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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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Gut Microbiome in Patients at Risk for Parkinson’s Disease
Certain risk factors and prodromal markers of Parkinson’s disease (PD), such as constipation and rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder, are associated with specific bacterial compositions of the gut. However, the value of gut microbiome data to predict the risk of PD development needs further investigation.
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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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Chronic Low-Dose Corticosteroids and Infection Risk
The prolonged use of low-dose oral corticosteroids (including < 5 mg prednisone equivalent doses) in rheumatoid arthritis patients is associated with an increased risk of infection.
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Corticosteroid Bursts and Subsequent Sepsis
Short-term (< 14 days) administration of oral corticosteroids is associated with an increased risk of adverse events, including an approximately two-fold risk of sepsis.
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First There Was MIS-C, Now There Is MIS-A
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults (MIS-A), similar to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), is described by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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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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HHS Releases Latest Iteration of Antibiotic Resistance Action Plan
New edition builds on similar plan that preceded it, success hinges on proper resource allocation.
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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.