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[Abstract Only] A Systematic review of the effect of delayed appropriate antibiotic treatment on the outcomes of patients with severe bacterial infections
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:20h | UTCA Systematic Review of the Effect of Delayed Appropriate Antibiotic Treatment on the Outcomes of Patients With Severe Bacterial Infections – CHEST (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Does Delayed Antibiotic for Severe Infection Impact Mortality? – Journal Feed
Science, uninterrupted: Will COVID-19 mark the end of scientific publishing as we know it?
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:28h | UTC
Are observational, real-world studies suitable to make cancer treatment recommendations?
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:17h | UTCOriginal Study: Evaluation of the Use of Cancer Registry Data for Comparative Effectiveness Research – JAMA Network Open
[Abstract Only] Cohort Study: Cardiovascular and bleeding risks associated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs after myocardial infarction
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:17h | UTCCardiovascular and Bleeding Risks Associated With Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs After Myocardial Infarction – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: NSAIDs Boost CV, Bleeding Risks in Post-MI Patients – TCTMD AND Concomitant NSAID Treatment After MI – American College of Cardiology AND NSAIDs increase cardiovascular, bleeding risk in Korean heart attack patients – American College of Cardiology
[Abstract Only] Meta-analysis: Point-of-care ultrasonography for the diagnosis of skin and soft tissue abscesses
3 Aug, 2020 | 01:18h | UTCPoint-of-Care Ultrasonography for the Diagnosis of Skin and Soft Tissue Abscesses: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Emergency Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: POCUS for Abscess – A Large Meta-Analysis – Journal Feed
Mon August 03 – 10 Stories of The Day!
3 Aug, 2020 | 01:12h | UTC
1 – Drug treatments for covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis – The BMJ
2 – Cellular immune responses to covid-19 – The BMJ
5 – From ‘brain fog’ to heart damage, COVID-19’s lingering problems alarm scientists – Science
7 – Opinion – ‘This Push to Open Schools Is Guaranteed to Fail’ – The Atlantic
“Within two weeks of opening schools in communities with high virus transmission, teachers will become ill. All it will take is for a single teacher to become hospitalized with COVID and everything will shut down.”
Commentaries: The Coronavirus Infected Hundreds at a Georgia Summer Camp – The New York Times AND How At Least 44% Of Young People At A Summer Camp Caught Coronavirus – Forbes
Commentaries: Researchers offer ways to promote safety when reopening colleges – CIDRAP AND New Study: College Students Who Get Tested Every Two Days Can Return To Campus Safely – Forbes
10 –COVID-19 Updates / 03 August 2020 Edition
03 August 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)
Study finds high viral loads in young children with mild to moderate Covid-19, raising questions about transmission
31 Jul, 2020 | 09:00h | UTCCommentaries: Young kids could spread COVID-19 as much as older children and adults, study suggests – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago AND Study finds higher viral load in young children, raising questions about how likely they are to transmit the coronavirus – CNN AND Children May Carry Coronavirus at High Levels, Study Finds – The New York Times
COVID-19 and dexamethasone potential strategy to avoid steroid-related Strongyloides hyperinfection
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:58h | UTC
Remdesivir for severe Covid-19: A clinical practice guideline
31 Jul, 2020 | 09:01h | UTCRemdesivir for severe covid-19: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ
SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells in healthy donors and patients with COVID-19
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:57h | UTCSARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells in healthy donors and patients with COVID-19 – Nature
Commentaries: Could prior exposure to common cold viruses affect the severity of SARS-CoV-2 symptoms? – Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin AND Why some people who haven’t had Covid-19 might already have some immunity – CNN
Related Commentary on Twitter
Just out @nature: 35% of healthy people (#SARSCoV2 seronegative) have reactive SARSCoV2 CD4 T cells to spike protein, presumably d/t cross-reactive coronavirus exposurehttps://t.co/Xt5tuULuyU
Important implications for explaining variable response to infections & vaccine trials— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) July 29, 2020
Study: Travel to 3 countries may have seeded COVID-19 pandemic
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:48h | UTCStudy: Travel to 3 countries may have seeded COVID-19 pandemic – CIDRAP
Single-shot Ad26 vaccine protects against SARS-CoV-2 in monkeys
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:49h | UTCSingle-shot Ad26 vaccine protects against SARS-CoV-2 in rhesus macaques – Nature
Commentaries: Vaccine Candidate Delivers Protection In A Single Shot (In Monkeys) – NPR AND Novel vaccine candidate robustly protects non-human primates against SARS-CoV-2 – News Medical
‘A huge experiment’: How the world made so much progress on a Covid-19 vaccine so fast
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:40h | UTC‘A huge experiment’: How the world made so much progress on a Covid-19 vaccine so fast – STAT
COVID-19 pandemic is “one big wave” says WHO
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:47h | UTCCOVID-19 pandemic is “one big wave” says WHO – News Medical
See also: ‘One big wave’ – why the Covid-19 second wave may not exist – The Guardian
We need to talk about ventilation
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:37h | UTCWe Need to Talk About Ventilation – The Atlantic (a few articles per month are free)
Things you should think about when you hear “vaccine by end of the year”
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:41h | UTCThings you should think about when you hear “vaccine by end of the year” – Health News Review
Randomized trial: Robotic vs. laparoscopic ventral hernia repair
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:35h | UTCCommentary: #VisualAbstract: Robotic vs. laparoscopic ventral hernia repair – 2 Minute Medicine
Some scientists are taking a DIY coronavirus vaccine, and nobody knows if it’s legal or if it works
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:36h | UTC
How does SARS-CoV-2 cause COVID-19?
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:38h | UTCHow does SARS-CoV-2 cause COVID-19? – Science
[Press release] Tocilizumab did not improve outcomes in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 associated pneumonia
30 Jul, 2020 | 10:52h | UTC
Cervical cancer screening for individuals at average risk: 2020 guideline update from the American Cancer Society
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:34h | UTCCommentaries: Updated cervical cancer screening guideline calls for less and more simplified screening – News Medical AND Cervical Cancer Screening Should Begin Later, Cancer Group Says – NEJM Journal Watch AND American Cancer Society now recommends cervical cancer screening start at 25, not 21 – CNN
Study estimates large reductions in Covid-19 incidence and mortality in the US states that closed schools earlier
30 Jul, 2020 | 10:49h | UTCAssociation Between Statewide School Closure and COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality in the US – JAMA
Editorial: COVID-19 and School Closures
Author Interview: COVID-19 and School Reopenings
Commentaries: School closures in spring linked to drastic decrease in Covid-19 cases and deaths – STAT AND Schools closures in spring were linked to reductions in Covid-19 cases and deaths, study says – CNN AND Closing schools in March may have saved the lives of 40,000 Americans, a new analysis found – Business Insider AND School Closures in the Spring Saved Lives, Study Asserts – The New York Times
Fri July 31 – 10 Stories of The Day!
31 Jul, 2020 | 09:02h | UTC
1 – Remdesivir for severe covid-19: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ
Commentaries: Young kids could spread COVID-19 as much as older children and adults, study suggests – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago AND Study finds higher viral load in young children, raising questions about how likely they are to transmit the coronavirus – CNN AND Children May Carry Coronavirus at High Levels, Study Finds – The New York Times
4 – SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells in healthy donors and patients with COVID-19 – Nature
Commentaries: Could prior exposure to common cold viruses affect the severity of SARS-CoV-2 symptoms? – Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin AND Why some people who haven’t had Covid-19 might already have some immunity – CNN
5 – Single-shot Ad26 vaccine protects against SARS-CoV-2 in rhesus macaques – Nature
Commentaries: Vaccine Candidate Delivers Protection In A Single Shot (In Monkeys) – NPR AND Novel vaccine candidate robustly protects non-human primates against SARS-CoV-2 – News Medical
6 – Study: Travel to 3 countries may have seeded COVID-19 pandemic – CIDRAP
7 – COVID-19 pandemic is “one big wave” says WHO – News Medical
See also: ‘One big wave’ – why the Covid-19 second wave may not exist – The Guardian
8 – Things you should think about when you hear “vaccine by end of the year” – Health News Review
9 – ‘A huge experiment’: How the world made so much progress on a Covid-19 vaccine so fast – STAT
10 –COVID-19 Updates / 31 July 2020 Edition
31 July 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)
Report: Reopening K-12 schools during the Covid-19 pandemic
30 Jul, 2020 | 10:47h | UTCOriginal report: Reopening K-12 Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Perspective: Reopening primary schools during the pandemic
30 Jul, 2020 | 10:36h | UTCReopening Primary Schools during the Pandemic – New England Journal of Medicine
Commentary from the Author on Twitter
My paper with @mlipsitch and @mugecevik about why reopening primary schools in a safe and pedagogically responsible way should be a national priority–and what to do to make it a reality #EdEthics #EducationWithCOVID @hgse @dsallentess https://t.co/NELOv4GleI
— Meira Levinson (@meiralevinson) July 29, 2020