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Johnson & Johnson (J&J) will again administer its COVID-19 vaccine in the European Union; more women than men are being vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2; counterfeit Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines have been found in 2 countries.

In an abstract presented at this year’s American Academy of Neurology annual meeting, patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) taking ocrelizumab had less of an immune reaction to infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

While bosentan and sildenafil is a common combination therapy in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), patients may need to transition to alternative therapy because of the potential for drug-drug interactions with this combination.

These national and regional barriers, which range from cost of screening to patient education, have hindered the widespread use of screening, say the researchers.

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) appears to be less stressful to preterm infants than ocular indirect ophthalmoscopy (BIO) in assessing retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).

Music therapy among older adults was associated with significant improvements in sleep quality, with sedative music cited as more effective than rhythm-centered music.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with the chief strategy officer for Well Being Trust, one of the authors of a recent report about how well health insurers and state Medicaid programs are covering mental health care for children and compliance with federal law. We discuss the unique challenges that youth face, the health disparities, racism, and community trauma that has been experienced in the past year, and some creative ways that organizations and communities can consider increase access to mental health supports.

During her opening plenary at the NAACOS Spring 2021 Conference, Liz Fowler, PhD, JD, deputy administrator and director of the Center of Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, highlighted how the center is taking a pause to reassess its models and what is coming next.

All US adults are now eligible for COVID-19 vaccines; Biden administration considering policy to reduce the nicotine in all US-sold cigarettes to nonaddictive or minimally addictive levels; vaccines may ease lingering symptoms of COVID-19.

With persons living with HIV increasingly succumbing to age-related diseases, a group of investigators looked into the greater risk of coronary artery disease among these individuals.

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a difficult-to-treat skin condition that has responded to infliximab, although payer support in this setting is often lacking.

Overweight and obese adults, whose body mass index trended upward in a recent UK study, had higher risk of heart failure, all-cause mortality, and cardiovascular disease–related mortality.

Frank Martin, PhD, director of research at JDRF, on the organization’s T1Detect screening program and exploring potential causes of type 1 diabetes.

Nivolumab, marketed under the name Opdivo, led to a 29% reduced risk of death when combined with certain chemotherapies for gastric cancers.

Unconscious wakefulness during nighttime sleep, known as cortical arousal, was significantly associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular-related death and death from any cause, with women especially at notable risk.

Data from a single health system show women who present to the emergency department for headache tend to do so during the preovulatory interval of their menstrual cycle.

Compared with disease-modifying therapy (DMT), age, insurance status, and Hispanic ethnicity were shown to more accurately predict likelihood of COVID-19 and hospitalization from it among individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS).

A study of newborns exposed to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, during gestation found few instances of ocular abnormalities, with none detected in exposed infants who testing positive.

Half of US adults have been administered 1 COVID-19 vaccine dose; researchers identify cause of clotting events associated with AstraZeneca vaccine; Anthony Fauci, MD, the chief medical advisor to the president, says he believes a decision on whether to resume the J&J vaccine will come by Friday.

Rajiv Nijhawan, MD, is associate professor of dermatology and Mohs surgeon at UT Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center and director of the UTSW High Risk Skin Cancer Transplant Clinic, both in Dallas, Texas.

Christine Ko, MD, is professor of dermatology and pathology at Yale University and a presenter of “What's New in Dermatopathology” at this year’s American Academy of Dermatology Virtual Meeting Experience (AAD VMX).

In guiding employers on their education efforts regarding COVID-19 vaccines, a communication strategy characterized by fact checking, employee empowerment, and prevention is warranted.

An educational nursing program can positively impact medication compliance in patients receiving oral pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) therapies.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

The upcoming 2021 virtual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) will offer more than 75 sessions. Some of the topics to keep an eye out for include treating minority populations, the impact of COVID-19, and patients with cancer.

The authors said their work is an effort towards making more tailored therapy a reality.

Patients had atopic dermatitis for nearly 10 years before starting the biologic therapy.

A changing climate affects every organ system of the body, individual patients, and population-based health, noted Misha Rosenbach, MD, associate professor of dermatology and internal medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.