COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities
People with diabetes appear to be at higher risk of having more severe COVID-19 infections, but researchers have insufficient data to quantify that risk, according to an April 8 evidence review by the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM).
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now reporting national data on confirmed COVID-19 cases by both race and ethnicity.
Today’s webinar from the National Emerging Special Pathogen Training and Education Center (NETEC) will present tips and best practices for caring for infants, children and teenagers with COVID-19.
To assist hospitals and health systems in making difficult decisions about how to deploy limited staff and resources, the American Hospital Association (AHA) has compiled a list of resources, tools and sample policies, which clinical teams can consult during the COVID-19 crisis.
Free tools for communicating with intubated COVID-19 patients and others unable to speak are available online from the Patient Provider Communication Forum.
Seattle’s University of Washington health system, UW Medicine, and its affiliates are sharing resources they developed as the first providers and administrators to encounter COVID-19 on U.S. soil.
An immunologist at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore, Md., is working to develop a blood-derived treatment for use against COVID-19. The technique uses antibodies from the blood plasma or serum of people who have recovered from the infection. If all goes well, the team says, it may be…