Does Virus Dose or Load Predict How Sick You Get With COVID-19? Initial exposure, strength of virus infection both seen as contributors to illness severity Sep 18, 2020
Flu, COVID-19 or Both? Don't Overlook Co-Infection, CDC Urges With overlapping signs and symptoms, surveillance, testing more important than ever Sep 17, 2020
How Accurate Are Home Blood Oxygen Monitors? The Skeptical Cardiologist examines pulse oximeters labeled not for medical use Sep 17, 2020
Fixed Triple Therapy Improves Lung Function in Asthma Patients Trelegy Ellipta wins FDA approval as asthma treatment Sep 10, 2020
New Recovery Programs Target COVID Long-Haulers Pulmonologists, cardiologists, neurologists, psychiatrists, and more join to get patients on their feet for good Sep 10, 2020
Mepolizumab Offers Relief for Chronic Sinus Trouble Anti-IL5 biologic cut polyp size, need for surgery in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps Sep 10, 2020
Gefapixant Reduces Chronic Cough in Phase III Trials But taste distortion was frequent AE at active dosage Sep 09, 2020
When COVID-19 Really Is 'Just Another Flu' Imagine a world as jaded about SARS-CoV-2 as it is about influenza Sep 08, 2020
Novel DPP1 Inhibitor Improves Bronchiectasis Outcomes Drug prolonged time to exacerbations in WILLOW study Sep 08, 2020
Long-Term Lung, Health Issues Common in COVID-19 European ski resort cases suggest recovery is often slow Sep 08, 2020
Trial: Oral Surgery Helps in Sleep Apnea Strategy combines palatal stabilization, tongue reduction Sep 04, 2020
The Air on the Bus Spreads COVID-19? More evidence virus transmission may go round and round through the air in a Chinese study Sep 01, 2020
Vinay Prasad on 'Try First vs Trial First' for COVID-19 Malignant author speaks with Marty Makary about the need for streamlined clinical trials during a pandemic Aug 21, 2020 video
New York Hospital Visitor Policies Too Strict for ICU, Docs Say "In truly grave situations, people need more support" Aug 19, 2020
Opioids May Help COPD Patients With Severe Breathlessness Low-dose, sustained-release morphine improved health status in study Aug 17, 2020
ECMO Gets a Win in Severe COVID-19 High success rate seen at two Chicago centers counters early reports Aug 11, 2020
RLF-100: Hope or Hype for COVID-19 Patients? A synthetic human vasoactive intestinal peptide looks good now, but it's early Aug 10, 2020
Another ALK Drug Tops Crizotinib in First-Line NSCLC Ensartinib doubled PFS over older standard, with improved CNS activity Aug 08, 2020
COPD Triple Therapy: Balancing Benefits and Harms Signal of mortality benefit grows stronger Jul 31, 2020
How Did Sweden Flatten Its Curve Without a Lockdown? One expert credits a "good-enough strategy"; others worry that it won't last Jul 29, 2020
Artists Honor COVID-19 Frontline Healthcare Workers Portraits capture challenging times; syringe art injects hope and love Jul 23, 2020
Unfortunately, Ex-Smokers Still Face Increased Health Risks CDC study ties COPD, chronic illness to duration of previous smoking in older people Jul 22, 2020
COVID-Positive Doc: 'I Didn't Wear a Mask and I Regret It' Outdoor gathering leads to COVID spread among family members Jul 21, 2020
RECOVERY: Steroid Benefit in Severe COVID-19 Holds Up Sickest patients helped the most, drug already added to NIH guidelines Jul 17, 2020
CT Useless for COVID-19 Diagnosis, Study Affirms Even AI couldn't tell flu pneumonia from COVID in chest scans Jul 12, 2020
Broadway Star Loses COVID-19 Battle After fighting the virus for over three months, Nick Cordero passed away Jul 09, 2020
COVID-19 Lungs May Be More Likely to Leak Observational study suggests higher rate than in other causes of ARDS Jul 07, 2020
Heat-Not-Burn Cigarettes Win Coveted Marketing Claims FDA allows Marlboro Heatstick labels to boast "reduced exposure" though not "reduced risk" Jul 07, 2020
Sobering Data on Risks of Short-Term Oral Corticosteroids Short steroid bursts linked to serious adverse events within a month Jul 06, 2020
Novel Tx Shows Early Promise for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Improved pulmonary vascular resistance in phase II PULSAR study Jun 29, 2020
Inhaled Vasodilator Promising for Lung Disease With Pulmonary Hypertension "Highly significant" improvements in exercise capacity in phase 3 results Jun 26, 2020
DPP1 Inhibitor Promising in Non-CF Bronchiectasis Also being studied now in COVID patients Jun 26, 2020
Triple Treatment Reduces COPD Exacerbations Also a suggestion of reduced mortality with one dose level, large multicenter ETHOS trial finds Jun 25, 2020
What Does Asymptomatic COVID-19 Look Like Under the Surface? Many individuals show subclinical abnormalities as well as differences from symptomatic patients Jun 18, 2020
More Data Suggest Proning Helps COVID-19 Patients Observational data add to evidence of benefit in ARDS, though randomized trials still needed Jun 17, 2020
Finally: Common Drug Improves COVID-19 Survival in Trial "A ground-breaking development," according to preliminary data from an ongoing trial Jun 16, 2020
HCQ No Longer Approved Even a Little for COVID-19 Study after study showed no benefit, and now the FDA has had enough Jun 15, 2020
