Infectious Diseases
Feature
Pandemic effect: All other health care visits can wait
Survey shows that most adults are unlikely to seek treatments not related to COVID-19.
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA grants EUA to muscle stimulator to reduce mechanical ventilator usage
VentFree allows patients to begin treatment during the early stages of ventilation while they are sedated and to continue until the patient is...
Opinion
Fountains of Wayne, and a hospitalist’s first day, remembered
A tribute to Adam Schlesinger, and all the others who have lost their lives to COVID-19.
Opinion
Doctor with a mask: Enhancing communication and empathy
Social distancing is amounting to social isolation for many patients.
Latest News
Case reports illustrate heterogeneity of skin manifestations in COVID patients
Any health professional is invited to submit cases of COVID-19–associated dermatoses to a registry set up by the American Academy of Dermatology...
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA tightens requirements for COVID-19 antibody tests
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is tightening requirements for companies that develop COVID-19 antibody tests in an effort to combat fraud...
Commentary
COVID-19: To have and to hold ... in quarantine
All of us can benefit from these skills, especially emotionally volatile couples who are trapped together in quarantine, Dr. Dara Abraham said.
News
FDA authorizes emergency use of remdesivir for COVID-19
The designation means remdesivir can be distributed in the United States and administered intravenously by healthcare providers, as appropriate,...
Feature
Primary care physicians reshuffle their work, lives in a pandemic
“Our knowledge of this disease is five steps behind, and changing at lightning speed,” said Dr. MaryAnn Dakkak.
Commentary
COVID-19: Addressing the mental health needs of clinicians
Health care workers might be facing a “care paradox,” in which they must choose between their patients’ safety and their own.
Latest News
Yale’s COVID-19 inpatient protocol: Hydroxychloroquine plus/minus tocilizumab
Yale cardiologist offers lessons from “the haze of battle” on fighting COVID-19 with little evidence.