COVID-19 Updates
Feature
COVID-19 cases highlight longstanding racial disparities in health care
Data on higher infection and death rates in African Americans from COVID-19 may serve as a call to action.
Opinion
Call for volunteers for palliative care in COVID-19
NYC Health + Hospitals needs volunteers trained in palliative care to help patients remotely via telemedicine.
Opinion
Balancing ethics with empathy
Feature
Pandemic strains blood supply for COVID-19 and noninfected patients
From the Journals
COVID-19 PPE-related skin effects described in survey of Chinese doctors, nurses
Almost 75% of doctors and nurses in and around Wuhan, China, reported skin problems during a single week in early February.
Opinion
“I have to watch my bank accounts closely”: a solo practitioner during COVID-19
“I’ve stopped taking a paycheck so I can keep paying [my two staff members], my rent, and the other miscellaneous costs of running an office,”...
Opinion
Making something ordinary out of the extraordinary
Establishing and maintaining routines is important for both physical and mental health at every age and time, but especially when a major change...
From the Journals
Severe COVID-19 may lower hemoglobin levels
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News from the FDA/CDC
COVID-19: When health care personnel become patients
For physicians and others in the health care industry, almost half of all exposures occurred outside of work.
Commentary
The role of FOAM and social networks in COVID-19
FOAM and social networks are crucial channels for collecting and conveying up-to-date information during disasters.
News
FDA approves emergency use of saliva test to detect COVID-19
“We can significantly increase the number of people tested each and every day as self-collection of saliva is quicker and more scalable than swab...