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email article In mid-January Brooks Fallis, MD, was relieved of his duties as interim medical director of critical care at William Osler Health System in Canada's Ontario province. Fallis had publicly criticized the provincial government's response to the pandemic, most recently to the new coronavirus variants. Fallis said he was stripped of his directorship because the government pressured Osler administrators and because he did not warn them about all his media appearances. Officials with Osler and the provincial government, however, denied his claims. Then on Friday, Ontario issued a...

Note that some links may require registration or subscription. The Lancet) The winter storm that dropped more than 2 feet of snow in some places on the East Coast delayed COVID-19 vaccinations and testing region-wide. ( CNN) As of 8:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, the unofficial COVID-19 tally in the U.S. reached 26,322,365 cases and 443,613 deaths -- up 134,198 and 2,282, respectively, from Monday. New York Times) Washington Post) National Basketball Association legends are encouraging people to get the COVID vaccine -- including San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, who has won multiple champi...

email article What do you do when your COVID-19 vaccine clinic is 20 minutes from closing, only six people showed up for the day's last appointment, and you just opened a 10-dose Moderna vial? Reports suggest that many clinics dump their leftover doses in the trash. But some facilities have found solutions to minimize vaccine waste. Relying on constant communication, flexible planning, and a focused workforce including diligent volunteers, they said they have found takers for nearly all the thousands of doses they have prepared since vaccinations began last month. "So far this has been ...

email article Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week. About That 'Extra' Pfizer Vaccine Dose... Pfizer is planning to distribute fewer COVID-19 vaccine vials within the U.S. starting as soon as next week, accounting for the "extra" dose in each one, the The Vials that Pfizer uses were intended to contain five doses, but practitioners found they could extract a sixth or even seventh when using a specialty syringe. So Pfizer is now counting those doses toward its promised supply of 200 million ...

Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Yet another new coronavirus variant has been identified -- this one in a Bavarian German ski town. ( Politico) Even when an Italian virologist identifies the United Kingdom COVID-19 variation early, national governments in Europe and the U.S. do not conduct enough genomic surveillance to address such mutations. ( Washington Post) The unofficial U.S. COVID-19 toll increased to 24,079,204 cases and 399,003 deaths of 8:00 a.m. ET Tuesday -- representing an average daily toll of about 209,000 and 3,250, respectively, over the past...