series of expansions to the Medicaid safety-net program is reportedly in consideration.

Children whose sleep apnea persist into adolescence have a 3-fold increased risk of high blood pressure and face an elevated risk of heart disease.

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Alcohol abuse, obesity, and the use of systemic therapies instead of biologics were all linked with poor response among individuals with psoriasis.

Survey responses from the San Francisco Bay Area, from men who have sex with men (MSM), show differing behavioral and social influences on the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

At a session of AHIP 2021 Institute and Expo Online, the head of North Carolina's health and human services department and a health equity policy advisor in the Biden administration discussed how collecting and using data to achieve health equity is ultimately a policy decision.

Clinical trials and postmarketing surveillance suggest secukinumab has a favorable safety profile and low rates of discontinuation. A new study evaluated those metrics in a real-world setting in axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

Research presented at the American Headache Society's 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting outlines the association between migraine and history of mild traumatic brain injury.

Christopher Arendt, PhD, head of the Oncology Therapeutic Area Unit at Takeda, discusses pathogenesis and characteristics of EGFR exon 20 mutations in metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

A report from Xcenda showed that biosimilars for 8 blockbuster reference biologics have successfully kept drug prices from increasing by an average of 56%, restoring the possibility that biosimilars could achieve significant discounts despite facing several barriers to uptake.

Blue Cross Blue Shield aims to fight increasing drug prices with a new pharmacy solutions company; Anthony Fauci, MD, warns about the growing threat from the Delta variant; COVID-19–related death rates highest in Texas border counties.

Early intensive treatment was more efficacious at slowing disease accumulation in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) vs initiating therapy with a moderate-efficacy disease-modifying treatment (DMT) prior to switching to a higher-efficacy DMT.

Occupational exposure to the herbicide paraquat was not found to be associated with a greater risk of Parkinson disease or increased risk of mortality related to other causes.