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Although the findings reported in Blood should be considered as hypothesis-generating and preliminary in nature, a small clinical trial suggested ibrutinib may protect against lung injury and improve pulmonary function in hypoxic patients with COVID-19.

The Journal of Internal Medicine stresses that, although the timing of antiviral therapy may significantly slow COVID-19 progression, the study was underpowered to evaluate the therapeutic effect of the drugs and they should continue to be used only in studies, not empirical use.

A JAMA “Original Investigation” seeks to discover the characteristics, clinical presentation, and outcomes of 5,700 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States, specifically in the New York City area.

Beyond converting to telehealth platforms and limiting in-office visits, the Best Practices Committee of the NCCN shares essential approaches to help mitigate the transmission of COVID-19 among patients with cancer and the health care workers who treat them.

Although timely access to the results of studies evaluating patients with cancer infected with COVID-19 is urgently needed, such evidence is currently very limited. The CCC19 hopes to change all of that.

According to a recent study published in Journal of Infectious Diseases, an analysis of four different coronaviruses (OC43, 229E, HKU1 and NL63) over an 8-year period demonstrated that they were detected in a limited timeframe, from December to April and May, with a peak during January and February.