COVID Deaths Drop in the Hospitalized; Miracle Mouthwash? New Organ Discovered A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Oct 21, 2020
First COVID-19 Wave Offers ICUs Lessons for Next Time Medication shortages forced hospitals to get creative, but staff shortages still loom large Oct 20, 2020
Who Are the Scientists Behind the Great Barrington Declaration? All three have advocated against lockdown measures since the start of the pandemic Oct 19, 2020
Op-Ed: Great Barrington vs John Snow Is a False Choice Should whomever gets the most signatures decide our fate? Oct 16, 2020
Was COVID-19 Really the Killer? Panel addresses determination of "death from" versus "death with" coronavirus infection Oct 15, 2020
More Evidence Points to Role of Blood Type in COVID-19 Two studies find ties to infection susceptibility, severity, but with caveats Oct 14, 2020
The Rise of the 'Payvider' and Other Healthcare Trends to Watch David Nash, MD, lists this year's "Dirty Dozen" trends in healthcare Oct 07, 2020
Mask Mandate Exemptions Put Pulmonary Patients at Risk Exemptions aren't evidence based, respiratory group says Oct 02, 2020
CSF Leak From COVID-19 Nasal Swab Reported Patient had unusual vulnerability; clinicians urged to check patients' surgical history Oct 01, 2020
COVID-19 in Health Workers; Stimulating New White Blood Cells: It's TTHealthWatch! This week's topics also include gene expression and COVID infection, and outbreaks in childcare settings Sep 19, 2020 podcast
Case Report Links Parkinson's Disease to COVID-19 Parkinson's symptoms emerged after patient was hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 Sep 18, 2020
Does Virus Dose or Load Predict How Sick You Get With COVID-19? Initial exposure, strength of virus infection both seen as contributors to illness severity Sep 18, 2020
Flu, COVID-19 or Both? Don't Overlook Co-Infection, CDC Urges With overlapping signs and symptoms, surveillance, testing more important than ever Sep 17, 2020
CDC: COVID-19 Wiped Out the Flu Around the World This Year Community mitigation measures halted the other pandemic here and abroad... but winter is coming Sep 17, 2020
Post-COVID Heart Scans Without Symptoms: Not a Good Idea Multidisciplinary group urges against general population screening Sep 15, 2020
CDC: Most Kids Dying From Coronavirus Had Underlying Conditions Enormous racial-ethnic disparities revealed as well Sep 15, 2020
Op-Ed: Cheap and Fast COVID Testing Is Useless Doing a bad test daily is not the same as doing a good test once Sep 14, 2020
Let's Talk About STI Prevention Services During COVID-19 Case reporting, public health staffing both impacted by the pandemic Sep 14, 2020
COVID-19 Storms: Bradykinin In, Cytokine Out? Papers poke holes in cytokine storm as gene expression study offers a new theory Sep 11, 2020
New Recovery Programs Target COVID Long-Haulers Pulmonologists, cardiologists, neurologists, psychiatrists, and more join to get patients on their feet for good Sep 10, 2020
When COVID-19 Really Is 'Just Another Flu' Imagine a world as jaded about SARS-CoV-2 as it is about influenza Sep 08, 2020
Long-Term Lung, Health Issues Common in COVID-19 European ski resort cases suggest recovery is often slow Sep 08, 2020
The Cost of Herd Immunity in the U.S. Likely involves more than a million deaths; "That cannot be our price" Sep 01, 2020
The Air on the Bus Spreads COVID-19? More evidence virus transmission may go round and round through the air in a Chinese study Sep 01, 2020
No Autism Risk Connected to H1N1 Flu Vaccine Study reaching far beyond the perinatal period called "rare and welcome contribution" to vaccine safety research Aug 31, 2020
HCA Hospitals Accused of Requiring COVID-Infected Nurses to Work OSHA complaint says hospital chain allows "gravely dangerous" working conditions Aug 31, 2020
Fauci on 'Highly Specific, Direct' Therapy for COVID-19 Can monoclonal antibodies duplicate the success with Ebola in COVID-19? Aug 28, 2020
Another Presenting Sign of COVID-19 Findings support adding to the list of GI manifestations of the disease, researchers say Aug 28, 2020
Ivermectin for COVID-19: Worth a Shot? Evidence base limited, including one withdrawn study with Surgisphere data Aug 27, 2020
iMedicalApps: Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy A needed interface update for 2020 with the same outstanding content Aug 21, 2020
CDC: COVID-19 Patients Should Delay Flu Shot But vaccine especially important for high-risk patients this year, agency says Aug 20, 2020
COVID-19 Halts National Survey Capturing American Health Disruption may delay 2019-2020 NHANES data release and reduce sample size Aug 20, 2020
Antibiotics May Dull Efficacy of Birth Control Researchers urge extra precautions to avoid unintended pregnancy Aug 18, 2020
More Evidence Heartburn Drug May Help COVID-19 Patients Another observational study adds fuel to the fire, but more research is needed Aug 17, 2020
10 Ways to Improve Patient Interactions While Wearing a Mask Face masks keep us safe, but do make communication more challenging Aug 17, 2020
Lupus Anticoagulant Tied to COVID Thrombosis Small study suggests consideration of therapeutic anticoagulation Aug 12, 2020
