Among adults without chronic disease, apps and trackers may boost activity by 1,850 steps per day
Euglycemic DKA ID’d in T2DM Patients With COVID-19
Five cases of euDKA identified in patients with type 2 diabetes using SGLT2 inhibitors who developed SARS-CoV-2 infection
Bone Quality Linked to Complications After Spinal Fusion
Patients who developed complications had lower trabecular vBMD, fewer and thinner trabeculae at radius and tibia
Child Physical Abuse Encounters Declined During COVID-19
Declines occurred during period when total volume of encounters was also lower; severity of encounters unchanged versus previous years
Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19 ID’d Across Populations
Health care workers have higher prevalence of insomnia; however, mental health problems seen across countries, gender
Pandemic Has Disrupted Lung Cancer Screenings
Once operations resumed, decrease seen in new patients screened, proportion of suspicious nodules increased
NIDA: Teen Vaping Levels Seem to Have Plateaued in 2020
Percentage of teenagers in eighth, 10th, 12th grade vaping nicotine and marijuana remained stable from 2019 to 2020
Single-Drug Regimen Now Advised for Uncomplicated Gonorrhea
Single 500-mg intramuscular dose of ceftriaxone recommended for uncomplicated urogenital, anorectal, pharyngeal gonorrhea
U.S. COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Struggling
Scientists are considering ways to speed distribution and uptake of the vaccine
Britain to Try Mix-and-Match COVID-19 Vaccinations
In the United States, the CDC has said that COVID-19 vaccines ‘are not interchangeable’