Practice Management News

Rheumatologists are familiar with the enhanced inflammatory response seen in the most severe patients with COVID-19 and could play a key role in the fight against the virus, according to a presenter at the 2020 Interdisciplinary Autoimmune Summit.

Billie Holiday recorded “Strange Fruit” in 1937.

More than 4,000 people have signed an online petition urging members of Congress to implement a national mandate that requires all Americans to wear masks or face coverings in public to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Several trials exploring radiation’s potential as a treatment for critically ill patients with COVID-19 are underway in the United States.

The FDA issued an emergency use authorization for CLEWICU, an artificial intelligence-based platform that identifies several COVID-19 complications hours before they occur, the manufacturer said in a press release.

Dispensed prescriptions of hydroxychloroquine in the U.S. increased 86.2%, while such prescriptions of chloroquine increased 158.6% from February to March 2020, data show.

A patient’s blood type plays a role in the likelihood of developing COVID-19, data from two genetic studies show.

Hospitalized patients who had a documented penicillin allergy had higher odds of receiving “inferior” antibiotics — some that could potentially cause adverse drug events, data published in JAMA Internal Medicine show.

The Trump administration filed a brief with the Supreme Court on Thursday night to overturn the Affordable Care Act.

NASA recently announced that it will select a handful of volunteers this fall for an 8-month study that examines the physiological and psychological effects of social isolation and confinement that could occur on trips to the moon and Mars.