Daily Archives: January 17, 2022
WHO recommends two new drugs (Baricitinib and Sotrovimab) to treat COVID-19.
17 Jan, 2022 | 00:48h | UTCNews release: WHO recommends two new drugs to treat COVID-19 – World Health Organization
Infographic with the updated recommendations: A living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19 – The BMJ
Commentaries:
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
WHO has also conditionally recommended the use of sotrovimab for treating mild or moderate #COVID19 in patients who are at high risk of hospitalization: patients who are older, immunocompromised, with underlying conditions & those unvaccinated https://t.co/UAc21Wgxbl https://t.co/Z39mSKrOv5
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 14, 2022
CDC urges Americans to wear most-protective mask or respirator that fits well and that they’ll wear consistently.
17 Jan, 2022 | 00:46h | UTCCDC Guidance: Types of Masks and Respirators – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See also: CDC encourages more Americans to consider N95 masks – STAT
Rise of the preprint: how rapid data sharing during COVID-19 has changed science forever.
17 Jan, 2022 | 00:45h | UTC
Viewpoint: COVID-19 therapeutics for nonhospitalized patients.
17 Jan, 2022 | 00:31h | UTCCOVID-19 Therapeutics for Nonhospitalized Patients – JAMA
Editorial: Realizing the Potential of Anti–SARS-CoV-2 Monoclonal Antibodies for COVID-19 Management – JAMA
Hospital admissions from childhood common infections were largely reduced in England during the pandemic due to control measures for Covid-19.
17 Jan, 2022 | 00:37h | UTCEditorial: Covid-19 control measures and common paediatric infections – The BMJ
News Release: Dramatic fall in hospital admissions for child infections during first year of covid-19 pandemic – BMJ
One in 10 people may still be infectious for COVID after 10 days, new research indicates.
17 Jan, 2022 | 00:34h | UTCNews Release: One in 10 people may still be infectious for COVID after 10 days, new research indicates – University of Exeter
The French health pass holds lessons for mandatory COVID-19 vaccination.
17 Jan, 2022 | 00:38h | UTCThe French health pass holds lessons for mandatory COVID-19 vaccination – Nature Medicine
Is Covax finally going to vaccinate the world?
17 Jan, 2022 | 00:29h | UTCIs Covax finally going to vaccinate the world? – Vox
Related:
Perspective | A beautiful idea: how COVAX has fallen short.
WHO Launches Strategy to Achieve Global Covid-19 Vaccination by mid-2022.
WHO special envoys: To beat Covid, there’s a simple lesson – no one’s safe until everyone’s safe.
WHO COVAX Joint Statement: Call to action to equip COVAX to deliver 2 billion doses in 2021.
Covax: How will Covid vaccines be shared around the world?
N95 respirators can be safely decontaminated up to 25 times, research shows.
17 Jan, 2022 | 00:26h | UTCNews Release: N95 Respirators Can Be Safely Decontaminated Up to 25 Times, Research Shows – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Original Study: Assessing changes to N95 respirator filtration efficiency, qualitative and quantitative fit, and seal check with repeated vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) decontamination – American Journal of Infection Control (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Opinion: Omicron represents a new kind of epidemic – we must keep up.
17 Jan, 2022 | 00:28h | UTCOmicron represents a new kind of epidemic – we must keep up – The Guardian