Using snorkel masks in lieu of respirators, drones to drop off testing kits and mobilizing the community to sew reusable masks are some of the ideas physicians have proposed to address the personal protective equipment shortage during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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As U.S. physicians and hospitals brace for the surge in COVID-19 patients, they are turning to their counterparts in foreign countries already hard hit by the new coronavirus, according to STAT.
As the coronavirus pandemic intensifies in the U.S. and across the world, healthcare providers must get enough rest, remember to eat and know that "courage alone won't be enough," an emergency physician wrote in an article for STAT.
Match Day 2020 was historic, not only because it was the largest on record, but also because it was the first "single match," which means it was the first time that all allopathic (MD) and osteopathic (DO) applicants participated in…
Stephen Schwartz, MD, PhD, a professor in the University of Washington School of Medicine's pathology department, died March 17 after being hospitalized with COVID-19. He was 78 years old.
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A new weekly survey of primary care practices on their response to the coronavirus pandemic showed that 46 percent of respondents have no capacity to test patients for COVID-19.
Physicians, nurses and other hospital workers nationwide are taking extreme precautions to protect themselves and their family members from COVID-19, reports The Boston Globe.
Physicians from China stressed the importance of starting extracorporeal membrane oxygenation early when treating severe cases of COVID-19, during a March 19 webinar sponsored by the American College of Cardiology, MedPage Today reports.
Effectively recruiting primary care physicians amid shortages in many U.S. areas has become even more crucial as hospitals look to increase their workforce in preparation for large surges of COVID-19 patients. Worries about staffing shortages are also emerging as the…
Match Day — the day medical students across the country learn where they will be doing their residencies — will be more virtual this year than usual, according to MedPage Today.