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Covid-19: AMA Pushes Flu Vax as Pandemic Rages On

Oct 01, 2020

Organization argues vaccination will reduce flu burden, save health care resources CHICAGO—The American Medical Association (AMA) released a statement to strongly suggest that everyone in the U.S...

Urgent Issues Facing Immigrant Physicians in the United States in the COVID-19 Era

Sep 30, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has affected the lives of various people across the world. The United States of America has witnessed the biggest pandemic yet. There has been a great loss of lives therein. V...

Why N95 Should Be the Standard for All COVID-19 Inpatient Care

Sep 30, 2020

The novel coronavirus has made the people extremely conscious of their health. This level of enlightening has been heightened to the extent which was never seen before. Therefore, the people are very ...

The Moral Imperative to Include Pregnant Women in Clinical Trials of Interventions for COVID-19

Sep 30, 2020

Across the globe there have been around 8.5 million cases reported of acute respiratory syndrome; which is thereby related to COVID -19. There has been a large number of increase in the amount of clin...

Incidence and Severity of COVID-19 in HIV-Positive Persons Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy

Sep 30, 2020

The incidence and severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among HIV-positive persons receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) haven't been characterized in large populations. The penetration of...

Bereavement Care in the Wake of COVID-19: Offering Condolences and Referrals

Sep 30, 2020

The pandemic caused by the spread of the novel coronavirus has kept the entire world in doldrums. It has not only affected the lives of the people but at the same time has made the people realize that...

COVID-19 Across Africa: Epidemiologic Heterogeneity and Intervention Strategies

Sep 30, 2020

The outbreak of coronavirus has taken a toll on the healthcare infrastructure of the countries across the world. This disease originated in the Chinese mainland, however, it ended up being spread in a...

White Coats for Black Lives: The Time Has Come for Action

Sep 30, 2020

The United States of America has always been in controversies for its discriminating attitude towards the Black and the Brown people. Therefore, what matters the most, is that it is the era of heighte...

Use of N95, Surgical, and Cloth Masks to Prevent COVID-19 in Health Care and Community Settings

Sep 30, 2020

The goal of using N95 respirators, surgical masks, or cloth masks is to prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection from asymptomatic or symptomatic infected persons to uninfected persons (source con...

#PWChat Recap: Reopening Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Part 3

Sep 30, 2020

The latest installment of the #PWChat series was Part 3 of our discussion centering around the reopening of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. Below are the highlights from the chat. You can re...

Update alert 2: Should Clinicians Use Chloroquine or Hydroxychloroquine for the Prophylaxis or Treatment of COVID-19?

Sep 30, 2020

Several studies have been conducted assessing the role of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine alone and in combination with azithromycin for both prophylaxis and treatment of COVID-19, but have failed ...

COVID-19 Clinical Trials: A Teachable Moment for Improving Our Research Infrastructure and Relevance

Sep 30, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is being taken as an event which will perhaps permanently change the way we do many things, such as educate the newer generation, work, and provide medical care. The elective ...

Promoting Better Clinical Trials and Drug Information as Public Health Interventions for the COVID-19 Emergency in Italy

Sep 30, 2020

At the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 epidemic in Italy, non–peer-reviewed articles and press releases of small clinical trials, including the overall amplification ...

When the Dust Settles: Preventing a Mental Health Crisis in COVID-19 Clinicians

Sep 30, 2020

On 26 April, after spending weeks caring for patients with coronavirus pandemic 2019 (COVID-19) in New York City, emergency room physician Lorna Breen took her own life. A recent study conducted in th...

Update alert: Ventilation Techniques and Risk for Transmission of Coronavirus Disease, Including COVID-19

Sep 30, 2020

The main cause of death in patients with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is hypoxemic respiratory failure and severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Symptomatic patients with rapidly fa...

NexHealth Offers Digital Tools for Practice Growth During Challenging Times

Sep 30, 2020

[San Francisco, CA]: NexHealth today announced the release of their eBook, “How to Safely Reopen Your Practice During COVID-19 with Digital Tools”. Despite the business challenges caused by COVID-...

Covid-19 Worsens In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes

Sep 30, 2020

Findings highlight importance of goals-of-care discussions SARS-CoV-2 infection worsened survival rates for patients with cardiac arrest who received cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) while in the ...

COVID-19 and Severe Obesity: A Big Problem?

Sep 30, 2020

On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. The disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 has now infected nearly 20 million persons worldwide, with a global mortality rate of 3.7...

The Remote Misses of COVID-19

Sep 29, 2020

America's response to coronavirus disease 2019 is evolving as quickly as the pandemic itself, with attitudes and actions diverging along the way. Exploring historical examples of population-wide respo...

Every Body Counts: Measuring Mortality From the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sep 29, 2020

This article discusses the current difficulties of disaster death attribution and describes the strengths and limitations of relying on death counts from death certificates, estimations of indirect de...

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