COVID-19 Updates
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AMA takes on vaccine misinformation, physician vaccines, racism
The AMA House of Delegates recently issued multiple new policies on controversial topics that many clinicians face on a regular basis.
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COVID exposure risk outside of work increasing for clinicians
Two-thirds (66%) of the higher-risk exposures occurred during direct patient care and 34% were related to nonpatient care interactions.
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VA joins Pentagon in recruiting volunteers for COVID vaccine trials
“With VA, their population, all elderly and infirm with underlying conditions, they could really be suffering if we don’t get a vaccine.”
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Common SARS-CoV-2 mutation may be making COVID-19 more contagious
In contrast to a greater variety of strains early in the pandemic, now 99.9% of circulating SARS-CoV-2 strains in the study feature the D614G...
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Obesity biggest risk for COVID-19 pneumonia, after age, male sex
The impact of obesity was most pronounced in women younger than 50 years.
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About 17% of COVID-19 survivors retest positive in follow-up study
The findings could carry important implications for people who continue to be symptomatic.
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Gastroenterology Data Trends 2020
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Diarrhea prevalent among COVID-19 patients with IBD
One in five patients with IBD and COVID-19 had diarrhea, at least twice the prevalence compared with pooled data from prior studies.
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Delayed cancer screening could cause increase in deaths, study says
Based on a survival rate of 5 years for stage 3 or stage 4 colorectal cancer, the death rate would increase nearly 12% when screening is delayed...
From the AGA Journals
AGA issues recommendations for pre-endoscopy coronavirus testing
Testing should balance local prevalence, false positives, false negatives, and endoscopist risk tolerance.