Daily Archives: December 4, 2020
Managing Asthma in Adolescents and Adults: 2020 Asthma Guideline Update From the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program
4 Dec, 2020 | 08:33h | UTCEditorial: Evolving Strategies for Long-term Asthma Management – JAMA
Commentaries: New Asthma Guidelines Published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, an Official Journal of the AAAAI – American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology AND New updates to federal guidelines revamp asthma management – NHLBI News
New WHO Guidance on masks for the public and health workers in the context of COVID-19
4 Dec, 2020 | 08:24h | UTCMask use in the context of COVID-19 – World Health Organization
Commentaries: WHO fine-tunes advice on COVID masks for public, health workers – Reuters AND WHO updates mask advice, recommending they be worn in indoor, poorly ventilated areas – CBC
Commentary on Twitter
.@WHO has tightened its guidance on face masks, recommending that where COVID-19 is spreading, masks be worn by everyone in healthcare settings, indoor low ventilated areas & outdoors when a distance of 3 ft from others cannot be maintained. #MaskUpAmerica https://t.co/dJUJ2syDMN
— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) December 3, 2020
The 2020 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: responding to converging crises
4 Dec, 2020 | 08:27h | UTCEditorial: Climate and COVID-19: converging crises
Commentaries: No country is immune from climate-change health impacts – University of Washington AND Feeling the heat? Scientists warn of climate shocks to global health – Reuters AND ‘We Don’t Have To Live This Way’: Doctors Call For Climate Action – NPR
Commentary on Twitter
NEW—No country is immune from health impacts of worsening climate change. Unless urgent action is taken, #climatechange will threaten global health, disrupt lives & livelihoods, & overwhelm health-care systems: 2020 @LancetCountdown report #LancetClimate20 https://t.co/gSdm1plfNj pic.twitter.com/SeOrI2sTw1
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) December 2, 2020
Meta-analysis: Epidural corticosteroid injections for sciatica are effective, although the effects are small and short-term
4 Dec, 2020 | 08:26h | UTC
Why the CDC changed its Covid-19 quarantine guidelines
4 Dec, 2020 | 08:18h | UTCWhy the CDC changed its Covid-19 quarantine guidelines – Vox
CDC Guideline: Duration of Isolation and Precautions for Adults with COVID-19 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Perspective: Why most countries won’t benefit from Moderna and Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccines
4 Dec, 2020 | 08:14h | UTCWhy Most Countries Won’t Benefit From Moderna And Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccines – Forbes
Moderna vaccine: Antibody levels persist for at least 4 months
4 Dec, 2020 | 08:16h | UTCDurability of Responses after SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 Vaccination – New England Journal of Medicine
Could COVID delirium bring on dementia?
4 Dec, 2020 | 08:11h | UTCCould COVID delirium bring on dementia? – Nature
China has promised millions of coronavirus vaccines to countries globally. And it is ready to deliver them.
4 Dec, 2020 | 08:12h | UTC
WHO looks at possible ‘e-vaccination certificates’ for travel
4 Dec, 2020 | 08:09h | UTCWHO looks at possible ‘e-vaccination certificates’ for travel – Reuters