However, Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine calls for lactating women to be included in trials
American’s Travel App Helps Flyers Enter the USA
American Airlines is the first U.S. airline to introduce an easy way to provide results from a negative COVID-19 test and other completed documents required for international travel.
American’s mobile health passport VeriFLY app helps customers understand and verify their travel requirements, which will be available for travelers starting January 23, 2021, for travel from all international destinations to the USA.
Convalescent Plasma Produce Positive COVID-19 Treatment Results
A new study published by the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) focused on how effective convalescent plasma had been when treating COVID-19 patients.
In a retrospective study based on a U.S. national registry, these researchers found of the 3,082 patients included in this analysis published on January 13, 2021, death within 30 days after plasma transfusion occurred in (22.3%) of the patients in the high-titer group (27.4%) of the patients in the medium-titer group, and (29.6%) in the low-titer patient group.
Diabetes Drug Found Protective Against COVID-19
Treating people with the diabetes drug metformin before a diagnosis of COVID-19 is associated with a threefold decrease in mortality in COVID-19 patients with Type 2 diabetes, according to a study at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
One-Third of U.S. Adults Likely to Refuse a COVID-19 Vaccine
Blacks, women, and conservatives more hesitant in the United States
Stem Cell Infusions Investigated for Treatment of COVID-19 ARDS
Researchers explore possible anti-inflammatory effects of mesenchymal stem cells in COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome
Referrals for Acute Heart Failure Dropped During COVID-19
Referrals to acute heart failure team decreased; corresponding increase seen in 30-day case fatality rate
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 Jan. 11 to 15, 2021. This …
Life Expectancy Reduced Considerably Due to COVID-19
Life expectancy at birth reduced by 1.13 years to 77.48 years; reductions greater for Blacks, Latinos versus Whites
Primary Care-Recorded Mental Illness Decreased During COVID-19
Reductions seen in incidence of primary care-recorded depression, anxiety disorders, first antidepressant prescribing in United Kingdom