COVID-19 Updates
Conference Coverage
Skin patterns of COVID-19 vary widely
“There’s a lot that we still don’t know, and some patterns are going to be outliers,” Dr. Christine Ko said.
Opinion
How racism contributes to the effects of SARS-CoV-2
Underrepresented minorities face systemic bias and racism when interacting with the healthcare system, Dr. Salles writes.
Article
Endothelial injury may play a major role in COVID-19–associated coagulopathy
Conference Coverage
ACIP plans priority groups in advance of COVID-19 vaccine
Tiered approach to COVID-19 vaccination builds on pandemic flu framework.
Conference Coverage
Treatments linked to death in COVID patients with thoracic cancers
Prior treatment with steroids, anticoagulants, chemotherapy alone, or chemo plus immunotherapy were all associated with an increased risk of death...
Perspectives
Will primary care physicians be COVID-19’s next victims?
Dr. Tom Frieden said it’s “really striking” how the number of primary care visits “has plummeted.”
News
How to reboot elective CV procedures after COVID-19 lockdown
News
Pregnant women at greater risk for severe COVID-19, CDC says
Pregnancy was linked to increased risk of hospitalization, admission to the ICU, and mechanical ventilation, but not death.
News
COVID-19: ‘dramatic’ surge in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in NYC
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, first responders faced nearly triple the number of calls for cardiac arrest compared with...
News
More than 10,000 excess cancer deaths because of COVID-19 delays