Document Type
Brief
Publication Date
5-26-2020
Abstract
Executive Summary:
NM Highlights: NM hospitals meet benchmarks. NM case count. Reopening healthcare updated guidelines. Mescalero declares emergency. Stalled capital funds for budget. Emergency spending under scrutiny. BCBS special healthcare enrollment period. NM SC guidance for CYFD. Mass gatherings impossible very soon. NM mayors divided on Gov’s communication. No 4th July event in Roswell. Life span of COVID-19 on surfaces. US Highlights: US curbs travel from Brazil. International Highlights: Anti-science sentiment. Japan ends lockdown. Chilean healthcare limited. Economics, Workforce, Supply Chain, PPE Highlights: Negative effects of masks. False sense of security. Epidemiology Highlights: Uncontrolled COVID-19 spread. Dutch children play minor role. Infection low in Iceland children. Children do not infect teachers. Super spreader businesses and COVID-19. Flu cases down. Hospital-based outbreak. Healthcare Policy Recommendations: Using behavioral economics to mitigate COVID-19 spread. Review of the best virtual meeting practices. Practice Guidelines: Recommendations are provided on resumption of radiology care and management of vascular/interventional radiology departments. Testing: Two meta-analyses on antibody testing for COVID-19. Drugs, Vaccines, Therapies, Clinical Trials: Remdesivir improves recovery time. Operation Warp Speed. Solidarity Trial pause video. Phase I CanSino trial. Novavax Phase I trial. Traditional Chinese medicine. Famotidine promising results. RAAS inhibitors. Graphical vaccine guide. Antivirals in ferrets. Vaccines in Africa. 33 New COVID-19 Trials. A website created to check for COVID-19 drug interactions. Other Science: Psychiatric and neuropsychiatric symptoms. Morbid obesity risk factor. Dermatologic manifestations. Panic buying. Healthcare worker mental health. Mortality computational model. Peptide biomarker. Early predictors. Medical students review literature. Mink-to-human transmission.
Recommended Citation
Lambert, Christophe G.; Shawn Stoicu; Ingrid Hendrix; Lori D. Sloane; Mari Anixter; Anastasiya Nestsiarovich; Praveen Kumar; Nicolas Lauve; Janice Gonzales; Alex Castillo Smith; Timothy Campbell; Jenny Situ; Alexandra Yingling; Perez Olewe; Gregory Mertz; Kristine Tollestrup; Orrin Myers; and Douglas J. Perkins. "2020-05-23/24/25/26 DAILY UNM GLOBAL HEALTH COVID-19 BRIEFING." (2020). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hsc_covid19_briefings/43
Comments
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