Thu August 13 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – AVIFAVIR for Treatment of Patients with Moderate COVID-19: Interim Results of a Phase II/III Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial – Clinical Infectious Diseases

2 – Laboratory features of severe vs. non-severe COVID-19 patients in Asian populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis – European Journal of Medical Research

3 – Russia’s Rapid COVID-19 Vaccine Approval Draws Intense Criticism From Some – And Offers To Collaborate From Others – Health Policy Watch

4 – Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Patients With COVID-19 in Severe Respiratory Failure – JAMA Surgery

5 – Diagnostic Performance of Chest CT for SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Individuals with or without COVID-19 Symptoms – Radiology

6 – Digital public health and COVID-19 – The Lancet Public Health

7 – Viable SARS-CoV-2 in the air of a hospital room with COVID-19 patients – medRxiv

Commentaries: Viable SARS-CoV-2 aerosols detected in a hospital room with COVID-19 patients – News Medical AND ‘A Smoking Gun’: Infectious Coronavirus Retrieved From Hospital Air – The New York Times

8 – Association Between Youth Smoking, Electronic Cigarette Use, and Coronavirus Disease 2019 – Journal of Adolescent Health

Commentary: Vaping linked to COVID-19 risk in teens and young adults, study finds – Stanford Medicine

9 – The pandemic appears to have spared Africa so far. Scientists are struggling to explain why – Science

10 –COVID-19 Updates / 13 August 2020 Edition

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