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COVID-19 booster shots to start in September: Officials
August 18, 2021
Booster shots to ramp up protection against COVID-19 infection are slated to begin the week of Sept. 20, the Biden administration announced at a press briefing August 18.Those who received the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines ...
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Latest data show increase in breakthrough COVID-19 cases
August 18, 2021
“Remember when the early vaccine studies came out, it was like nobody gets hospitalized, nobody dies. ... That clearly is not true.”
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Mental health after ICU: It’s complicated
August 18, 2021
A prospective study in Brazil finds a range of factors that influence susceptibility to anxiety, depression, and PTSD following ICU stays.
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Children and COVID: New cases rise to winter levels
August 17, 2021
Since late June, weekly infections in children have increased by almost 1,400%.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations for 30- to 39-year-olds hit record high
August 17, 2021
The rate of new hospitalizations for ages 30-39 reached 2.5 per 100,000 people last week.
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U.S. pediatric hospitals in peril as Delta hits children
August 17, 2021
Emerging data suggest that children who test positive for COVID-19 during the Delta wave may be more than twice as likely to be hospitalized as with previous variants.
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Opinion
Open notes in health care: The good, the bad, and the ugly of the Cures Act
August 17, 2021
While many physicians and other providers have anticipated open notes with dread, most outcomes so far have been positive.
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Fluid type, rate do not curb 90-day mortality rate in ICU patients requiring fluid challenges
August 17, 2021
A balanced solution was no better than normal saline and a slower IV bolus rate was no better than a faster rate in a multicenter randomized trial.
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U.S. reports record COVID-19 hospitalizations of children
August 17, 2021
The U.S. now has an average of about 129,000 new COVID-19 cases per day, Reuters reported, which has doubled in about 2 weeks. The number of hospitalized patients is at a 6-month high, and about 600 people are dying each day.
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Use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for heart failure
August 16, 2021
Hospitalist use of POCUS may include guiding procedures, aiding in diagnosis, and assessing effectiveness of treatment.
