Skylar Kenney, Assistant Editor

The research demonstrates that the coronavirus enzyme PLpro physically interacts with the receptor MDA5 and inhibits the ISGylation process.

The study also found that women with chest pain were more likely than men to wait more than 12 hours before seeking medical help.

Adults in the United States are reporting undesired weight changes, an increase in drinking, and other negative behavior changes that may be unhealthy coping mechanisms for prolonged stress, according to a survey conducted by the American Psychological Association (APA).

Bennett is the seventh woman to be recognized for the award since its inception in 1919.

Preliminary research by the American Heart Association suggests the opioid epidemic in the United States may have led to an increase in the number of strokes due to bacterial infections of the heart (infective endocarditis).

A viewpoint perspective from 3 experts endorsed the requirement for a patient and their physician to engage in a shared discussion of benefits and harms before proceeding with a low-dose spiral computed tomography (LDCT) scan in order to prevent lung cancer death.

The increasing prices of the drugs used to treat hookworm, roundworm (ascariasis), and whipworm (trichuriasis) is driving increased costs for patients with Medicaid or private insurance, as well as a potential decrease in the quality of care those patients receive.

Fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) are highly successful in treating patients with Clostridioides difficile (C diff) infections, according to a study by the University of Birmingham.

The receipt of preventive care for youth enrolled in Medicaid managed care fell significantly short of the annual goal set by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Study respondents cited a distrust of the US government’s motives and transparency regarding COVID-19 and systemic racism in health care as the motivation for their distrust of the vaccines.

The investigators performed a retrospective review of 215 patients age 65 years and older with TNBC or HER2+ breast cancer who underwent mastectomy from 2005 to 2020 at a single institution.

A new, easy-to-deliver mRNA treatment can be delivered to the lungs through the use of a nebulizer.

In their statement, ASHP argues that each vaccine has been proven effective in reducing severe symptoms, decreasing hospitalizations, and decreasing death from COVID-19.