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Cohort Study: Prognostic Factors Associated with Adverse Outcomes Among Patients with Covid-19
25 May, 2020 | 01:35h | UTCEditorial: Covid-19 care before, during, and beyond the hospital
Commentary: Age, male sex, obesity, and underlying illness risk factors for severe COVID-19 or death – The BMJ
Cohort Study: Fluconazole Use in the First Trimester of Pregnancy Linked to Increased Risk of Musculoskeletal Malformations
25 May, 2020 | 01:31h | UTCCommentary: Musculoskeletal Malformations Up With Fluconazole in Pregnancy – Physician’s Weekly
Mon May 25 – 10 Stories of The Day!
25 May, 2020 | 02:08h | UTC
1 – Remdesivir for the Treatment of Covid-19 — Preliminary Report – New England Journal of Medicine
Commentaries: Preliminary report on NIAID trial of remdesivir – PulmCrit AND Peer-reviewed data shows remdesivir for COVID-19 improves time to recovery – National Institutes of Health AND Covid-19 study details benefits of treatment with remdesivir, and also its limitations – STAT
Commentaries: Chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19: why might they be hazardous? – The Lancet AND What a big new study on malaria drugs as Covid-19 treatments tells us — and what it doesn’t – STAT AND Hydroxychloroquine May Cause More Harm Than Benefit To COVID-19 Patients, Says New Lancet Study – Health Policy Watch
3 – Why countries should stop using anti-malarial drugs for COVID-19 – The Conversation
Commentaries: First human trial of COVID-19 vaccine finds it is safe and induces rapid immune response – The Lancet AND Early Study Of Covid-19 Vaccine Developed In China Sees Mixed Results – Forbes AND Coronavirus Vaccine Shows Promising Early Results in China – The New York Times AND A Chinese biotech just published the first human data for its coronavirus vaccine candidate, supporting further trials – Business Insider AND Experts skeptical after researchers report positive vaccine results – CNN AND Two COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates Induce Immune Response In Healthy Volunteers – Health Policy Watch
5 – The world needs Covid-19 vaccines. It may also be overestimating their power – STAT
6 – SARS-CoV2 vaccines: Slow is fast – Science
Commentaries: Children appear half as likely to catch COVID-19 as adults – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine AND Expert reaction to systematic review preprint looking at susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents compared with adults – Science Media Centre
Commentaries: Expert reaction to study on PCR testing results from 60 people after clinical recovery from COVID-19 – Science Media Centre AND 16% of recovered patients test positive for COVID-19 weeks after discharge: study – UPI
Related: New Research Examines Wastewater to Detect Community Spread of Covid-19
10 –COVID-19 Updates / 25 May 2020 Edition
25 May 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)
SARS2-CoV-2 and Stroke in a New York Healthcare System
22 May, 2020 | 04:56h | UTCSARS2-CoV-2 and Stroke in a New York Healthcare System – Stroke
Commentary: COVID-19 patients may have lower stroke rates than previously suggested – NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Choosing Wisely in the COVID-19 Era: Preventing Harm to Healthcare Workers
22 May, 2020 | 04:58h | UTC
Pulmonary Vascular Endothelialitis, Thrombosis, and Angiogenesis in Covid-19
22 May, 2020 | 04:59h | UTCCommentary: Lungs of deceased COVID-19 patients show distinctive features – Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Related: Postmortem Examination of Patients With COVID-19 – JAMA AND Pulmonary Arterial Thrombosis in COVID-19 With Fatal Outcome: Results From a Prospective, Single-Center, Clinicopathologic Case Series – Annals of Internal Medicine AND Pathological evidence of pulmonary thrombotic phenomena in severe COVID-19 – Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Opinion: Ten Reasons why Immunity Passports are a Bad Idea
22 May, 2020 | 04:54h | UTCTen reasons why immunity passports are a bad idea – Nature
Related: Ethical and Legal Challenges of COVID-19 Immunity Certificates (articles and commentaries on the subject) AND Privileges and Immunity Certification During the COVID-19 Pandemic – JAMA AND The Ethics of COVID-19 Immunity-Based Licenses (“Immunity Passports”) – JAMA
Which Interventions Work Best in a Pandemic?
22 May, 2020 | 04:50h | UTCWhich interventions work best in a pandemic? – Science
How Coronavirus Lockdowns Stopped Flu in its Tracks
22 May, 2020 | 04:53h | UTCHow coronavirus lockdowns stopped flu in its tracks – Nature
“Reported rates of influenza and other infections have fallen sharply, but some communicable diseases may see a rise.”
15 Drugs Being Tested to Treat COVID-19 and How They Would Work
22 May, 2020 | 04:52h | UTC15 drugs being tested to treat COVID-19 and how they would work – Nature
Open Access: How COVID-19 will Change the Way Research Findings are Shared
22 May, 2020 | 04:48h | UTCOpen access: how COVID-19 will change the way research findings are shared – Wellcome
Related: Plan S: Making Full and Immediate Open Access a Reality AND UC Terminates Subscriptions with World’s Largest Scientific Publisher in Push for Open Access (several resources on the subject) AND PLOS and the University of California announce open access publishing agreement – PLOS Blogs AND The war to free science – Vox (free) AND WHO Joins Coalition for Free Digital Access to Health Research
[Preprint] IL6 Inhibition in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients is Associated with Increased Secondary Infections
22 May, 2020 | 04:44h | UTC
Ethics of Controlled Human Infection to Address COVID-19
22 May, 2020 | 04:49h | UTCEthics of controlled human infection to address COVID-19 – Science
Opinion: Revisiting the No Visitors Policy
22 May, 2020 | 04:43h | UTCRevisiting the No Visitors Policy – CMAJ Blogs
“I follow the policy, as I must, but neither my heart nor my mind believe that the harm we aim to prevent with current no visitors edicts outweighs the harm we are causing.”
[Preprint] Estimating the Number of Deaths that Could Have Been Prevented with Earlier Lockdown Measures
22 May, 2020 | 04:45h | UTCDifferential Effects of Intervention Timing on COVID-19 Spread in the United States – medRxiv
Commentaries: At Least 54,000 U.S. Deaths Could Have Been Avoided If Lockdown Had Come Two Weeks Earlier – Forbes AND Lockdown Delays Cost at Least 36,000 Lives, Data Show – The New York Times AND Latest Columbia COVID-19 Projections: Delayed Response to Rebound Would Cost Lives – Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health AND Delayed Social Restrictions Led to 36,000 Deaths – U.S. News AND About 83% of US coronavirus deaths could have been avoided if lockdowns were imposed March 1, researchers estimate – Business Insider
Opinion: Calling Health Care Workers ‘Heroes’ Harms all of Us
22 May, 2020 | 04:41h | UTCCalling health care workers ‘heroes’ harms all of us – STAT
Study: Lower Nasal Gene Expression of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 in Children May Help Explain why COVID-19 is Less Prevalent in Children
22 May, 2020 | 04:39h | UTCNasal Gene Expression of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 in Children and Adults – JAMA
Editorial: Nasal ACE2 Levels and COVID-19 in Children
Attacks Against Health-care Personnel Must Stop, Especially as the World Fights COVID-19
22 May, 2020 | 04:40h | UTC
Review: Optimization of the Organ Donor and Effects on Transplanted Organs
22 May, 2020 | 04:37h | UTCRelated Guideline: Management of the neurologically deceased organ donor: A Canadian clinical practice guideline – Canadian Medical Association Journal
Wide Complex Tachycardia Differentiation: A Reappraisal of the State‐of‐the‐Art
22 May, 2020 | 04:38h | UTC
Systematic Review: Early Warning Scores for Detecting Deterioration in Adult Hospital Patients
22 May, 2020 | 04:34h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Complete vs. Culprit-Lesion-Only Revascularization for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
22 May, 2020 | 04:36h | UTCComplete vs Culprit-Lesion-Only Revascularization for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Cardiology (free for a limited period)
SARS-CoV-2 Infection Protects Against Rechallenge in Rhesus Macaques
21 May, 2020 | 09:27h | UTCSARS-CoV-2 infection protects against rechallenge in rhesus macaques – Science
Related Study: DNA vaccine protection against SARS-CoV-2 in rhesus macaques – Science
Commentaries: Infection With SARS-CoV-2 Protects Against Re-infection – At Least in Rhesus Macaques – Technology Networks AND Prototype Vaccine Protects Monkeys From Coronavirus – The New York Times
Fri May 22 – 10 Stories of The Day!
22 May, 2020 | 05:01h | UTC
Commentary: Lungs of deceased COVID-19 patients show distinctive features – Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Related: Postmortem Examination of Patients With COVID-19 – JAMA AND Pulmonary Arterial Thrombosis in COVID-19 With Fatal Outcome: Results From a Prospective, Single-Center, Clinicopathologic Case Series – Annals of Internal Medicine AND Pathological evidence of pulmonary thrombotic phenomena in severe COVID-19 – Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
3 – SARS2-CoV-2 and Stroke in a New York Healthcare System – Stroke
Commentary: COVID-19 patients may have lower stroke rates than previously suggested – NYU Grossman School of Medicine
4 – Ten reasons why immunity passports are a bad idea – Nature
Related: Ethical and Legal Challenges of COVID-19 Immunity Certificates (articles and commentaries on the subject) AND Privileges and Immunity Certification During the COVID-19 Pandemic – JAMA AND The Ethics of COVID-19 Immunity-Based Licenses (“Immunity Passports”) – JAMA
5 – How coronavirus lockdowns stopped flu in its tracks – Nature
“Reported rates of influenza and other infections have fallen sharply, but some communicable diseases may see a rise.”
6 – 15 drugs being tested to treat COVID-19 and how they would work – Nature
7 – Which interventions work best in a pandemic? – Science
8 – Ethics of controlled human infection to address COVID-19 – Science
9 – Open access: how COVID-19 will change the way research findings are shared – Wellcome
Related: Plan S: Making Full and Immediate Open Access a Reality AND UC Terminates Subscriptions with World’s Largest Scientific Publisher in Push for Open Access (several resources on the subject) AND PLOS and the University of California announce open access publishing agreement – PLOS Blogs AND The war to free science – Vox (free) AND WHO Joins Coalition for Free Digital Access to Health Research
10 –COVID-19 Updates / 22 May 2020 Edition
22 May 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)
Audio Interview: Capitalizing on Immune Responses to Covid-19
21 May, 2020 | 09:26h | UTCAudio Interview: Capitalizing on Immune Responses to Covid-19 – New England Journal of Medicine