CDC Shrinks COVID-19 Quarantine Time, Advises Against Holiday Travel
New quarantine guidelines allow people who have come in contact with someone infected with the virus to resume normal activity after 10 days
Female Doctors Less Likely to Be Promoted to Upper Faculty Ranks
Sex differences in promotions and appointments did not diminish over time and were not smaller in later cohorts
Review: Thromboembolism Risk High in COVID-19 Patients
Patients with thromboembolism have increased pooled odds of mortality compared to those without
Industry Payments Consistently Linked to Physician Prescribing
Thirty of 36 studies identified a positive association between payments and prescribing in all analyses
WHO: Strawberry-Flavored HIV Medication Coming for Infants
WHO has also approved the dapivirine ring, a vaginal insert that has shown to be effective in protecting against HIV in women
Admission for SARS-CoV-2 Down With Prior Metabolic Surgery
Obese patients with COVID-19 who had prior metabolic surgery and subsequent weight loss have reduced rates of hospital admission
Chilblain-Like Lesions During COVID-19 Tied to Type I Interferonopathy
Findings based on systematic clinical, histologic, and biologic assessment
Diabetic Retinopathy May Up Risk for COVID-19 Intubation
In adjusted analyses, retinopathy independently and significantly associated with more than fivefold higher risk for intubation
Risk for SARS-CoV-2 Infection Lower for O, Rh− Blood Groups
Also, risk for severe COVID-19 illness or death lower for O versus all other groups, for Rh− versus Rh+
Decline in SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Response Seen Over 60 Days
More than one in four health care personnel who were positive for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies were seronegative on repeat testing
