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Released: 16-Mar-2020 3:35 PM EDT
COVID-19: Do not forget the host in treating this disease
University of Alabama at Birmingham

From reading the literature primarily out of China, many of the severely ill coronavirus-infected patients appear to have clinical and laboratory features of a cytokine storm syndrome, or CSS, which is frequently fatal.

Released: 16-Mar-2020 2:50 PM EDT
Family Quality Time During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Baylor University

With many schools closed as a measure against the spread of coronavirus, and many parents working remotely, families can incorporate a variety of activities — including educational ones — to keep kids engaged and ready to continue learning when they return to school, say family experts at Baylor University.

Released: 16-Mar-2020 1:25 PM EDT
Penn Nursing Podcast Special Edition: COVID-19
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

As the COVID-19 pandemic grows across the US, Penn Nursing’s Alison Buttenheim, PhD, a public health researcher and behavioral epidemiologist and Penn Medicine’s Carolyn Cannuscio, ScD, a social epidemiologist, join Amplify Nursing to discuss the coronavirus – what we need to know, what we need to do to help lessen the spread, and what we should expect in the days and weeks to come. Listen here or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Released: 16-Mar-2020 11:55 AM EDT
Telehealth can help ‘flatten the curve,’ serve critical role in COVID-19 response, says WVU health expert
West Virginia University

West Virginia University is connecting patients, recently discharged from long-term care facilities, with medical professionals who can manage their healthcare remotely via technology. This telehealth approach may now prove to be a more versatile tool as the U.S. responds to the looming threat of the novel coronavirus.

Released: 16-Mar-2020 10:05 AM EDT
“Families First Coronavirus Response Act” risks limited testing, surprise patient billing
Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201) represents swift action by the House of Representatives to bolster federal responses to the spread of coronavirus and aims to reduce the pandemic’s impacts on Americans’ safety and financial security, while addressing an ongoing COVID-19 testing backlog.

   
Released: 16-Mar-2020 9:00 AM EDT
Healthcare Communication Platform, Pulsara, Announces Release of FREE COVID-19 Management Package
Pulsara

Pulsara's COVID-19 package enables networked communication (including HIPAA-compliant live video and messaging) across organizations at no charge.

Released: 16-Mar-2020 9:00 AM EDT
Association for Molecular Pathology Calls on Senate to Close Coverage Gaps for Clinical Laboratory Testing in Families First Coronavirus Response Act
Association for Molecular Pathology

The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), the premier global, molecular diagnostic professional society, today released a statement on H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, as passed by the House of Representatives on March 14, 2020.

Released: 16-Mar-2020 8:30 AM EDT
Families First Coronavirus Response Act Would Prohibit Insurers from Paying for Some COVID-19 Tests
Association for Diagnostic and Laboratory Medicine (ADLM (formerly AACC))

AACC greatly values the work that the U.S. House of Representatives has done to support American families in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak and is supportive of the goals of H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. However, we are concerned that the language as currently drafted does not provide coverage for COVID-19 tests performed prior to those tests receiving Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the Food & Drug Administration (FDA).

Released: 13-Mar-2020 5:30 PM EDT
Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Sanitizing Smartphones to Avoid COVID-19
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers scholar Donald Schaffner is available to discuss how often, and with what chemicals, smartphone users should sanitize their devices amid fears of COVID-19.

Released: 13-Mar-2020 4:55 PM EDT
Radio Observatories Closing in New Mexico, Virginia, West Virginia
National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Radio observatories closing facilities in response to COVID-19 outbreak and school closings in three states.

Released: 13-Mar-2020 2:25 PM EDT
New COVID-19 content from Annals of Internal Medicine
American College of Physicians (ACP)

Below please find links to new coronavirus-related content published today in Annals of Internal Medicine. All coronavirus-related content published in Annals of Internal Medicine is free to the public.

Released: 13-Mar-2020 1:20 PM EDT
The Lancet: Study details first known person-to-person transmission of new coronavirus in the USA
Lancet

Person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 occurred between two people with prolonged, unprotected exposure while the first patient was symptomatic. Despite active monitoring and testing of 372 contacts of both cases, no further transmission was detected.

Released: 13-Mar-2020 1:05 PM EDT
Faculty Q&A: U. of Michigan economist Gabriel Ehrlich sees sharp, short-lived effects of coronavirus
University of Michigan

FACULTY Q&AGabriel Ehrlich is the director of the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics at the University of Michigan, where he forecasts the U.S. and Michigan economies. He discusses the economic impact of the coronavirus locally, nationally and globally.We are seeing a sinking Dow, disrupted education, restricted travel, canceled events and much more fallout.

   
Released: 13-Mar-2020 12:15 PM EDT
Cancer and COVID-19: What you should know
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

UCLA Oncologists Gary Schiller, MD, and Joshua Sasine, MD, PhD, help explain what cancer patients need to know about COVID-19.

Released: 13-Mar-2020 12:15 PM EDT
Faculty Q&A: H. Luke Shaefer on how the coronavirus outbreak highlights inequities in health care, employment systems
University of Michigan

FACULTY Q&ALuke ShaeferAs the coronavirus continues to spread, University of Michigan poverty scholar H. Luke Shaefer discusses how the pandemic will impact hourly workers and families with low incomes. Shaefer, faculty director of Poverty Solutions U-M, is a professor of social work and public policy.What are the implications of the coronavirus pandemic for low-income families?As there are more and more closures, those who don’t have paid time off and only get paid when they clock in are going to run into the most financial trouble.

   
Released: 13-Mar-2020 11:50 AM EDT
‘This Is What Rush Was Built For'
RUSH

Rush University Medical Center is officially operating in surge mode, as preparations for a potential sharp increase in patients with COVID-19 move into a new phase.

Released: 13-Mar-2020 11:05 AM EDT
Wikipedia visits to disease outbreak pages show impact of news media on public attention
PLOS

During the 2016 Zika outbreak, news exposure appears to have had a far bigger impact than local disease risk on the number of times people visited Zika-related Wikipedia pages in the U.S.

     
Released: 13-Mar-2020 11:05 AM EDT
The Best Ways to Kill Coronavirus In Your Home
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Your kitchen cabinet may already be stocked with cleaning agents that can kill coronavirus. But not all chemicals will work, and none are as gentle on your skin as commercial hand sanitizers, according to Rutgers University experts. Siobain Duffy, an Associate Professor of ecology with expertise in emerging viruses and microbial evolution, and Donald Schaffner, a Distinguished Professor and extension specialist in food science with expertise in microbial risk assessment and handwashing, offer the following tips for cleaning to kill the pathogens that cause COVID-19 and other deadly diseases.

     
Released: 13-Mar-2020 10:15 AM EDT
AIP Proactively Moves to Remote Work Due to Coronavirus; Business to Continue as Usual
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

In an abundance of caution, American Institute of Physics employees will be working remotely beginning Monday, March 16, 2020, to reduce potential exposure to the coronavirus. AIP will transition to remote work until further notice. AIP staff will be available and working on their normal duties during this period, and the building where AIP is housed, the American Center for Physics, will remain open but unavailable to visitors.

   
Released: 13-Mar-2020 9:35 AM EDT
COVID-19 Appears Less Severe in Children, Says Review in Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

As outbreaks of COVID-19 disease caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continue worldwide, there’s reassuring evidence that children have fewer symptoms and less severe disease. That’s among the insights provided by an expert review in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, the official journal of The European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

Released: 13-Mar-2020 8:50 AM EDT
Infectious Disease Experts Recommend Using Antibodies From Covid-19 Survivors as Stopgap Measure to Treat Patients and Protect Health Care Workers
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Countries fighting outbreaks of the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19 should consider using the antibodies of people who have recovered from infection to treat cases and provide short-term immunity—lasting weeks to months—to critical health care workers, argue two infectious disease experts.

Released: 12-Mar-2020 4:10 PM EDT
Important Information About COVID-19 for Those with Asthma
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)

COVID-19 is causing confusion and anxiety for many, including those with asthma. The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology advises staying on your asthma medications to keep asthma under control.

Released: 12-Mar-2020 2:55 PM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Health’s Center for Discovery and Innovation Launches Rapid Response Coronavirus Test
Hackensack Meridian Health

Health care network deploys diagnostic to faster respond to outbreaks as they happen

Released: 12-Mar-2020 1:40 PM EDT
DePaul University experts available to discuss coronavirus issues
DePaul University

Faculty experts at DePaul University are available for news media interviews about the COVID-19 pandemic. Scholars who research transportation, supply chain management, the history of pandemics, public health, hospitality and more.

       
Released: 12-Mar-2020 1:10 PM EDT
Uninsured older adults more likely to be sicker and in need of inpatient care in China
University of Toronto

A new study, published this week in the International Journal of Health Services, found that older adults without health insurance in China were 35% less likely to receive needed inpatient care compared to those with job-based health insurance.

Released: 12-Mar-2020 11:55 AM EDT
Researchers Predict Potential Spread and Seasonality for COVID-19 Based on Climate Where Virus Appears to Thrive
University of Maryland Medical Center

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Institute of Human Virology (IHV), which is part of the Global Virus Network (GVN), predict that COVID-19 will follow a seasonal pattern similar to other respiratory viruses like seasonal flu. They base this on weather modeling data in countries where the virus has taken hold and spread within the community.



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