Pulmonary Medicine News

• CDC Study Says Moderna Vaccine More Effective Than Pfizer and J&J A nationwide study of more than 3600 adults found the Moderna vaccine does a better job at preventing COVID-19 hospitalizations than the two other vaccines being used in the United States.
  WebMD Health News, September 20, 2021
• American Samoa Reports First COVID-19 Case The case was detected Thursday among 43 travelers who were quarantined at the Sadies by the Sea hotel in the village of Utulei.
  WebMD Health News, September 20, 2021
• South Korea Approves Celltrion's COVID-19 Treatment for Use South Korea on Friday approved drugmaker Celltrion Inc's antibody COVID-19 treatment for infected adults in high-risk groups or those with severe symptoms.
  Reuters Health Information, September 17, 2021
• Circadian System Implicated in Asthma Worsening at Night The circadian system plays an important role in nocturnal worsening of asthma, independent of sleep and other daily behavioral or environmental cycles, laboratory experiments with 17 asthma patients showed.
  Reuters Health Information, September 17, 2021
• Alert FDA Panel Backs Pfizer's COVID Booster for 65 and Older, High Risk Pfizer's application for a third dose of its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine was earlier rejected by the panel for those 16 and over.
  Medscape Medical News, September 17, 2021
• Pfizer Expands Recall of Antismoking Drug to Include All Lots Ongoing concerns over a nitrosamine impurity in Chantix prompt Pfizer to recall all batches of the product in the United States as a precautionary measure.
  Medscape Medical News, September 17, 2021
• ESMO 2021 Nivo/Ipi Combo Now 'Standard of Care' in Mesothelioma Patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma have a marked and sustained overall survival benefit with nivolumab and ipilimumab vs chemotherapy, even if they discontinue treatment.
  Medscape Medical News, September 17, 2021
• Alert Flurry of Cancer Drug Endorsements From EU Panel The European Medicines Agency panel recommended for approval three new cancer drugs and additional indications for two other already marketed immunotherapies.
  International Approvals, September 17, 2021
• WCLC 2021 'Urgent' Need to Understand Immunotherapy De-escalation in NSCLC The strong and durable response to immunotherapy in some patients suggests treatment could be reduced or withdrawn, but questions surround which patients will be ideal candidates, an expert argues.
  Medscape Medical News, September 17, 2021
• ERS 2021 Fibrosis Progression Flies Below the Radar in Subclinical ILD The findings question the terms "subclinical/preclinical" interstitial lung disease, which may potentially lead to a suboptimal watchful waiting management, according to researchers.
  Medscape Medical News, September 17, 2021
• Baylor Gets Restraining Order Against COVID Vaccine Skeptic Doc The health system is seeking $1 million in damages against internist and cardiologist Peter McCullough, MD, for allegedly continuing to claim an affiliation after signing a separation agreement.
  Medscape Medical News, September 16, 2021
• FDA Analysis Chills the Rush to Approve Boosters An FDA report released this week has added doubt to the outcome of an advisory committee meeting on Friday to consider a third booster dose for the Pfizer COVID vaccines.
  Medscape Medical News, September 16, 2021
• Antivaxxers Gargling With the Antiseptic Betadine The idea that gargling with the common antiseptic Betadine will prevent COVID-19 is finding a home in corners of social media.
  WebMD Health News, September 16, 2021
• Alert FDA Approves First Oral Drug for NSCLC With EGFR Exon20 Insertion The FDA has granted an accelerated approval to mobocertinib for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic nonsmall cell lung cancer with a specific type of EGFR mutation.
  FDA Approvals, September 16, 2021
• Florida Cardiologist Settles Suit for Alleged Unneeded Procedures The settlement, $6.75 million, resolves allegations that Ashish Pal, MD, knowingly submitted false claims to federal health care programs for medically unnecessary ablations and vein stent procedures.
  Medscape Medical News, September 15, 2021
• COVID Vaccine Preprint Study Prompts Twitter Outrage The authors' conclusions about rates of myocarditis after COVID vaccine in boys 12 to 17 years of age are attacked for supposedly stoking anti-vaccine sentiment.
  Medscape Medical News, September 15, 2021
• ERS 2021 Obese Children With Asthma Are Resistant to ICS Obese or overweight children with asthma could be using inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) to no avail, combined results from observational studies suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, September 15, 2021
• 'Many, Many' More Vaccine Mandates Needed to End Pandemic Millions of Americans still need to get vaccinated, and if health officials and community members can't reach them, then school and business mandates may be necessary.
  WebMD Health News, September 13, 2021
• Doctors Divided About Need for COVID-19 Boosters: Poll Clinicians disagreed about the evidence regarding the need for COVID-19 boosters, as well as the ethics of giving additional shots, in a Medscape poll.
  Medscape Medical News, September 13, 2021
• WCLC 2021 Which Patients Benefit Most From Adjuvant Atezolizumab in NSCLC? A new analysis of data from IMpower010 has sparked a debate over which patients with early non-small cell lug cancer benefit most.
  Medscape Medical News, September 11, 2021