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• Choice of Mesh for Hernia Repair Tied to Risk of Reoperation The type of surgical mesh used for laparoscopic repair of primary or incisional ventral hernias is associated with the rate of reoperations, a new study from Denmark suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, October 14, 2021
• When Can Uncomplicated Appendicitis Be Treated Nonoperatively? Careful patient selection is key to optimizing treatment for adults with uncomplicated acute appendicitis, a secondary analysis of the APPAC II randomized trial showed.
  Reuters Health Information, October 14, 2021
• COVID Toes, Seasonal Chilblains Share Similar Immune Responses Chilblain-like lesions, also known as "COVID toes," are histologically similar to seasonal chilblains, with high levels of certain autoantibodies as well as type 1 interferon, an observational study shows.
  Reuters Health Information, October 14, 2021
• Second Ebola Case Confirmed in Eastern Congo, Health Official Says A second case of Ebola has been confirmed in Democratic Republic of Congo, a health official said on Thursday, a week after a young boy died of the disease.
  Reuters Health Information, October 14, 2021
• Antibiotic Resistance Costly, Deadly for Older Americans In 2017, multidrug-resistant infections led to $1.9 billion in healthcare costs, 448,224 days in the hospital and 11,852 deaths among older adults in the United States, according to a new analysis.
  Reuters Health Information, October 14, 2021
• Court: UK Minister Failed to Provide for N. Irish Abortion Services The United Kingdom's Northern Ireland Secretary failed to comply with his duties to 'expeditiously' provide women in the region with access to high quality abortion and post-abortion services, a judge ruled.
  Reuters Health Information, October 14, 2021
• Most Women Born With Heart Defects Can Give Birth Safely The majority of women with congenital heart defects can safely become pregnant and give birth to healthy babies, a new study in Germany suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, October 14, 2021
• Judge: Maine Can Bar Religious Exemptions to COVID Vaccine Mandate A US judge ruled that Maine can bar religious exemptions to its requirement that healthcare workers in the state get vaccinated against COVID-19.
  Reuters Health Information, October 14, 2021
• US Pastors, Advocacy Groups Mobilize Against Vaccine Mandates As the Biden administration prepares a federal vaccine mandate and more states impose them to help the end the pandemic, letter-writing efforts by religious leaders are being reinforced by legal advocacy groups.
  Reuters Health Information, October 14, 2021
• Front Runners in Development of Antibody Drugs Against COVID-19 AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Regeneron, and GlaxoSmithKline are among the biggest players to have developed COVID-19 treatments using monoclonal antibodies.
  Reuters Health Information, October 14, 2021
• EU Starts Real-Time Review of AstraZeneca COVID-19 Antibody Cocktail Europe's drug regulator said on Thursday it had started a real-time review of AstraZeneca's antibody-based COVID-19 therapy, the first protective shot other than vaccines against coronavirus.
  Reuters Health Information, October 14, 2021
• Russia Asks Pension-Age Doctors to Return as COVID-19 Cases Soar Russia called on pension-age doctors who quit during the pandemic for safety reasons to return to their jobs as the authorities reported a record one-day tally of COVID-19 cases as well as a record number of deaths.
  Reuters Health Information, October 14, 2021
• Gut Bacteria May Fuel Prostate Cancer Treatment Resistance During prostate cancer treatment, some gut bacteria start making hormones that may support cancer growth and treatment resistance.
  WebMD Health News, October 15, 2021
• Nebraska AG: Docs Can Prescribe Controversial COVID Drugs Nebraska's attorney general said Friday that he won't seek disciplinary action against doctors who prescribe controversial, off-label drugs to treat and prevent coronavirus infections.
  Associated Press, October 15, 2021
• Pandemic Adds More Weight to Burden of Obesity in Children "Our nation's safety net is fragile, outdated, and out of reach for millions of eligible kids and caregivers," said an author of a new report.
  Medscape Medical News, October 15, 2021
• Cities, Police Unions Clash as Vaccine Mandates Take Effect Police unions and officers are pushing back by filing lawsuits to block the mandates.
  Associated Press, October 15, 2021
• How the Navajo's Cultural Values Are Driving COVID Vaccinations COVID-19 has killed Native Americans at twice the rate of White Americans, underscoring the health inequities and deep-rooted distrust tribal nations have of federal government entities.
  Medscape Medical News, October 15, 2021
• ECTRIMS 2021 Rituximab More Effective Than Other MS Treatments? Rituximab reduced relapses and MRI activity more effectively than dimethyl fumarate, natalizumab, and injectable therapies in a recent study. Disability did not differ between treatments, however.
  Medscape Medical News, October 15, 2021
• ECTRIMS 2021 ECTRIMS/EAN Statement on COVID-19 Vaccination in MS Patients The statement concludes that COVID-19 vaccines are safe for patients with multiple sclerosis and that most MS patients gain the same protection as the general population. But there are exceptions.
  Medscape Medical News, October 15, 2021
• European Agency Supports Marketing of Abrocitinib for AD The oral JAK inhibitor is under review at the FDA for the same indication.
  Medscape Medical News, October 15, 2021