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GI physicians urge COVID-19 vaccines for all IBD patients
"The [vaccines] leading the pack do not have any replicating virus and thus can be used in immunocompromised people," said Maria Abreu, MD.
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Children and school during the pandemic: What’s the answer?
Dr. Panciu of Budapest and Dr. Buonsenso of Rome debate this conundrum.
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COVID-19–related outcomes poor for patients with hematologic disease in ASH registry
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Immune checkpoint inhibitors don’t increase COVID-19 incidence or mortality, studies suggest
Cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors are not significantly more likely to develop or die from COVID-19, two studies suggest...
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Liver injury linked to COVID-19–related coagulopathy
Cells that line the liver’s blood vessels produce high levels of factor VIII, a coagulation factor, when they are exposed to interleukin-6, an...
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Osteoporosis drugs don’t worsen COVID-19 risk, may help
“What we observed is that there is no harm. Treatments should be continued.”
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Cardiac arrest in COVID-19 pandemic: ‘Survival is possible’
Results of new studies of in- and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest underline that, despite lower survival rates during the pandemic, rates are “not...
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In those with obesity, will losing weight cut COVID-19 severity?
“To think excess weight may also be detrimental to acute effects of a novel virus running amok in the world has focused minds on obesity in a...
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Escalate HIV adherence strategies amid COVID-19
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What happened to melanoma care during COVID-19 sequestration
Preliminary evidence indicates delayed diagnosis and treatment measurably worsened outcome indicators.