COVID-19 Updates
From the Journals
More data needed to better understand COVID-19 skin manifestations
Histopathologic exams were done for only 23 patients and, in all cases, showed “inflammatory features without specific pathological changes.”
Opinion
Are you SARS-CoV-2 vaccine hesitant?
How do you feel about the potential SARS-CoV-2 vaccine? Are you going to roll up your sleeve as soon as the vaccine becomes available in your...
Opinion
COVID-19 bits and pieces
An essay on pediatric transmission of SARS-CoV-2, deep cleaning, and reopening schools and colleges.
Conference Coverage
Higher death rate seen in cancer patients with nosocomial COVID-19
All-cause mortality was higher in cancer patients with hospital-acquired COVID-19 than in those with community-acquired COVID-19.
News
MIS-C is a serious immune-mediated response to COVID-19 infection
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is still a moving target because there is much still to learn about it.
Latest News
NFL’s only physician player opts out of 2020 season over COVID
“I cannot allow myself to potentially transmit the virus in our communities simply to play the sport that I love. If I am to take risks, I will do...
Feature
Diary of a rheumatologist who briefly became a COVID hospitalist
As a rheumatologist, it had been well over 10 years since I had last done any inpatient work. I was filled with trepidation, but I was also...
From the Journals
Combination therapy quells COVID-19 cytokine storm
“While not a randomized clinical trial, and thus susceptible to unmeasured bias, the study adds to mounting evidence that supports targeting the...
Latest News
One-third of outpatients with COVID-19 are unwell weeks later
“This should impact the perception of this being a mild illness in the young adult population and encourage them to comply with recommendations of...
From the Journals
Small NY study: Mother-baby transmission of COVID-19 not seen
All of the 31 infants born to infected mothers tested negative.
From the Journals
Rapid drop of antibodies seen in those with mild COVID-19
“Our paper is the first to put firm numbers on the dropping of antibodies after early infection.”