Briefings Archive
Period:
(Week in Review)
POLICY
- American laws influence racial and ethnic disparities in covid-19
- C.D.C. combining active infection and recovery tests for the nation's testing total
- Working safely in an unsafe era
- Pandemic sharpens argument that the U.S. needs the "Dreamers."
(Week in Review)
RESEARCH
- Black patients hospitalized at disproportionately higher rates. What does this mean?
- Phase one data from another vaccine candidate raises hopes
- Consequences of the hydroxychloroquine craze
(Week in Review)
RESEARCH
- Do patients under 65 years of age have poor outcomes when infected with SARS-Cov-2?
- Message in a bottle. Moderna's mRNA vaccine candidate makes a splash
- An update on decreased heart attacks in the US during the pandemic
POLICY
- New York City's Safety-Net Hospitals Face Financial Collapse
- Loan Relief for Providers
- Federal judge weighs in on voting by mail
- Pandemic exacerbates partisan divide
- CDC guidance finally issued
- Alabama opened on April 30th. Now intense care units are full
- Illinois legislators eject colleague for refusing to wear a mask
(Week in Review)
RESEARCH
- BREAKING: Two major studies shed light on possible covid-19 treatments. The news is mixed
(Week in Review)
POLICY
- Rapid SARS-CoV-2 test used by White House may miss half of cases
- Details of Operation Warp Speed Concern Scientists
- Senate hearing paints dark picture of the coming months
- Rural hospitals sue for support
- Looking inside the Democrats' Proposed New Relief Package
- More than just the medication
(Week in Review)
RESEARCH
- Briefing from the editor: This is not the flu
- New triple therapy for covid-19 infection
- Is covid-19 triggering Kawasaki-like disease?
- More studies show hydroxychloroquine is not effective for treating covid-19
RESEARCH
- Asymptomatic healthcare workers in London. Where are the infections happening?
POLICY
- Generic remdesivir will help with costs, but not in the United States
- Senate hearing paints dark picture of the coming months
- More money, coming your way
- Increased telemedicine calls for new protections for health data
(Week in Review)
POLICY
- White House and CDC clash over reopening guidance
- Data suggests premature opening
- FDA to address sketchy antibody tests
- Remdesivir: So now what?
- USDA covid-19 food assistance neglects food workers
- CDC study fails to explain racial disparities in hospitalization
- Tribal tribulations continue
(Week in Review)
RESEARCH
- Failure to launch: New York data on hydroxychloroquine use shows no benefit
- Obesity appears to be a risk factor for disease severity in younger patients
- Do blood thinners help covid-19 patients?
- Disparate covid-19 hospitalization and death rates across New York City boroughs
RESEARCH
- Covid-19 and blood clots? Dermatologists weigh in
- Air Pollution Exposure Appears to Increase Covid-19 Mortality Rate
- Disparate covid-19 hospitalization and death rates across New York City boroughs
POLICY
- Consciously unmasking
- States ignore the White House guidelines on re-opening
- Tribal tribulations continue
(Week in Review)
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
- Remdesivir poised to obtain emergency use authorization despite mixed data
- States stockpile hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) despite FDA recommendations
- Advanced service payments coming to a halt
- Administration embraces telehealth
(Week in Review)
RESEARCH
- Breaking news briefing: Lancet lifts embargo to sound cautionary note about Remdesivir
- Can alpha-1 adrenergic receptor antagonists (⍺1-AR antagonists) prevent covid-19 cytokine storm?
- News leak from the CORIMUNO-TOCI clinical trial
- 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?
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