Briefings Archive
Period:
RESEARCH
- The remdesivir saga continues
POLICY
- Covid-19 research faces challenges
- Restarting the economy likely to worsen inequality
- Remdesivir poised to obtain emergency use authorization despite mixed data
RESEARCH
- Can alpha-1 adrenergic receptor antagonists prevent covid-19 cytokine storm?
- News leak from the CORIMUNO-TOCI clinical trial
POLICY
- Advanced service payments coming to a halt
- States stockpile hydroxychloroquine despite FDA recommendations
- Trump says meat processing plants must stay open
RESEARCH
- SARS-CoV-2 spread in an air-conditioned restaurant in China
POLICY
- Secretive group channeling ideas to the White House
- Administration embraces telehealth
RESEARCH
- Do people lose their sense of smell or taste when they have SARS-CoV-2?
- Does confinement or shelter-in-place affect the mental health of children?
POLICY
- Navajo Nation continues to disproportionately suffer from covid-19
- New York City, other cities release updated race data for covid-19 fatality and hospitalization rates
(Week in Review)POLICY
- Reopening drama continues
- Reimbursement for uninsured care
- New stimulus package by the numbers
- Changes in testing policy
- Was the Bright light snuffed out?
- Emergency use authorization leaves quality by the wayside
(Week in Review)RESEARCH
- BREAKING NEWS: Chloroquine trial halted; high doses deemed too harmful
- What happens to children diagnosed with covid-19?
- Early New York Hospital data emerges
- Confirmed ways to decontaminate and reuse N95 masks
RESEARCH
- BREAKING NEWS: Chloroquine trial halted; high doses deemed too harmful
POLICY
- Changes in testing policy
- Reimbursement for uninsured care
- House passage of newest stimulus bill foreshadows fight to come
RESEARCH
- Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors and COVID-19 Update
POLICY
- UPDATE: Was the Bright light snuffed out?
- Reopening drama continues
RESEARCH
- The hydroxychloroquine drama continues
- What happens to children diagnosed with covid-19?
POLICY
- A Bright spot at BARDA flames out
- New stimulus package by the numbers
- Partisanship dominates pandemic management in Wisconsin
RESEARCH
- Confirmed ways to decontaminate and reuse N95 masks
- What is the optimum distance or formation to "social distance" when exercising outside?
POLICY
- Bowling alone
- Is a public-private partnership the cure for covid-19?
RESEARCH
- Covid-19 cases are up in the United States. But where are the heart attacks?
- Early New York Hospital data emerges
POLICY
- A call to resume visa processing for foreign physicians
- Emergency use authorization leaves quality by the wayside
- More aid coming soon
RESEARCH
- Why does universal testing for SARS-CoV-2 matter?
- What's going on with Gildead's remdesivir clinical trial?
POLICY
- Non-profit vaccine may be available in early 2021
- Compounded sedation now available
- Is Counting Covid-19 Death Toll State Dependent?
RESEARCH
- Technical Review: COVID-19 Lung Injury is not High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
- Headline misleads on remdesivir data. Two patients in study died. Was that more or less than expected?
POLICY
- Governors prevail, Federalism is alive and well
- Too little, too late, stimulus funds running out
RESEARCH
- COVID-19 and African Americans
- Post-mortem Covid-19 exposures?
POLICY
- Catch me if you can
- Putting medical students to work
- Inadequate PPE leaves health care workers sick
RESEARCH
- Universal testing in obstetrics reveals a high asymptomatic carrier rate for SARS-CoV-2
POLICY
- Federal government sends healthcare disbursement
- Plans to lift stay-at-home orders
- The Newest Shortage
RESEARCH
- New study questions the safety and efficacy of hydroxychloroquine for covid-19
- Are chest x-rays reliable for diagnosing covid-19?
- Autopsy findings of four patients with covid-19 in New Orleans
POLICY
- Who is in charge, here?
- Oyez, oyez, oyez
- Hold the swab
RESEARCH
- Compassionate Use of Remdesivir for Patients with Severe Covid-19
POLICY
- Broader financial support for businesses
- When will this all be over?
- Reduce, reuse, recycle
RESEARCH
- What do we know about doctors who have died from covid-19?
- What happens to children who get covid-19 in the United States?
POLICY
- Cessation of federal support
- Rural America is not spared
- Cases in correctional facilities on the rise
RESEARCH
- SARS-CoV-2 and blood clots
- One virus, several diseases?
POLICY
- Expanded production quotas of controlled substances
- More money needed
- Defense Production Act in action
RESEARCH
- Is the covid-19 pandemic concerning the general public?
POLICY
- CDC begins search for the true denominator
- Custody battles behind the front lines
- An essential vote
RESEARCH
- What happened to covid-19 patients admitted to the ICU in Italy?
- From the archives of uninformative clickbait
POLICY
- Quarantine requirements across state lines
- Expanded face mask recommendations
- Masks, at last
RESEARCH
- Can a drug used to kill parasites fight SARS-Cov-2?
- Can antihypertensives help to fight covid-19?
POLICY
- Worsening supply shortages
- US paying hospitals Medicare rates for covid-19 care for the uninsured
- Share the immunity
RESEARCH
- More studies on hydroxychloroquine, same “iffy” results
- Does your blood type make you more susceptible to SARS-Cov-2?
POLICY
- FDA Authorizes First Serology Test for SARS-CoV-2
- Relaxed restrictions for controlled substances
RESEARCH
- Chronic disease and covid-19 outcomes
- Initial observations of covid-19 patients in critical care in three cities
POLICY
- Stimulus checks may not be as automatic as advertised
- FDA develops accelerated treatment pathway
- US intelligence report suspects China lied about covid-19 infections
RESEARCH
- Multiple patients on a single mechanical ventilator?
- More estimates of the case-fatality rate (CFR) of covid-19
POLICY
- FDA grants emergency authorization for medication
- Changes to Medicare payment programs
- Joint Commission supports provider-supplied PPE