Deep vein thrombosis was identified in 65% of 34 COVID-19 patients who underwent venous ultrasound upon admission to a French intensive care unit, researchers report in JAMA Network Open. … Read More
For patients with severe COVID-19 not requiring mechanical ventilation, 5 days of remdesivir may be as beneficial as 10 days, according to an open-label, industry-supported study in the New England … Read More
Stay-at-home orders were associated with a slowing in the rate of COVID-19 hospitalizations in four states studied — Colorado, Minnesota, Ohio, and Virginia — according to a JAMA report. In Minnesota, … Read More
Some 81% of 128 COVID-19 infections detected on a cruise ship were asymptomatic, according to a study in Thorax. The prevalence of COVID-19 on affected cruise ships is likely to … Read More
A study in the Lancet looks at 900 adults with COVID-19 who had a current or past diagnosis of invasive or hematologic malignancy. Within 30 days of COVID-19 diagnosis, 13% of … Read More
Wearing face masks at home may reduce transmission among family members — but only before symptoms develop — a study in BMJ Global Health suggests. Researchers studied roughly 125 families in … Read More
In the week that President Donald Trump promoted use of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine in a press conference, prescriptions for the drugs (less than 28 tablets) surged nearly 2000% compared … Read More
A large registry study in the Lancet found hazards associated with use of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine for COVID-19. Researchers compared roughly 15,000 hospitalized for COVID-19 who were given hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine … Read More
Researchers compared lung samples of seven patients who died from COVID-19 with seven who died from acute respiratory distress syndrome related to influenza A(H1N1) and 10 uninfected controls. The … Read More
Clinicians in Italy report the first known case of subacute thyroiditis following SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. A young woman tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and … Read More
