COVID-19 Updates
Commentary
Should our patients really go home for the holidays?
Risks to warn patients of include high-risk status, risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission and how to mitigate it, and mode of transportation.
Conference Coverage
What happened to melanoma care during COVID-19 sequestration
Preliminary evidence indicates delayed diagnosis and treatment measurably worsened outcome indicators.
FDA/CDC
FDA grants emergency use authorization to Lilly’s antibody COVID-19 therapy
“We have supplies to distribute now. Product distribution will begin this week.”
Feature
United States adds nearly 74,000 more children with COVID-19
New weekly high in pediatric cases seen for the second consecutive week.
Conference Coverage
Food insecurity called urgent issue you must address
One in three Black children and one in four Latino children are experiencing food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Latest News
Pfizer vaccine data show 90% efficacy in early results
Conference Coverage
COVID-19 risks in rheumatic disease remain unclear
Elevated COVID-19-related risks, many associated with comorbidities, emerged in a match-control study, whereas a systematic review delivers more...
Latest News
Biden victory: What it means for COVID, health care
Biden’s agenda includes: Ramping up the federal response to COVID-19, boosting the Affordable Care Act, creating a new “public option” to cover...
Conference Coverage
COVID-19–related HCQ shortages affected rheumatology patients worldwide
Data from the Global Rheumatology Alliance Patient Experience Survey presented at ACR Convergence 2020 demonstrate that the severity of shortages...
From the Journals
COVID-19 in pregnancy raises risk of preterm birth and severe disease
Early data support counseling pregnant women about risks for severe illness associated with infection.
From the Journals
New case suggestive of in utero SARS-CoV-2 transmission
In this rare case of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from a mother to her neonate, virus was detected in cord blood but not placenta.