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MRW every patient that I’m signed out has a family member that “appreciates daily updates”
“When I graduated residency we didn’t have Secure Chat. If someone wanted to talk to you they had to page you, with a pager!”
MRW another physician uses the term “low-grade fever”
“Someone at school said that CIO is a form of child abuse.”
(Spoilers Extended) predictions for the 20th anniversary of the ADWD release?
starter predictions:
- TWOW has still not been released
- George continues to release “and yes I’m still working on Winds” updates on his Not a Blog (while not actually working on Winds)
- HBO completes the Hedge Knight and Aegon’s Conquest series to mixed reviews
D.C. area hospitalists, if you’re listening…
I hope that you’re able to provide a staus update to a major news organization
Meemaw after dying in pain at an LTACH because her family ignored her advance directives
hospitalist salaries in Portland OR?
I’m practicing in the Seattle area and am considering moving to Portland sometime in the next 8-12 months.
Anyone that is or has practiced there able to comment on compensation?
“When she was here in August they gave her a different medication… let me see what I wrote down…”
[several minutes later]
“Here it is! When she was here for the POTS flare in August they gave her di-loaded, which worked. Can we try that instead?”
New York Times: F.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe
Officials at the Food and Drug Administration have blocked publication of several studies supporting the safety of widely used vaccines against Covid-19 and shingles in recent months, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed.
The studies, which cost millions of dollars in public funds, were conducted by scientists at the agency, who worked with data firms to analyze millions of patient records. They found serious side effects to be very rare.
In October, the scientists were directed to withdraw two Covid-19 vaccine studies that had been accepted for publication in medical journals. In February, top F.D.A. officials did not sign off on submitting abstracts about studies of Shingrix, a shingles vaccine, to a major drug safety conference.
The withdrawal of the studies is the latest step by the administration to try to limit access to vaccines. It has sharply cut research funding for vaccine development, released unvetted information casting doubt on vaccines, and blocked other information supporting their safety, most recently a paper on Covid vaccine effectiveness by career scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.