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Swab, spit, stay home? College coronavirus testing plans are all over the map
August 21, 2020
As with the uncoordinated and chaotic national response to the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education has no clear guidance or set of standards to adhere to from the federal government or anywhere else.
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NBA star Mason Plumlee on COVID and life inside the Orlando ‘bubble’
August 21, 2020
Each week we interview key opinion leaders involved in various aspects of blood and cancer. In this episode we have a different kind of key opinion leader, our guest is NBA star Mason Plumlee, a forward with the Denver Nuggets.
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Hospitalists confront administrative, financial challenges of COVID-19 crisis
August 20, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis may present an opportunity for hospital medicine to rapidly explore different models.
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Oleander extract for COVID-19? That’s a hard ‘no’ experts say
August 20, 2020
Oleandrin poisoning may affect the central nervous system, as evidenced by drowsiness, tremors, seizures, collapse, and coma leading to death.
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Non-COVID-19 clinical trials grind to a halt during pandemic
August 19, 2020
Many more trials than usual are being paused or stopped, new findings suggest, creating downstream disruption to product availability and issues with data integrity and statistical interpretation.
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Severe obesity ups risk for death in younger men with COVID-19
August 18, 2020
These findings show that “obesity is an important independent risk factor for serious COVID-19 disease,” said Dr. David A. Kass.
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FDA authorizes new saliva COVID-19 test
August 17, 2020
“Providing this type of flexibility for processing saliva samples to test for COVID-19 infection is groundbreaking in terms of efficiency and avoiding shortages of crucial test components like reagents.”
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PPE shortage could last years without strategic plan, experts warn
August 17, 2020
“If we had a more coordinated response with a partnership between the medical field, the government and the private industry, it would help improve the supply chain to the areas that need it most.”
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Pooled COVID-19 testing feasible, greatly reduces supply use
August 14, 2020
“The benefit definitely outweighs the risk of false-negative specimens because false-negative results rarely occur.”
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Does metformin reduce risk for death in COVID-19?
August 14, 2020
“It is still unclear whether metformin is truly a miracle drug or whether it is simply used more often among people who are healthier and who do not have contraindications to its use.”
