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Incubation Period for COVID-19

d Jack Cush, MD

The incubation period for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has important implications for surveillance and control activities. The Annals of Internal Medicine reports a pooled analysis of confirmed COVID-19 cases January 4, 2020 and February 24, 2020.

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Tanezumab: A Win as Last-Ditch Osteoarthritis Tx

d RheumNow

A phase III study of the nerve growth factor and monoclonal antibody tanezumab showed positive results in a refractory patient population with knee or hip osteoarthritis (OA) -- good enough that this agent may finally be approved after a long and rocky development road.

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COVID-19 Susceptibility: Why Do Some Become So Ill?

d RheumNow

The differential susceptibility to COVID-19 infection is attributable to socioeconomic factors and genetic differences, that together with environmental factors, human-virus interactions, gender, perhaps blood type, and age-related senescence determine the immune response and the likelihood of developing disease.

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NICE Guidelines on Managing Rheumatologic Conditions During COVID-19 Pandemic

d Jack Cush, MD

On April 3rd, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK, published a rapid guideline for managing children and adults with rheumatological autoimmune, inflammatory and metabolic bone disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic, while protecting staff from infection.

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The Immunologic Basis of Wellness in the COVID-19 Era

d leonard h calabrese

We indeed are living in interesting times and we all are seeking not to contract COVID-19 - this is logical. While our goal is to avoid infection, I think we all must agree that our aspirations must encompass more than disease avoidance. What we should be seeking now, as well, is more than absence of disease but rather a state of optimal wellness.

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COVID Town Hall Meeting for Rheumatology

d Jack Cush, MD

On Thursday, April 2nd, RheumNow hosted its' first Town Hall Meeting for Rheumatologist, with this 90 minute discussion devoted to the COVID-19 crisis as it affects Rheumatologists. 

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Acute necrotizing encephalopathy a rare complication of COVID-19. Damage either from viral damage or cytokine storm, Symmetric, multifocal lesions @brain stem, cerebral white matter, cerebellum, thalamus w/ internal hemorrhage https://t.co/cWs1rsgzrO https://t.co/jura3IzkNI

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"Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else." -Mr. Rogers

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Children have a lower frequency of illness or death from COVID-19. Illness affects ~1% of those under 19yrs. In US, there have been no COVID ICU admissions or deaths among 4226 COVID patients under 19yrs (3/16/20). But kids may be carriers https://t.co/pyeTro5nJr

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Reuters reports that the US death toll from the novel coronavirus topped 10,000 on Monday. The United States has the third-highest number of reported deaths from the disease in the world, exceeded only by Italy with 16,523 and Spain with 13,055. https://t.co/GitR3BdjK8

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USA and Canada trends. Potential factors: Early intervention, Difference in population at risk, Pop Density, Citizen attitudes & leaders, Economic steps aiding citizen behaviour. How will this end? #COVID19 critical community size, #herdimmunity, #vaccine, #socialdistancing https://t.co/ImU3hFPkKg
Nigil Haroon MD, PhD NigilHaroon ( View Tweet)
An analysis of 383 patients with COVID-19 found that obese men in particular have an increased risk of developing severe pneumonia with the virus. As data from this pandemic continues to emerge, it is important to understand those…https://t.co/8aD8YSDkGC https://t.co/oPJ43lNCBM

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I am starting to wig out with a new oracle talking to me everyday about what drugs work (all non-medical scientists or marginal characters)--never felt this before-think I need to put my headphones on loud See me Feel me Touch me Heal me… @medicalaxioms @alhkim #Covid_19

Leonard Calabrese LCalabreseDO ( View Tweet)

Please take a minute and read this resident’s post. https://t.co/gemxLRE8c4

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Maximilian Konig MaxKonigMD ( View Tweet)

Les secousses secondaires risquent d'être plus dévastatrices que le séisme #COVID19 https://t.co/WTFOcMqCLG
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"How many times have you noticed that it’s the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest extra-special meaning?" - Mr. Rogers

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CDC has recommended everyone should wear a cloth face covering when in public. - Cover your mouth/nose when around others. - Wear a face cover when out in public - Do not use on children under age 2 - Do NOT use a facemask meant for a healthcare worker https://t.co/YEwVHsEeiL

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"Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes." - Mr. Rogers

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As of Apr 5 at 8pm 9,633 Americans have died from coronavirus & with at least 337,000 confirmed infections (since 2/29/20). Worldwide over 1.2 million infected and more than 69,000 have died. https://t.co/0hMYktHLRJ

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A population based study of newly diagnosed with ITP (betw 2000 -2013) shows that ITP is associated with an increased risk of SLE (adjusted HR 25.1; CI 13.7 to 46.0). Other risk factors for SLE were female and Sjogren's https://t.co/vs5YBZbzCB

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