COVID-19/Coronavirus

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Individuals with blood group O may have a reduced risk for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, and COVID-19 patients with blood group A or AB are at increased risk for requiring mechanical ventilation, according to two studies published online Oct. 14 in Blood Advances. Mike...

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A study to assess whether certain approved or experimental drugs are effective against COVID-19 and warrant testing in large clinical trials has been launched by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). The research will largely focus on monoclonal antibody medications. These types of drugs garnered headlines last...

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Sitagliptin treatment added to standard care is associated with reduced mortality and improved clinical outcomes for patients with type 2 diabetes hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a study published online Sept. 29 in Diabetes Care. Sebastiano Bruno Solerte, from the University of Pavia in Italy, and colleagues conducted...

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Black and Mixed/Other ethnicity are independently associated with greater hospital admission risk due to COVID-19 but are not associated with in-hospital mortality risk, according to a U.K. study published online Oct. 9 in EClinicalMedicine. Rosita Zakeri, from King’s College London in the United Kingdom, and colleagues examined whether...

TUESDAY, Oct. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A second COVID-19 vaccine trial was paused on Monday after an unexplained illness surfaced in one of the trial’s volunteers. Johnson & Johnson, which only began a phase 3 trial of its vaccine last month, did not offer any more details on the illness and did not say...

TUESDAY, Oct. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For patients undergoing elective cancer surgery, use of dedicated COVID-19-free surgical pathways is associated with lower rates of pulmonary complications, according to a study published online Oct. 6 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. James C. Glasbey, M.B.B.Ch., from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, and...

Here is what the editors at Physician’s Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of Oct. 5 to 9, 2020. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal studies and other trusted sources that is most likely to affect clinical practice. CDC: U.S. COVID-19 Deaths...

Here is what the editors at Physician’s Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of Oct. 5 to 9, 2020. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal studies and other trusted sources that is most likely to affect clinical practice. CDC: U.S. COVID-19 Deaths...

Here is what the editors at Physician’s Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of Oct. 5 to 9, 2020. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal studies and other trusted sources that is most likely to affect clinical practice. CDC: U.S. COVID-19 Deaths...