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UK COVID-19 Update: Twice-weekly Staff Testing, Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine Planning

News November 10, 2020

These are the UK coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
Treatment Guidance for ME Proposes Curbs on Graded Exercise Therapy

News November 10, 2020
Caesarean Birth in the Second Stage of Labour Linked to Spontaneous Preterm Birth

Clinical Summary November 10, 2020

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Hospitals Poised to Launch First COVID-19 Vaccines in Clinicians

Medscape Medical News November 10, 2020

Healthcare workers are in the first phase to receive the vaccine, but they can decline it.
Pfizer Vaccine Data Show 90% Efficacy in Early Results

Medscape Medical News November 9, 2020
Vitamin D for COVID? We've Been Burned Before

Medscape October 28, 2020

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FDA Grants Emergency Use to Lilly's Antibody COVID-19 Therapy

Medscape Medical News November 10, 2020
US Could Hit 200,000 Daily COVID-19 Cases Soon

WebMD Health News November 10, 2020
How Covid-19 Death Counts Morphed Into a Conspiracy Theory

Kaiser Health News November 10, 2020
Utah Issues Statewide Mask Mandate, Other Restrictions

WebMD Health News November 10, 2020
Retinal Lesions Found in Patients With Severe COVID-19

Reuters Health Information November 9, 2020
Novartis Arthritis Drug Fails to Help COVID-19 Patients

Reuters Health Information November 9, 2020
Great Barrington Coauthor Backs Off Strict Reliance on Herd Immunity

Medscape Medical News November 9, 2020
Celltrion's COVID-19 Antibody Drug Cut Recovery Time: Early Study

Reuters Health Information November 9, 2020

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'Warning Lights' Ahead: Insights From COVID Epidemiology

Commentary October 29, 2020

What can we learn from COVID surveillance and epidemiology thus far for the months ahead? Dr Paul Auwaerter discusses presentations from Chasing the Sun at IDWeek 2020.
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Seven Ways to Fix This Pandemic -- and Stop the Next One

Commentary November 4, 2020

When I think of all the steps we should have taken, and how many deaths could have been avoided, my head spins. But some lessons are crystal clear.
Study Showing Masks Aren't Harmful May Do More Harm Than Good

Expert Column November 3, 2020
Vivek Murthy: Everyone Gets Lonely; Here's How to Counter It

Expert Interview October 30, 2020

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Medscape One-on-One Eric Topol on Medscape

Offit on Vaccines Paul A. Offit, MD

Ethics: Today's Hot Topics Arthur L. Caplan, PhD

CDC Expert Commentary

Auwaerter on Infectious Diseases Paul G. Auwaerter, MD

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Journal Articles View All

Pericardial Effusion, Cardiac Tamponade in a COVID-19 Patient

Journal of Medical Case Reports November 10, 2020
Preventing and Mitigating SARS-CoV-2 Transmission

Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report November 9, 2020
Asymptomatic Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 on Evacuation Flight

Emerging Infectious Diseases November 9, 2020
Chloroquine Prescribing Patterns for COVID-19 by Specialty

Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report November 6, 2020
Outcomes of INSTIs, PI/bs and NNRTIs in ART-Naive Persons

HIV Medicine November 6, 2020
Cardiac Arrest in a Patient With Myxedema Coma and COVID-19

Journal of the Endocrine Society November 6, 2020

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Fast Five Quiz: Stroke

Fast Five Quiz November 6, 2020

Stroke is among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Do you know key aspects and best practices associated with various types? Refresh and test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
A Barely Responsive Woman Dropped at the ED With a Note

Case Challenge November 5, 2020
Fast Five Quiz: Sickle Cell Disease

Fast Five Quiz November 2, 2020
A Teenager With Fever Who CanвЂ™t Talk After Visiting Mexico

Case Challenge October 30, 2020

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IDWeek 2020

October 21-25, 2020 Virtual
HIV Glasgow 2020

October 05-8, 2020 Virtual
COVID 2020

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Burnout Risk May Be Exacerbated by COVID Crisis

Medscape Medical News November 10, 2020

"We recognize that we're all in the same foxhole. That's been a helpful attitude вЂ“ recognizing that it's okay to be upset in a crisis and to have trouble dealing with what's going on."
Dangers of a Medical Board Investigation: How to Protect Yourself

Medscape Medical News November 10, 2020
Biden Is Under Pressure to Name New FDA Chief ASAP

Kaiser Health News November 10, 2020
Hospitals Poised to Launch First COVID-19 Vaccines in Clinicians

Medscape Medical News November 10, 2020

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Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Executive Vice President and Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute; Senior Consultant, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

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