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COVID-19 Update: Cases in California Surging; England Begins Another National Lockdown; and More

POCNnews2021-01-13T15:17:28+00:00January 5th, 2021|COVID-19|

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COVID-19 Update: UK Begins Vaccinating Citizens; President Trump to Sign Executive Order Prioritizing Vaccine Shipments to Americans; and More

POCNnews2020-12-16T16:35:34+00:00December 8th, 2020|COVID-19|

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COVID-19 Update: US Projected to Reach 20 Million Infections by January; Pandemic Could be Stopped with 70% of People Wearing Masks; and More

POCNnews2020-12-02T17:48:48+00:00November 24th, 2020|COVID-19|

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COVID-19 Update: Pfizer Applying for Emergency Use Authorization for its Vaccine; Model Predicts 471,000 US Deaths by March; and More

POCNnews2020-11-25T14:58:46+00:00November 20th, 2020|COVID-19|

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COVID-19 Update: Influential Model Now Predicts 399,000 US Deaths by Feb. 1; Almost 10 Million Americans Are Behind on Rent/Mortgage Due to Pandemic; and More

POCNnews2020-11-19T18:04:15+00:00October 30th, 2020|COVID-19|

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Rheum Round-up: Blood Test to Guide RA Treatment, COVID’s Osteoporosis Impact, and more

POCNnews2020-11-19T18:11:26+00:00October 30th, 2020|COVID-19, Rheumatology|

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Myocarditis Caused By COVID-19 Not As Prevalent As Feared?

POCNnews2020-11-25T14:57:55+00:00October 29th, 2020|Cardiology, COVID-19|

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COVID-19 Update: Record High Seven-Day Average of US Infections; Moderna Expects to Have Safety Data by November; and more

POCNnews2020-11-19T18:24:57+00:00October 29th, 2020|COVID-19|

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COVID-19 Update: Did the White House Claim Trump Ended the Pandemic?; It Could be 2022 Before Normalcy Returns, Fauci Says; and More

POCNnews2020-10-29T17:29:14+00:00October 28th, 2020|COVID-19|

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Cancer Increases Risk of Mortality in Patients with COVID-19

POCNnews2020-11-03T15:01:50+00:00October 28th, 2020|COVID-19|

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COVID-19 Update: Remdesivir Approved by FDA for Coronavirus Treatment; Infections Hit New Peaks in Europe; and More

POCNnews2020-10-29T23:35:20+00:00October 23rd, 2020|COVID-19|

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COVID-19 Update: Vaccine May Become Available to “All Americans” by April; Moderna Enrolls All 30,000 Trial Participants; and More

POCNnews2020-10-26T15:56:40+00:00October 22nd, 2020|COVID-19|

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Incidence of AKI in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19

POCNnews2020-10-26T15:57:53+00:00October 22nd, 2020|COVID-19, Nephrology|

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Risk Factors for AKI in Patients with COVID-19

POCNnews2020-10-29T19:14:41+00:00October 21st, 2020|COVID-19|

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Tocilizumab A Mixed Bag for COVID-19 Treatment, According to Trio of JAMA Studies

POCNnews2020-11-19T18:26:08+00:00October 21st, 2020|COVID-19, Rheumatology|

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COVID-19 Update: Leading Health Expert Says Cases Will Begin to Accelerate; Some Global Cities Resisting Regulations; and More

POCNnews2020-11-19T18:27:07+00:00October 21st, 2020|COVID-19|

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COVID-19 Update: Over 40 Million Global Infections; Vaccine Scientist Gives Grim Warning for Next Few Months; and More

POCNnews2020-11-19T18:26:47+00:00October 20th, 2020|COVID-19|

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Congenital Heart Disease Does Not Increase COVID-19 Risk, Severity

POCNnews2020-10-26T16:05:28+00:00October 15th, 2020|Cardiology, COVID-19|

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Do Autoimmune Diseases Impact COVID-19 Outcomes?

POCNnews2020-10-16T02:49:43+00:00October 14th, 2020|COVID-19|

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The Latest Research on Baricitinib, Eli Lilly’s Arthritis Drug Used to Treat COVID-19

POCNnews2020-10-16T12:37:16+00:00October 13th, 2020|COVID-19, POCN Rheumatology|

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COVID-19 Update: White House Confirms that Trump Now Testing Negative; Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Trial Paused Following Illness; and More

POCNnews2020-10-14T15:14:17+00:00October 13th, 2020|COVID-19|

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COVID-19 Update: Global Record High Number of New Cases; Trump Cleared to Resume Public Engagements; and More

POCNnews2020-10-14T15:14:51+00:00October 9th, 2020|COVID-19|

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Arthritis Drug Baricitinib Plus Corticosteroids Improves COVID-19 Pneumonia

POCNnews2020-10-14T15:22:26+00:00October 8th, 2020|COVID-19, Rheumatology|

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Rheumatologists Are Concerned About Their Most Vulnerable Patients During COVID-19

POCNnews2020-10-14T15:24:33+00:00October 7th, 2020|COVID-19, Rheumatology|

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COVID-19 Update: Trump Leaves Hospital; Virus May Have Affected 10% of World Population; and More

POCNnews2020-10-07T02:06:01+00:00October 6th, 2020|COVID-19|

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Psychologically, How Has COVID-19 Affected Cancer Patients, Caregivers, and Healthcare Workers?

POCNnews2020-10-16T03:09:03+00:00October 6th, 2020|COVID-19, Hematology & Oncology|

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COVID-19 Update: President Trump Tests Positive for Coronavirus; and More

POCNnews2020-10-06T18:06:23+00:00October 2nd, 2020|COVID-19|

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COVID-19: August/September Round-up

POCNnews2020-10-06T18:06:02+00:00October 2nd, 2020|COVID-19|

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COVID-19 Update: Massive Layoffs At American and United Airlines; A Rolling Review of AstraZeneca Vaccine; and More

POCNnews2020-10-06T18:16:44+00:00October 1st, 2020|COVID-19|

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Did COVID-19 Affect Outcomes for Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease Patients?

POCNnews2020-10-06T18:19:01+00:00October 1st, 2020|COVID-19, Rheumatology|

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Cardiovascular MRI Outcomes in Patients Recovered from COVID-19 (Part 2)

POCNnews2020-10-01T13:36:41+00:00September 30th, 2020|Cardiology, COVID-19|

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COVID-19 Update: Trump Announces Plan to Deploy 150 Million Rapid Tests; Fauci Says Florida ‘Asking for Trouble’; and More

POCNnews2020-09-30T14:07:16+00:00September 29th, 2020|COVID-19|

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COVID-19 Update: World Death Toll Hits 1 Million; Vaccinations Could Start in November or December, Says Fauci; and More

POCNnews2020-09-29T23:53:06+00:00September 28th, 2020|COVID-19|

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COVID-19 Update: Coronavirus is Mutating and Becoming More Contagious; CDC Now Projects Up to 226,000 Deaths by mid-October; ; and More

POCNnews2020-09-29T23:55:06+00:00September 25th, 2020|COVID-19|

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COVID-19 Update: Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Enters Phase 3 Testing; Europe Battling a Second Wave; and More

POCNnews2020-09-29T23:57:29+00:00September 23rd, 2020|COVID-19|

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COVID-19 Update: CDC Abruptly Reverts to Previous Guidance on Transmission; England Implements Tighter Coronavirus Restrictions; and More

POCNnews2020-09-23T21:47:45+00:00September 22nd, 2020|COVID-19|

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More Than Half of Lung Cancer Patients Experienced Treatment Changes Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

POCNnews2020-10-01T14:00:20+00:00September 21st, 2020|COVID-19, Hematology & Oncology|

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Hem/Onc Round-up: Coffee for CRC, COVID-19 in Cancer Patients, and more

POCNnews2020-09-22T05:07:50+00:00September 18th, 2020|COVID-19|

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Rheum Round-up: A Spice for OA Pain, COVID-19 Updates, and Tennis Star’s RA Journey

POCNnews2020-09-22T05:09:46+00:00September 18th, 2020|COVID-19|

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COVID-19 Update: Cases Rising in the US; CDC Projects 218,000 Deaths by Early October; and More

POCNnews2020-09-22T04:56:12+00:00September 18th, 2020|COVID-19|

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Cancer Patients Hospitalized with a High Viral Load of COVID-19 Have a Greater Risk of Dying

POCNnews2020-09-22T05:00:04+00:00September 17th, 2020|COVID-19, Hematology & Oncology|

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COVID-19 Update: Enough People Have to Take Vaccine for it be Effective; India On Track to Surpass US in Infections; and More

POCNnews2020-09-22T04:59:45+00:00September 17th, 2020|COVID-19|

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Arthritis Drug Baricitinib Plus Remdesivir May Shorten COVID-19 Recovery Time

POCNnews2020-09-22T05:15:58+00:00September 16th, 2020|COVID-19, Rheumatology|

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COVID-19 Update: US Death Toll Hits 200,000; Virus May Have Circulated in US as Early as December; and More

POCNnews2020-09-23T21:53:22+00:00September 16th, 2020|COVID-19|

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COVID-19 Has Affected Cancer Care and Oncologists’ Well-Being

POCNnews2020-09-22T05:17:36+00:00September 15th, 2020|COVID-19, Hematology & Oncology|

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COVID-MECH: CVD Biomarker Screening Yields No Additional Information

POCNnews2020-09-22T05:17:56+00:00September 15th, 2020|Cardiology, COVID-19|

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NSAID Use May Be Safe for COVID-19 Patients

POCNnews2020-09-23T21:53:39+00:00September 14th, 2020|COVID-19, Rheumatology|

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Comparison of Outcomes for ACE Inhibitors vs. ARBs in COVID-19

POCNnews2020-09-22T05:24:26+00:00September 3rd, 2020|Cardiology, COVID-19|

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Black People are Under Counted in Current Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines

POCNnews2020-09-10T03:16:58+00:00August 19th, 2020|African Americans, cancer, COVID-19, DocWire Picks, health disparities, Hem / Onc Picks, Hematology & Oncology, Lung cancer screening, Oncology, Urban Health Picks, Urban Health Today|

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E-mental health mindfulness-based and skills-based ‘CoPE It’ intervention to reduce psychological distress in times of COVID-19: study protocol for a bicentre longitudinal study

POCNnews2020-09-04T14:37:13+00:00August 15th, 2020|COVID-19, telemedicine|

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Covid-19 pandemic and pregnancy

POCNnews2020-08-17T19:42:59+00:00August 11th, 2020|COVID-19|

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Drugs against SARS-CoV-2: What do we know about their mode of action?

POCNnews2020-08-13T02:21:37+00:00August 11th, 2020|COVID-19|

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Maculopapular eruptions associated to COVID-19: a subanalysis of the COVID-Piel study

POCNnews2020-08-13T02:21:15+00:00August 11th, 2020|COVID-19|

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Can a health care worker have sex in the time of COVID-19?

POCNnews2020-08-13T02:20:51+00:00August 11th, 2020|COVID-19|

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The COVID-19 Pandemic: Coronavirus Set to Become a Leading Cause of Death in US; Many US Medical Experts Urging National Shutdown; and More

POCNnews2020-09-02T10:06:47+00:00July 24th, 2020|COVID-19|

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Study: Mailed Colorectal Cancer Screening Kits are Cost-Effective and Increase Screening Rates

POCNnews2020-08-27T13:23:43+00:00July 20th, 2020|COVID-19|

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The COVID-19 Pandemic: Almost 120,000 US Deaths; Steroid Dexamathasone May Treat Sickest Patients; and More

POCNnews2020-09-02T10:03:39+00:00June 17th, 2020|COVID-19, POCN FEATURED POST|

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Rheumatic Patients Share Perspectives During COVID-19 in Two Surveys

POCNnews2020-06-17T14:19:51+00:00June 17th, 2020|COVID-19|

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Oral Alkali Therapy Not Well Tolerated in Metabolic Acidosis

POCNnews2020-06-16T17:42:56+00:00June 16th, 2020|COVID-19|

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The COVID-19 Pandemic: A New Cluster of Infections in China; Nearly 20 US States Show Upward Trend in Cases; and More

POCNnews2020-09-02T10:09:50+00:00June 16th, 2020|COVID-19|

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Extending Medicare Coverage for Immunosuppressive Drugs Cost-Effective

POCNnews2020-06-15T19:44:36+00:00June 15th, 2020|COVID-19|

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