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
Lawnmower Injuries More Common in Children From Rural Areas
Rural areas have higher rates of incidence, infection, surgical complications, amputations
Recommendations Made for PPE Use by HCPs in COVID-19 Care
Guidelines address mask, glove, face shield use in conventional, contingency, crisis capacity settings
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
Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Seen in China After COVID-19
People with poor sleep quality report higher rates of posttraumatic stress symptoms
Patients With Cancer Seem More Vulnerable to COVID-19
Frequency of severe events highest for patients with hematologic cancer, lung cancer, and metastatic cancer
Early Awake Proning for COVID-19 Improves Oxygen Saturation
Improvement in oxygen saturation seen with awake early self-proning in the emergency department
Fear of COVID-19 Keeping Adults From Emergency Care
About 80 percent of poll respondents concerned about contracting COVID-19 from another patient, visitor
RV Strain on Echocardiogram May ID High-Risk COVID-19 Patients
Right ventricular longitudinal strain predicts higher mortality in COVID-19
Contact Tracing Can Cut Time to Case Isolation in SARS-CoV-2
Household contacts had higher risk for infection; children were as likely to be infected as adults
