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Today’s top news highlights: Cancer makes COVID-19 more dangerous, treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding, and more
Having active cancer appears to increase the mortality risk for COVID-19 positive patients.
From the Journals
COVID-19 effect: Prescription fills mostly down for leading drugs
Use of hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine jumped by 214% in mid-March, compared with a year earlier.
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APA, others lobby to make COVID-19 telehealth waivers permanent
From the Journals
COVID-19 may increase risk of preterm birth and cesarean delivery
Increased BMI may be a risk factor for severe disease, and fever and dyspnea on admission are associated with subsequent maternal respiratory...
Opinion
Testing the limits of medical technology
Meeting the deadline for opening a drive-through COVID-19 testing center turned out to be impossible.
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Scientific doubt tempers COVID-19 vaccine optimism
Experts predict a COVID-19 vaccine won’t be widely available this year and may not come by the end of 2021.
From the Journals
COVID-19: Putting distance between projection and reality
Curves have been flattened, but easing of social distancing without increasing other measures risks rapid resurgence.
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Today’s top news highlights: Coping with addiction during COVID, lung rehab part of recovery
Seriously ill COVID-19 patients face long-term health consequences.
Commentary
New York City inpatient detox unit keeps running: Here’s how
BronxCare Health System was able to take in patients with substance use disorders at a time when other detox units were closed.
From the Journals
Placental injury reported in women with COVID-19
A first-of-its-kind study looks at the extent and implications of pathological damage to the placentas of mothers with COVID-19.
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SARS-CoV-2 infection rate 16% in asymptomatic pregnant women at delivery
Infection rates in the women’s support persons were 10%.