Characteristics and comparative clinical outcomes of prisoner versus non-prisoner populations hospitalized with COVID-19.

Prisons in the United States have become a hotbed for spreading COVID-19 among incarcerated individuals. COVID-19 cases among prisoners are on the rise, with more than 143,000 confirmed cases to date. However, there is paucity of data addressing clinical outcomes and mortality in prisoners hospitalized with COVID-19.

Cocaine-related vasculitis.

Patients presenting with pancytopenia and a painful purpuric rash should be evaluated for levamisole-induced vasculitis and counseled about cocaine cessation as continued exposure can lead to permanent deformity of the involved areas.