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‘The pandemic within the pandemic’
August 21, 2020
Blacks have higher rates of COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and death than Whites.
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Swab, spit, stay home? College coronavirus testing plans are all over the map
August 21, 2020
As with the uncoordinated and chaotic national response to the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education has no clear guidance or set of standards to adhere to from the federal government or anywhere else.
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NBA star Mason Plumlee on COVID and life inside the Orlando ‘bubble’
August 21, 2020
Each week we interview key opinion leaders involved in various aspects of blood and cancer. In this episode we have a different kind of key opinion leader, our guest is NBA star Mason Plumlee, a forward with the Denver Nuggets.
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COVID-19 plans put to test as firefighters crowd camps for peak wildfire season
August 20, 2020
A COVID-19 outbreak that ripples through a camp could easily sideline crews and spread the virus across multiple fires and back to communities across the country.
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Hospitalists confront administrative, financial challenges of COVID-19 crisis
August 20, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis may present an opportunity for hospital medicine to rapidly explore different models.
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Oleander extract for COVID-19? That’s a hard ‘no’ experts say
August 20, 2020
Oleandrin poisoning may affect the central nervous system, as evidenced by drowsiness, tremors, seizures, collapse, and coma leading to death.
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COVID-19 child case count now over 400,000
August 19, 2020
For the first time, the percentage of cases in children did not increase from 1 week to the next.
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Evidence mounts for COVID-19 effects on thyroid gland
August 19, 2020
Among severely ill patients with COVID-19, rates of thyrotoxicosis are significantly higher than among patients without it. But those with thyroid disorders are not at increased risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2.
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Non-COVID-19 clinical trials grind to a halt during pandemic
August 19, 2020
Many more trials than usual are being paused or stopped, new findings suggest, creating downstream disruption to product availability and issues with data integrity and statistical interpretation.
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Severe obesity ups risk for death in younger men with COVID-19
August 18, 2020
These findings show that “obesity is an important independent risk factor for serious COVID-19 disease,” said Dr. David A. Kass.
