Featuring articles on postexposure influenza prophylaxis, growth stunting and intestinal microbiota, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, and vitamin D supplements for the prevention of tuberculosis; a review article on coffee, caffeine, and health; a case report of a woman who died from Covid-19; and Perspective articles on border babies, on failing the test, on Covid-19 epidemiologic models, and on the pandemic as teacher. Supplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 383, No. 4.

NEJM This Week — July 23, 2020

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Featuring articles on adjuvant pembrolizumab after surgery in renal-cell carcinoma, beta-blockers after MI with preserved ejection fraction, a microaxial flow pump for STEMI and cardiogenic shock, and semaglutide in patients with heart failure and diabetes; a review article on retinoblastoma; a case report of a woman with confusion, aphasia, and abnormal head imaging; and Perspectives on expanding applications of clinical genetic testing, on twenty-five years after Columbine, on advocating for a healthy response to climate change, and on the silver resident. Supplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 390, No. 15.

NEJM This Week — July 23, 2020

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