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COVID-19 vaccines: Safe for immunocompromised patients?
December 17, 2020
Data are limited thus far, and the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines in immunocompromised patients remain unknown.
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Coronavirus has infected over 2% of U.S. children
December 15, 2020
AAP president: “In many areas, our health care system is terribly overburdened. The vaccine will not solve this overnight.”
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Opinion
Understanding messenger RNA and other SARS-CoV-2 vaccines
December 14, 2020
Technological advances make these new and revolutionary vaccines a reality.
News
COVID-19 vaccines: Preparing for patient questions
December 11, 2020
Two experts discuss what clinicians can expect and what evidence-based – as well as compassionate – answers might look like.
Opinion
Can a health care worker refuse the COVID-19 vaccine?
December 10, 2020
Can hospitals require their employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19?
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New tool may provide point-of-care differentiation between bacterial, viral infections
December 10, 2020
Early results suggest high diagnostic accuracy at low cost.
News
C. difficile control could require integrated approach
December 9, 2020
Australian researchers call for a One Health approach to limit spread.
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New child COVID-19 cases down in last weekly count
December 8, 2020
The number of new U.S. cases reported during the week ending Dec. 3 fell for the first time since late September.
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COVID-19 and risk of clotting: ‘Be proactive about prevention’
December 8, 2020
"We believe a systematic way of addressing this risk is best, with every patient hospitalized with COVID-19 receiving some type of thromboprophylaxis," authors of a review article say.
News
Excess antibiotics and adverse events in patients with pneumonia
December 8, 2020
Do longer courses of antibiotics given to patients hospitalized with pneumonia result in higher rates of adverse events?
