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ACP, other groups focus on effects of the pandemic

ACP praises new coverage of telephone visits and continues to push for personal protective equipment. Recent articles focus on the pandemic's effect on addiction treatment, drug access, and stroke treatment.

New research analyzes COVID-19 outcomes, testing, and experimental treatments

A retrospective report looked at serologic antibody testing, while two case series reports described use of convalescent plasma in critically ill patients with COVID-19 in China.

MKSAP Quiz: Evaluation for a changing mole

A 26-year-old woman is evaluated for a changing mole on her left lower leg. She says it is getting bigger and darker. The patient is 5 weeks pregnant. Her only medication is a prenatal vitamin. Following a physical exam, what is the most appropriate next step in management?

Frailty measure may improve Medicare cost predictions

Observed Medicare costs were compared with predictions based on the standard CMS-Hierarchical Condition Category model, both with and without a claims-based frailty index.

After PCI, 5-year revascularization, MACE rates higher in women than men

Researchers pooled patient-level data from 21 randomized trials of bare-metal and drug-eluting stents.

ACP's Annual Business Meeting and Town Hall Webinar set for April 25

Incoming Officers, new Regents, and first-year Governors will be introduced, and the Treasurer, 2019-2020 President, and 2020-2021 President will report on the College's current status and priorities.

And the winner is …

ACP Internist Weekly has tallied the voting from its latest cartoon contest, where readers are invited to match wits against their peers to provide the most original and amusing caption.