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Many Americans still concerned about access to health care
September 17, 2020
More than 50% of adults surveyed in August said they were worried about being able to receive care during the pandemic.
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Dr. Fauci: ‘About 40%-45% of infections are asymptomatic’
September 17, 2020
Transmission by asymptomatic individuals have made response strategies, such as contact tracing, extremely difficult to implement.
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Tough to tell COVID from smoke inhalation symptoms — And flu season’s coming
September 16, 2020
“Any time someone comes in with even some of those symptoms, we ask ourselves, ‘Is it COVID?’ At the end of the day, clinically speaking, I still want to rule out the virus.”
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COVID-19 outcomes no worse in patients on TNF inhibitors or methotrexate
September 16, 2020
No increase was seen in hospitalization and death rates, providing additional support for keeping patients on these immunosuppressive treatments during the COVID-19 pandemic, although more research is needed and shared decision making is warranted.
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Physician income drops, burnout spikes globally in pandemic
September 15, 2020
Some said they were looking for a career change away from medicine.
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Infectious COVID-19 can persist in gut for weeks
September 14, 2020
“We found active and prolonged SARS-CoV-2 infection in the stool of patients with COVID-19, even after recovery, suggesting that coronavirus could remain in the gut of asymptomatic carriers.”
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Lessons for patients with MS and COVID-19
September 12, 2020
Patients with MS and COVID-19 avoided disease reactivation with combined PCR-serology testing and continued MS therapies with good results.
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Dangers behind antimaskers and antivaxxers: How to combat both
September 10, 2020
Just as antivaxxers work to swing the opinion of the vaccine-hesitant, anti-maskers are vying with public health advocates for the support of the mask-hesitant, according to one physician.
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U.S. tops 500,000 COVID-19 cases in children
September 9, 2020
Milestone provides “a chilling reminder of why we need to take this virus seriously,” said the AAP president.
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Deaths sky high in hospitalized COVID patients with kidney injury
September 9, 2020
“We may be facing an epidemic of post–COVID-19 kidney disease and that, in turn, could mean much greater numbers of patients who require kidney dialysis and even transplants.”
