COVID-19 Updates
From the Journals
Severe COVID two times higher for cancer patients
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COVID-19 pill 'real game-changer' for preventing COVID death
The medication appears to work so well that Pfizer has stopped enrollment in the trial of the drug, which works by blocking a protease that the...
Feature
Patients went into the hospital for care. After testing positive there for COVID, some never came out.
They went into hospitals with heart attacks, kidney failure or in a psychiatric crisis. They left with COVID-19 — if they left at all.
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COVID-19 has brought more complex, longer office visits
Patients’ increased mental health needs and worsened chronic conditions have practices playing catch-up and expanding teams to ease demand.
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Ivermectin–COVID-19 study retracted; authors blame file mix-up
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Feds launch COVID-19 worker vaccine mandates
Commentary
Q&A: Meeting the challenge of giving COVID vaccines to younger kids
Pediatric experts share best practices for meeting the challenges of immunizing children aged 5-11 years.
News
CDC endorses Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for young kids
No cases of myocarditis were seen in the studies, but myocarditis is a very rare side effect, and the studies were too small to pick up these...
News from the FDA/CDC
COVID-19 vaccines provide 5 times the protection of natural immunity, CDC study says
“We now have additional evidence that reaffirms the importance of COVID-19 vaccines, even if you have had prior infection.”
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Video of nurse escorted from hospital for refusing vaccine goes viral
The nurse, seen walking through the halls of the hospital surrounded by masked personnel, including a security guard, stated that she had been put...
From the Journals
Antidepressant may cut COVID-19–related hospitalization, mortality: TOGETHER
In the latest study, fluvoxamine-treated patients had a 32% reduction in hospitalizations and emergency visits, compared with those in the placebo...