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Impact of an Educational and Laboratory Stewardship Intervention on Inpatient COVID-19 Therapeutics at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, health care professionals (HCPs), including emergency medicine physicians and...
Original Research
Pharmacist-Led Antimicrobial Stewardship and Antibiotic Use in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19
The inappropriate use of antibiotics is associated with an increased risk of antibiotic resistance, health care costs...
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Study of hospitalizations in Canada quantifies benefit of COVID-19 vaccine to reduce death, ICU admissions
Unvaccinated patients were found to be up to 15 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than fully vaccinated patients.
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COVID-19 and psoriasis: Is there a link?
“Infection with COVID-19 has been associated with flares of guttate and pustular psoriasis, and even psoriasis that affects 100% of the skin.”
Conference Coverage
New drugs in primary care: Lessons learned from COVID-19
Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir has helped keep many patients out of the hospital, says internist.
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White House to end COVID vaccine mandate for federal workers
The requirement will be lifted at the end of the day on May 11, which is also when the federal public health emergency declaration ends.
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Researchers seek to understand post-COVID autoimmune disease risk
Three large studies link past SARS-CoV-2 infection to new-onset autoimmune disease, but it is not yet clear what drives this relationship.
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Long-COVID patients respond differently to COVID vaccines
Differences could explain why some people experience symptoms for months while others recover faster.
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Diagnosis by dog: Canines detect COVID in schoolchildren with no symptoms
In medical terms, the dogs achieved a greater than 95% accuracy on two important measures of effectiveness: sensitivity – a test’s ability to...
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Explanation proposed for long-COVID symptoms in the CNS
In the case of persistent neurologic symptoms after COVID, antibodies produced for previously encountered coronaviruses rather than for SARS-CoV2...