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A detailed summarization of the clinical presentation of 197 individuals with PCR-confirmed diagnosis of monkeypox in the UK. The summary documents a highly variable prodrome in terms of prodromal symptoms and timing to eruption of visible lesions. Systemic illness was seen in 86% of patients. After mucocutaneous lesions, seen in 100% of patients, fever was the next most common manifestation, seen in 62% of patients.

Twitter silenced the five doctors over unspecified tweets — according to their lawyer, the physicians “only posted truthful statements regarding COVID-19 policy, diagnosis and/or treatment” — and now the doctors are suing the platform, claiming Twitter broke its contract by permanently suspending their accounts.

The Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Paxlovid has been revised to reflect the new prescribing authority given to state-licensed pharmacists. Under this revision, patients must now show health records within the last year, which needs to include bloodwork, as well as a list of their current medications, including any over-the-counter (OTC).

“The original misnomer for HIV—gay-related immune deficiency (GRID)—looms large in the consciousness of many gay men and offers a cautionary lesson for monkeypox and other infectious disease outbreaks.”

In addition to other discoveries, the authors found that reported rates of myocarditis or pericarditis were higher after vaccination with mRNA-1273 (Moderna Spikevax) compared with BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty).

Defamation lawsuits were brought into the limelight with the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard lawsuit, and physicians can learn a lot from the questions brought into the case, and most importantly, that even if you win the courtroom case, as Depp did, it can represent a loss in your real life.