Mar 31, 2020

Throughout the United States, legislators and county officials are quickly escalating quarantines to prevent the spread of COVID-19.  Amid the panic, one industry is struggling to keep products in...

Mar 31, 2020

The benefits of hydroxychloroquine being investigated in multi-site clinical trial launching in April. Researchers are investigating whether hydroxychloroquine, a commonly used anti-malarial a...

Mar 30, 2020

In response to the World Health Organization (WHO) statements and international concerns regarding the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) outbreak, the International Society of Ultrasound in Obst...

Mar 30, 2020

Outpatient Assessment and Management for Pregnant Women With Suspected or Confirmed Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Unlike influenza and other respiratory illnesses, based on a limited number of confir...

Mar 30, 2020

Written by Physician's Weekly Blogger, Skeptical Scalpel Although at the time I wrote this over 33,000 people had died from COVID 19 infections worldwide, the numbers of patients dying in intensive...

Mar 30, 2020

Rising Pharma Holdings Inc., the global pharmaceutical company operating as Rising Pharmaceuticals, today announced its collaborative agreement with the Division of Infectious Disease and Internationa...

Mar 30, 2020

View or Download AHA Statement (PDF)  The American Heart Association (AHA) has issued interim guidance for CPR and emergency cardiovascular care for patients with known or suspected coronavirus (C...

Mar 30, 2020

View or Download Study (PDF) Abstract Background Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have been found to be efficient on SARS-CoV-2, and reported to be efficient in Chinese COV-19 patients. We eval...

Mar 30, 2020

Increased lung recruitability seen with alternating body position between supine and prone positioning (HealthDay News) -- Lung recruitability can be assessed at bedside in mechanically ventilate...

Mar 29, 2020

Review shows vitamin C can shorten the duration of mechanical ventilation by an average of 25 percent The administration of vitamin C shortens the length of mechanical ventilation in critically i...

Mar 29, 2020

MONDAY, March 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Management of cancer care during the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is addressed in a special feature article published online March 20 in the Journal ...

Mar 27, 2020

The latest installment of the #PWChat series centered around the latest impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on healthcare professionals. Held on March 26, the chat was co-hosted by Physician's Weekly ...

Mar 27, 2020

By Chad Terhune, Allison Martell and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) - As the United States works overtime to screen thousands for the novel coronavirus, a new blood test offe...

Mar 26, 2020

By Nathan Allen and Inti Landauro MADRID (Reuters) - Spain extended its coronavirus lockdown on Thursday and said it was fighting a "real war" over medical supplies to con...

Mar 26, 2020

By Oliver Hirt and John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's confirmed coronavirus infections jumped to more than 10,000 cases on Thursday, as health officials warned i...

Mar 26, 2020

By Stella Qiu and Se Young Lee BEIJING (Reuters) - China has ordered airlines to sharply cut the number of flights in and out of the country out of concern that travelers ...

Mar 26, 2020

By Marine Strauss and Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The peak of Belgium's coronavirus infections still lies ahead, the health ministry said on Thursday, adding much wi...

Mar 26, 2020

By Paul Sandle, Kate Holton and Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has placed an emergency order of 10,000 ventilators designed at breakneck speed by bagless vacuum c...

Mar 26, 2020

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Netherlands rose by 1,019, or 16%, to 7,431, health authorities said on Wednesday. The Netherlands National Institute for Heal...

Mar 26, 2020

The outbreak of COVID-19 started in December 2019 in Wuhan, China and has since spread around the globe, infecting nearly 500,000 people and resulting in more than 22,000 deaths (at writing), and the ...