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Infectious Disease

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

<乌鸦传媒>'Definitive Data': Continuing ACE/ARB Tx Safe in COVID-19

Randomized trial affirms no harm in mild to moderate coronavirus cases

A passenger bus in Beijing, China

<乌鸦传媒>The Air on the Bus Spreads COVID-19?

More evidence virus transmission may go round and round through the air in a Chinese study

A computer rendering of alveoli and capillaries

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

Mt. Sinai team uncovers a compelling mechanism

<乌鸦传媒>Meet Healthcare's New Favorite Lobbyists

Brownstein Hyatt's star has risen in conjunction with CARES Act funding and Trump connections

A skeptical looking pregnant woman receives a vaccination

<乌鸦传媒>No Autism Risk Connected to H1N1 Flu Vaccine

Study reaching far beyond the perinatal period called "rare and welcome contribution" to vaccine safety research

<乌鸦传媒>HCA Hospitals Accused of Requiring COVID-Infected Nurses to Work

OSHA complaint says hospital chain allows "gravely dangerous" working conditions

SLEEP over an illustration of a woman in bed with the universe surrounding her

<乌鸦传媒>Sleeping Through a Pandemic

Three distinct profiles of sleep changes seen in the general population

Dr. Anthony Fauci during a video conference from the National Institutes of Health

<乌鸦传媒>Fauci on 'Highly Specific, Direct' Therapy for COVID-19

Can monoclonal antibodies duplicate the success with Ebola in COVID-19?

A computer rendering of the pancreas

<乌鸦传媒>Another Presenting Sign of COVID-19

Findings support adding to the list of GI manifestations of the disease, researchers say

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Evidence base limited, including one withdrawn study with Surgisphere data

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging technologists observe a patient during a cardiac MRI scan

<乌鸦传媒>Post-COVID Heart Problems Are Real, Despite Study Corrections

Conclusions still stand, group says after fixing a raft of data errors

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 glucose meter and a pile of various pills

<乌鸦传媒>Diabetes Drugs Looking for Broad Role in COVID-19

The mechanisms check out and trials are underway

Illustration of a stethoscope wrapped around a mobile phone.

<乌鸦传媒>iMedicalApps: Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy

A needed interface update for 2020 with the same outstanding content

<乌鸦传媒>Vinay Prasad on 'Try First vs Trial First' for COVID-19

Malignant author speaks with Marty Makary about the need for streamlined clinical trials during a pandemic

A female nurse wearing protective gear prepares a flu shot for her female patient who is wearing a protective mask

<乌鸦传媒>CDC: COVID-19 Patients Should Delay Flu Shot

But vaccine especially important for high-risk patients this year, agency says

<乌鸦传媒>COVID-19 Halts National Survey Capturing American Health

Disruption may delay 2019-2020 NHANES data release and reduce sample size

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 shocked looking young woman with her hand over her mouth holding a pregnancy test

<乌鸦传媒>Antibiotics May Dull Efficacy of Birth Control

Researchers urge extra precautions to avoid unintended pregnancy

A fictional Florida death certificate citing Covid-19 as cause of death.

<乌鸦传媒>Op-Ed: Death Counts and Despair

Are we growing numb to the COVID carnage?

A box of maximum strength Pepcid AC tablets

<乌鸦传媒>More Evidence Heartburn Drug May Help COVID-19 Patients

Another observational study adds fuel to the fire, but more research is needed

A close up of a young female healthcare worker wearing a protective mask and face shield

<乌鸦传媒>10 Ways to Improve Patient Interactions While Wearing a Mask

Face masks keep us safe, but do make communication more challenging

A computer rendering of the bladder and prostate gland over a photo of a man receiving an injection in his arm

<乌鸦传媒>Lower COVID-19 Risk With ADT for Prostate Cancer

Higher risk of infection, more severe disease in men who did not receive hormones

A mother and her two children eating fast food at a McDonald鈥檚

<乌鸦传媒>NHANES: A Third of American Children Regularly Eat Fast Food

And pandemic might just increase these numbers

A blue gloved hand holds a test tube labeled: Lupus anticoagulant (LA) - Test

<乌鸦传媒>Lupus Anticoagulant Tied to COVID Thrombosis

Small study suggests consideration of therapeutic anticoagulation

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 man with ptosis of the right eyelid

<乌鸦传媒>First COVID-19, Then Myasthenia Gravis: Coincidence or Causal?

Three patients developed MG after coronavirus infection

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

Electrocardiogram on top and bottom of image with CardioBreak in the center.

<乌鸦传媒>Jardiance Wins for HFrEF, Farxiga for CKD; COVID Carditis Lingers

Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

A N95 protective mask

<乌鸦传媒>No RCT for Masks? No Problem

Other forms of evidence are available to judge effectiveness of this and other interventions

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 photo of Harvey Risch, MD, over a box of hydroxychloroquine tablets

<乌鸦传媒>Yale Doc Backing HCQ Cites Questionable Data

Negative results from randomized trials not even acknowledged

A close-up of the nostrils of a child with computer rendered coronaviruses inside

<乌鸦传媒>COVID-19: Kids' Noses May Carry More Virus Than Adults'

But whether they spread disease is another question

A woman wearing a protective mask and giving the thumbs up sign in front of the flag of Sweden

<乌鸦传媒>How Did Sweden Flatten Its Curve Without a Lockdown?

One expert credits a "good-enough strategy"; others worry that it won't last

A smart phone displaying the Facebook app with a posting about carbon dioxide poisoning and facemasks

<乌鸦传媒>Surgeons Discover Fatal Risks From Mask Wearing (Satire)

Medical professionals credit social media for highlighting dangers of CO2 self-poisoning

The title screen of this YouTube video with Rohin Francis, MBBS, and WE MESSED UP

<乌鸦传媒>COVID-19: What We Failed to Learn From the 1980s

Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it

A screenshot from the America鈥檚 Frontline Doctors video

<乌鸦传媒>No Evidence That Doctor Group in Viral Video Got Near COVID 'Front Lines'

Who are the physicians behind America's Frontline Doctors?

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