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Opinion: Why Michigan needs more pharmacy reform – The Detroit News

opinion James Broughel Published 11:00 PM EDT Jun 14, 2020 During the month of May, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed two executive orders unleashing the talents of Michigan pharmacists in the fight against COVID-19. The first one, which was signed on May 19 and extended several past orders, expanded pharmacists’ operational capacity and authority to dispense… Read More »

FDA Approves Uplizna (inebilizumab-cdon) for the Treatment of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD)

FDA Approves Uplizna (inebilizumab-cdon) for the Treatment of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD) Print this page GAITHERSBURG, Md., June 11, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Viela Bio (Nasdaq:VIE) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Uplizna (inebilizumab-cdon) for the treatment of adult patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) who are… Read More »

COVID-19 Cases Rebound Across the South and West

Linda Bell, MD, state epidemiologist, South Carolina. Cyrus Shahpar, MD, medical epidemiologist; director, Prevent Epidemics Team, Resolve to Save Lives, New York City. Carlos Del Rio, MD, professor and chair, Department of Global Heath, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta. Sarah Fortune, MD, professor of immunology and infectious diseases, Harvard… Read More »

Watch Dr. Pimple Popper Squeeze a Chunky ‘Skin-On Mashed Potato’ Cyst

In a new Instagram video, Dr. Pimple Popper pops a jawbreaker-like cyst festering in a patient’s cheek. One commenter described the cyst’s contents as looking like “skin-on mashed potatoes.” The cyst featured in this video is an epidermoid cyst, which contains a collection of wet dead skin cells and keratin. In a new Instagram video,… Read More »