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• Association Between Immigration Status and Acute Stroke Care Do immigrants to high-income countries receive the same level of stroke care as long-term residents? This study compared stroke characteristics and poststroke care and disability between these groups.
  Stroke, August 05, 2020
• COVID-19 Update: Monoclonal Antibodies, Pooled Hospital Testing These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2020
• Pooled COVID-19 Testing Feasible, Greatly Reduces Supply Use Testing specimens from several low-risk patients required a fraction of the testing supplies and had several advantages, but implementation of the strategy was challenging, researchers found.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2020
• Two Monoclonal Antibody Trials for COVID-19 Launched Anthony Fauci, MD, called the launches 'important'; the two trials will examine the antibodies for the treatment of COVID-19 patients both in and out of the hospital.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2020
• Medicare Sticks With E/M Pay Plan Over Some Objections Medicare officials posted two proposed rules for 2021 payments for clinicians and hospital outpatient services, including a plan to broaden the pool of clinicians who can supervise diagnostic tests.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2020
• CDC Anticipates 2020 Outbreak of Acute Flaccid Myelitis Clinicians should be prepared to quickly recognize AFM symptoms and to immediately hospitalize patients, the CDC says.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2020
• Resident Physician Abuse: Are Unions the Answer? Can unions protect resident physicians where institutions are failing? Interest in resident unions has risen during the pandemic, but so have questions about the viability and efficacy of the groups.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2020
• France Readies COVID Tests for Travellers From At-risk Countries France's busiest airport was preparing to start testing passengers for COVID-19 on arrival from high-risk countries, a move that could reduce the need for quarantining.
  Reuters Health Information, July 31, 2020
• Under Pressure, Spanish Family Doctors Battle the Coronavirus Spain's family doctors are feeling the strain as they increasingly take the place of emergency and intensive-care colleagues on the front lines of the country's battle against COVID-19.
  Reuters Health Information, July 31, 2020
• Itolizumab Lowers Risk of Death in Elderly COVID-19 Patients -Cuban Study An antibody drug already being used against the coronavirus in Cuba decreased the risk of intensive care admission and death among nursing home residents with moderate COVID-19.
  Reuters Health Information, July 31, 2020
• Why Are We Still Talking About Hydroxychloroquine? Dr Allan Block has had enough of the hydroxychloroquine debate. "While hydroxychloroquine may have its uses for other disorders, at this point COVID-19 doesn't appear to be one of them," he says.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, August 03, 2020
• Alert FDA OKs Two Blood Tests to Estimate SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies The numbers of antibodies can act as a baseline, but the information they yield is limited. The FDA cautions against using the results as an indicator to relax precautions.
  FDA Approvals, August 03, 2020
• Better COVID-19 Outcomes Seen With Continued ACE Inhibitor, ARB Use Hospitalized COVID-19 patients with high blood pressure who continue on ACE inhibitors and ARBs fare better than those who discontinue the drugs, according to a retrospective study.
  Reuters Health Information, July 31, 2020
• Is Reopening Worth the Risk to People's Lives During COVID-19?   Bioethicist Art Caplan discusses how to balance health and liberty during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, August 03, 2020
• Combined Pulmonary Fibrosis and Emphysema What do we currently know about combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema? Learn more about the features of this condition and explore treatment options.
  Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, August 03, 2020
• SARS-CoV-2 RNA Detected in Blood Donations The identification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the plasma of blood donors highlights the potential need for routine screening.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, August 03, 2020
• Clinical Evaluation of Diagnostic Assays for SARS-CoV-2 This study evaluated the clinical performance of three currently available molecular assays for SARS-CoV-2 using nasopharyngeal swabs from symptomatic patients.
  American Journal of Clinical Pathology, August 03, 2020
• Risk Factors for Pressure Injury in Adult ICU Patients A new study provides insight into the factors that may contribute to the development of pressure injuries among critically ill patients.
  American Journal of Critical Care, August 03, 2020
• Which HCPs Are Most Likely to Get COVID Vaccine? Medscape's reader poll also found that few respondents think there will be a readily available vaccine by the end of 2020, but most think one will come by the end of 2021.
  Medscape Medical News, July 31, 2020
• Remdesivir Therapy Tied to Lower Mortality in Severe COVID-19 Remdesivir treatment is associated with reduced odds of death and improved odds of recovery in patients with severe COVID-19, according to an interim analysis of two ongoing studies.
  Reuters Health Information, July 30, 2020