COVID-19 Updates
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Prioritize COVID-19 vaccination in both types of diabetes, say docs
The study is the first to prospectively evaluate COVID-19 severity factors and death in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes separately.
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FDA safety alert: Face masks with metal can burn during MRI
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Demand for COVID vaccines expected to get heated – and fast
Experts in ethics and immunization behavior say they expect attitudes to shift quickly from widespread hesitancy to urgent, even heated demand.
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COVID-19 and risk of clotting: ‘Be proactive about prevention’
"We believe a systematic way of addressing this risk is best, with every patient hospitalized with COVID-19 receiving some type of...
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Obesity, hypoxia predict severity in children with COVID-19
Race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status were not significant predictors of serious illness.
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Diabetic retinopathy may predict greater risk of COVID-19 severity
“Our study reports the first description of diabetic retinopathy as a potential risk factor for poor COVID-19 outcomes,” said the authors of a new...
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COVID-19 vaccine distribution could start in 2 weeks, Pence says
The FDA is scheduled to make a decision about Pfizer’s emergency-use authorization after an advisory panel meets on Dec. 10.
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Colchicine a case study for what’s wrong with U.S. drug pricing
A Medicare/Medicaid analysis shows a prolonged public-spending burden, despite generics available outside the U.S. for pennies a pill. Meanwhile,...
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CDC shortens COVID-19 quarantine time to 10 or 7 days, with conditions
The residual risk is approximately 1%, with an upper limit of 10%, when people quarantine for 10 days. .
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ACIP: Health workers, long-term care residents first tier for COVID-19 vaccine
State health departments are expected to rely on the recommendation, but ultimately can make their own decisions on how to allocate vaccine in...
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Are more female physicians leaving medicine as pandemic surges?
“I have done the academically unfathomable: I am resigning my faculty position without another job lined up.”