Medscape Medical Minute

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: A major disparity between COVID and flu deaths and vaccination rates; the rate of "deaths of despair" among Black Americans has surpassed the rate in White Americans; and fish oil supplementation during pregnancy appears to increase the risk for overweight in offspring.

In Today's Episode

• Flu vs COVID: Stark Disparity in Vaccination and Deaths

• Whites Not the Predominant Victims of 'Deaths of Despair'

• Does Taking Fish Oil in Pregnancy Raise Child Obesity Risk?

F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE, is an associate professor of medicine and director of the Clinical and Translational Research Accelerator at the Yale School of Medicine.

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