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• Alert EMA Panel Backs Zolgensma Gene Therapy for SMA Zolgensma is a gene therapy that addresses the genetic root cause of spinal muscular atrophy by replacing the defective or missing SMN1 gene to halt disease progression.
  International Approvals, March 27, 2020
• NKF 2020Dawn of New Lupus Nephritis Treatment After AURORA Trial The addition of a novel calcineurin inhibitor to the standard of care improves renal response in patients with lupus nephritis, results from the phase 3 AURORA trial show.
  Medscape Medical News, March 27, 2020
• One Ventilator, Two Patients: New York Hospitals Shift to Crisis Mode At least one New York hospital has begun putting two patients on a single ventilator machine, an experimental crisis-mode protocol some doctors worry is too risky but others deemed necessary as the coronavirus outbreak strains medical resources.
  Reuters Health Information, March 26, 2020
• Alert EMA Review of DOACs Concludes Risk-Benefit Remains Positive The balance between bleeding and risk reduction 'remains positive' for direct oral anticoagulants used for approved indications and no change to product information is needed, an EMA review concludes.
  News Alerts, March 27, 2020
• 'Thinnest Threads of Evidence' for COVID-19 Treatments   Potential treatments for COVID-19 may be emerging, but the landscape remains 'bleak,' says Dr Paul Auwaerter.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, March 27, 2020
• Hospitals Face Cash Crunch in 60-90 Days Due to COVID-19: Report A modeling analysis based on hospital financial data finds that most hospitals will lose big bucks on COVID-19 treatments and canceled elective procedures.
  Medscape Medical News, March 27, 2020
• Deaths From Fall-Related TBI -- United States, 2008-2017 The latest data shows that over the period 2008-2017 deaths from traumatic brain injuries due to falls increased significantly. How might this be explained?
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, March 27, 2020
• How Long Is It Safe to Delay Gynecologic Cancer Surgery? Many health systems have defined which surgeries they consider permissible during the pandemic, typically by using time parameters (days/weeks/hours) by which a patient would not be caused harm.
  Medscape Medical News, March 26, 2020
• COVID-19: ASTCT Provides Interim Guidelines for Transplantation The guidelines for the care of hematopoietic cell transplantation focus on diagnostic and treatment considerations, evaluation of patients prior to starting HCT therapy, and cell donor evaluation.
  Medscape Medical News, March 26, 2020
• Amid PPE Shortage, Clinicians Face Harassment, Firing for Self-Care Clinicians have been placed on leave or fired for protecting themselves against COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, March 26, 2020
• What Neurologists Can Expect From COVID-19 A discussion with Dr Kenneth Tyler on the most likely neurologic implications of the virus, and how the field can respond to the crisis.
  Medscape Neurology, March 26, 2020
• Novel Coronavirus May Be Transmitted via FMT, FDA Warns The FDA advises that additional safety measures be taken for fecal microbiota transplants after recent studies found evidence of SARS-CoV-2 virus in the stool of infected individuals.
  Medscape Medical News, March 26, 2020
• COVID-19 and Angiotensin Drugs: Help or Harm? The controversy about whether ACE inhibitors and angiotensin blockers may affect COVID-19 infection continues, with hypotheses suggesting these drugs may both help or harm the situation.
  Medscape Medical News, March 25, 2020
• Hospitals Muzzle Doctors and Nurses on PPE, COVID-19 Cases Some worry the gag orders are muddying the picture of how hospitals are faring in the pandemic, while placing the safety of frontline workers at risk.
  Medscape Medical News, March 25, 2020
• COVID-19 Daily: Physician Gag Orders, 'Coronavirus Party' These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
  Medscape Medical News, March 25, 2020
• NYU Med School Offers Early Graduation for Help With COVID-19 Hospitals need to bolster staffing ranks ahead of expected strains due to rising infections, said a George Washington University researcher.
  Medscape Medical News, March 25, 2020
• Inflammatory Status Upon Hospital Admission Tied to Nutritional Support Response A patient's inflammatory status at admission to the hospital was associated with their response to nutritional support in a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial.
  Reuters Health Information, March 23, 2020
• SARS-CoV-2 Persists in Stool After Respiratory Samples Test Negative SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA can persist in stool samples long after respiratory samples have tested negative for the virus that causes COVID-19, researchers report.
  Reuters Health Information, March 24, 2020
• South Korea Says Trump Asked for Equipment to Fight Coronavirus President Donald Trump asked South Korea to send medical equipment to the United States to fight the coronavirus, promising to help Korean companies gain U.S. government approval, South Korea's presidential office said.
  Reuters Health Information, March 24, 2020
• Austria Bets on Mass Testing to Manage Coronavirus Spread Austria will massively expand coronavirus testing in coming days to locate and isolate infected people and avoid an Italian-like overload of its health system, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Tuesday.
  Reuters Health Information, March 24, 2020