Aspirin to Reduce Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes with Elevated C-Reactive Protein Levels

Acute cardiac events in recreational athletes during endurance sports (cycling, marathons and triathlons) have increased in frequency since 2000 worldwide (United States, Europe, South Africa and Japan), mainly in middle-aged men with subclinical coronary atherosclerosis1-7. An Incidence of 1 per 34,000-50,000 participants with a mean age in the mid-40s warrants expeditious counter measures based on the understanding that atherothrombosis is the root cause.

Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest during the Covid-19 Outbreak in Italy

To the Editor: Despite the risk of rapid respiratory failure and cardiac complications due to Covid-19, it is unclear whether there is an association between Covid-19 and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The Lombardy region of Italy was among the first areas to have an outbreak of Covid-19 outside…

Covid-19 in Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases — Case Series from New York

To the Editor: Data on Covid-19 in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory disease who have received anticytokine biologics, other immunomodulatory therapies, or both on a long-term basis are scarce. Trials to assess the efficacy of antirheumatic therapies such as hydroxychloroquine and…

A National Medical Response to Crisis — The Legacy of World War II

This August marks the 75th anniversary of the conclusion of World War II. In history’s largest, most destructive war, an estimated 80 million people, or roughly 3% of the world population, died. Nearly 420,000 Americans were killed, and 670,000 were wounded. These grim numbers were mitigated,…

Navigating the clean energy transition during the COVID-19 crisis

In a Commentary published April 29 in the journal Joule, energy and climate policy researchers in Switzerland and Germany provide a framework for responsibly and meaningfully integrating policies supporting the clean energy transition into the COVID-19 response in the weeks, months, and years to come.