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The Mystery of Why COVID-19 Rebounds in Some Patients Who Take Paxlovid; What to Know About Monkeypox; UN Reports New Insights on Link Between Climate Change and Human Health.

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JAMA Medical News Senior Staff Writer Melissa Suran, PhD, MSJ, speaks with Sonali Smith, MD, about new research and timely topics from the recent annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Dr Smith, who chaired the conference’s Scientific Program Committee, is also chief of the hematology and oncology section at the University of Chicago Medicine.

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Loren Laine, MD, professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases); chief, Section of Digestive Diseases, Internal Medicine; medical chief, Digestive Health, Yale New Haven Health, discusses the pandemic-related decline in colorectal cancer screening, racial and ethnic disparities in cancer care and survival, and other research highlights from the recent Digestive Disease Week meeting.

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JAMA Senior Editor Kristin L. Walter, MD, MS, speaks with Andrew J. Halayko, PhD, ATSF, MSc, BSc, about some important research studies and keynote addresses presented at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference in May 2022. Dr Halayko is professor of physiology and internal medicine at the University of Manitoba in Canada and this year’s ATS conference chair.

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What a Post–Roe v Wade US Might Look Like for Physicians; SARS-CoV-2 RNA Can Persist in Stool Months After Respiratory Tract Clears Virus

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Clinical Trials Disrupted During War in Ukraine; The Role of Supervised Consumption Sites for People Who Use Illicit Drugs

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Preventive cardiologist and conference cochair Pamela Morris, MD, discusses new heart failure management guidelines and important clinical trial results presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 2022 Scientific Sessions.

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• The Potential Clinical Benefit of Lowering Lipoprotein(a)

Physicians in Ukraine—Caring for Patients in the Middle of a War; The COVID Heart—One Year After SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Patients Have an Array of Increased Cardiovascular Risks; How Cancer Will Affect the US in 2022

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Russian attacks on Ukraine have created a humanitarian crisis and made the treatment of patients exponentially more difficult. Two Ukrainian doctors, Oleksandra Shchebet and Anastasiia Barzylovych, share their experiences as they practice medicine in a dangerous wartime environment. Recorded March 9, 2022.

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JAMA Medical News Senior Staff Writer Melissa Suran speaks with Louise McCullough, MD, PhD, about new research and timely topics from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association’s annual International Stroke Conference. McCullough, who chaired this year’s conference, is also chair of neurology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and chief of neurology at Memorial Hermann—Texas Medical Center.

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