Monisha Sharma, PhD, and Charlene Dewey, MD, provide insight into the current landscape that leads to physician burnout and the next steps to combat it.
Researchers examined duration of viral RNA shedding and viable virus shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in body fluids and compared SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV viral dynamics.
The FDA is alerting clinical laboratory staff and health care providers regarding the risk of false negative results with any SARS-CoV-2 test if a mutation occurs in the part of the virus’ genome assessed by that test.
This cross-sectional, web-based, national survey was conducted during the first month of full lockdown in Italy and participants were recruited via social networks.
The authors described the cases of 3 patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 pneumonia who were treated with 2g of icosapent ethyl administered twice daily via a nasogastric tube.
The test should be utilized in accordance with its Emergency Use Authorization and as described in the authorized labeling to reduce the risk of false negative results.
Retrospective analysis was conducted to assess the presence of A faecalis infection, extensively drug-resistant A faecalis infection, and the susceptibility of commonly used antibiotics for the treatment of A faecalis and XDR A faecalis.
The researchers tested whether the COVID-19 pandemic has altered beliefs about the extent to which poverty is caused by external forces and internal dispositions and support for economic inequality.
The COVID-19 Reporting and Data System (CO-RADS) in combination with a CT severity score are easy to use diagnostic tools to guide clinicians in diagnosing COVID-19.
Intensive health surveillance of close contracts of patients with COVID-19 provided a rare opportunity to determine asymptomatic attack rates and SARS-CoV-2 transmission risk factors.
With global measures to prevent infection implemented to combat COVID-19, experts assume that the pandemic is affecting people with obsessive-compulsive disorder, especially those with washing compulsions.
The next difficult task in combating the COVID-19 pandemic will be to effectively distribute the vaccine and convince sufficient numbers of individuals to be vaccinated in order for herd immunity to be successful.