Viral Infections
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Study: No Relationship Between Blood Type, COVID-19 Severity
But those with certain blood types may be at higher risk for testing positive.
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Updated Guidelines for HPV Vaccine
Recommendations call for providing vaccine to boys and girls starting at age 9 years.
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Advocates: Long-Term Facilities Remain Hot Spots for COVID-19
Persistent personal protective equipment and testing shortages exacerbate problems.
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Study of SARS-CoV-2 Finds Airborne Particles, but Are They Infective?
A pre-published study under peer review suggests particles of SARS-CoV-2 can linger on surfaces and travel in the air beyond six feet.
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Emergency Providers Identify Pulmonary Embolism in COVID-19 Patients
A new study highlights the critical role emergency providers play in identifying the incidence of pulmonary embolisms (PE) in patients who present with COVID-19. Researchers have delineated some factors that either heighten or decrease the risk that a patient has or may develop a PE so that treatment can be optimized at an early stage.
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Can COVID-19 Be Transmitted Sexually?
Researchers are beginning to investigate whether COVID-19 can be transmitted sexually. Early data from the study, as well as data from research in China, show the virus is present in some men’s semen. But other researchers who studied men who had recovered from COVID-19 did not find virus in semen samples. Authors of a new study hope to settle the question and answer questions about the transmissibility in semen.
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Cloth Masks — Just for Looks?
How effective are homemade fabric masks many are using to protect others from COVID-19 transmission?
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Senators Call for Permanent Expansion of Telehealth
The service has become incredibly popular and useful during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ED Administrators, Advocacy Orgs Search for Missing Patients
Recent steep declines in U.S. emergency department visits, attributed to fears about contracting COVID-19, alarm the healthcare industry.
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Cheap, Common Steroid Shows Efficacy Against COVID-19
British researchers are excited about their discovery, but full results have not been published.