Mon July 20 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Dexamethasone in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19 — Preliminary Report – New England Journal of Medicine

Commentary: Trial data support dexamethasone, but not hydroxychloroquine, for COVID-19 – CIDRAP

2 – Research in the Context of a Pandemic – New England Journal of Medicine

3 – Contact Tracing during Coronavirus Disease Outbreak, South Korea, 2020 – CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases

Commentaries: Older Children Spread the Coronavirus Just as Much as Adults, Large Study Finds – The New York Times AND Children over age 10 spread COVID-19 as much as adults, study finds – CTV

4 – The role of chest radiography in confirming covid-19 pneumonia – The BMJ

5 – What counts as a covid-19 death? – The BMJ

6 – Policy Responses to the Coronavirus Pandemic – Our World in Data

7 – Benefits of routine childhood vaccines far outweigh risks of additional COVID-19 transmission in Africa, modelling study suggests – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Original Study: Routine childhood immunisation during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: a benefit–risk analysis of health benefits versus excess risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection – The Lancet Global Health

8 – COVID-19 in people with diabetes: understanding the reasons for worse outcomes – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Related: New-Onset Diabetes in Covid-19 – New England Journal of Medicine

9 – Histopathology and ultrastructural findings of fatal COVID-19 infections in Washington State: a case series – The Lancet

10 –COVID-19 Updates / 20 July 2020 Edition

20 July 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)