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COVID-19 May Delay Some Cancer Treatments
It's long been understood that cancer, as well as its therapies, have the unfortunate side effect of weakening a patient's immune system. That can leave a patient more vulnerable to infectious...
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Social Distancing May Need to Last Months: Study
As painful as the last 9 days of social distancing have been, disease modelers think Americans may need to be at home much longer to truly “flatten the curve” of the COVID-19 infection and avoid...
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Week-Old COVID-19 Urology Guidelines Already Outdated
The fast-pace of the pandemic means that physicians have to make decisions in the absence of any consensus guidance, and they are turning to social media for professional feedback.
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ICU Lessons on COVID-19 From Italian Front Line: Be Flexible
The rate of increase in patients needing ICU beds in areas badly affected by COVID-19 can double every 3 to 5 days for over a month, with patients staying an average of 15 days; flexibility is...
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How Medical Students Can Stay Safe on the Frontlines of the Coronavirus...
Due to the rapid spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), government officials have instructed the public to practice social distancing and staying at home. Colleges and universities have responded by...
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Severe COVID-19 Might Injure the Heart
Doctors in China have already warned that heart injuries appear common in COVID-19 patients, particularly those with existing heart disease or high blood pressure. A recent, smaller study found that...
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COVID-19 Daily: Ground Zero Hospital, PPE Fights
These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
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Amid PPE Shortage, Clinicians Face Harassment, Firing for Self-Care
Clinicians have been placed on leave or fired for protecting themselves against COVID-19.
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Commentary: What Neurologists Can Expect From COVID-19
A discussion with Dr Kenneth Tyler on the most likely neurologic implications of the virus, and how the field can respond to the crisis.
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Commentary: Cardiology in the Time of COVID-19
Being on-call in the COVID-19 era is different; interventional cardiologist Jaya Mallidi, MD, summarizes some of the current recommendations for safe practice.
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Zuckerberg, Gates Give Millions to COVID-19 Fight
The two tech giants' foundations have committed $25 to help fight the coronavirus pandemic.
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Team Doctors Jump In After Professional Athletes Benched
The seasons of all major sports in the United States were ended after the announcement that some players in the National Basketball Association tested positive for COVID-19.
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VA Health System Swamped by Coronavirus Patients
The nation's largest health care system had nearly 500 cases as of Thursday, a 60% increase since Tuesday, CBS News reported.
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Livestock, Poultry Safe From Coronavirus: Expert
The low level of risk to livestock and poultry is good news for U.S. livestock producers, meat packers and consumers, who could use some stability as uncertainty about the coronavirus restricts many...
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COVID-19: 'Striking' Rates of Anxiety, Depression in HCPs
A significant proportion of healthcare workers treating patients exposed to COVID-19 have symptoms of depression, anxiety, and trouble sleeping.
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Rapid COVID-19 Clinical Practice Guidelines (2020)
Rapid COVID-19 clinical practice guidelines by Wuhan University Novel Coronavirus Management & Research Team and China International Exchange & Promotive Association for Medical and Health Care.
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Novel Coronavirus May Be Transmitted via FMT, FDA Warns
The FDA advises that additional safety measures be taken for fecal microbiota transplants after recent studies found evidence of SARS-CoV-2 virus in the stool of infected individuals.
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U.S. Hospital Beds Were Maxed Out Before Pandemic
At Elmhurst Hospital Center, a 545-bed public hospital, doctors and nurses have only a few dozen ventilators for their patients, some of whom have died while waiting for a bed. A refrigerated truck...
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Current US Visa Rules Restrict, Limit COVID-19 Physician Pool
More than 4000 non-US citizens matched to US residencies last week, but COVID-19 visa restrictions may keep them from starting. Restrictions also affect physicians working under other visas.
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Commentary: Lessons on COVID-19 From Low-Income Countries
Physicians in lower-income countries routinely face the logistic difficulties and constrained resources now seen in first-world countries as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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