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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs says it may not have enough personal protective equipment for medical staff if there is a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VA May Not Have Enough PPE for Second COVID-19 Wave

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Currently, the VA has about a 30-day supply of masks, gowns, and other protective gear
A study to assess several drugs currently being used to treat COVID-19 in infants

Study Will Assess Drugs Used to Treat Young COVID-19 Patients

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Findings will be used to refine drug dosing and improve safety for young patients with COVID-19
In another troubling sign that the spread of COVID-19 might be accelerating

Nine U.S. States Seeing Spikes in COVID-19 Hospitalizations

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Hospitalization data challenge the notion that spike in new cases is solely because of increased testing
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that primary care clinicians ask adults about drug use and connect them to services for treatment and appropriate care. These recommendations form the basis of a final recommendation statement published in the June 9 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

USPSTF Urges Primary Care Docs to Ask Adults About Drug Use

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Evidence inadequate to assess benefits and harms of screening for unhealthy drug use in teens
Women with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease have increased risks for maternal and neonatal complications

Risk for Maternal, Neonatal Complications Increased With NAFLD

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NAFLD linked to hypertensive complications, preterm birth, postpartum hemorrhage, possibly maternal death
Percutaneous cryoablation for stage I renal cell carcinoma results in good outcomes

Percutaneous Cryoablation Treats Early-Stage Kidney Cancer

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10-year disease-specific survival 94 percent; 10-year risk for hemodialysis only 2.3 percent
A claim that transmission of the COVID-19-causing coronavirus by people without symptoms is "very rare" was quickly reversed by the World Health Organization.

WHO Backpedals on Claim That Asymptomatic Transmission of New Coronavirus Is Rare

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Agency states it was a 'misunderstanding' to say that transmission by people without symptoms is rare
A new analysis shows that parts of the country that had been spared the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic are now tallying record-high cases of new infections.

Record-High Numbers of New COVID-19 Cases Seen in 14 States, Puerto Rico

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New predictions from the University of Washington show U.S. death toll could now hit 145,000 by August
More research is needed to determine the safety and efficacy of cannabis use for the treatment of Parkinson disease symptoms

Not Enough Evidence Exists to Support Cannabis for Parkinson Disease

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Consensus statement calls for more rigorous research to assess clinical benefit
Hypercoagulable thromboelastography can predict thrombotic events in patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit

Thromboelastography Can Predict Blood Clots in COVID-19

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For innate TEG maximum amplitude, sensitivity and negative predictive value were 100 percent