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This Medical News article is based on an interview with 3 members of the former Biden-Harris Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board.

This randomized trial assesses the effect of a single dose of subcutaneous casirivimab and imdevimab antibody combination vs placebo on 28-day progression to symptomatic COVID-19 among asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 reverse transcriptase–quantitative polymerase chain reaction–positive individuals living with an infected household contact.

This Viewpoint discusses the implications from data on value-based payments, policy design regarding population- and episode-based payments, and the benefits of coordinated payment models that may contribute toward reaching the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ strategy, announced in November 2021, for achieving near-universal participation in value-based payment models by 2030.

This Viewpoint provides a summary of currently available therapeutics for nonhospitalized patients with COVID-19 in the setting of the Omicron variant including principles for equitable allocation.

This study examines insurer coverage of ivermectin prescriptions for COVID-19 in the US.

This Viewpoint discusses the increased long-term risks for cardiovascular disease among individuals who have had adverse pregnancy outcomes and describes mitigation strategies for physicians to use over the life span of these patients.

This Medical News feature examines the challenges that hospitals face as they prepare for a spike in severe cases of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses that require supplemental oxygen.

This Medical News article examines the growing business of unlicensed and unproven stem cell treatments.

This Medical News article on COVID-19 vaccines is adapted from a JAMA interview with the CDC’s Amanda Cohn, MD.

This cohort study estimates the association of a BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) vaccine booster dose with SARS-CoV-2 infections among health care workers in Israel previously vaccinated with a 2-dose series of BNT162b2.

This study examines the incidence of false-positive results in a sample of rapid antigen tests used to serially screen asymptomatic workers throughout Canada.

This Viewpoint focuses on an emerging intervention, serious illness communication, and describes its components, presents evidence supporting the approach, and discusses areas for further research.

This Viewpoint discusses addressing the problems in the health benefits market, which contribute to wage stagnation and rising economic inequality.

This Viewpoint outlines approaches to successfully make clinical diagnoses, including coaching medical students in critical thinking and decision-making, promoting interdisciplinary teamwork, and mitigating judgment and decision-making biases.

Timely topics discussed at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions in November 2021 included using apolipoprotein B to predict the risk of future myocardial infarction.