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Pandemic innovations that will outlast COVID
November 11, 2021
Hospitalists discuss process changes implemented during the pandemic that will likely survive it.
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Regeneron’s antibody drug shows protection against COVID-19 for up to 8 months
November 10, 2021
Such immunity is particularly important for immunocompromised people and those not responding to vaccines.
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Unvaccinated people 20 times more likely to die from COVID: Texas study
November 10, 2021
“The COVID-19 vaccines are doing an excellent job of protecting people from getting sick and from dying from COVID-19.”
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Children and COVID: New cases up again after dropping for 8 weeks
November 9, 2021
Less than a week after vaccine approval, initiation in those aged 5-11 years already outpaced the older children.
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Severe COVID two times higher for cancer patients
November 8, 2021
Cancer patients are at high risk of developing COVID-19 with severe outcomes, but the magnitude of the risk hasn’t been documented on a wide scale until now.
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New transmission information should motivate hospitals to reexamine aerosol procedures, researchers say
November 8, 2021
The amount of contamination from CPAP and HFNO was no more than with the use of supplemental oxygen.
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Feds launch COVID-19 worker vaccine mandates
November 4, 2021
The new rules are meant to preempt “any inconsistent state or local laws,” including bans and limits on employers’ authority to require vaccination, masks, or testing.
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Rural hospitalists confront COVID-19
November 2, 2021
Hospital medicine continues to extend into rural communities and small rural hospitals.
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COVID-19 vaccines provide 5 times the protection of natural immunity, CDC study says
November 2, 2021
“We now have additional evidence that reaffirms the importance of COVID-19 vaccines, even if you have had prior infection.”
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FDA authorizes Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids
October 29, 2021
As soon as the CDC’s director signs off on those recommendations, children can get the shots, perhaps as early as Nov. 3.