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The plan to give every nursing home a fast COVID-19 testing machine has a catch

Trump’s Plan Limits Free Nursing Home COVID-19 Tests

Although nursing homes house small percentage of the population, as many as 40 percent of COVID-19 deaths occur there
During the COVID-19 pandemic period

Number of Newly ID’d U.S. Patients With Cancer Dropped During COVID-19

Decrease of 46.4 percent found for newly identified patients with six common cancer types during pandemic
For hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Risk for Acute Cerebrovascular Events Low in COVID-19 Patients

In hospitalized patients with COVID-19, 2.4 percent had confirmed ischemic stroke, 0.9 percent had ICH
Obesity is associated with an increased risk for intubation or death among hospitalized adults with COVID-19

Obesity Ups Risk for Intubation, Death With COVID-19 in Adults <65

Risk highest for those with class 3 obesity; link mainly seen in adults younger than 65 years of age
Frontline health care workers have an increased risk for reporting a positive test for COVID-19

Risk for Positive COVID-19 Test Up for Health Care Workers

Risk increased for frontline health care workers compared with the general community
The emergence of telemedicine has accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic. HD Live! sat down with Rujuta Saksena

Telemedicine Use Explodes During COVID-19 Pandemic

Two experts spoke with HD Live! about telemedicine's growth, best practices, outlook for the future
The United States is buying up another potential COVID-19 vaccine

U.S. Puts Up Another $2.1 Billion for Potential COVID-19 Vaccine

GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur will supply 100 million doses of its experimental vaccine to the U.S.
When a COVID-19 vaccine is approved

Plenty of COVID-19 Vaccine Coming, Fauci Says

To combat the surging pandemic, Fauci is calling on all Americans to practice social distancing and wearing masks
The COVID-19 pandemic is having an impact on the psychological health of patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

Pandemic Causing Increased Anxiety Among MS Patients

Anxiety increased compared with healthy controls and previous patient survey one year before COVID-19
Symptom-based screening alone is not sufficient to contain a COVID-19 outbreak on college campuses

COVID-19 Testing Needed Every Two Days to Reopen Colleges

Frequency of screening is more important than the accuracy of the test