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Covering more of the body leads to better protection for health care workers against contamination

PPE With More Coverage Ups Protection, but Harder to Don, Doff

Modified gowns with attached gloves and gloves, masks with added tabs may cut contamination
Race and income influence the risk for severe illness from COVID-19

Race and Income Influence Risk for Severe COVID-19

Higher risk seen for black and American Indian versus white adults, for those living in low-income households
Use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin-receptor blockers and other classes of antihypertensive medications seem not to be associated with COVID-19

ACE Inhibitors, ARBs Not Linked to Risk for COVID-19

And, not one of five classes of anti-HTN meds linked to increased likelihood of positive COVID-19 test

American Association for Cancer Research, April 27-28

The American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2020 The annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research was held virtually this...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Monday it will crack down on the fraudulent COVID-19 antibody tests that have flooded the market.

FDA Goes After Unproven COVID-19 Antibody Tests

Companies selling tests will be required to submit data proving accuracy within next 10 days
In guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Recommendations Made for PPE Use by HCPs in COVID-19 Care

Guidelines address mask, glove, face shield use in conventional, contingency, crisis capacity settings
A new analysis shows inadequate levels of testing for COVID-19 in 60 percent of states

With Many States Reopening, COVID-19 Testing Levels Still Too Low

Analysis shows that right now just 40 percent of states can meet the lower 2 percent threshold for testing
In an official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline

ATS Issues Guideline on the Diagnosis of Sarcoidosis

Recommendations address the uncertainties faced by clinicians in the detection, diagnosis of sarcoidosis
Patients with cancer seem to be more vulnerable to COVID-19 and have higher risks for severe outcomes

Patients With Cancer Seem More Vulnerable to COVID-19

Frequency of severe events highest for patients with hematologic cancer, lung cancer, and metastatic cancer
In COVID-19 patients

Early Awake Proning for COVID-19 Improves Oxygen Saturation

Improvement in oxygen saturation seen with awake early self-proning in the emergency department