COVID-19 Updates
Opinion
Triage, L&D, postpartum care during the COVID-19 pandemic
N95 masks and eye protection should be provided to all HCWs involved in the intrapartum management of untested asymptomatic patients.
Opinion
Obstetrics during the COVID-19 pandemic
Leading with compassion is vital to easing pregnant patients’ – and ob.gyn. practitioners’ – anxiety and stress.
News
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
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...
News
COVID-19 death rate was twice as high in cancer patients in NYC study
The overall case fatality rate was 28% for cancer patients with COVID-19 and 14% for noncancer COVID-19 patients.
Perspectives
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.
Perspectives
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
Three months of COVID-19 may mean 80,000 missed cancer diagnoses
A backlog of 22 million canceled or postponed tests for five common cancers is expected by early June.
News
Cancer screening, monitoring down during pandemic
Use of some tests came to “a near standstill” in early April.