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What Coronavirus Precautions Do You Really Need?
Groceries, deliveries, takeout food – can we bring them into our homes safely in the middle of a pandemic? How do we keep our homes clean? Tips and tricks to help you stay safe.
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Measuring Social Distancing to Slow COVID-19
It takes multiple measures of social distancing to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, a study from Singapore concludes.
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How Three Countries Have Kept COVID-19 In Check
Although the United States missed its chance to head off a COVID-19 epidemic, and is well on its way to becoming the pandemic's new epicenter, these lessons drawn from other countries could still be...
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Respirator Masks - In Short Supply
As the coronavirus pandemic stresses the U.S. health care system, personal protective equipment -- including high-tech masks -- are in desperately short supply.
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Shortages Looming for Respirators, Masks, Gowns
Only about 12% of facilities have been able to get supplemental PPE from federal resources, compared with 25% that have drawn from local donations and 17% from do-it-yourself efforts to cobble...
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EMA Says Stay on Angiotensin Drugs During COVID-19 Pandemic
The guidance follows similar advice issued by other European and American cardiology societies in light of reports questioning a connection to the virus.
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COVID-19: Is Primary Care Ready to Switch to Telemedicine?
How GPs are harnessing technology to keep offering consultations during coronavirus.
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COVID-19 'Infodemic': Researchers Step Up to Stop the Spread
Canadian scientists are researching ways of fighting the proliferation of misinformation about COVID-19, which is spreading almost as quickly as the virus itself.
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The Week That Wasn't in COVID-19: 17 Days, Peak in 3 Weeks, Croc
Three medical stories that we didn't cover, explained.
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Trending Clinical Topic: Social Distancing
A key strategy to combat the widening COVID-19 pandemic has been the focus of much attention, making it this week's top trending clinical topic.
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FDA Face Mask and Respirator Policy in COVID-19 (2020)
2020 guidelines on enforcement policy for face masks and respirators by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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New Guidance on Early Med School Graduation Amid COVID-19
The committee has issued 'guiding principles' for medical schools considering early graduation for final-year medical students to increase staffing levels to handle COVID-19 patients.
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COVID-19 and the Science of Social Distancing
One expert suggests that if the virus wanes during warmer months, the best approach will be to practice on and off periods of social distancing.
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N95 Face Masks Could Be Sterilized and Re-Used
Researchers at University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst report that an N95 mask sterilized with hydrogen peroxide blocked infectious particles as effectively as a new mask.
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Hospitals Face Cash Crunch in 60-90 Days Due to COVID-19: Report
A modeling analysis based on hospital financial data finds that most hospitals will lose big bucks on COVID-19 treatments and canceled elective procedures.
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Unemployment and COVID-19: Who Will Pay for Care?
How will those newly unemployed due to the coronavirus pandemic pay for medical care if they become infected?
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CMS to Front Medicare Payments to Physicians for 3 Months
The aim is to support cash flow during the COVID-19 emergency; providers will have to start repaying Medicare after a 120-day grace period.
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Close Your Practice Briefly...or Longer? COVID-19 Decision
Many practices are taking a financial hit because of COVID-19 and may have to decide whether to shut down temporarily or perhaps even longer.
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More Than 60 Doctors in Italy Have Died in COVID-19 Pandemic
Expert guidance comes from Chinese cardiology and infectious disease specialists on how to manage severe emergent cardiovascular disease during COVID-19.
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More Than 60 Doctors in Italy Have Died in COVID-19 Pandemic
Italy has been the country worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with more than 10,000 deaths. Among them are 60 doctors and healthcare professionals.
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