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U.S. to recommend COVID vaccine boosters at 8 months.

18 Aug, 2021 | 09:02h | UTC

Sources: US to recommend COVID vaccine boosters at 8 months – Associated Press

See also: Biden administration expected to advise Covid booster shots for most Americans – CNN AND US experts expected to recommend Covid booster shots for all – The Guardian

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

 

Editorial: COVID-19 vaccine equity and booster doses – “by Aug 9, only 12·6 million of the 4·46 billion doses administered globally were in low-income countries”.

18 Aug, 2021 | 08:58h | UTC

COVID-19 vaccine equity and booster doses – The Lancet Infectious Diseases

See also: New waves, new variants, old inequity: a continuing COVID-19 crisis – BMJ Global Health

 

Has COVID taught us anything about pandemic preparedness?

18 Aug, 2021 | 08:55h | UTC

Has COVID taught us anything about pandemic preparedness? – Nature

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Editorial: The WHO is right to call a temporary halt to COVID vaccine boosters.

18 Aug, 2021 | 08:56h | UTC

The WHO is right to call a temporary halt to COVID vaccine boosters – Nature

 

Prioritizing Peritoneal Catheter Placement during the COVID-19 Pandemic – A Perspective of the American Society of Nephrology COVID-19 Home Dialysis Subcommittee.

18 Aug, 2021 | 08:52h | UTC

Prioritizing Peritoneal Catheter Placement during the COVID-19 Pandemic – Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Global Chronic Total Occlusion Crossing Algorithm: JACC State-of-the-Art Review.

18 Aug, 2021 | 08:45h | UTC

Global Chronic Total Occlusion Crossing Algorithm: JACC State-of-the-Art Review – Journal of the American College of Cardiology

 

Commentary on Twitter

https://twitter.com/JEscaned/status/1427687078226272270

 

The animal origin of SARS-CoV-2 – “Trading of animals susceptible to bat coronaviruses is the likely cause of the COVID-19 pandemic”.

18 Aug, 2021 | 08:53h | UTC

The animal origin of SARS-CoV-2 – Science

Video: Evolutionary Origins of SARS-CoV-2

Related: Fauci says natural origins theory of coronavirus is still the most likely.

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

 

Opinion | Go Ahead. Vaccinate the Kids. The risk of vaccinating children will never be zero, but the alternative is so much worse.

18 Aug, 2021 | 08:50h | UTC

Go Ahead. Vaccinate the Kids. – The Atlantic

 

Delirium in critical illness: clinical manifestations, outcomes, and management.

18 Aug, 2021 | 08:47h | UTC

Delirium in critical illness: clinical manifestations, outcomes, and management – Intensive Care Medicine (if this link does not work, try this one)

Related:

M-A: Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions to prevent delirium in critically ill patients.

ICU Survivorship—The relationship of delirium, sedation, dementia, and acquired weakness.

Systematic review: In hospitalized non‐ICU patients, multicomponent non-pharmacological interventions are estimated to reduce the incidence of delirium by 43% compared to usual care.

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

U.S. Study: Nearly half of surveyed female surgeons experienced major pregnancy complications.

18 Aug, 2021 | 08:42h | UTC

News release: Nearly half of surveyed female surgeons experienced major pregnancy complications – Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Original study: Incidence of Infertility and Pregnancy Complications in US Female Surgeons – JAMA Surgery

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Dementia risk in former professional footballers is related to player position and career length.

18 Aug, 2021 | 08:39h | UTC

News release: Dementia risk in former professional footballers is related to player position and career length – University of Glasgow

Original study: Association of Field Position and Career Length With Risk of Neurodegenerative Disease in Male Former Professional Soccer Players – JAMA Neurology

Commentaries:

Dementia risk greatest for defenders, says new research – BBC

Soccer (football) given the risk of brain damage, is heading the ball really necessary? – MedicalResearch

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Global, regional, and national burden of respiratory tract cancers and associated risk factors from 1990 to 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study.

18 Aug, 2021 | 08:44h | UTC

Global, regional, and national burden of respiratory tract cancers and associated risk factors from 1990 to 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

https://twitter.com/simonihay/status/1427465401303142417

 

Review: Prevention of Microvascular Complications of Diabetes.

18 Aug, 2021 | 08:34h | UTC

Prevention of Microvascular Complications of Diabetes – Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

 

Cohort study: cardiovascular and kidney outcomes across the glycemic spectrum – Prediabetes and T2D were independently associated atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; substantial gradient of risk was observed across HbA1c levels.

18 Aug, 2021 | 08:36h | UTC

Cardiovascular and Kidney Outcomes Across the Glycemic Spectrum: Insights From the UK Biobank – Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Commentary: Cardiovascular and Kidney Outcomes in Diabetes and Prediabetes – American College of Cardiology

 

Professional rugby may be associated with changes in brain structure.

18 Aug, 2021 | 08:38h | UTC

News release: Professional rugby may be associated with changes in brain structure

Original study: White matter abnormalities in active elite adult rugby players – Brain Communications

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Type 2 diabetes: more than one type of diet can help people achieve remission.

18 Aug, 2021 | 08:32h | UTC

Type 2 diabetes: more than one type of diet can help people achieve remission – The Conversation

Original article: Dietary strategies for remission of type 2 diabetes: A narrative review – Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

 

Effect of early palliative care on end-of-life health care costs: a population-based, propensity score–matched cohort study.

18 Aug, 2021 | 08:30h | UTC

Effect of Early Palliative Care on End-of-Life Health Care Costs: A Population-Based, Propensity Score–Matched Cohort Study – JCO Oncology Practice

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

The use of Twitter by medical journals: systematic review of the literature.

18 Aug, 2021 | 08:31h | UTC

The Use of Twitter by Medical Journals: Systematic Review of the Literature – Journal of Medical Internet Research

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Support surfaces for managing pressure ulcers: which to choose?

18 Aug, 2021 | 08:26h | UTC

Support surfaces for managing pressure ulcers: which to choose? – Evidently Cochrane

 

Study provides suggestions for keeping classroom air fresh.

17 Aug, 2021 | 09:08h | UTC

Study provides suggestions for keeping classroom air fresh – MIT News

Original study: Patterns of SARS-CoV-2 aerosol spread in typical classrooms – Building and Environment

Related:

Report: Improved ventilation essential to safe use of buildings and public spaces, say leading engineers.

WHO: Roadmap to improve and ensure good indoor ventilation in the context of COVID-19

CDC releases new ventilation guidelines for indoor environments to reduce Covid-19 risk

Guidance: Using Ventilation and filtration to reduce aerosol transmission of COVID-19 in long-term care homes

 

We studied how to reduce airborne COVID spread in hospitals. Here’s what we learnt.

17 Aug, 2021 | 09:09h | UTC

We studied how to reduce airborne COVID spread in hospitals. Here’s what we learnt – The Conversation

Related:

Report: Improved ventilation essential to safe use of buildings and public spaces, say leading engineers.

WHO: Roadmap to improve and ensure good indoor ventilation in the context of COVID-19

CDC releases new ventilation guidelines for indoor environments to reduce Covid-19 risk

Guidance: Using Ventilation and filtration to reduce aerosol transmission of COVID-19 in long-term care homes

 

Systematic review: Systemic corticosteroids for the treatment of COVID‐19.

17 Aug, 2021 | 09:11h | UTC

Systemic corticosteroids for the treatment of COVID‐19 – Cochrane Library

Summary: Are corticosteroids given orally or by injection an effective treatment for people with COVID-19? – Cochrane Library

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

 

Cohort study: Younger children may be more likely to transmit SARS-CoV-2 infection in households compared with older children, the risk being higher for contacts of children aged 0 to 3 years.

17 Aug, 2021 | 09:05h | UTC

Association of Age and Pediatric Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Infection – JAMA Pediatrics

Editorial: Yes, Children Can Transmit COVID, but We Need Not Fear

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

 

Rapid, large-scale wastewater surveillance and automated reporting system enabled early detection of nearly 85% of COVID-19 cases on a University campus.

17 Aug, 2021 | 09:06h | UTC

Rapid, large-scale wastewater surveillance and automated reporting system enabled early detection of nearly 85% of COVID-19 cases on a University campus – medRxiv

Commentary: The Newest Disease Detection Tool for Covid and Beyond: Poop – Kaiser Health News

Related:

[Preprint] Wastewater genomic testing can effectively track COVID-19 variants of concern.

Human Waste Could Be The Next Big Weapon in Controlling COVID-19 – TIME

Next steps for wastewater testing to help end this pandemic — and prevent the next one – STAT

Sewage sleuths helped an Arizona town beat back Covid-19. For wastewater epidemiology, that’s just the start – STAT

The myriad ways sewage surveillance is helping fight COVID around the world – Nature

Testing sewage can give school districts, campuses and businesses a heads-up on the spread of COVID-19 – The Conversation

It’s time to begin a national wastewater testing program for Covid-19 – STAT

Coronavirus: Testing sewage an ‘easy win’ – BBC

Development of wastewater pooled surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 from congregate living settings – high sensitivity, but unable to distinguish new infectious cases from persistent convalescent shedding.

 

Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Testing in Recipients of COVID-19 Vaccination: Why, When, and How?

17 Aug, 2021 | 09:03h | UTC

Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Testing in Recipients of COVID-19 Vaccination: Why, When, and How? – Diagnostics

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

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