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News
COVID-19 in children: New cases down for third straight week
February 10, 2021
Children’s share of all new cases has risen for five consecutive weeks.
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U.K. COVID-19 variant doubling every 10 days in the U.S.: Study
February 9, 2021
The transmission rate in the United States of the variant, labeled B.1.1.7, is 30%-40% higher than that of more common lineages.
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Are diagnosticians chasing COVID-linked zebras and missing horses?
February 9, 2021
In their desire to not miss MIS-C, doctors triggered a cascade of specialty consultations, follow-up testing, and an unwarranted diagnostic preoccupation with MIS-C.
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SARS-CoV-2 in hospitalized children and youth
February 9, 2021
Severity of illness in patients with MIS-C was associated with lower absolute lymphocyte count and increasing CRP.
News
Mask mandates reduced COVID-19 hospitalizations
February 8, 2021
Hospitalization growth rates declined by 5.5 percentage points for adults between ages 18-64 about 3 weeks after the mandates were implemented.
News
Children in ICU for COVID-19 likely to be older, Black, and asthmatic
February 8, 2021
For both the ICU patients and the non-ICU group, the most common presenting symptom was fever.
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FDA curbs use of COVID-19 convalescent plasma, citing new data
February 8, 2021
Only high-titer COVID-19 convalescent plasma can be used and only in hospitalized patients who are early in the disease course and those with impaired humoral immunity.
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Opinion
The journey from burnout to wellbeing
February 8, 2021
Peers and hospital leaders can make a crucial difference in mitigating stress and burnout.
News
Rollout of COVID-19 monoclonal antibodies lacked unified plan: expert panel
February 8, 2021
Monoclonal antibodies are in ample supply, but a lack of a plan to administer them has led to major underutilization of these therapies.
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Rheumatologic disease activity an important influencer of COVID-19 death risk
February 5, 2021
COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician registry data highlight need to maintain adequate disease control to lower risk for death from COVID-19.
