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AMA-brokered deal poised to cover residents affected by Hahnemann closure
A settlement reached with the owners of now-closed Hahnemann University Hospital would—if approved by a federal bankruptcy judge—pay for the long-tail medical liability insurance coverage for more than 1,400 residents, fellows and alumni of the...
Changes in High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Risks of Cardiovascular Events: A Post Hoc Analysis from the PICASSO Trial. - PubMed - NCBI
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Scientist decries 'completely chaotic' conditions on cruise ship Japan quarantined after viral outbreak
Japanese government also slow to release epidemiological data about the Diamond Princess, critics say
What's Next for COVID-19? | Think Global Health
Containment of the coronavirus would make an enormous difference to health around the world. Is it still possible?
Behavioral Heuristics in Coronary-Artery Bypass Graft Surgery | NEJM
Correspondence from The New England Journal of Medicine — Behavioral Heuristics in Coronary-Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Use of angiotensin receptor blockers such as Telmisartan, Losartsan in nCoV Wuhan Corona Virus infections – Novel mode of treatment
Emily Deans MD ☃️
Interesting 💡 idea that’s being thrown around #COVID19 study (speculative only food for thought)
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Japan Lets Cruise Passengers Walk Free. Is That Safe?
As a two-week quarantine over a coronavirus outbreak ended, experts expressed alarm over the protocols on the ship, which now has 621 confirmed infections.
Passengers released from virus-hit cruise ship
Some Diamond Princess passengers who tested negative for the new coronavirus disembark in Japan.
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Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Returning Travelers from Wuhan, China | NEJM
Correspondence from The New England Journal of Medicine — Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Returning Travelers from Wuhan, China
Potential Biases in Estimating Absolute and Relative Case-Fatality Risks during Outbreaks
Estimating the case-fatality risk (CFR)—the probability that a person dies from an infection given that they are a case—is a high priority in epidemiologic investigation of newly emerging infectious diseases and sometimes in new outbreaks of known...
Update on COVID-19 outbreak with Professor Neil Ferguson, Dr Ilaria Dorigatti and Dr Lucy Okell
Your questions answered: Professor Neil Ferguson on the current status of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak (15-02-2020). Together with Dr Ilaria Dorigatti a...
Emily Deans MD ☃️
Here is the video, it’s both academic and stark but also highlights how much uncertainty there is at this point
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Tracking virus outbreaks in the twenty-first century. - PubMed - NCBI
PubMed comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Grubaugh, et al., Nat Microbiol 2019
Tracking Virus Outbreaks in the Twenty-first Century Nature Microbiology 4(1):10-19 (2019) PDF
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Emily Deans MD ☃️
It’s like watching a slow-breaking wave...rumors of 3 dead and 9 cases (5 confirmed) in Iran (in locations 140 km apart), one woman appears to have infected 30+ people at a church in South Korea... #COVID19 now in 30 countries
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Locust swarms cross into hunger-hit South Sudan
The ravenous pests have devoured crops and pasture threatening a food crisis in East Africa.
China’s Coronavirus Figures Don’t Add Up. ‘This Never Happens With Real Data.’
Anomalies had shown up in China’s coronavirus numbers even before health officials changed how they diagnose the Wuhan virus this week. For instance, the number of deaths reported appeared to correspond to a simple mathematical formula to a very...
If you want to be a doctor, hold off on medical school until age 28
There are advantages to spending your formative years working at a first career and meeting your life partner, and then starting medical school at age 28.
Emily Deans MD ☃️
Hahahahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahah (hey I love my older med student colleagues but I never could have done it)
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OptumRx overcharged Ohio on more than 1.3 million prescription claims, attorney general says
In a multimillion dollar lawsuit, the state asks a Franklin County judge to rule that the pharmacy benefit manager violated its contract.