Damian McNamara is a journalist for Medscape Medical News and MDedge. He worked full-time for MDedge as the Miami Bureau covering a dozen medical specialties during 2001-2012, then as a freelancer for Medscape and MDedge, before being hired on staff by Medscape in 2018. Now the two companies are one. He uses what he learned in school – Damian has a BS in chemistry and an MS in science, health and environmental reporting/journalism. He works out of a home office in Miami, with a 100-pound chocolate lab known to snore under his desk during work hours.
News
Gut microbiome could make weight loss easier for some
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: September 16, 2021
News

New Moderna vaccine data ‘support’ booster shot after 8 months
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: September 16, 2021
Opinion
Q&A: Get flu shot early this year? Same time as COVID vaccine?
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: August 23, 2021
News
Why are boosters being given after 8 months? Experts weigh in
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: August 19, 2021
News

Delta variant could drive herd immunity threshold over 80%
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: August 4, 2021
News
‘War has changed’: CDC says Delta as contagious as chicken pox
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: August 3, 2021
News

‘A few mutations away’: The threat of a vaccine-proof variant
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: July 30, 2021
News
Pfizer vaccine protection wanes after 6 months, study finds
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: July 29, 2021
News

CDC calls for masks in schools, hard-hit areas, even if vaccinated
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: July 28, 2021
News
Large remdesivir study finds no COVID-19 survival benefit
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: July 16, 2021
News
FDA to warn J&J that vaccine can increase Guillain-Barré risk: Media
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: July 13, 2021
News
‘Long haul’ COVID recovery worse than cancer rehab for some: CDC
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: July 12, 2021
News
Delta variant key to breakthrough infections in vaccinated Israelis
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: July 8, 2021
News
Antimicrobial resistance threat continues during COVID-19
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: July 6, 2021
News
Almost all U.S. COVID-19 deaths now in the unvaccinated
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: June 30, 2021