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In an executive summary of a new guideline from the Society of Critical Care Medicine

Guidelines Detail Management of Liver Failure in ICU Patients

29 recommendations address CV, hematology, pulmonary, renal, endocrine considerations
Thousands of passengers stranded on a cruise ship linked to California's first COVID-19 death anxiously awaited test results Friday

California Cruise Ship Passengers Await COVID-19 Test Results

Meanwhile, more than 2,500 New Yorkers have been asked to self-quarantine
California declared a state of emergency Wednesday as health officials kept a cruise ship linked to the state's first COVID-19 death from docking in San Francisco.

California Holds Cruise Ship Offshore for COVID-19 Testing

State declares state of emergency as U.S. Coast Guard delivers testing kits to cruise ship
There are significant sex differences in salaries of clinical department chairs in public medical schools in the United States

Female Clinical Chairs Paid Significantly Less Than Men

Findings based on study of 550 clinical department chairs at 29 public U.S. medical schools
Asthma and allergy drug montelukast -- sold as a generic and under the brand name Singulair -- will get a "boxed warning" over potential ties to neuropsychiatric effects

FDA: Singulair to Get ‘Black Box’ Warning

Drug has long carried warning of potentially dangerous neuropsychiatric side effects
Gulf War illness poses a high disease burden on veterans almost three decades after the conflict

Gulf War Illness Still Poses High Symptom Burden

Vast majority of diagnosed veterans report fatigue, sleep, and pain symptoms
From 2007 to 2018

Considerable Increase Seen in List, Net Prices of Branded Drugs

From 2007 to 2018, list prices increased 159 percent, while net prices increased by 60 percent
Since the implementation of coverage expansions associated with the Affordable Care Act

Racial/Ethnic Insurance Coverage Disparity Down Since ACA

From 2013 to 2017, drop seen in unadjusted, adjusted black-white gap, Hispanic-white gap in uninsurance
All-cause and cause-specific mortality have decreased among five-year adolescent and young adult cancer survivors overall

Late Mortality Down for Young Adult, Adolescent Cancer Survivors

Five-year mortality from all causes overall decreased, but improvement was limited for some cancer types
An emergency authorization will make more respirators available for U.S. health care workers during the coronavirus outbreak

Emergency Measure Will Get More Respirators to U.S. Health Care Workers

Currently, most respirators are approved for use only in industrial settings