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April 2020

COVID-19—Looking Beyond Tomorrow for Health Care and Society

COVID-19 April 19, 2020

JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association Phil B. Fontanarosa, MD, MBA1; Howard Bauchner, MD1 Author Affiliations Article Information JAMA. Published online April 17, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.6582 Related Articles  6 months ago, the novel coronavirus now known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19, the severe disease it causes, were unheard of. Today, this highly contagious and dangerous virus and the […]

COVID-19 CLINICAL STUDY FROM CHINA PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 2020 IN LANCET MEDICAL JOURNAL

COVID-19 April 16, 2020

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study By:Chen, NS (Chen, Nanshan)[ 1 ] ; Zhou, M (Zhou, Min)[ 5,6 ] ; Dong, X (Dong, Xuan)[ 1 ] ; Qu, JM (Qu, Jieming)[ 5,6 ] ; Gong, FY (Gong, Fengyun)[ 2 ] ; Han, Y (Han, Yang)[ 3,10 ] ; Qiu, Y (Qiu, Yang)[ 10 ] ; Wang, JL (Wang, Jingli)[ 2 ] ; Liu, Y (Liu, Ying)[ 4 ] ; Wei, […]

CHINESE MEDICAL STUDY ON COVID-19 THAT WAS REMOVED BY CHINESE GOVERNMENT ON MARCH 25, 2020

COVID-19 April 16, 2020

Study Title: Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China (references included) Fudan University Link:  https://web.archive.org/web/20200409053204/http://www.it.fudan.edu.cn/Data/View/3657 CONCLUSIONS: During the first 2 months of the current outbreak, Covid-19 spread rapidly throughout China and caused varying degrees of illness. Patients often presented without fever, and many did not have abnormal radiologic findings. (Funded by the National Health […]

Florida: How Courts and Litigants Have Adapted to the New Normal Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic and a Forecast for the Future

COVID-19 April 14, 2020

Written by Karina D. Rodrigues Kelley | Uustal www.kelleyuustal.com Several factors make Florida especially vulnerable to COVID-19. Florida is the third largest state in the country in population. About 1 in 5 Floridians is over 65 years old. Disney World attracts tourists from all over the world year-round. Spring breakers crowded Florida beaches in March […]

FDA Issues Recall Statement On All Zantac (Ranitidine) Products

Zantac April 1, 2020

FDA NEWS RELEASE FDA Requests Removal of All Ranitidine Products (Zantac) from the Market FDA Advises Consumers, Patients and Health Care Professionals After New FDA Studies Show Risk  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced it is requesting manufacturers withdraw all prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) ranitidine drugs from the market immediately. This is the […]