News
No increase seen in children’s cumulative COVID-19 burden
January 6, 2021
New cases were down for the last week of 2020, American Academy of Pediatrics and Children’s Hospital Association report.
News
FDA warns about risk for false negatives from Curative COVID test
January 6, 2021
A negative result from the Curative PCR test “does not rule out COVID-19 and should not be used as the sole basis for treatment or patient management decisions.
Opinion
Social isolation at the time of social distancing
January 6, 2021
Social distancing in the hospital contributes to the development of isolation, loneliness, and fear.
News
Microvascular injury of brain, olfactory bulb seen in COVID-19
January 5, 2021
Vascular pathology and perivascular infiltrates found on postmortem MRI scans may be informative when interpreting brain changes on MRI scan in patients with COVID-19.
News
Experts debate wisdom of delaying second COVID-19 vaccine dose
January 5, 2021
Another proposed strategy to extend the current supply of COVID-19 vaccines to more Americans involves splitting the current dosage of the Moderna vaccine in half.
News
U.S. hits 20 million cases as COVID variant spreads
January 4, 2021
It took 292 days for the US to reach its first 10 million cases, and just 54 more days to double that number.
News
Racism in medicine: Implicit and explicit
January 4, 2021
Health care systems need to move toward equity rather than focusing on equality.
News
COVID-19 mortality in hospitalized HF patients: Nearly 1 in 4
December 31, 2020
In-hospital mortality was 24.2% for patients with HF hospitalized with COVID-19, as compared with 14.2% for individuals without HF who were hospitalized with COVID-19.
News
NETs a possible therapeutic target for COVID-19 thrombosis?
December 31, 2020
Small study, but may provide insight regarding COVID-19 patients who experience acute STEMI.
News
COVID-19 vaccine rollout faces delays
December 30, 2020
To reach 80% of the country by late June, 3 million people would need to receive a COVID-19 vaccine each day.