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• 'The Last Responders:' US Mass Shootings Take Toll on Coroners' Offices After a gunman killed eight workers and himself in Indianapolis -- the city's third mass shooting this year -- the chief deputy coroner spoke of the toll the deaths had taken on her coworkers.
  Reuters Health Information, April 20, 2021
• Tdap in Pregnancy Not Tied to Childhood Adverse Outcomes Maternal Tdap vaccination during pregnancy isn't associated with adverse outcomes for offspring through early childhood, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, April 20, 2021
• Device May Improve Communication Between Workers Wearing PPE An in-ear device may help overcome problems hearing and being heard that healthcare workers experience when wearing PPE, a small study finds.
  Reuters Health Information, April 20, 2021
• Methylene Chloride-Related Fatalities Persist in US Occupational safety standards and warning labels on methylene chloride haven't entirely eliminated fatalities from exposure to this widely used halogenated organic solvent, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, April 20, 2021
• Philippines to Start Trials on Ivermectin, Other Drugs for COVID The Philippines will begin clinical trial of several drugs, including ivermectin, in patients with COVID-19 to determine their efficacy in combatting the coronavirus, a government official said.
  Reuters Health Information, April 20, 2021
• Israel Logs Indian COVID-19 Variant, Sees Vaccine Efficacy Israel has registered eight cases of a coronavirus variant first identified in India and believes that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is at least partially effective against it, an Israeli health official said.
  Reuters Health Information, April 20, 2021
• EU Regulator: Possible Link Between J&J Vaccine and Blood Clots Europe's drug regulator said on Tuesday it had found a possible link between Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine and rare blood clotting issues in adults who had received the shot in the US.
  Reuters Health Information, April 20, 2021
• COVID Survivors May Need Only One Dose of Vaccine People who have recovered from COVID may only need a single dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine to generate a sufficient antibody response, according to new research.
  Reuters Health Information, April 20, 2021
• Indian Capital Running Out of Medical Oxygen as Pandemic Surges Authorities said hospitals in the Indian capital of Delhi would start running out of medical oxygen by Wednesday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country faced a coronavirus "storm."
  Reuters Health Information, April 20, 2021
• Israel Prepares Second Vaccine Round, Expects to Include Kids Israel is planning a second round of COVID-19 vaccination in 6 months, by which point it expects children to be approved by health regulators to receive jabs, the prime minister said.
  Reuters Health Information, April 20, 2021
• Study of Rare Clots Linked to COVID-19 Vaccine Will Include J&J A German scientist studying extremely rare blood clots linked to AstraZeneca's COVID vaccine said Johnson & Johnson has agreed to work with him on the research.
  Reuters Health Information, April 20, 2021
• Drug Duo Targeting ATR Enzyme Shrinks SCLC Tumors Combining an ataxia telangiectasia and rad3-related inhibitor with topoisomerase 1 yielded an objective response in more than a third of patients with small-cell lung cancer in a phase 2 trial.
  Reuters Health Information, April 20, 2021
• Cubans Turn to Herbal Remedies, Barter Amid Medicine Scarcity Even as Cuba races to develop its own COVID-19 vaccine, the country is suffering acute shortages of basic medicines amid its worst economic crisis in decades.
  Reuters Health Information, April 20, 2021
• Beta-Blockers May Up Heart Risk for HIV Patients With Hypertension The use of beta-blockers as a blood pressure treatment could increase the risk of heart disease for HIV patients, according to an analysis of data from the US Veterans Health Administration.
  Reuters Health Information, April 20, 2021
• Calif. Counties at Trial Argue Drugmakers Fueled Opioid Epidemic Four drugmakers helped cause the deadly US opioid epidemic by deceptively marketing their drugs and downplaying addictive risks, a lawyer for several California counties argued on Monday.
  Reuters Health Information, April 19, 2021
• At-home, Hospital-level Care Shows Benefits for Frail Seniors Hospital-level care provided at home to medically unwell seniors did not lead to worse outcomes at 6 months compared with hospitalization, a UK study finds.
  Reuters Health Information, April 19, 2021
• Paternal Alcohol Consumption Tied to Fetal Birth Defect Risk Preconception paternal alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of fetal birth defects, driven by an elevated risk of clefts in particular, a Chinese study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, April 19, 2021
• No Improvement in Outcomes With Sepsis Performance Measure The Medicare Sepsis Performance Measure (SEP-1) has not led to meaningful improvement in clinical outcomes of sepsis patients, according to a new analysis.
  Reuters Health Information, April 19, 2021
• Androgen Receptor Deficiency a Risk Factor for Asthma People with androgen insensitivity syndrome may be more likely to develop asthma, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, April 15, 2021
• Atopic Dermatitis Linked to Learning Disability, Academic Progress Two registry studies point to connections between atopic dermatitis and learning problems and possible lower educational attainment in young people.
  Reuters Health Information, April 19, 2021