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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.
Allergy & Immunology April 20th 2020
This study in Cancer suggests the possibility, pointing to qualitative results of clinical trial principal investigators, research staff, referring clinicians, and cancer center leaders regarding their attitudes and experiences with enrolling minority patients in cancer clinical trials.
Family Medicine/General Practice April 20th 2020
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.
JAMA Network
Although no proven therapies exist, this JAMA article explores potential treatments for COVID-19 in repurposed drugs (chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine), lopinavir/ritonavir and other antiretrovirals, investigational drugs such as remdesivir, adjunctive therapies, and others.
The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s innovative decontamination procedure involving the delivery of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation to used N95 masks has shown great promise in the fight against the shortage of PPEs.
Allergy & Immunology April 13th 2020
A comprehensive guide from the American Medical Association (AMA), which includes information for those who want to support communities severely impacted by COVID-19, including the how and where to volunteer and all things to consider.