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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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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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When viruses collide: Flu season during pandemic
August 26, 2020
Seasonal flu in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to overwhelm practitioners, hospitals and the health care system.
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As COVID-19 cases increase in children, deaths remain low
August 25, 2020
Tennessee passed Arizona this week and now has the highest rate of cumulative cases.
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Famotidine associated with benefits in hospitalized COVID patients in another trial
August 25, 2020
“The mechanism of exactly how famotidine works has yet to be proven,” lead study author Jeffrey F. Mather said.
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Study confirms it’s possible to catch COVID-19 twice
August 25, 2020
“This appears to be pretty clear-cut evidence of reinfection because of sequencing and isolation of two different viruses.”
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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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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.
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Pooled COVID-19 testing feasible, greatly reduces supply use
August 14, 2020
“The benefit definitely outweighs the risk of false-negative specimens because false-negative results rarely occur.”
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Developing COVID-19 hospital protocols during the pandemic
August 12, 2020
Hospitalists and other experts meet regularly to assess the literature and the dynamics of the pandemic in order to quickly pivot in the treatment of patients when necessary.
