COVID-19 Updates
Conference Coverage
NACMI: Clear benefit with PCI in STEMI COVID-19 patients
Angiography fell off but door-to-balloon times haven’t suffered, even with the pandemic, according to initial results from the North American...
Opinion
The unsteady state
Dr. Wilkoff discusses some criteria for when we can return to “normal” in this pandemic time.
From the Journals
Diarrhea prevalent among COVID-19 patients with IBD
One in five patients with IBD and COVID-19 had diarrhea, at least twice the prevalence compared with pooled data from prior studies.
From the Journals
COVID-19: A second wave of mental illness 'imminent'
Each COVID-19 death leaves about nine family members bereaved, note Dr. Naomi Simon and coauthors.
From the Journals
Blood group O linked to decreased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection
A retrospective analysis of all Danish individuals with a known ABO blood group tested for SARS-CoV-2 showed a lower infection risk for SARS-CoV-2...
Conference Coverage
Being HIV positive increases risk of death from COVID-19
For patients below the age of 70, the risk of mortality was double in people with HIV.
Latest News
Delayed cancer screening could cause increase in deaths, study says
Based on a survival rate of 5 years for stage 3 or stage 4 colorectal cancer, the death rate would increase nearly 12% when screening is delayed...
Feature
What’s in a number? 697,633 children with COVID-19
Already-low hospitalization and death rates among children are getting lower.
From the Journals
‘Profound human toll’ in excess deaths from COVID-19 calculated in two studies
The number of deaths caused by the pandemic exceeds publicly reported COVID-19 death counts by 20%.
From the Journals
Fourteen-day sports hiatus recommended for children after COVID-19
Children with moderate symptoms should have an electrocardiogram before returning to sports.
Opinion
Learning about “No”