Integrity in Medicine
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COVID-19-Related Medical Mistrust Can Impact Inequities among Black People With HIV
Medical mistrust among Black Americans, resulting from systemic racism and a history of unequal treatment in healthcare, may play a role in COVID-19 inequities, specifically among Black Americans living with HIV, explains Laura...
Live Attenuated Zoster Vaccine Safe for Patients Receiving TNF Inhibitors
For patients receiving tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors, the live attenuated zoster vaccine...
In Conspiracy We Trust
There are increasing calls to discipline or de-credential doctors who are spreading anti-vaccine, anti-mask, and other pandemic misinformation. While statistics show that 96% of US physicians are vaccinated, a handful repeatedly...
BNT162b2 Effectively Prevents Pediatric COVID-19 Hospitalization
For children and adolescents aged 12-18, two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine (BNT162b2) are highly effective for preventing COVID-19 hospitalization, according to research published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report....
Understanding the Recent Supreme Court ACA Decision
We spoke with Dr. MedLaw to discuss the recent 7:2 decision that the Supreme Court issued in its third holding on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). What was the history of this case? In 2017, the individual mandate penalty was re-...
PW PODCAST: The Evolution of CME
During a recent PW Podcast, Rachel Giles, MD, from Medicom Medical Publishers, spoke with Graham McMahon, MD, MMSc, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)...
HPV Vaccine Significantly Lowers Risk of Invasive Cervical Cancer
Population-based study included nearly 1.7 million girls and women aged 10-30 “Beginning in May 2007, HPV vaccination was subsidized for girls in Sweden who were 13 to 17 years of age. In 2012, Sweden introduced a free catch-up...
HPV Vaccine Will Have Modest Impact on Oropharynx Cancer Incidence by 2045
Current HPV vaccination rates will have a limited effect on the overall incidence of oropharynx...
mRNA-1273 Continues to Be Efficacious at Five Months
At more than 5 months, the mRNA-1273 vaccine continues to be efficacious for preventing COVID-19...
Chronic High- Risk Prescription Opioid Use in Patients With HIV
A study has found that opioid prescriptions, including receipt of prescriptions for long durations, appear to be common among people living with HIV who are in primary care. Efforts are needed to prevent chronic high-risk...
