Practice Management News

SAN DIEGO — Patients with systemic sclerosis will likely require multidisciplinary management with combination therapy to treat the myriad complications that may arise, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology West.

WASHINGTON — Some infants with in utero or early life exposure to SARS-CoV-2 had borderline to low developmental scores, a study found, and this was most common among babies born to mothers with symptomatic COVID-19.

Long COVID can cause multisystem health issues that can last anywhere from months to years. We asked Farha S. Ikramuddin, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the department of rehabilitation medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School, what the most significant consequence of long COVID will be moving forward.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In this Healio exclusive, Saadia Faiz, MD, FCCP, provides her takeaways from the CHEST Annual Meeting, highlighting the many opportunities for education and networking.

WASHINGTON — Pediatric influenza vaccination rates remain suboptimal compared with other childhood vaccines, and parents are even less concerned about influenza since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data reported here.

The FDA authorized a booster shot of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine, giving the United States an option for people who cannot or will not receive a messenger RNA vaccine.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In women with systemic sclerosis, cyclophosphamide therapy negatively correlated with ovarian reserve, according to a presenter at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed for permanent injunctions against six e-cigarette manufacturers on behalf of the FDA, according to a press release.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In this Healio exclusive, David Schulman, MD, MPH, FCCP, president of the American College of Chest Physicians, provides his takeaways from the CHEST Annual Meeting.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In this Healio interview, Gretchen Winter, MD, spotlights the impact of burnout among health care professionals, especially pulmonary and critical care physicians and team members.