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Obesity boosts risks in COVID-19 from diagnosis to death
September 1, 2020
Excess pounds are linked to excess infection, hospitalization, ICU admission, and mortality.
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FDA expands remdesivir use for all COVID-19 hospitalized patients
August 31, 2020
An EUA of remdesivir issued in May allowed the drug to be used only for patients with severe COVID-19, specifically, COVID-19 patients with low blood oxygen levels or who need oxygen therapy or mechanical ventilation.
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NYC public hospitals rose to the demands of the COVID-19 crisis
August 31, 2020
“We hospitalists, and all those recruited to act as hospitalists, essentially took responsibility for the COVID response.”
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COVID-19 at home: What does optimal care look like?
August 31, 2020
Most attention has focused on the sickest patients, leaving less severe cases to fall through the cracks.
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SARS-CoV-2 appears unlikely to pass through breast milk
August 28, 2020
Researchers detected viral RNA in a breast milk sample from one woman with COVID-19 disease, but culture was negative.
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Hospitalists balance work, family as pandemic boosts stress
August 28, 2020
Experts describe the emotional and psychological strain that has come from working during the pandemic.
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FDA approves point-of-care COVID-19 antigen test
August 27, 2020
“This new COVID-19 antigen test is an important addition to available tests because the results can be read in minutes, right off the testing card.”
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COVID-19 vaccine supply will be limited at first, ACIP says
August 27, 2020
The working group expects that from 15 to 45 million doses of vaccine will be available by the end of December, depending on which vaccine is approved by then or whether both are approved.
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Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections in kids tied to local rates
August 27, 2020
It is unclear how many children remain asymptomatic in comparison with those who were in a presymptomatic phase at the time of testing.
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Convalescent plasma actions spark trial recruitment concerns
August 26, 2020
“It’s not clear that people with COVID-19, especially those who are severely ill and hospitalized, will choose to enlist in a clinical trial – where they could receive a placebo – when they instead could get plasma.”
