COVID-19 Updates
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ColCORONA: More questions than answers for colchicine in COVID-19
Millions of dollars and thousands of patients later, the phase 3 study highlights the challenges of COVID-19–related preprint studies without peer...
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Study: COVID cases have been ‘severely undercounted’
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COVID-19: Peginterferon lambda may prevent clinical deterioration, shorten viral shedding
Activity against respiratory pathogens has been demonstrated for interferon lambda-1, a type III interferon.
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Teenagers get in the queue for COVID-19 vaccines
Several drug companies are planning to begin trials in children and adolescents.
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COVID-19 in children: New cases down for third straight week
Children’s share of all new cases has risen for five consecutive weeks.
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U.K. COVID-19 variant doubling every 10 days in the U.S.: Study
From the Journals
Are diagnosticians chasing COVID-linked zebras and missing horses?
In their desire to not miss MIS-C, doctors triggered a cascade of specialty consultations, follow-up testing, and an unwarranted diagnostic...
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Mask mandates reduced COVID-19 hospitalizations
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Children in ICU for COVID-19 likely to be older, Black, and asthmatic
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Rollout of COVID-19 monoclonal antibodies lacked unified plan: expert panel
Monoclonal antibodies are in ample supply, but a lack of a plan to administer them has led to major underutilization of these therapies.
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COVID-19 cases dropping in U.S., but variants threaten progress
"The continued proliferation of variants, variants that likely have increased transmissibility, that spread more easily, threatens to reverse...