Daily Archives: December 2, 2020

Case series: Shedding of viable SARS-CoV-2 after immunosuppressive therapy for cancer

2 Dec, 2020 | 07:31h | UTC

Shedding of Viable SARS-CoV-2 after Immunosuppressive Therapy for Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine

 

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What’s the difference between viral shedding and reinfection with COVID-19?

2 Dec, 2020 | 07:29h | UTC

What’s the difference between viral shedding and reinfection with COVID-19? – The Conversation

 

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Opinion: “Put an end to publication by proclamation for Covid vaccines”

2 Dec, 2020 | 07:27h | UTC

Put An End To Publication By Proclamation For Covid Vaccines – Forbes

 

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One in five covid-19 patients are diagnosed with a mental illness within three months

2 Dec, 2020 | 07:24h | UTC

One in five covid-19 patients are diagnosed with a mental illness within three months – MIT Technology Review

Original study: Bidirectional associations between COVID-19 and psychiatric disorder: retrospective cohort studies of 62 354 COVID-19 cases in the USA – The Lancet Psychiatry

 

Commentary on Twitter

https://twitter.com/TheLancetPsych/status/1326158490423996417

 

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CDC panel moves health workers, nursing home residents to front of COVID vaccine line

2 Dec, 2020 | 07:26h | UTC

CDC panel moves health workers, nursing home residents to front of COVID vaccine line – CIDRAP

See also: Health workers, long-term care facilities should get Covid-19 vaccine first, CDC advisory panel says – STAT

 

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Two meta-analysis find ethnic minorities disproportionately affected by coronavirus

2 Dec, 2020 | 07:22h | UTC

Meta-analysis 1: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19–Related Infections, Hospitalizations, and Deaths: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine

Meta-analysis 2: Ethnicity and clinical outcomes in COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis – EClinicalMedicine

Commentary: Ethnic minorities disproportionately affected by coronavirus, meta-study finds – Reuters

 

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Global estimates of the need for rehabilitation based on the Global Burden of Disease study 2019. At least one in every three people in the world needs rehabilitation at some point in the course of their illness or injury

2 Dec, 2020 | 07:17h | UTC

Global estimates of the need for rehabilitation based on the Global Burden of Disease study 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 – The Lancet

Commentary: The Lancet: One in three people worldwide could benefit from rehabilitation at least once in the course of their illness or injury, first global study estimates – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

 

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Systematic review: Outdoor transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses. “The odds of indoor transmission was very high compared to outdoors (18.7 times)”

2 Dec, 2020 | 07:19h | UTC

Outdoor Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and Other Respiratory Viruses, a Systematic Review – The Journal of Infectious Diseases

 

Commentary on Twitter

Outdoor Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and Other Respiratory Viruses, a Systematic Review https://t.co/lmWQNgpIfd Existing evidence supports the wide-held belief that the the risk of #SARSCoV2 transmission is lower outdoors (< 10%).

— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) December 1, 2020

 

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Randomized trial: A low-fat vegan diet can reduce body weight and improve insulin sensitivity in overweight adults

2 Dec, 2020 | 07:16h | UTC

Effect of a Low-Fat Vegan Diet on Body Weight, Insulin Sensitivity, Postprandial Metabolism, and Intramyocellular and Hepatocellular Lipid Levels in Overweight Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Network Open

Commentary: Plant-based diet ramps up metabolism, according to new study – Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

 

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Review: Hearing loss in children

2 Dec, 2020 | 07:14h | UTC

Hearing Loss in Children: A Review – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Author interview: Hearing Loss in Children

 

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