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COVID-19 mortality rates declined, but vary by hospital
December 24, 2020
“[T]he characteristic that is most associated with poor or worsening hospital outcomes is high or increasing community case rates,” writes David A. Asch, MD.
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Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine deemed ‘highly effective,’ but further studies needed
December 23, 2020
The primary safety endpoint was to characterize the safety of the vaccine following one or two doses.
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Child abuse visits to EDs declined in 2020, but not admissions
December 23, 2020
Proportion of visits related to child abuse and neglect that resulted in hospitalizations increased from 2019 to 2020.
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COVID-19 anticoagulation trials ‘paused’ for futility, safety
December 22, 2020
The trials involved are the REMAP-CAP, ACTIV-4, and ATTACC studies.
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Latest rise in child COVID-19 cases is relatively small
December 22, 2020
Total number of U.S. cases reported in children is now over 1.8 million.
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Strategies for tracking SARS-CoV-2 could help detect next pandemic
December 22, 2020
One study evaluating blood donations found antibodies on the West Coast as early as Dec. 13, 2019.
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Doctors publish paper on COVID-19 protocol; Experts unconvinced
December 22, 2020
“This is not a study by any stretch of the imagination,” said Hugh Cassiere, MD, director of critical care medicine at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y.
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The top pediatric articles of 2019
December 22, 2020
The ten articles that had the most impact on pediatric hospital medicine, as presented at HM20 Virtual.
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COVID-19 variant sparks U.K. travel restrictions
December 21, 2020
The prime minister said in a nationally televised address that this coronavirus variant may be “up to 70% more transmissible than the old variant” and was probably responsible for an increase in cases in southeastern England.
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Tier 4 lockdown in England as virus variant spreading fast
December 21, 2020
“The new variant could increase the R by 0.4 or more, and although there’s considerable uncertainty, it may be up to 70% more transmissible than the old variant.”
