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Buprenorphine, a life-saving medication for opioid use disorder, is underutilized by physicians, according to researchers. 

When the CDC released new masking guidance at the end of February, it seemed to indicate a shift toward treating COVID-19 as something people will learn to live with.

Individuals with COVID-19 had increased risk and burden for diabetes and use of diabetes drugs at least 30 days after infection compared with people without COVID-19, according to data published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

The FDA granted orphan drug designation to WU-CART-007 for patients with relapsed or refractory T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Paclitaxel plus carboplatin demonstrated noninferiority to paclitaxel plus ifosfamide and should be a standard treatment for uterine carcinosarcoma, according to results of a phase 3 study published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

PHOENIX — Azithromycin failed to prevent infants with severe respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, from later developing recurrent wheeze, according to data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

Adolescent and young adult patients with central nervous system tumors who lived farther from the reporting hospital had a lower risk for death than those who lived closer, according to study results published in Journal of Neuro-Oncology.

Hospital admission often is a crucial step for stabilizing or treating a person with cancer.

Though further study is warranted, Leonard B. Weinstock, MD, FACP, adjunct professor at the Washington University School of Medicine, reported promising results of low-dose naltrexone use among two patients with Crohn’s disease.

Discovery of coronary artery calcium in patients with non-small cell lung cancer undergoing thoracic radiation was associated with elevated risk for MI and stroke, even when found in small amounts, researchers reported.