COVID-19 Updates
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New billing code for added COVID practice expense
The intention is to recognize the extra expenses involved in steps now routinely taken to reduce the risk for COVID transmission from office...
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Dangers behind antimaskers and antivaxxers: How to combat both
Just as antivaxxers work to swing the opinion of the vaccine-hesitant, anti-maskers are vying with public health advocates for the support of the...
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U.S. tops 500,000 COVID-19 cases in children
Milestone provides “a chilling reminder of why we need to take this virus seriously,” said the AAP president.
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Deaths sky high in hospitalized COVID patients with kidney injury
“We may be facing an epidemic of post–COVID-19 kidney disease and that, in turn, could mean much greater numbers of patients who require kidney...
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Could these old drugs help fight COVID-19 and save lives?
“The beauty of a repurposed drug is that if you can get funding and start enrolling patients, you could potentially find out fairly quickly, as...
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Unexpected results in new COVID-19 ‘cytokine storm’ data
Circulating cytokine concentrations are lower in patients with COVID-19, compared with other diseases.
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Study: 10% of pregnant women test positive for COVID-19, with most asymptomatic
This study is based on ongoing living systematic reviews of the literature, in which information is posted in real time on the website.
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Asymptomatic children may transmit COVID-19 in communities
A South Korean case series of 91 children with COVID-19 identified detectable viral RNA for approximately 2 weeks’ duration.
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High mortality rates reported in large COVID-19 study
“What I found most illuminating was this whole concept of comorbid conditions. This provides suggestive data about who we need to worry about most...
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FDA expands remdesivir use for all COVID-19 hospitalized patients
An EUA of remdesivir issued in May allowed the drug to be used only for patients with severe COVID-19, specifically, COVID-19 patients with low...
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NYC public hospitals rose to the demands of the COVID-19 crisis
“We hospitalists, and all those recruited to act as hospitalists, essentially took responsibility for the COVID response.”