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Articles by Deborah Cotton
What does the Mineral Resources crisis tell us about the state of corporate governance in Australia?
The $7 billion Australian mining giant Mineral Resources (MinRes) is facing a governance crisis. Chris Ellison, the company’s founder and managing director, faces allegations of tax evasion and using company resources for his personal benefit. Ellison is now set to stand down as managing director in the next 12 to 18 months. He’ll also pay the company almost $9 million in penalties. But serious questions remain about how the company got into this situation in the first place.
What Internal Medicine Physicians Need to Know About Contraception
Authors: Christine Laine, MD, MPH; Deborah Cotton, MD, MPH; Darilyn V. Moyer, MD Affiliations: Editor in Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine Deputy Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American College of Physicians Disclosures: All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated. Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M23-2433.
Monkeypox: Challenging Clinical Questions
In May 2022, monkeypox emerged in nonendemic regions of a world weary from years of dealing with COVID-19. The first U.S. case was reported on 17 May 2022, and on 4 August 2022 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared monkeypox a public health emergency. As of 30 September 2022, CDC was tracking 71 408 cases in more than 100 countries (1). Thankfully, as we approach mid-October 2022, the monkeypox outbreak seems to be ebbing.
Current Clinical Challenges in the Prevention and Management of COVID-19
As we approach the last quarter of 2022, it is unfortunate that we must continue to wrestle with COVID-19. We have learned much since SARS-CoV-2 emerged late in 2019, but many uncertainties remain and new questions arise continuously. On 7 September 2022, Annals of Internal Medicine and the American College of Physicians gathered an esteemed group of infectious disease physicians to discuss some of the current clinical challenges: Dr. Sabrina A. Assoumou (Louis W.
Care of Patients With New, Continuing, or Recurring Symptoms After Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection
As the pandemic of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection continues, there is another pandemic that shadows it—the growing population of people who have new, continuing, or recurring symptoms long after initial infection. Many refer to this condition as “long COVID,” and the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) official name for the condition is postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC).
Outpatient Evaluation and Management of COVID-19
The rapid rise of the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant ushered in year 3 of the COVID-19 pandemic. Omicron changed the nature of the pandemic in many ways. While transmission is rampant, resulting illness, particularly in vaccinated persons, is generally less severe than with prior variants.
COVID-19: Challenging Clinical Questions
In October 2020 when Annals of Internal Medicine and the American College of Physicians hosted the first COVID-19 forum, we did not anticipate that the pandemic would continue through 2021 and there would be a need for continuing this forum series over a year later.
COVID-19: Clinical and Public Health Implications of SARS-CoV-2 Immunology
In the fall of 2020, Annals of Internal Medicine and the American College of Physicians (ACP) hosted a virtual forum to address clinicians' questions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. That program, held on 16 October 2020, featured Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. H.
COVID-19: Evaluation and Care of Patients With Persistent Symptoms Following Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection
As of 8 June 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that more than 140 million Americans were fully vaccinated—corresponding to about 42% of the total population, 50% of the population older than 12 years, 53% older than 18 years, and 75% older than 75 years (1). Infection rates and COVID-19–related hospitalizations and deaths are dropping in the United States, and life is beginning to regain some semblance of prepandemic normalcy for many across the nation.
COVID-19 Vaccine: Practical Clinical Considerations
Disclosures: Disclosure forms can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M21-1260. Editors' Disclosures: Christine Laine, MD, MPH, Editor in Chief, reports that her spouse has stock options/holdings with Targeted Diagnostics and Therapeutics.
COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Allocation: What Physicians Need to Know
As of mid-January 2021, U.S. state and local governments had received nearly 40 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine. Unfortunately, only about half of these doses have made their way into people, demonstrating that the development of safe, effective vaccines is only the first of many steps toward vaccinating enough people to end the COVID-19 pandemic. Many physicians find the slow pace of vaccination frustrating and are eager to contribute to efforts to assure widespread vaccination.
COVID-19 Vaccine: Promoting Vaccine Acceptance
While many questions remain about COVID-19 vaccine, there has been great progress since mid-October 2020, when Annals of Internal Medicine and the American College of Physicians (ACP) hosted our first forum about COVID-19 vaccine (1). As we hosted our second forum on 16 December 2020, Americans and others around the globe were beginning to be vaccinated to protect them from COVID-19. Now comes the hard work of making sure sufficient numbers of people are vaccinated to end this pandemic.
COVID-19 Vaccine: What Physicians Need to Know
Much uncertainty surrounds vaccines for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the course of the pandemic in general. What is certain, however, is that physicians will have an important role in the implementation of a successful immunization program once a safe and effective vaccine becomes available. Patients, health care worker colleagues, family, friends, and others will seek advice from physicians on whether to get vaccinated. We will need to discuss the benefits and risks with them.
Biocontainment Laboratories: Addressing the Terror Within
Editorials |21 October 2014 Deborah Cotton, MD, MPH, Deputy Editor Deborah Cotton, MD, MPH, Deputy Editor From American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Article, Author, and Disclosure Information Author, Article, and Disclosure Information This article was published online first at www.annals.org on 29 July 2014. From American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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NOPD baits, then arrests, the homeless
At a time when the number of homicides in New Orleans is one of the highest in the nation and beyond our police department's ability to subdue, the NOPD has begun conducting sting operations on the homeless populations, enticing them to steal cigarettes, food and liquor, then charging them with 'felonious simple burglary' which can carry up to a 12 year prison sentence. The majority of those arrested in a recent sting operation had no prior arrests.
Opinion | Don’t Jail Crime Victims for Not Testifying
Recently it was reported that the office of the district attorney of Orleans Parish is arresting and incarcerating victims who get scared and refuse to come to court to testify. Court Watch NOLA, a community group of volunteers who monitor New Orleans’s criminal courts, issued a report showing that in 2016 alone, our prosecutor arrested and jailed six victims after they refused to come to court to testify for the prosecution.
What It Really Feels Like to Get Shot
Editor's note: The author of this story, Deborah Cotton, passed away on May 2, 2017 due to complications from her injuries. She was 52. I never thought I'd end up getting shot. Most people don't, I imagine. My odds were, however, somewhat higher than the average American given that 1) I live in New Orleans, which has one of the highest murder rates in the US, and 2) as a reporter, I cover cultural events in neighborhoods with high violent crime rates. Still, I've lived a somewhat charmed existence.
Survey: more Australians want climate action now than before the carbon tax
In April 2011, not long after Julia Gillard was returned to power in the 2010 federal election, I asked a representative sample of Australians about their attitudes to climate policy. Climate was a water-cooler issue at the time. The carbon tax legislation had been introduced into Parliament in March, paving the way for a subsequent emissions trading scheme.
Regulators must control irresponsible lending of online payday financial companies
A new breed of lenders is overwhelming the regulators. These are the online lenders who account for 75 percent of payday loans made to consumers in Australia. ASIC (the corporate regulator in Australia) has them in its sights as the level of lending increased exponentially since they first began to advertise their loans. The advertisements suggest they can easily solve all your short-term money requirements instantly.
I Was Shot in New Orleans, But I’m Not Angry at My Shooter
Mother’s Day 2013 brought one tragedy and two miracles out of New Orleans. Here is the tragic: Young men with guns shot me and 18 other people at a parade. The miracles: Among the 19 shot, no one died from their wounds, not even me. The bullet landed in my stomach, shredding through internal organs before lodging in a delicate patch of tissue surgeons have nicknamed the “soul hole” because getting hit there can easily take a life. My surgeons told me the fact that I survived is a feat of nature.
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