#Covid19
Jul 06, 2020
Health officials urge social distancing and masks as holiday approaches As Covid-19 continues to ravage the U.S., the American Medical Association urged citizens to be mindful and take action to prev...
Jul 06, 2020
Study from Henry Ford shows promise in select patients Lynne Peterson is the Senior Writer for Trends-in-Medicine. Don’t count hydroxychloroquine out just yet as a treatment for Covid-19. A...
Jul 06, 2020
1-in-10 patients in study from Italy experienced persistent symptoms Among an early cohort of Covid-19 patients from Italy with mild disease who experienced illness-related smell or taste loss, 9-in-...
Jul 06, 2020
Carmen Quintero works an early shift at a distribution warehouse that ships N95 masks and other products to a nation under siege from the coronavirus. On March 23, she developed a severe cough, and he...
Jul 04, 2020
THURSDAY, July 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Allowing adult family member presence at the bedside of dying patients during COVID-19 is feasible, and could have multiple benefits, according to an editori...
Jul 04, 2020
THURSDAY, July 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Conducting point-prevalence surveys in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) can inform cohorting and infection prevention and control (IPC) activities to reduce...
Jul 04, 2020
THURSDAY, July 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Early in the COVID-19 outbreak there was a significant decrease in the number of emergency medical services (EMS) responses across the United States, accordi...
Jul 04, 2020
THURSDAY, July 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Children with COVID-19 may present with new neurological symptoms involving the central and peripheral nervous systems, and splenial changes on imaging, acco...
Jul 03, 2020
The latest installment of the #PWChat series centered around healthcare professionals' thoughts on the reopening of America during/from the current COVID-19 pandemic. Below are the highlights from ...
Jul 03, 2020
This three-part series—Part 1 in the June issue covered patient confidentiality—reviews a few topics giving physicians concern during the COVID-19 pandemic. Maintaining Office Safety PATIEN...
Jul 03, 2020
This three-part series—Part 1 in the June issue covered patient confidentiality—reviews a few topics giving physicians concern during the COVID-19 pandemic. Maintaining Office Safety PATIEN...
Jul 03, 2020
This three-part series—Part 1 in the June issue covered patient confidentiality—reviews a few topics giving physicians concern during the COVID-19 pandemic. Maintaining Office Safety PATIEN...
Jul 03, 2020
This three-part series—Part 1 in the June issue covered patient confidentiality—reviews a few topics giving physicians concern during the COVID-19 pandemic. Maintaining Office Safety PATIEN...
Jul 03, 2020
This three-part series—Part 1 in the June issue covered patient confidentiality—reviews a few topics giving physicians concern during the COVID-19 pandemic. Maintaining Office Safety PATIEN...
Jul 02, 2020
DETROIT – Treatment with hydroxychloroquine cut the death rate significantly in sick patients hospitalized with COVID-19 – and without heart-related side-effects, according to a new study publi...
Jul 02, 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic, appropriate implementation of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in the hospital has the potential to significantly decrease the burden of glucose monitoring and could p...
Jul 01, 2020
From Corcoran and Avenal state prisons in the arid Central Valley to historical San Quentin on the San Francisco Bay, California prisons have emerged as raging COVID-19 hot spots, even as the state an...
Jun 30, 2020
FRIDAY, June 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The use of the prone position for awake, spontaneously breathing patients with COVID-19-related severe hypoxemic respiratory failure is associated with improv...
Jun 30, 2020
THURSDAY, June 25, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Among women of reproductive age with COVID-19, pregnant women are more likely to be hospitalized and to be admitted to the intensive care unit, according to...
Jun 30, 2020
Written by Physician’s Weekly blogger, Skeptical Scalpel In a June 3rd Washington Post article about recent changes in airport screening practices, risk management expert Bruce McIndoe discus...