Wed February 19 – 10 Stories of The Day!
19 Feb, 2020 | 10:42h | UTC
1 – Homepage: A future for the world’s children? A WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission – The Lancet (free articles)
Commission: A future for the world’s children? A WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission (free)
Editorial: No excuses and no time to lose (free)
Invited Commentaries: The voices of children in the global health debate (free) AND Framing an agenda for children thriving in the SDG era: a WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission on Child Health and Wellbeing (free)
WHO News Release: A Future for the World’s Children – World Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: Children facing uncertain future, experts warn – BBC (free) AND The world is failing to ensure children have a ‘liveable planet’, report finds – The Guardian (free)
2 – The Epidemiological Characteristics of an Outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Diseases (COVID-19) – China, 2020 – China CDC Weekly (free PDF – link via Forbes)
Commentaries: Coronavirus: Largest study suggests elderly and sick are most at risk – BBC (free) AND New Chinese Study Finds That The Elderly Are Most At Risk From The Coronavirus [Infographic] – Forbes (free) AND Expert reaction to WHO Director General’s statement on new paper from China detailing over 44,000 of their cases – Science Media Centre (free)
Editorial: The ISCHEMIA Trial Meets the Rashomon Effect: Lessons for Clinical Practice (free for a limited period)
4 – Predictive Accuracy of a Polygenic Risk Score Compared with a Clinical Risk Score for Incident Coronary Heart Disease – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related Study: Predictive Accuracy of a Polygenic Risk Score–Enhanced Prediction Model vs a Clinical Risk Score for Coronary Artery Disease – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Do Polygenic Risk Scores Improve Patient Selection for Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease? (free)
Commentary: Gene tests for heart disease risk have limited benefit – Imperial College London (free)
Commentary: Insufficient evidence backing herbal medicines for weight loss – University of Sidney (free)
Commentary: Sugary Drink Consumption Plunges in Chile After New Food Law – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Original WHO Statement: WHO’s List of Urgent Global Health Challenges for the New Decade (free statement and commentary)
9 – Antimicrobial stewardship failure: time for a new model – Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (free)
10 – Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives / 19 February 2020 Edition
19 February 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)