COVID Patients' Crackpot Theories Take Toll on Healthcare Workers "Their last dying words are, 'This can't be happening, this isn't real'" Nov 19, 2020
C-Section Babies More Likely to Develop Infections in Early Childhood Potential microbiome effect? Nov 19, 2020
Remdesivir May Keep Ebola Out of the Bedroom Won't help clinical disease, but phase II trial shows it reduces virus levels in survivors' semen Nov 19, 2020
Here's How to Think About the Danish Mask Study What the DANMASK-19 trial showed and didn't show about mask use and COVID-19 Nov 18, 2020
T Cells May Tell Us More About COVID Immunity Many hope T cell response will mirror that for SARS and MERS: 2 to 10 years Nov 18, 2020
Here's Why COVID-19 Mortality Has Dropped There's no single answer, but a host of contributing factors Nov 17, 2020
COVID-19 and MIS-C: Two Diseases, One Virus in Kids Both clinical profiles and even outcomes varied, researcher says Nov 17, 2020
Chronic Liver Conditions Raise Risk of Death in COVID-19 Patients Alcohol appears to play major role, researcher says Nov 16, 2020
How South Korea Avoided a COVID-19 Lockdown Test, trace, treat and transparency key to controlling outbreak, expert reports Nov 15, 2020
COVID-19: What Makes 'Waves' During a Pandemic? This isn't the 1918 flu, and it's not behaving like it either Nov 10, 2020
Here's What's Wrong With COVID-19 Case Counts How base rate fallacy may be clouding the picture of disease activity in an Indiana college town Nov 07, 2020
COVID on the Reservation: How the Hopi Have Fared Door-to-door intervention prevailed despite limited resources, though cases on the rise again Nov 05, 2020
Gut Bacteria for Psoriasis; Long-Term Hair Growth; COVID and STDs Selected presentations from the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology virtual conference Nov 05, 2020
HCA Workers Tell Investors the Company Fails to Protect Them "We are astonished at this" Nov 05, 2020
Texas Medical Board Dismisses Complaint Against HCQ Doc Richard Urso, MD, exonerated as "standard of care was met" Nov 04, 2020
Who Gets COVID-19 Vax Next: Model Offers ACIP Several Options Priorities for vaccination change, depending on public health goals Oct 30, 2020
ED Docs: Read This Before Ordering a Urine Sample Hunting for UTIs in patients with no symptoms has downsides, studies suggest Oct 30, 2020
ACIP OKs Changes to 2021 Vax Schedule Includes changes to menACWY, zoster, and language about severe allergic reactions to flu vax Oct 29, 2020
COVID-19 Racism Takes Toll on Chinese Americans’ Mental Health Slurs perpetuated online, in-person become everyday reality for many families, survey reveals Oct 28, 2020
Initial GI Symptoms Independently Tied to Poor COVID-19 Outcomes Separate study finds diarrhea as a presenting symptom portended worse disease Oct 27, 2020
Homeless Camps Less Risky Than Shelters for COVID-19 Common-sense hunch gets backing in study Oct 27, 2020
Acute HIV Cases Turn Up in COVID Screening Similar symptoms result in surge in finding new infections at one institution Oct 26, 2020
Fluad on Par With High-Dose Flu Vax in High-Risk Seniors Real-world data also shows higher effectiveness with adjuvanted trivalent flu vaccine vs standard Oct 25, 2020
When COVID-19 Hit, Antibiotic Use in VA Hospitals Spiked Up Pandemic wiped out years of progress in antibiotic stewardship Oct 24, 2020
COVID Deaths Drop in the Hospitalized; Miracle Mouthwash? New Organ Discovered A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Oct 21, 2020
First COVID-19 Wave Offers ICUs Lessons for Next Time Medication shortages forced hospitals to get creative, but staff shortages still loom large Oct 20, 2020
Who Are the Scientists Behind the Great Barrington Declaration? All three have advocated against lockdown measures since the start of the pandemic Oct 19, 2020
Op-Ed: Great Barrington vs John Snow Is a False Choice Should whomever gets the most signatures decide our fate? Oct 16, 2020
Was COVID-19 Really the Killer? Panel addresses determination of "death from" versus "death with" coronavirus infection Oct 15, 2020
More Evidence Points to Role of Blood Type in COVID-19 Two studies find ties to infection susceptibility, severity, but with caveats Oct 14, 2020
The Rise of the 'Payvider' and Other Healthcare Trends to Watch David Nash, MD, lists this year's "Dirty Dozen" trends in healthcare Oct 07, 2020
Mask Mandate Exemptions Put Pulmonary Patients at Risk Exemptions aren't evidence based, respiratory group says Oct 02, 2020
CSF Leak From COVID-19 Nasal Swab Reported Patient had unusual vulnerability; clinicians urged to check patients' surgical history Oct 01, 2020
COVID-19 in Health Workers; Stimulating New White Blood Cells: It's TTHealthWatch! This week's topics also include gene expression and COVID infection, and outbreaks in childcare settings Sep 19, 2020 podcast
Case Report Links Parkinson's Disease to COVID-19 Parkinson's symptoms emerged after patient was hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 Sep 18, 2020
Does Virus Dose or Load Predict How Sick You Get With COVID-19? Initial exposure, strength of virus infection both seen as contributors to illness severity Sep 18, 2020
Flu, COVID-19 or Both? Don't Overlook Co-Infection, CDC Urges With overlapping signs and symptoms, surveillance, testing more important than ever Sep 17, 2020