COVID-19 Updates
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COVID-19 complicates prescribing for children with inflammatory skin disease
Pediatric dermatologists say they would continue children on most immunosuppressive treatments, but are more reluctant to initiate.
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Half of Americans would get COVID-19 vaccine, poll shows
Black Americans were more likely than were Hispanic or white responders to say that they don’t plan to get a vaccine.
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Domestic violence amid COVID-19: Helping your patients from afar
In the United States, 2,345 calls were placed to the National Domestic Violence Hotline during March 16–April 6, 2020.
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Seek safe strategies to diagnose gestational diabetes during pandemic
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Can you catch COVID-19 through your eyes?
The conjunctiva can be infected by other viruses, an expert says.
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Severe disease not uncommon in children hospitalized with COVID-19
Of the 46 hospitalized patients, 13 were admitted to the pediatric ICU.
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COVID-19: Psychiatrists assess geriatric harm from social distancing
“Certainly the appalling number of deaths in nursing homes is the No. 1 horror of the pandemic.”
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More evidence hydroxychloroquine is ineffective, harmful in COVID-19
New observational data show that hydroxychloroquine it is not only without benefit for COVID-19 but also increases death and arrhythmias.
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Immunotherapy, steroids had positive outcomes in COVID-19–associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome
“Incomplete forms of Kawasaki disease occur in infants who may have fever as the sole clinical finding, whereas older patients are more prone to...
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Today’s top news highlights: Remdesivir data dive, FDA approves contraceptive gel
FDA approves the first contraceptive gel and researchers published full results from a remdesivir trial.
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