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CDC issues COVID-19 vaccine guidance for underlying conditions
December 29, 2020
The CDC guidance had specific information for people with HIV, weakened immune systems, and autoimmune conditions such as Guillain-Barré syndrome and Bell’s palsy.
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Scant risk for SARS-CoV-2 from hospital air
December 28, 2020
Everywhere they look within hospitals, researchers find RNA from SARS-CoV-2 in the air. But viable viruses typically are found only close to patients.
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New resilience center targets traumatized health care workers
December 28, 2020
“It’s been grueling but we learned how to care of ourselves so we can take care of our patients,” said Joe Ciavarro, a PA at Mount Sinai.
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COVID-19 mortality rates declined, but vary by hospital
December 24, 2020
“[T]he characteristic that is most associated with poor or worsening hospital outcomes is high or increasing community case rates,” writes David A. Asch, MD.
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Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine deemed ‘highly effective,’ but further studies needed
December 23, 2020
The primary safety endpoint was to characterize the safety of the vaccine following one or two doses.
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Child abuse visits to EDs declined in 2020, but not admissions
December 23, 2020
Proportion of visits related to child abuse and neglect that resulted in hospitalizations increased from 2019 to 2020.
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COVID-19 anticoagulation trials ‘paused’ for futility, safety
December 22, 2020
The trials involved are the REMAP-CAP, ACTIV-4, and ATTACC studies.
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Latest rise in child COVID-19 cases is relatively small
December 22, 2020
Total number of U.S. cases reported in children is now over 1.8 million.
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Strategies for tracking SARS-CoV-2 could help detect next pandemic
December 22, 2020
One study evaluating blood donations found antibodies on the West Coast as early as Dec. 13, 2019.
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Doctors publish paper on COVID-19 protocol; Experts unconvinced
December 22, 2020
“This is not a study by any stretch of the imagination,” said Hugh Cassiere, MD, director of critical care medicine at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y.
