News
Can convalescent plasma treat COVID-19 patients?
April 17, 2020
How COVID-19 patients can receive convalescent plasma, who is eligible to donate, and early results of treatment.
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Protean manifestations of COVID-19: “Our ignorance is profound”
April 17, 2020
“Make sure they didn’t die in vain.”
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Opinion
Hospitalist well-being during the COVID-19 crisis
April 17, 2020
It is in adversity that we will find our strength as a hospital medicine community.
News
COVID-19 pandemic spells trouble for children’s health
April 16, 2020
School closures could noticeably worsen the epidemic of childhood obesity that already threatens many children in the United States.
News
Evidence suggests possible RAS-blocker benefit in COVID-19 patients
April 16, 2020
Animal findings and physiologic mechanisms suggest RAS system inhibitors may benefit COVID-19 patients, another reason not to stop these drugs.
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News
Sleep in the time of COVID-19
April 16, 2020
Staying home during the coronavirus pandemic may lead to increased stress that could induce or worsen insomnia.
News
No hydroxychloroquine benefit in small, randomized COVID-19 trial
April 16, 2020
Two experts caution that because of confounding, the trial is unable to answer convincingly the question of whether HCQ can benefit COVID-19 patients.
Video
‘Silent Hypoxemia’ and Other Curious Clinical Observations in COVID-19
April 16, 2020
Gary S. Ferenchick, MD, MS, a professor of medicine at Michigan State University, interviewed his daughter, Hannah R.B. Ferenchick, MD, an emergency and critical care physician working on the frontline in a busy Detroit hospital, about some of the unusual clinical features of patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19.
News
Senate Dems call for nationwide COVID-19 testing strategy, more funding
April 16, 2020
Senate Democrats want to add $30 billion in new emergency funding for COVID-19 testing.
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News
COVID-19 cases highlight longstanding racial disparities in health care
April 16, 2020
Data on higher infection and death rates in African Americans from COVID-19 may serve as a call to action.
