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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, researchers have been forced to put important projects on hold—and it’s unclear when things will return to normal.

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In the last six days, multiple White House experts have all emphasized they don’t support the use of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment option for COVID-19. 

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Differentiating between actual signs of a COVID-19 infection and standard cardiac complications can be especially difficult.

In 1982, LAPD Police Chief Darryl Gates called the cardiologist with an unexpected question. 

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The American College of Cardiology, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American Association for Thoracic Surgery and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions all collaborated on the response. 

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Overall, the PCSK9 inhibitor was associated with a steady increase in coronary artery area and “significant coronary blood flow improvement.”

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The late-breaking five-year results of the Evolut Low-Risk Trial presented at ACC.25 showed positive results for the Evolut TAVR system when compared to SAVR.

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Tom Price, MD, former secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), said one way to address the growing shortage of physicians is to expand medical resident positions, but these are tied to Medicare spending so alternative means may be needed.

"Domestic radiopharmaceutical suppliers, who receive isotopes from abroad, would be impacted by price changes and uncertainty caused by additional tariffs,” SNMMI President Cathy Cutler, PhD, wrote in a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce this week.