The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 rarely infects the placenta, but new research suggests that when such an infection does occur it is more likely to happen early in pregnancy.
Cross-sex hormone therapy is not without risks, said Dr Megan McNamara, including ‘very high’ risks of erythrocytosis among transgender men and venous thromboembolic disease among transgender women.
“The most important thing a primary care provider can do is to screen with whatever test is most accessible,” Rachel P. Brook, MD, said in an interview.
Reassuringly, in the initial month of administering 13.8 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to the U.S. population, no serious safety issues were found.
Of the 10% of the population whose records say they are allergic to penicillin, 90% can tolerate it now, says an expert. Mislabeling has consequences for outcomes and antibiotic resistance.
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia patients should be given supportive and palliative care alongside CAR T-cell therapy so they can discuss uncertainties and plan for the future, say UK nurse specialists.
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