Continued COVID-19 CoverageMay 04, 2020 | Oncology Family Medicine/General Practice COVID-19 is Shattering US Cancer Care This feature article from the BMJ discusses how and why American oncologists are rushing to prioritize the patients at greatest risk, institute new protections, and learn from their collective experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read full article Allergy & Immunology COVID-19 Model Predicts Higher US Death Toll Although still a lower projection from a month ago, the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics Evaluation (IHME) model increase is due to “many states experiencing flatter and thus longer epidemic peaks.” It also said that coronavirus deaths across the country are not falling “very quickly” after their estimated peak. Read full article Family Medicine/General Practice Remdesivir Now ‘Standard of Care’ for COVID-19, Fauci Says Hospitalized patients who had advanced COVID-19 with lung involvement and who received the antiviral agent remdesivir (Gilead Sciences) recovered faster than similar patients who received placebo, according to a preliminary data analysis from a US-led randomized, controlled trial. Read full article
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