Nurses News

• Beaches, Lakes, Pools: Is COVID-19 in the Water? Experts agree that it's not the beach itself that's a threat as much as it is other beachgoers.
  WebMD Health News, April 10, 2020
• COVID-19 Daily: Return-to-Work Guidelines, Tips From Frontline Docs These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
  Medscape Medical News, April 09, 2020
• CDC Issues New Return-to-Work Guidelines Critical workers must take their temperature before work and wear a face mask at all times. Employers must increase the cleaning of frequently used surfaces and increase air exchange in the building.
  WebMD Health News, April 09, 2020
• Concerns for Clinicians Over 65 Grow in the Face of COVID-19 Among the 1.2 million practicing physicians in the United States, about 20% are aged 55 to 64 years and an estimated 9% are 65 years or older.
  Medscape Medical News, April 09, 2020
• Chloroquine, Zinc Trials Underway for COVID-19 Prophylaxis Scientists support these trials, but are equally vehement that these drugs should only be used in the context of a clinical trial — to test effectiveness, detect negative effects, and ensure supply.
  WebMD Health News, April 09, 2020
• COVID-19 Registry Tracks Pregnant Women, Newborns The Pregnancy Coronavirus Outcomes Registry (PRIORITY) is collecting information on COVID-19 symptoms, clinical course, pregnancy, and neonatal outcomes.
  Medscape Medical News, April 09, 2020
• Childhood IBD Tied to Higher Cancer Risk Later Children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and in particular Crohn's disease (CD), are at an elevated risk of developing cancer in adulthood, according to researchers in Canada.
  Reuters Health Information, April 08, 2020
• Bladder-Sparing Therapies Show Promise for Nonmuscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Several bladder-sparing treatments appear to improve response rates and survival in patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer who experience recurrence despite bacillus Calmette-Guerin therapy, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  Reuters Health Information, April 08, 2020
• From Fine to Failing: Rapid Declines in COVID-19 Patients Jar Doctors, Nurses One medical worker called it "insane," another said it induces paranoia - the speed with which patients are declining and dying from the novel coronavirus is shocking even veteran doctors and nurses as they scramble to determine how to stop such sudden deterioration.
  Reuters Health Information, April 08, 2020
• Record Coronavirus Deaths in New York, New Jersey Amid Fear of Toll Undercount The number of coronavirus cases in New York state alone approached 150,000 on Wednesday, surpassing Spain for the most infections anywhere in the world, even as authorities warned the state's official death tally may understate the true toll.
  Reuters Health Information, April 08, 2020
• US Nurses Who Can't Get Tested Fear They Are Spreading COVID-19 In New York City, an intensive care nurse treated patients for three days after she started displaying symptoms of COVID-19 - but couldn't get a test from her hospital.
  Reuters Health Information, April 08, 2020
• European Nations Urged to Protect Abortion Access in Coronavirus Lockdown European governments must safeguard access to abortion services during the coronavirus pandemic, advocacy groups said on Wednesday, amid fears of a surge in unwanted pregnancies.
  Reuters Health Information, April 08, 2020
• Envision Healthcare Cuts Senior Staff Salary by 50% Due to Coronavirus Outbreak Envision Healthcare Corp said on Wednesday it has cut senior staff salaries by 50% and plans other cost-cutting measures as the coronavirus pandemic puts pressure on the company.
  Reuters Health Information, April 08, 2020
• EU to Adopt Unified Policy on Coronavirus Mobile Apps The European Union is drawing up common rules for using mobile apps to track the spread of the coronavirus, aiming to make better use of the technology and address privacy concerns.
  Reuters Health Information, April 08, 2020
• Italy Working on Coronavirus Tracing App to Help Lockdown Exit Italian authorities are working on introducing a smartphone app that would help health services trace the contacts of people who test positive for the coronavirus as the government looks at ways of gradually lifting a lockdown imposed a month ago.
  Reuters Health Information, April 08, 2020
• Head of EU's Top Science Body Quits Over Coronavirus Response The president of the European Union's main science organisation has quit the post he took up only in January, the European Commission said, over frustration at the EU response to the coronavirus pandemic.
  Reuters Health Information, April 08, 2020
• Novavax to Start Human Trial for Novel Coronavirus Vaccine Novavax Inc said on Wednesday it had identified a novel coronavirus vaccine candidate and would start human trials in mid-May.
  Reuters Health Information, April 08, 2020
• Biometric IDs Can Be 'Gamechanger' in Coronavirus Antibody Tests, Vaccine As countries begin to lift coronavirus lockdowns, biometric identification can help verify those who have already had the infection, and ensure that the vulnerable get the vaccine when it is launched, health and technology experts said.
  Reuters Health Information, April 08, 2020
• Cardiology Groups Push Back on Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin for COVID-19 In a joint statement, leading cardiology associations urge caution with the use of these treatments in patients with COVID-19 and CVD.
  Medscape Medical News, April 09, 2020
• Rethink Urologic Cancer Treatment in the Era of COVID-19 Curative treatments for metastatic prostate, renal, and urothelial cancer should continue as usual amid the pandemic, but palliative and (neo)adjuvant treatments should be reconsidered, experts say.
  Medscape Medical News, April 09, 2020