Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
Here is what the editors at Physician's Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of...
Distracted Driving Laws Tied to Fewer Teen Crash Fatalities
Texting, handheld phone bans tied to fewer motor vehicle crash deaths involving drivers aged 16 to 19
Kawasaki-Like Disease Incidence Up After Start of SARS-CoV-2
Children diagnosed after start of SARS-CoV-2 were older, had higher rate of cardiac involvement
Children of Mothers With Mental Illness Less Likely to Receive Vaccines
Risk highest for children living with mothers with alcohol or substance misuse disorders
PM2.5 Linked to Later Mortality in Certain Pediatric, AYA Cancers
Mortality risk increased at 5 years, 10 years among those with pediatric lymphomas, CNS tumors
Doctors Should Watch for Pediatric Inflammatory Syndrome With COVID-19
Epidemiologists are developing a definition of the syndrome that could be released this week
Plan in Place to Up Production of Prefilled Syringes for Future COVID-19 Vaccine
Project Jumpstart aims to produce 100 million prefilled syringes by the end of 2020 and more than 500 million in 2021
Dexrazoxane Preserves Cardiac Function in Pediatric Leukemia
Beneficial for patients with AML receiving anthracyclines, with no impact on event-free, overall survival
Organic Pollutant Exposure May Up Celiac Disease Risk in Children
Patients with higher serum DDE concentrations have twofold increased odds of celiac disease
Severe Illness Reported in Some Children With COVID-19
83 percent of children admitted to 46 participating PICUs had significant preexisting comorbidities
