Second-trimester miscarriage
Researchers in Switzerland describe the case of a woman with COVID-19 who had a miscarriage at 19 weeks’ gestation. Two days before miscarrying, she presented with myalgia, fatigue, pain … Read More
Researchers in Switzerland describe the case of a woman with COVID-19 who had a miscarriage at 19 weeks’ gestation. Two days before miscarrying, she presented with myalgia, fatigue, pain … Read More
NEJM Admissions for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) across 15 hospitals in northern Italy fell during the COVID-19 outbreak, according to an NEJM report. Specifically, there were, on average, 13.3 ACS admissions … Read More
The NHS England and the U.K.’s Paediatric Intensive Care Society are telling clinicians to look out for children presenting with overlapping signs of toxic shock syndrome and atypical … Read More
NEJM Five patients younger than 50 with COVID-19 presented with severe large-vessel stroke over 2 weeks in one New York City health system. (By comparison, during a normal 2-week … Read More
A leading statistician has criticised the UK government’s daily reporting of covid-19 swab test results, saying that no inference can be drawn reliably and that the failure to report … Read More
Annals of Internal Medicine Both surgical and cotton masks seem to be ineffective in preventing the dissemination of SARS–CoV-2 from the coughs of patients with COVID-19 to the environment … Read More
US FDA The FDA is warning the public that chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine should not be taken for COVID-19 outside a hospital or clinical trial setting, as the drugs confer … Read More
NEJM Traditional infection-control and public health strategies rely heavily on early detection of disease to contain spread. When Covid-19 burst onto the global scene, public health officials initially deployed … Read More
NEJM In this series of patients with Covid-19 who had ST-segment elevation, there was variability in presentation, a high prevalence of nonobstructive disease, and a poor prognosis. Half the … Read More