COVID-19 Updates
From the Journals
COVID-19 effect: Prescription fills mostly down for leading drugs
Use of hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine jumped by 214% in mid-March, compared with a year earlier.
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APA, others lobby to make COVID-19 telehealth waivers permanent
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COVID-19 may increase risk of preterm birth and cesarean delivery
Increased BMI may be a risk factor for severe disease, and fever and dyspnea on admission are associated with subsequent maternal respiratory...
Med Tech Report
Testing the limits of medical technology
Meeting the deadline for opening a drive-through COVID-19 testing center turned out to be impossible.
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Scientific doubt tempers COVID-19 vaccine optimism
Experts predict a COVID-19 vaccine won’t be widely available this year and may not come by the end of 2021.
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COVID-19: Putting distance between projection and reality
Curves have been flattened, but easing of social distancing without increasing other measures risks rapid resurgence.
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Today’s top news highlights: Coping with addiction during COVID, lung rehab part of recovery
Seriously ill COVID-19 patients face long-term health consequences.
Commentary
New York City inpatient detox unit keeps running: Here’s how
BronxCare Health System was able to take in patients with substance use disorders at a time when other detox units were closed.
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Placental injury reported in women with COVID-19
A first-of-its-kind study looks at the extent and implications of pathological damage to the placentas of mothers with COVID-19.
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SARS-CoV-2 infection rate 16% in asymptomatic pregnant women at delivery
Infection rates in the women’s support persons were 10%.
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Whether to test laboring women for SARS-CoV-2 may hinge on regional prevalence
In Los Angeles, researchers stopped universal testing after none of the first asymptomatic women had positive results. In Chicago, they detected...