COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will collect clinical information on neurological symptoms, complications and outcomes related to COVID-19 through an online data portal created and maintained by NYU Langone Health in New York City.
Data released this week by Eli Lilly showed treatment with a combination of the company’s COVID-19 neutralizing antibodies bamlanivimab and etesevimab reduced the risk of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths by 70% among a group of more than 1,000 high-risk patients enrolled in a Phase 3 clinical…
In recent interviews, nurse leaders said collaboration among team members is more important than ever with COVID-19 elevating the risk of burnout.
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) announced the launch of a national campaign to accelerate the engagement of nursing schools in efforts to vaccinate the public against COVID-19.
An analysis of state and federal health data showed Black Americans receiving COVID-19 vaccinations at “dramatically lower” rates than their white counterparts
AONL is seeking to identify new models of care and innovations related to staffing and patient care delivery that were introduced to help nurse leaders meet
In a study of 792 patients in six countries, the addition of intravenous arthritis drugs to standard care for COVID-19 patients in intensive care reduced the relative risk of death by 24%.
To save lives and reduce the number of COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalization, Health and Human Services (HHS) recently launched a web-based COVID-19 outpatient treatment locator.
A study of more than 1,700 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in the first half of 2020 found 76% had at least one lingering symptom of the disease six months later.
Scientists have developed a COVID-19 antibody test so sensitive it can predict whether a patient will experience mild or severe symptoms of the disease.