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Another COVID-19 vaccine; dalai lama’s health care; a physician shaming medicine – Morning Medical Update
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FDA approval for another COVID-19 vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved emergency use authorization for the newest Novavax vaccine against COVID-19, targeting the currently circulating Omicron variant JN.1 strain of SARS-CoV-2. Check out these clinical data.
Four noble truths + a new knee
The Dalai Lama, regarded as the spiritual leader of Tibet and an inspiration for compassion around the world, is recovering from a knee replacement performed in New York. This week he returned to the headquarters of the Tibetan government-in-exile, and his condition is expected to improve over the next six to 12 months, according to this report from ABC News. His website, dalailama.com, also has more details.
A New York urologist who was convicted in federal court of sexually abusing patients now is being sued by more than 300 former patients in at least 143 civil cases filed this week. Darius A. Paduch, of New Jersey, specialized in male infertility and male reproductive health, and sexually abused and assaulted patients, including minors, from 2007 to 2019, according to this report from NBC News.
