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According to Moderna, the FDA said it will need more time to review the company’s request for an emergency use authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents to further review the risk for myocarditis in this population.

Approximately 10% of patients in mental health units at more than 100 Veterans Affairs hospitals were exposed to antibiotics, researchers reported — much lower than levels reported in acute-care hospitals.

Another study has found that COVID-19 vaccination is more protective than a previous infection.

Therapeutic-dose low-molecular-weight heparin decreased the likelihood of blood clots and death compared with standard of care among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, according to study results published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

People with a rare disease paid three to five times more in health care costs than people without a rare disease, according to findings published in the Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases.

In this video, Teri Campbell, MSN, RN, CFRN, CEN, PHRN, discusses how the spread of misinformation on social media impacts emergency nursing and other aspects of health care.

In this video, Teri Campbell, MSN, RN, CFRN, CEN, PHRN, highlights a lecture from the Emergency Nurses Association annual conference about conscious and unconscious biases in health care.

Moderna announced Tuesday that it will sell up to 110 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine at the lowest tiered price to the African Union in a deal the company said was partly facilitated by the White House.

Researchers identified an association between a self-reported history of high-risk allergy and an increased risk for allergic reactions after receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.

Teri Campbell, MSN, RN, CFRN, CEN, PHRN, speaks with Healio about presentations from this year’s virtual Emergency Nurses Association annual conference.