Second Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine Not Enough for Some Patients With Cancer
About half of patients with impaired seroconversion after the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine still had low antibody levels after the second dose.
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Pandemic-Related Delays in Cancer Surgery May Not Affect Short-Term Outcomes
There was no increase in unresectable disease, new metastatic disease, or 30-day mortality associated with increasing delays.
Therapeutic-Dose LMWH Cuts Thromboembolism, Deaths in COVID-19
A reduction in venous thromboembolism, arterial thromboembolism, and death was seen with low-molecular-weight heparin.
Incidence Rates of SARS-CoV-2 Similar for Children, Adults
Children were more likely to be asymptomatic.
Convalescent Plasma Unlikely to Improve Outcomes in Severe COVID-19
The in-hospital mortality rate was similar between patients who did and did not receive convalescent plasma.
Research Assessment Seeks Evidence to Guide Treatment of MPN With COVID-19
Investigators assessed studies for evidence to guide the management of MPN in patients with COVID-19.
Protection Against SARS-CoV-2 Wanes Months After BNT162b2 Vaccination
Two studies suggest declining effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
>140,000 U.S. Children Have Been Orphaned by COVID-19
The risk of losing a caregiver was 1.1 to 4.5 times higher among racial and ethnic minorities compared with non-Hispanic Whites.
Health Care Workers Show Greatest COVID-19 Stress
Stress levels during the first wave of the pandemic were 65.3 in medical doctors and 73.6 in paramedical staff (with 100 being the maximum stress level).
Study Confirms Virulence of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern
Risks for hospitalization, ICU admission, and death are higher with N501Y-positive variants and the delta variant.
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