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Fueling an ‘already raging fire’: Fifth COVID surge approaches
November 24, 2021
“A significant rise in cases just before Thanksgiving is not what we want to be seeing.”
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Children and COVID: New cases increase for third straight week
November 23, 2021
Pace of vaccinations remains steady in 5- to 11-year-olds.
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‘Misleading’ results in colchicine COVID-19 trials meta-analysis
November 23, 2021
“While the small studies are potentially insight providing, the large studies are the only ones worth giving our attention to in the context of the meta-analysis.”
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Breakthrough COVID-19 raises risk of health problems, death
November 23, 2021
Compared with people who never had COVID-19, those who had breakthrough infections had a 53% higher risk of death.
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COVID surge in Europe: A preview of what’s ahead for the U.S.?
November 22, 2021
Health experts are warning the United States could be headed for another COVID-19 surge just as we enter the holiday season, following a massive new wave of infections in Europe – a troubling pattern seen throughout the pandemic.
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CDC unveils mental health protection plan for health care workers
November 22, 2021
“It’s long past time for us to care for the people who care for all of us and address burnout in our health care workers,” said U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy.
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CDC: Thirty percent of hospital workers in U.S. still unvaccinated
November 19, 2021
Health care personnel “are not fully immune from vaccine misinformation.”
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Growing evidence supports repurposing antidepressants to treat COVID-19
November 19, 2021
“We can’t tell if the drugs are causing these effects, but the statistical analysis is showing significant association,” said Dr. Marina Sirota.
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Hospitalists helped plan COVID-19 field hospitals
November 18, 2021
Better to plan for too much than not plan for enough, say hospitalists who helped build COVID-19 field hospitals.
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Text-based COVID monitoring system could reduce deaths, relieve ED in winter surge
November 17, 2021
The new program could play a role in decreasing disparities in COVID outcomes, says an investigator.