COVID-19/Coronavirus
Physician's Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
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...
CDC: U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Could Reach 233,000 by End of October
FRIDAY, Oct. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 deaths in the United States could reach 233,000 by the end of October, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. The prediction is based on data from dozens of independent models. “This week’s national ensemble forecast indicates an uncertain trend in new COVID-19 deaths...
Remdesivir Cuts Time to COVID-19 Recovery
FRIDAY, Oct. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For patients hospitalized with COVID-19, remdesivir is superior for shortening time to recovery compared with placebo, according to a study published online Oct. 8 in the New England Journal of Medicine. John H. Beigel, M.D., from the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and colleagues conducted a...
Symptoms of COVID-19 Poor Marker for SARS-CoV-2 Infection
FRIDAY, Oct. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Symptoms of COVID-19 are a poor marker for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, according to a study published online Oct. 8 in Clinical Epidemiology. Irene Petersen, Ph.D., and Andrew Phillips, Ph.D., from University College London in the United Kingdom, used data from the Office for...
Bedside Tracheotomy Feasible for Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients
FRIDAY, Oct. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Bedside open tracheotomy seems safe for critically ill patients with COVID-19, according to a study published online Oct. 8 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Francesc Xavier Avilés-Jurado, M.D., Ph.D., from the Institut Clínic d’Especialitats Mèdiques i Quirúrgiques in Barcelona, Spain, and colleagues examined the complications, safety, and...
Community-Level Factors Explain Some Racial Disparities in COVID-19
Link between Latino population, higher COVID-19 rates attenuated after adjustment for these factors Community-level factors explain some, but not all, racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 rates in Massachusetts, according to a report published online Aug. 27 in Health Affairs. Jose F. Figueroa, M.D., M.P.H., from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, and...
COVID-19 Symptoms Often Prolonged in Pregnant Women
THURSDAY, Oct. 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 symptoms are prolonged in pregnant women and persist for eight or more weeks in 25 percent, according to a study published online Oct. 7 in Obstetrics & Gynecology. Yalda Afshar, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of California in Los Angeles, and colleagues conducted a prospective cohort study...
White House Approves Tougher Rules for COVID-19 Vaccine Development
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 7, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Following weeks of delay, the White House on Tuesday approved tough new rules for COVID-19 vaccine developers that will make it unlikely that a vaccine will be approved before Election Day. The approval came only after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration published the updated guidelines on its...
Six States Set Records for COVID-19 Hospitalizations
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 7, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Records for COVID-19 hospitalizations were set Tuesday in six states — Arkansas, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Another state, Oklahoma, had its highest number of hospitalizations since July, according to The Washington Post. Wyoming’s 36.7 percent increase since last week in its rolling seven-week average...
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