Marcia Frellick
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CDC chief lays out attack plan for COVID variants
February 19, 2021
Public health leaders are ramping up genome sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and ensuring that sampling is geographically representative.
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U.K. COVID-19 variant doubling every 10 days in the U.S.: Study
February 9, 2021
The transmission rate in the United States of the variant, labeled B.1.1.7, is 30%-40% higher than that of more common lineages.
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Children in ICU for COVID-19 likely to be older, Black, and asthmatic
February 8, 2021
For both the ICU patients and the non-ICU group, the most common presenting symptom was fever.
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COVID-19 cases dropping in U.S., but variants threaten progress
February 5, 2021
"The continued proliferation of variants, variants that likely have increased transmissibility, that spread more easily, threatens to reverse these recent trends."
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Dexmedetomidine, propofol similar in ventilated adults with sepsis
February 5, 2021
Guidelines currently recommend either drug when light sedation is needed for adults on ventilators.
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Telehealth helps cut mortality risk among ICU patients
February 4, 2021
In the traditional model, critical care specialists may be on-site during the day but on call after hours.
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COVID-19 drives physician burnout for some specialties
January 25, 2021
Women in medicine traditionally have experienced higher levels of burnout than men, and the pandemic seems to have widened that gap.
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Controversy flares over ivermectin for COVID-19
January 22, 2021
Critics have said there are not enough data to institute a protocol.
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Monoclonal antibody combo treatment reduces viral load in mild to moderate COVID-19
January 22, 2021
Bamlanivimab alone in three different single-infusion doses showed no significant reduction in viral load, compared with placebo.
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Many EM docs have treated COVID-19 patients without proper PPE: Survey
January 20, 2021
More than half of EM physicians (54%) said that they had knowingly taken personal safety risks to treat a COVID-19 emergency.
