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A newborn baby鈥檚 foot with a peripheral intravenous catheter in the neonatal intensive care unit

<乌鸦传媒>Newborns Getting Preoperative Blood Transfusions Have More Complications

Data favor restrictive transfusion strategy

CHEST over a computer rendering of a transparent human torso with the pulmonary system highlighted

<乌鸦传媒>First COVID-19 Wave Offers ICUs Lessons for Next Time

Medication shortages forced hospitals to get creative, but staff shortages still loom large

An illustrated COVID-19 virus pattern over three blood drops labeled A, B, and O. The virus pattern is faded over the O drop

<乌鸦传媒>More Evidence Points to Role of Blood Type in COVID-19

Two studies find ties to infection susceptibility, severity, but with caveats

A bottle of Kaletra (Lopinavir/Ritonavir) tablets over a computer rendering of COVID-19 viruses

<乌鸦传媒>Kaletra Again Fails for Moderate-to-Severe COVID-19

RECOVERY trial affirms smaller trial findings

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<乌鸦传媒>Communicating With a Patient on a Ventilator

One specialist offers her advice

The Bradykinin molecular structure over a computer rendering of the coronavirus

<乌鸦传媒>COVID-19 Storms: Bradykinin In, Cytokine Out?

Papers poke holes in cytokine storm as gene expression study offers a new theory

A technician wheels the Swoop Portable MRI device to a woman鈥檚 bedside

<乌鸦传媒>Bedside MRI Feasible in ICU, for COVID-19

Study showed abnormalities found without any complications from the device

A CVS Pharmacy sign with GET YOUR COVID-19 SHOT TODAY

<乌鸦传媒>When COVID-19 Really Is 'Just Another Flu'

Imagine a world as jaded about SARS-CoV-2 as it is about influenza

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<乌鸦传媒>PICS: A Serious Issue for COVID-19 Survivors

What can be done to meet the challenge?

An infographic depicting the concept of herd immunity

<乌鸦传媒>The Cost of Herd Immunity in the U.S.

Likely involves more than a million deaths; "That cannot be our price"

A computer rendering of alveoli and capillaries

<乌鸦传媒>COVID Hypoxemia: Finally, an Explanation

Mt. Sinai team uncovers a compelling mechanism

ESC over a computer rendering of the human heart and an electrocardiogram

<乌鸦传媒>REALITY Check: Stricter RBC Transfusion Safe for Anemic MI Patients

Restrictive strategy makes sense for clinical outcomes, costs

A box of Ivermectin Tablets

<乌鸦传媒>Ivermectin for COVID-19: Worth a Shot?

Evidence base limited, including one withdrawn study with Surgisphere data

A computer rendering of coronaviruses in the heart

<乌鸦传媒>Smoking Gun Found for Virus in MIS-C Heart Damage Case

First case report documenting viral particles in the heart in MIS-C

A 1 person 4 hours icon over a photo of a young man visiting a young woman in the hospital, both wearing protective masks.

<乌鸦传媒>New York Hospital Visitor Policies Too Strict for ICU, Docs Say

"In truly grave situations, people need more support"

A patient in a hospital ICU receives extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

<乌鸦传媒>ECMO Gets a Win in Severe COVID-19

High success rate seen at two Chicago centers counters early reports

A photo of a female healthcare worker holding the MAXAIR Controlled Air Purifying Respirator

<乌鸦传媒>Running Low on New N95s? Reach for These Alternatives

Some worked almost as well in a lab study

Three syringes of RLF-100 (Aviptadil/Vasoactive intestinal Polypeptide)

<乌鸦传媒>RLF-100: Hope or Hype for COVID-19 Patients?

A synthetic human vasoactive intestinal peptide looks good now, but it's early

A photo of purpura, vasculitis, or broken blood vessels on human skin

<乌鸦传媒>Skin Rashes a Clue to COVID-19 Vascular Disease

Certain skin manifestations tied to coagulopathy in the sickest patients

A close-up of a senior man鈥檚 hand on his wife鈥檚 hand as she lays in bed under a blanket

<乌鸦传媒>Op-Ed: Dying of COVID-19 at Home

Death is inevitable, the way we act about it isn't

An inhaler and cartridge

<乌鸦传媒>COPD Triple Therapy: Balancing Benefits and Harms

Signal of mortality benefit grows stronger

A computer rendering of the human heart with viruses in it

<乌鸦传媒>COVID-19 May Plant Seeds of HF, Cardiomyopathy

Studies raise concern of chronic CV complications post-pandemic

A female physician wearing headphones and smiling

<乌鸦传媒>Family Audio Recordings Help Humanize COVID-19 ICU Patients for Medical Staff

Program at Johns Hopkins helps clinicians learn the personal side of their patients

A portrait of a healthcare worker by artist Steve Derrick

<乌鸦传媒>Artists Honor COVID-19 Frontline Healthcare Workers

Portraits capture challenging times; syringe art injects hope and love

A sign which reads: please wear a mask

<乌鸦传媒>COVID-Positive Doc: 'I Didn't Wear a Mask and I Regret It'

Outdoor gathering leads to COVID spread among family members

Vials of Dexamethasone over computer rendered coronaviruses

<乌鸦传媒>RECOVERY: Steroid Benefit in Severe COVID-19 Holds Up

Sickest patients helped the most, drug already added to NIH guidelines

A confused and anxious looking woman with her hands on her face

<乌鸦传媒>Does Delirium Cause Long-Term Cognitive Decline?

Analysis has "great implications in the COVID era"

A computer rendering of the coronavirus

<乌鸦传媒>How Often Does COVID-19 Combine Forces With Other Viruses?

Largest study yet suggests lower likelihood... for now

A photo of Nick Cordero and his son

<乌鸦传媒>Broadway Star Loses COVID-19 Battle

After fighting the virus for over three months, Nick Cordero passed away

Chest X ray film of a patient showing large air in the right pleural cavity with almost total collapse of right lung.

<乌鸦传媒>COVID-19 Lungs May Be More Likely to Leak

Observational study suggests higher rate than in other causes of ARDS

A bottle of quercetin capsules

<乌鸦传媒>Quercetin: New Hype for COVID-19?

Parallels drawn with early data on hydroxychloroquine

A female patient wearing an oxygen mask in the ICU lies in the prone position

<乌鸦传媒>More Data Suggest Proning Helps COVID-19 Patients

Observational data add to evidence of benefit in ARDS, though randomized trials still needed

Vials of Dexamethasone for injection

<乌鸦传媒>Finally: Common Drug Improves COVID-19 Survival in Trial

"A ground-breaking development," according to preliminary data from an ongoing trial

A close up of gloved hands holding an endotracheal tube

<乌鸦传媒>Don't Skip Opiates for 鈥楢ir Hunger鈥� From COVID-19 Ventilation

Other drugs don't cut it to ease the traumatic sensation, group argues

A young African-American boy wearing a blue gown sits on a hospital bed

<乌鸦传媒>Are Black Kids More Likely to Get Kawasaki-Like Syndrome?

Findings from Paris suggest excess risk for COVID-19-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome

The Dalhousie clinical frailty scale

<乌鸦传媒>Frailty Score Joins the COVID-19 Battle

Calculations help with tough decisions, reduce age bias

A CT scan of a woman鈥檚 lungs with COVID-19

<乌鸦传媒>Hazy on Ground-Glass Opacities? Here's What They Are

Frequent finding in COVID-19, but how disease-specific is it?

A Navajo family with the Monument Valley behind them stand together wearing masks for protection during the COVID-19 pandemic

<乌鸦传媒>COVID-19 Further Strains Care Disparities Among Native Americans

Underfunded IHS, isolation from resources pose major concern for tribes during pandemic

A PPE kit consisting of body suit, face shield, mask, gloves, booties and disposal bag

<乌鸦传媒>We Don't Just Need Masks, We Need Optimal PPE

Healthcare workers giving care should be protected based on evidence, not by supply

A medical illustration of a pulmonary embolism

<乌鸦传媒>COVID-19 Pulmonary Embolism Often Seen Outside the ICU

Majority of Detroit hospital system's cases didn't require ICU-level care

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