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Merck to seek FDA OK for its COVID pill after trial stopped early
October 4, 2021
“The availability of a well-tolerated, effective oral antiviral will be particularly useful in supplementing vaccination as a means to reduce the proportion of patients needing hospital care.”
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COVID vaccine controversies: How can hospitalists help?
October 1, 2021
Hospitalists need to pull whatever levers they can to help advance understanding of vaccines.
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CVST after COVID-19 vaccine: New data confirm high mortality rate
September 30, 2021
“This is the biggest series, and as an international series, it gives a broader perspective from a larger range of countries.”
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Age, C-reactive protein predict COVID-19 death in diabetes
September 29, 2021
“This means we can easily identify patients early on in their hospital stay who will likely require more aggressive interventions to try and improve survival.”
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COVID-19 hospitalization 80% more likely for smokers
September 29, 2021
These results contrast with previous studies that have suggested a protective effect of smoking against COVID-19.
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Children and COVID: New cases topped 200,000 after 3 weeks of declines
September 28, 2021
13 million children have received the vaccine, but the pace of new vaccinations continues to slow.
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COVID-19 a rare trigger for Guillain-Barré syndrome
September 24, 2021
There were not more patients diagnosed with GBS during the first 4 months of the pandemic, compared with previous years.
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CDC chief overrules panel, OKs boosters for health care workers
September 24, 2021
Panelists “did not buy the need in occupational or institutional settings.”
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Remdesivir sharply cuts COVID hospitalization risk, Gilead says
September 23, 2021
An RCT evaluated the efficacy and safety of a 3-day course of intravenous remdesivir in an analysis of 562 nonhospitalized patients at high risk for disease progression.
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New COVID-19 strain has reached the U.S.
September 23, 2021
The CDC has not classified R.1 as a variant of concern yet but noted it has “several mutations of importance” and “demonstrates evidence of increasing virus transmissibility.”
