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• New Physician Adviser to President More Aligned With Trump's Views Radiologist Dr Scott Atlas draws sharp rebukes from those who say his views are not grounded in science and praise from those who agree with his view that the virus risk is overblown.
  Medscape Medical News, August 14, 2020
• COVID-19 Update: Comparison With 1918 Flu, Secondary Transmission These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
  Medscape Medical News, August 14, 2020
• Orbital Fracture Incidence Up in US Emergency Departments The incidence of orbital floor fractures presenting to US emergency departments climbed by 47% from 2006 to 2017, a recent study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, August 13, 2020
• Last Doctor Standing: Pandemic Pushes Indian Hospital to Brink Guards armed with rifles escort Dr Kumar Gaurav as he makes the rounds at his hospital on the banks of the Ganges River.
  Reuters Health Information, August 13, 2020
• Pediatric Patients Should Be Prioritized When Rationing COVID-19 Treatments, Report Argues Pediatric patients should receive priority when rationing life-saving treatments during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an ethics roundtable discussion.
  Reuters Health Information, August 13, 2020
• Rituximab Might Benefit Some Patients With Severe COVID-19 B-cell depletion with rituximab might benefit certain some patients with severe COVID-19, researchers in the UK say.
  Reuters Health Information, August 13, 2020
• Stress-Induced Brain Activity Linked to Chest Pain in CAD Patients The brain's reaction to stress may be an important contributor to chest pain in patients with coronary artery disease, according to results of a cohort study.
  Medscape Medical News, August 14, 2020
• Father and Son Doctors Die of COVID-19 in Florida Both were born in Cuba, both came over together to the US on a raft on a raft in 1965, and both were fell to COVID-19 after each being admitted to separate hospitals on Father's Day.
  WebMD Health News, August 14, 2020
• Risk of Secondary COVID-19 Transmission Low in Most Settings Contract tracing showed that household contacts had the highest secondary COVID-19 transmission risk of at 10.3%. The rate was 0.01% for those exposed on public transportation.
  Medscape Medical News, August 14, 2020
• A Model for Indigenous Groups Grappling With COVID-19 At risk are not only the vulnerable lives in these communities, but also the traditions and cultures they represent.
  Undark, August 14, 2020
• PVR Reassessed as Predictor of Heart Failure A study of patients with pulmonary hypertension suggests a reconsideration of the accepted benchmark for pulmonary vascular hypertension as a predictor of heart failure may be warranted.
  Medscape Medical News, August 14, 2020
• ATS 2020Poverty Affects Response to Ozone Exposure in COPD Patients The wide-ranging effects of poverty on health now include response to ozone pollution in current and former smokers with COPD, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, August 14, 2020
• Multiple Traits More Common in Difficult-to-Treat Migraine Patients with difficult-to-treat migraines are 'more medically and psychosocially complex,' according to a new study.
  Medscape Medical News, August 14, 2020
• Top US Health Official Says Approval of COVID Vaccines Unlikely Before November Any potential COVID-19 vaccine backed by the Trump administration's 'Operation Warp Speed' program is unlikely to receive a green light from regulators any earlier than November or December.
  Reuters Health Information, August 13, 2020
• Three More US States Launching Coronavirus Exposure Warning Apps North Dakota, Wyoming, and Alabama are the latest US states launching apps to warn users about potential exposure to the novel coronavirus by tracking their encounters, representatives for the states told Reuters on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, August 13, 2020
• US Recruits Scientists Abroad for COVID-19 Vaccine Trials, Pledges Access to Supply The Trump administration's coronavirus vaccine project is recruiting scientists in South Africa and Latin America to help test possible vaccines in US.
  Reuters Health Information, August 13, 2020
• Pharmacy to Pay $3.5 Mln to Resolve US Claims It Helped Teva Pay Kickbacks A Florida-based specialty pharmacy will pay $3.5 million to resolve allegations it served as a conduit for a Teva subsidiary to pay kickbacks to Medicare patients.
  Reuters Health Information, August 13, 2020
• Twelve Cases of Nile Fever Confirmed in Spain's Andalusia Twelve out of 19 people suffering from meningitis in the southern Spanish province of Seville have tested positive for Nile fever, the regional government of Andalusia said on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, August 13, 2020
• Israeli Hospital Trials Super-Quick Saliva Test for COVID-19 A newly developed saliva test aims to determine in less than a second whether or not you are infected with the novel coronavirus, Israel's largest medical center said on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, August 13, 2020
• Coronavirus Test Blunder Leaves Possible Merkel Successor Red-Faced The leader of the state of Bavaria apologized on Thursday for a coronavirus bungle that meant some 900 people who had tested positive were not told about it.
  Reuters Health Information, August 13, 2020