Medscape Multispecialty

COVID-19 Update: Hospital Walkout, #WhiteCoats4BlackLives These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
Medscape Medical News, June 5, 2020
HHS Vows to Reduce Racial Disparities in COVID-19 The agency emphasized its commitment to reducing racial disparities by adding new demographic information for laboratories to include when reporting results of COVID-19 testing.
Medscape Medical News, June 5, 2020
#WhiteCoats4BlackLives: A 'Platform for Good' Residents, students, and clinicians say now is the time to take a stand against racism.
Medscape Medical News, June 5, 2020
Police Arrest, Allegedly Target Medics at Twin Cities Protests Police shot rubber bullets into a medic station in Minneapolis and arrested volunteers providing first aid in St. Paul.
Medscape Medical News, June 4, 2020

COVID-19: Where Doctors Can Get Help for Emotional Distress Many physicians say the traumatic experiences of being on the front line leave them mentally exhausted, guilt-ridden, and depressed. Here's where to find resources to help your mental health at this time.
Medscape Medical News, June 2020
Money Worries During COVID-19? 6 Tips to Stay Afloat Thousands of physicians are seeing a slowdown or stoppage of work and income. Here's how to stay in safe financial shape during these financially rocky times.
Medscape Business of Medicine, May 2020
Domestic Violence Amid COVID-19: Helping Your Patients From Afar As people are social distancing and staying at home, domestic violence is increasing, and people are at risk. Experts say you can intervene, even from a distance.
Medscape Medical News, May 2020
Who Gets a Ventilator? Rationing Aid in COVID-19 Bioethicist Art Caplan talks about the key factors that can come into play when deciding who gets scarce resources for treating COVID-19.
Medscape Business of Medicine, April 2020
Close Your Practice Briefly...or Longer? COVID-19 Decision Many practices are taking a financial hit because of COVID-19 and may have to decide whether to shut down temporarily or perhaps even longer.
Medscape Medical News, March 2020

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COVID-19-Related Inflammatory Condition More Common in Black Kids More evidence has linked the Kawasaki-like multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children to COVID-19 and suggests that black children have a greater risk of the condition.
Medscape Medical News, June 5, 2020
Residents Demand Changes in Advance of Second Wave of COVID-19 In Brooklyn, Brookdale Hospital residents staged a 'unity break' to protest the lack of their involvement in decision making and call for changes to hospital protocols.
Medscape Medical News, June 5, 2020
ASCP 2020 Antipsychotic May Fill Schizophrenia Treatment Need Adjunctive treatment with the atypical antipsychotic pimavanserin is associated with marked improvement in patients with schizophrenia who have predominantly negative symptoms, new research suggests.
Medscape Medical News, June 5, 2020

'A Fuse Has Been Lit': Dr Jerome Adams on Racism and Civil Unrest WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with US Surgeon General Jerome Adams about racism, social justice, health disparities, and their impact on vulnerable communities.
WebMD, June 5, 2020
Are Patients Dying 'From' COVID or 'With' COVID? George Lundberg discusses why the cause of death matters.
Medscape Internal Medicine, June 5, 2020