Month: August 2020
Household Transmission
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Anchor lead: What does following COVID infection in families tell us? Elizabeth Tracey reports People other than children in a household appeared to develop COVID-19 infection first and transmit it to others, a recent found. Some interpret the study to …
Dexamethasone in Blacks
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Anchor lead: More trials to establish best practices for use of dexamethasone in different populations are needed, Elizabeth Tracey reports A trial known as RECOVERY in the UK revealed the news that many people with severe COVID-19 infection could benefit …
Parallel Epidemics
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Anchor lead: Overdose deaths are increasing along with COVID-19 mortality, Elizabeth Tracey reports Deaths from drug overdoses are reaching record levels even as those from COVID-19 continue to climb, CDC data reveal. Eric Strain, a drug abuse expert at Johns …