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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.
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COVID-19: Mental illness the ‘inevitable’ next pandemic?
April 16, 2020
“Communities and organizations could consider training nontraditional groups to provide psychological first aid,” the authors wrote.
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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.
Opinion
Call for volunteers for palliative care in COVID-19
April 16, 2020
NYC Health + Hospitals needs volunteers trained in palliative care to help patients remotely via telemedicine.
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Pandemic strains blood supply for COVID-19 and noninfected patients
April 16, 2020
“There needs to be a significant call out for people to make every effort to donate blood.”
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Severe COVID-19 may lower hemoglobin levels
April 15, 2020
The authors suggest that hemoglobin values might provide a prognostic indicator of COVID-19 severity.
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COVID-19: When health care personnel become patients
April 15, 2020
For physicians and others in the health care industry, almost half of all exposures occurred outside of work.
Opinion
The role of FOAM and social networks in COVID-19
April 15, 2020
FOAM and social networks are crucial channels for collecting and conveying up-to-date information during disasters.
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FDA approves emergency use of saliva test to detect COVID-19
April 15, 2020
“We can significantly increase the number of people tested each and every day as self-collection of saliva is quicker and more scalable than swab collections,” Dr. Andrew I. Brooks said.
Opinion
Learning about the curve
April 15, 2020
There is another curve that we will need to concentrate on long after the much yearned for flattening of the death curve has been achieved.