Brief19

Briefings Archive

Period:
RESEARCH
  • Do United States teens keep up with covid-19 news and guidelines?
  • Multiple sclerosis medications not found to be associated with covid-19 risk
POLICY
  • US churches are spreading “the good news.” And also coronavirus
RESEARCH
  • Income Inequality and covid-19 in the USA
  • Finger on the pulse. Do home oxygen monitors help?
POLICY
  • New restrictions for Naval forces in North America
(Week in Review)
POLICY
  • Antibody tests hold uncertain promise
  • Travel restrictions put in reverse
  • Disease suppression is the next phase of recovery
  • Medicare and Medicaid data show covid-19's impact
  • Who is paying for coronavirus care?
(Week in Review)
RESEARCH
  • Dexamethasone appears to be first drug shown to reduce covid-19 deaths
  • An old drug, colchicine may help covid-19 patients
  • Covid-19 and mental health. Can telemedicine help?
RESEARCH
  • Covid-19 and mental health. Can telemedicine help?
  • Nursing homes have been “ground zero” for covid-19 in the US
POLICY
  • Who is paying for coronavirus care?
RESEARCH
  • An old drug, colchicine may help covid-19 patients
POLICY
  • Disease suppression is the next phase of recovery
  • Travel restrictions put in reverse
RESEARCH
  • Did stay-at-home orders help prevent covid-19 hospitalizations?
  • Contact tracing in Italy identifies high rate of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2
POLICY
  • Medicare and Medicaid data show covid-19’s impact
RESEARCH
  • New antiviral drug candidates targeting the SARS-CoV-2 lifecycle
  • Dexamethasone appears to be first drug shown to reduce covid-19 deaths
POLICY
  • Antibody tests hold uncertain promise
RESEARCH
  • At home deaths increased in New York in March and April
  • FDA provides updates on antibody test accuracy
POLICY
  • Nursing home safety improvement sought
  • Public private early screening tool announced
(Week in Review)
POLICY
  • CDC updates social distancing guidelines
  • The FDA says hydroxychloroquine may reduce remdesivir's effectiveness
  • Tribal epidemiologists unable to retrieve data from public health entities
  • Federalism and masking
  • Bipartisan bill calls for permanent telehealth reimbursement
(Week in Review)
RESEARCH
  • Coronavirus knowledge and behavior survey reveals gaps and disparities
  • Steroids to the rescue? A major finding announced via press release
  • Symptom-free patients from the Diamond Princess Cruise studied
RESEARCH
  • SARS-CoV-2 Positivity Rate for Latinos in the Baltimore-Washington, DC Region
  • Dosing in covid-19 treatments for kids may be a challenge. Simulations may help.
POLICY
  • New national health database created
  • Bipartisan bill calls for permanent telehealth reimbursement
RESEARCH
  • The prone position: does it work?
  • Coronavirus knowledge and behavior survey reveals gaps and disparities
POLICY
  • Pandemic forces changes in medical board exams
  • Federalism and masking
RESEARCH
  • Steroids to the rescue? A major finding announced via press release
POLICY
  • The FDA says hydroxychloroquine may reduce remdesivir’s effectiveness
  • Members of Congress received loans for coronavirus-related relief
RESEARCH
  • Symptom-free patients from the Diamond Princess Cruise studied
POLICY
  • FDA revoked emergency authorization for hydroxychloroquine
  • Tribal epidemiologists unable to retrieve data from public health entities
RESEARCH
  • Community Transmission in the United States: When Did it Begin?
  • That respirator may be clean, but is it effective?
  • Scientists tweet against a new paper that caught fire on social media
POLICY
  • CDC updates social distancing guidelines
(Week in Review)
POLICY
  • Tear gas agents increase risk of SARS-CoV-2. Experts are worried
  • Rubber bullets discouraged by experts
  • Vaccine candidates to enter massive clinical trials
  • Covid-19 could increase human trafficking, experts fear
(Week in Review)
RESEARCH
  • Two studies of pediatric outcomes in hospitalized patients
  • COVID-19 Post-Infectious Cytokine Release Syndrome In Children
  • C-section or vaginal delivery and the risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2
  • Here comes the sun. Will weather help covid-19?
RESEARCH
  • Self-administered SARS-CoV-2 testing put to the test
POLICY
  • Covid-19 could increase human trafficking, experts fear
RESEARCH
  • GI symptoms and fecal viral shedding in patients with Covid-19
  • Here comes the sun. Will weather help covid-19?
POLICY
  • Vaccine candidates to enter massive clinical trials
  • New round of funding targets safety net hospitals
RESEARCH
  • C-section or vaginal delivery and the risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2
  • WHO me? Comments on symptom-free disease walked back
POLICY
  • FDA revises its N95 reuse policy
  • More relief legislation anticipated
RESEARCH
  • Two studies of pediatric outcomes in hospitalized patients
POLICY
  • Rubber bullets discouraged by experts
  • The WHO causes confusion on contagion
  • Needed: Thousands of contact tracers
RESEARCH
  • COVID-19 post-infectious cytokine release syndrome in children
  • Surgisphere scandal fallout continues
POLICY
  • Tear gas agents increase risk of SARS-CoV-2. Experts are worried
(Week in Review)
POLICY
  • Race as a social determinant of health takes center stage
  • Making sure poor countries can get a SARS-coV-2 vaccine
  • Provider liability protection
  • Covid-19 strikes Minnesota National Guard
(Week in Review)
RESEARCH
  • Two high profile journals issue retractions
  • Hydroxychloroquine ineffective in preventing SARS-CoV-2
  • Toxicities of possible covid-19 treatments. A review.
RESEARCH
  • Two high profile journals issue retractions
POLICY
  • Making sure poor countries can get a SARS-coV-2 vaccine
  • Privacy protection bill introduced
RESEARCH
  • Hydroxychloroquine ineffective in preventing SARS-CoV-2
  • Two major studies under cloud of suspicion
POLICY
  • Democrats seek information about contracts for vaccine development
  • Snags in the Senate for small business relief
RESEARCH
  • Toxicities of possible covid-19 treatments. A review
POLICY
  • Provider liability protection
  • Covid-19 strikes Minnesota National Guard
RESEARCH
  • Another remdesivir trial reported by press release
  • April study on the ineffectiveness of some masks retracted by major journal
POLICY
  • White House floats plan to end surprise billing
  • House seeks to give businesses more flexibility in using bailout loans
POLICY
  • Editorial Board Memorandum
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