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Two premiere medical journals are questioning the validity of the data in two studies: one that showed the use of blood pressure drugs was safe in COVID-19 patients and another that showed the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine was dangerous

COVID-19 Drug Studies Questioned

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Journals issue 'expressions of concern' over two recent studies of medications and their effect on COVID-19 patients
Women with acute coronary syndromes do have some different symptoms than men at presentation

Women’s Acute Coronary Symptoms No Longer ‘Atypical’

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Chest pain remains the most common presentation by both men and women
Delayed vaccination enabled the initial spread and increased infectious contact facilitated transmission of measles in the 2018 to 2019 outbreak in New York City

Delayed Vaccination Enabled Measles Spread During 2018-2019 in NYC

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Initial spread due to delayed vaccination; transmission facilitated by increased infectious contact
Children with COVID-19 frequently have negative chest computed tomography findings

Chest CT Often Normal in Pediatric COVID-19 Patients

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No change was seen in 10 of the 11 follow-up CT examinations carried out
In an American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline

Guideline Details Pharmacologic Management of COPD

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Clinical practice guideline addresses six emerging questions around COPD management
Physicians in China experienced a significant increase in mental health symptoms and fear of violence and a decline in mood after the outbreak of COVID-19

COVID-19 Took Toll on Mental Health of Chinese Physicians

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Physicians saw drop in mood, rise in depression, anxiety symptoms, and fear of workplace violence
For patients with cancer and COVID-19

ASCO: Mortality High for Cancer Patients With COVID-19

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Factors linked to 30-day mortality include age, male sex, smoking status, comorbidities, active cancer
A significant decline was seen in the monthly surgical case volume of acute type A aortic dissection in New York City after COVID-19

Significant Drop Seen in Type A Aortic Dissection After COVID-19

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Monthly surgical case volume of aortic dissection declined 76.5 percent; volumes low in March, April
Health care workers in Italy who treated COVID-19 patients self-report substantial mental health symptoms

Italian Health Care Workers’ Mental Health Suffering During COVID-19

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Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, and insomnia all common

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

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The 2020 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Virtual Education Experience The originally scheduled annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons was...