COVID-19 Updates
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NBA star Mason Plumlee on COVID and life inside the Orlando ‘bubble’
Each week we interview key opinion leaders involved in various aspects of blood and cancer. In this episode
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Hospitalists confront administrative, financial challenges of COVID-19 crisis
The COVID-19 crisis may present an opportunity for hospital medicine to rapidly explore different models.
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Oleander extract for COVID-19? That’s a hard ‘no’ experts say
Oleandrin poisoning may affect the central nervous system, as evidenced by drowsiness, tremors, seizures, collapse, and coma leading to death.
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Send kids to school safely if possible, supplement virtually
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Only 40% of residents said training prepped them for COVID-19
Overall, residents reported good relationships with attending physicians and nurses.
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Financial planning in the COVID-19 era
Many readers have expressed the fear that their retirement savings would never recover from the COVID-19 hit.
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FDA authorizes new saliva COVID-19 test
“Providing this type of flexibility for processing saliva samples to test for COVID-19 infection is groundbreaking in terms of efficiency and...
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PPE shortage could last years without strategic plan, experts warn
“If we had a more coordinated response with a partnership between the medical field, the government and the private industry, it would help...
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Pooled COVID-19 testing feasible, greatly reduces supply use
“The benefit definitely outweighs the risk of false-negative specimens because false-negative results rarely occur.”
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Does metformin reduce risk for death in COVID-19?
“It is still unclear whether metformin is truly a miracle drug or whether it is simply used more often among people who are healthier and who do...
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COVID-19 and masks: Doctor, may I be excused?
“If you look at the research, patients with COPD, those with reactive airway, even those can breathe through a mask.”