Jul 07, 2020

New guidance recommends a maximum of two visitors at a time, face coverings The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued new interim guidance urging hospitals to limit visits to hospitalized kids ...

Jul 07, 2020

Pandemic has disrupted care, but data support continuing cancer Tx The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic caused minor and major disruptions in cancer care, and the effect of those disruptions is slowly ...

Jul 07, 2020

July 1 is a big day in medical education. It’s traditionally the day newly minted doctors start their first year of residency. But this year is different. Getting from here to there — from med...

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...