Clinic News

• Excessive buying and shopping can constitute a disorder, experts say
  
  A new diagnostic framework drawn up by international psychologists and clinicians can diagnose people suffering from 'compulsive buying-shopping disorder' (CBSD).
  Daily Mail.  Friday, 7 May 2021.
• Pregnant women struggling to get Covid vaccine, Stella Creasy says
  
  Clinics often cannot guarantee women can get the vaccine type required when booking an appointment.
  BBC News.  Thursday, 6 May 2021.
• Nine babies born to Malian mother to spend 'two to three months' in incubators at Moroccan hospital
  
  The nine babies born to Malian mother Halima Cisse will be looked after in incubators for 'two to three months', a doctor at the Moroccan clinic where the nonuplets were born has said.
  Daily Mail.  Thursday, 6 May 2021.
• Southern California battles hepatitis A outbreak
  
  Lines are long and constant at pop-up clinics around San Diego, where hundreds of people have waited to get free hepatitis A vaccines. There's a desperate race against time to stop the hepatitis A virus from spreading. ...
  CBS News.  Wednesday, 5 May 2021.
• Long COVID clinics may be needed beyond April next year
  
  The doctor in charge of NHS England's response to Long COVID has told Sky News that specialist clinics to treat the condition may be needed for "much longer" than current funding allows.
  Sky News.  Wednesday, 5 May 2021.
• PRA Health (PRAH) Stock Down 0.3% Despite Q1 Earnings Beat
  
  PRA Health's (PRAH) Data Solutions and Clinical Research segments put up a strong performance in the first quarter.
  Zacks.  Tuesday, 4 May 2021.
• Ventas (VTR) to Post Q1 Earnings: What's in the Offing?
  
  While the gradual rebound in clinical activity is expected to have supported Ventas' (VTR) office segment performance, the pandemic-led concerns continued to be setbacks for its seniors housing business.
  Zacks.  Tuesday, 4 May 2021.
• Court battle in Kentucky over right to protest outside abortion clinic
  
  Kentucky has only one abortion clinic, and the state's Republican governor wants to see it close. Protesters agree, and there's a court battle over the right to protest outside the clinic. Anna Werner reports.
  CBS News.  Monday, 3 May 2021.
• Major drugstore chains offer same-day Covid vaccines as eligibility increases and immunization pace slows
  
  The drugstore chains are also expanding community clinics and signing deals with employers to reach Americans who may be busy or hesitant.
  CNBC.  Monday, 3 May 2021.
• Walgreens Adds Mobile Vaccine Clinics To Reach Communities Hit Hard By Covid-19
  
  Walgreens said it will will activate multiple mobile clinics to vaccinate against Covid 19 in Chicago and across the U.S. to reach medically underserved areas.
  Forbes.  Monday, 3 May 2021.
• Reports of menstrual cycle changes after COVID vaccine highlight issues with clinical trials
  
  More doctors are weighing in on what's currently happening with thousands of women - menstrual cycle changes after getting vaccinated. ...
  ABC News.  Friday, 30 Apr 2021.
• COVID vaccine trial for people with blood cancers aims to determine efficacy
  
  The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is launching and COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial to study the effect of the shots on people with blood cancers.
  ABC News.  Friday, 30 Apr 2021.
• Police: Suspect in hospital killings is clinic employee
  
  BERLIN (AP) - German police said Thursday that a 51-year-old woman detained on suspicion of killing four people at a hospital in the eastern city of Potsdam is an employee at the clinic. ...
  Washington Times.  Thursday, 29 Apr 2021.
• India could soon have another locally developed vaccine as the deadly Covid crisis shows no signs of slowing
  
  Drugmaker Cadila Healthcare, which is also known as Zydus Cadila, is conducting phase three clinical trials on 28,000 people.
  CNBC.  Thursday, 29 Apr 2021.
• Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are 94 percent effective at preventing hospitalization in older adults, a study finds.
  
  The findings, which are consistent with the clinical trial results, are the first real-world evidence from the United States that the vaccines protect against severe Covid-19.
  New York Times.  Wednesday, 28 Apr 2021.

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