Marcia Frellick
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IDSA panel updates guidelines on COVID molecular diagnostic tests
January 7, 2021
Saliva spit tests stack up well against the gold standard for molecular COVID-19 tests — the back-of-the-nose deep swab.
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FDA authorizes baricitinib combo for COVID-19
November 20, 2020
The combination treatment is meant for patients who need supplemental oxygen, mechanical ventilation, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
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COVID-19–related HCQ shortages affected rheumatology patients worldwide
November 6, 2020
Data from the Global Rheumatology Alliance Patient Experience Survey presented at ACR Convergence 2020 demonstrate that the severity of shortages differed widely across the globe.
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Primary care journals address systemic racism in medicine
November 4, 2020
Each family medicine publication plans to implement different changes.
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Two COVID-19 outpatient antibody drugs show encouraging results
October 30, 2020
Two COVID-19 antibody treatments, one developed by Regeneron and the other by Eli Lilly, show promise in the outpatient setting.
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Fulminant C. diff debate: Fecal transplants or antibiotics?
October 29, 2020
This type of infection represents about 8% of all C. difficile infections and is often fatal.
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Few women hospitalized for influenza have been vaccinated
October 27, 2020
“A provider recommendation, combined with an offer to administer a flu vaccine at the time of visit, remains one of the best ways” to increase flu vaccination among pregnant women.
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Around the world in 24 hours: A snapshot of COVID’s global havoc
October 26, 2020
Some medical societies feature sessions at their annual meetings that feel like they’re 24 hours long, yet few have the courage to schedule a session that runs all day and all night.
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CDC flips, acknowledges aerosol spread of COVID-19
October 6, 2020
The update acknowledges the existence of some published reports showing limited, uncommon circumstances where people with COVID-19 infected others who were more than 6 feet away or shortly after the COVID-19–positive person left an area.
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CDC adds then retracts aerosols as main COVID-19 mode of transmission
September 21, 2020
WHO has long stated that coronavirus is spread mainly by droplets that, once expelled by coughs and sneezes of infected people, fall quickly to the floor.
