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Latest report adds almost 44,000 child COVID-19 cases in 1 week
Proportion of child cases highest in Wyoming, according to American Academy of Pediatrics and Children’s Hospital Association.
Conference Coverage
First randomized trial reassures on ACEIs, ARBs in COVID-19
The BRACE CORONA study found no difference in key outcomes between patients continuing versus stopping their medication.
News
Obesity boosts risks in COVID-19 from diagnosis to death
Excess pounds are linked to excess infection, hospitalization, ICU admission, and mortality.
News
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...
FDA/CDC
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.”
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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.
News
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.
Opinion
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...
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...