Daily Archives: June 29, 2021
IHME COVID-19 model has been updated for over 200 world locations.
29 Jun, 2021 | 10:13h | UTCCOVID-19 Projections – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Video: Insights from IHME’s latest COVID-19 model update
Commentary on Twitter
? NEW ✨ Our COVID-19 model has been updated for over 200 world locations ? ? ? ? (https://t.co/5biAggRz1T)
? Full video: https://t.co/wLGeAiiYhy
? PDFs with explanations of country-specific projections: https://t.co/9KQxWwhQqx pic.twitter.com/8sSEzyXEf8— Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (@IHME_UW) June 27, 2021
Phase 1/2 RCT: CoronaVac is well tolerated and safe and induces strong humoral responses in children and adolescents aged 3–17 years.
29 Jun, 2021 | 10:09h | UTCInvited commentary: COVID-19 vaccines for children younger than 12 years: are we ready? – The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Commentary on Twitter
NEW—A phase 1/2 clinical trial of #CoronaVac in 550 children and adolescents aged 3-17 years in China suggests two doses of the vaccine are safe and generate a strong antibody response. Read in @TheLancetInfDis: https://t.co/eXSagRu1Cs pic.twitter.com/fOKNLUjNwc
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) June 28, 2021
SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines induce persistent human germinal center responses, suggesting immunity will be long-lasting.
29 Jun, 2021 | 10:03h | UTCSARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines induce persistent human germinal centre responses – Nature
Commentaries: Immune response to FDA-approved vaccines is strong and potentially long-lasting – News Medical
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Just published @nature
A bonus factor after covid vaccination: germinal center factories for durable, antigen-specific, B cells and plasmoblasts induced by mRNA vaccination, as determined by lymph node aspirates from vaccinees https://t.co/5eR0gDSWHq@TheBcellArtist @WUSTLmed pic.twitter.com/C5xPSrh5Gw— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) June 28, 2021
Case report: Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia After the Messenger RNA–1273 Vaccine.
29 Jun, 2021 | 10:07h | UTCThrombosis With Thrombocytopenia After the Messenger RNA–1273 Vaccine – Annals of Internal Medicine
[Preprint] 3rd AstraZeneca shot gives strong immunity.
29 Jun, 2021 | 10:01h | UTCStudy: 3rd AstraZeneca shot gives strong immunity – Reuters
Original Study (preprint): Tolerability and Immunogenicity After a Late Second Dose or a Third Dose of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) – SSRN/The Lancet
Ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials – “IVM did not reduce all-cause mortality, length of stay or viral clearance in RCTs in COVID-19 patients with mostly mild disease”.
29 Jun, 2021 | 10:00h | UTC
WHO issues first global report on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in health and six guiding principles for its design and use.
29 Jun, 2021 | 09:56h | UTCGuidance: Ethics and governance of artificial intelligence for health – World Health Organization
Commentary: Artificial Intelligence ‘Very Promising’ for Health, Says WHO – Health Policy Watch
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Artificial Intelligence (#AI) holds enormous potential for improving the health of millions of people around ???, but only if ethics & human rights are put at the heart of its design, deployment, & use.
More in WHO’s first global report on AI & Health?https://t.co/fC7SX51YzY pic.twitter.com/1Jp0ASPDY3
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) June 28, 2021
The COVID pandemic’s lingering impact on clinical trials – “Medical researchers are beginning to shift their focus away from COVID-19 — but the pandemic could continue to affect studies focused on other diseases.”
29 Jun, 2021 | 09:57h | UTCThe COVID pandemic’s lingering impact on clinical trials – Nature
Systematic review: the evidence behind robot-assisted abdominopelvic surgery – “there is currently no clear advantage with existing robotic platforms, which are costly and increase operative duration”.
29 Jun, 2021 | 09:55h | UTCThe Evidence Behind Robot-Assisted Abdominopelvic Surgery: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Robotic Platforms Not Superior for Abdominopelvic Surgery – HealthDay
Podcast | Evaluation and management of hypercalcemia.
29 Jun, 2021 | 09:51h | UTC#281 Hypercalcemia: Calci-fun! with Dr. Carl Pallais – The Curbsiders
EBM Analysis | Does tranexamic acid work for everything? For anything?
29 Jun, 2021 | 09:53h | UTCDoes TXA work for everything? For anything? – First10EM
RCT: Similar outcomes with mycophenolate mofetil vs. azathioprine in kidney transplant recipients on steroid-free, low-dose cyclosporine immunosuppression.
29 Jun, 2021 | 09:50h | UTC