COVID-19 Updates
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA expands remdesivir use for all COVID-19 hospitalized patients
An EUA of remdesivir issued in May allowed the drug to be used only for patients with severe COVID-19, specifically, COVID-19 patients with low...
News
Two PR employees at FDA fired after plasma therapy controversy
The warnings by two public relations experts at the FDA against overpromoting convalescent plasma as a treatment for COVID-19 reportedly led to...
News
NYC public hospitals rose to the demands of the COVID-19 crisis
“We hospitalists, and all those recruited to act as hospitalists, essentially took responsibility for the COVID response.”
Latest News
COVID-19 at home: What does optimal care look like?
Most attention has focused on the sickest patients, leaving less severe cases to fall through the cracks.
From the Journals
SARS-CoV-2 appears unlikely to pass through breast milk
Researchers detected viral RNA in a breast milk sample from one woman with COVID-19 disease, but culture was negative.
Pearl of the Month
Vitamin D pearls
Risk factors for worse COVID-19 outcome are also risk factors for vitamin D deficiency.
Commentary
Mitigating psychiatric disorder relapse in pregnancy during pandemic
The most common reasons for consultation on our service continue to be the appropriate, safest use of antidepressants and mood stabilizers during...
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA approves point-of-care COVID-19 antigen test
“This new COVID-19 antigen test is an important addition to available tests because the results can be read in minutes, right off the testing card...
Conference Coverage
COVID-19 vaccine supply will be limited at first, ACIP says
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...
From the Journals
Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections in kids tied to local rates
It is unclear how many children remain asymptomatic in comparison with those who were in a presymptomatic phase at the time of testing.
From the Journals
COVID-19: ‘Record’ spike in Internet anxiety, panic queries
Investigators found an 11% increase in all acute anxiety queries between March 2020 and May 2020. This translates into about 375,000 more searches...