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COVID-19 Misinformation Affects Everyone in Research Community
Clinical trial recruitment for COVID-19 studies faces a new challenge: Rampant misinformation. Since COVID-19 was declared a national emergency and pandemic, fake news, false cures, ill-informed posts, and conspiracy theories have dominated the social media space. One of the challenges from an IRB perspective involves informed consent and public trust in the shadows of the misinformation world.
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Vaccine Trials Should Follow the Four Ethical Principles
All human research, including COVID-19 vaccine trials, should be guided by the four ethical principles of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice. When researchers, data safety monitoring boards, or the Food and Drug Administration decide to stop a clinical trial or expedite approval or use of an investigational product, these principles still apply.
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A COVID-19 Vaccine at ‘Warp Speed’ Raises Myriad Ethical Questions
The United States is at a challenging and possibly dangerous crossroad as the desire for speedy development of a COVID-19 vaccine might be pushing political concerns ahead of safety, efficacy, and the regulatory process, bioethicists and researchers say.
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Falls Prevention Awareness Week:
Is Your Facility Prepared?Read on for more information leaders and caregivers need to keep patients safe.
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CDC Backs Down on Testing Controversy
After widespread criticism from the medical community, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped a controversial recommendation that de-emphasized the importance of testing asymptomatic contacts of COVID-19 cases.
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COVID-19 Prevention May Equal Flu Prevention
Masking, physical distancing, and other measures implemented to slow the pandemic appear to be dramatically reducing influenza outbreaks.
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Investigators Find Substance Use Disorders Make Patients More Vulnerable to COVID-19
Such disorders can compromise lungs and cardiovascular system, which may explain the susceptibility.
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Sepsis Outcomes Improve, But Not at Minority-Serving Hospitals
ICU deaths declined 2% steadily annually at non-minority hospitals, according to a recent report. This was not true of minority-serving hospitals. Those hospitals also reported longer lengths of stay and more critical illness than non-minority hospitals.
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ICU Nurses Feel Marginalized During Ethical Conflicts
A pair of researchers analyzed open-ended responses from a survey with ICU nurses, and identified three themes.
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End-of-Life Experience Varies Depending on Geographical Region
Investigators were surprised by the striking degree to which the use of hospitalization and hospice varied across the United States, even among large metropolitan areas.