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CDC revises COVID-19 test kits, broadens ‘person under investigation’ definition
February 28, 2020
The geographic areas of concern were also expanded to reflect the week’s explosion of cases in Western Europe, Iran, and Asia.
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Children bearing the brunt of declining flu activity
February 28, 2020
CDC invokes the 2009 pandemic when referring to the latest data on pediatric deaths and hospitalizations.
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What hospitalists need to know about COVID-19
February 28, 2020
Hospitalists will be at the front line of care for patients suffering from coronavirus infection.
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Hospitalist profile: Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc, FHM
February 28, 2020
Dr. Vineet Chopra knew early in his training that he wanted to be a hospitalist.
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Labor & Delivery: An overlooked entry point for the spread of viral infection
February 27, 2020
OB hospitalists can be doing more to protect the public from viral spread.
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Pence named COVID-19 point person as CDC reports possible community spread
February 27, 2020
The CDC also announced the first case of possible community spread of the novel coronavirus, a person in California “who reportedly did not have relevant travel history or exposure to another known patient.”
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AI algorithm finds diagnostic AFib signatures in normal ECGs
February 26, 2020
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. – Machine learning created software that can reliably detect a signal of past or impending AFib in a normal-appearing ECG recording.
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COVID-19: Time to ‘take the risk of scaring people’
February 25, 2020
It’s past time to call the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, a pandemic and “time to push people to prepare, and guide their prep,” risk communication experts say.
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CDC expects eventual community spread of coronavirus in U.S.
February 25, 2020
The coronavirus is now showing signs of community spread without a known source of exposure in a number of countries.
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Guidance defines vaping-related respiratory syndrome
February 23, 2020
ORLANDO – The guidance is designed to help critical care professionals efficiently identify those individuals at high risk of respiratory failure.