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Social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic has not led to an overall increase in loneliness among Americans

No Big Increase Seen in Loneliness During U.S. COVID-19 Outbreak

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Overall, older adults reported less loneliness compared with younger age groups
The National Institutes of Health announced Saturday that a clinical trial evaluating hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19 has been stopped because the drug likely provides no benefit.

NIH Stops Hydroxychloroquine Trial

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Although there was no harm, data and safety monitoring board found the drug 'very unlikely to be beneficial'
An inhaled version of the antiviral drug remdesivir will soon be tested outside a hospital setting

Inhaled Remdesivir May Allow COVID-19 Patients to Be Treated at Home

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Currently, the drug has to be given intravenously through daily infusions in the hospital
Safety climate perceptions are associated with care practitioner-reported stress and job satisfaction

Safety Climate Perceptions Linked to Health Provider Stress

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Nurses have poorest safety perceptions, lowest job satisfaction, and highest reported stress
COVID-19 hospitalizations could result in high out-of-pocket spending for commercially insured consumer-directed health plan enrollees

Costs for COVID-19 High With Consumer-Directed Health Plans

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Out-of-pocket costs high for consumer-directed health plan enrollees, especially younger individuals
The use of the prone position for awake

Prone Position Ups Oxygenation in Patients With Severe COVID-19

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Patients with SpO2 ≥95 percent after one hour of prone position had lower rates of intubation
Combined isolation and tracing strategies can reduce COVID-19 transmission more than mass testing or self-isolation alone

Isolation, Contact Tracing Combo Can Cut COVID-19 Transmission

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64 percent drop seen in transmission for self-isolation, household quarantine plus manual contact tracing
A study on the use of masks to protect against the new coronavirus should be retracted by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences because it contains "egregious errors" and "verifiably false" statements

Scientists Say Journal Should Retract Mask Study

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Study, published June 11, claims wearing a mask 'significantly reduces the number of infections' with the new coronavirus
Antiracism protests in the United States have not led to increases in new cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19

Early Data Show No Protest-Related Increases in COVID-19 Infections

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Use of masks and the fact that protests are outdoors may have helped
Statewide stay-at-home orders are associated with decreases in COVID-19 hospitalizations

Stay-at-Home Orders Tied to Slowing of COVID-19 Hospitalizations

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12 days after stay-at-home orders started, hospitalization growth began to deviate from projected numbers