Articles Tagged With: COVID-19
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Tips for Reopening or Closing Research Studies
The 2020 landscape for clinical trials looks different than it did five or 10 years ago. Even before the worldwide disruption in research from the COVID-19 pandemic, there were systemic shifts that have squeezed trials in ways that add pressure to investigators and IRBs.
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COVID-19 Infection in MS Patients
In a multicenter, retrospective analysis of patients in a multiple sclerosis (MS) registry, the authors described the clinical characteristics and risks associated with severity of complications from COVID-19 infection in patients with MS.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Sex in the Time of COVID-19; Serum SARS-CoV-2 and Disease Severity; Natural History of Untreated Tuberculosis
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Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Plasma Associated with ICU Admission and Mortality
A prospective cohort study found that SARS-CoV-2 plasma RNA was detected more often, and the levels were higher, in patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit and/or who died.
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Ethical Issues Affecting COVID-19 Vaccination
The world waits eagerly for a COVID-19 vaccine. But the supply of vaccine is unlikely to initially meet the demand. Ethical issues are important as individuals and groups are prioritized for early vaccination.
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Survey: Few Outpatient Surgery Complications During COVID-19 Pandemic
Using extra safety precautions, hundreds of ambulatory surgery centers reported on outcomes from the early days of the public health crisis.
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COVID-19 Mutations not Expected to Elude Vaccine
Despite the unknowns, veteran researchers and epidemiologists are expressing fairly high confidence that a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 will be developed.
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Flu Vaccination Hesitancy in the Time of COVID-19
Despite heavy emphasis on seasonal influenza immunization during the ongoing pandemic, only 59% of U.S. adults said they will get the vaccinated this year, a survey by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) reveals.
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Expert: Anti-Vaxxers Will Try to Undermine Pandemic Vaccine
In a move that threatens uptake of an eventual SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, the nation’s anti-vaccine movement is framing an immunization refusal strategy based on civil rights arguments that likely will be underscored by conspiracy theories.
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Ethical Framework for Prioritizing Healthcare Workers for Vaccine
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisors cited ethical reasons for selecting healthcare workers as first to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.