Thu June 04 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – A Randomized Trial of Hydroxychloroquine as Postexposure Prophylaxis for Covid-19 – New England Journal of Medicine

Editorial: Hydroxychloroquine for the Prevention of Covid-19 — Searching for Evidence

Commentaries: Hydroxychloroquine does not prevent Covid-19 infection if exposed, study says – STAT AND The first high-quality study of malaria pill hydroxychloroquine just found it doesn’t help prevent coronavirus infections – Business Insider AND No Evidence Hydroxychloroquine Is Helpful In Preventing COVID-19, Study Finds – NPR

2 – Audio Interview: Diagnosis and Early Treatment of Covid-19 – New England Journal of Medicine

3 – Effect of Convalescent Plasma Therapy on Time to Clinical Improvement in Patients With Severe and Life-threatening COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA

Editorial: A Randomized Trial of Convalescent Plasma for COVID-19—Potentially Hopeful Signals – JAMA

4 – Prevalence of Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Narrative Review – Annals of Internal Medicine

5 – Head to Head: Should governments continue lockdown to slow the spread of covid-19? – The BMJ

6 – COVID-19 diagnostics in context – Science Translational Medicine

Related: IDSA Guidelines on the Diagnosis of COVID-19 AND Interpreting Diagnostic Tests for SARS-CoV-2 – JAMA AND Interpreting a covid-19 test result – The BMJ

7 – Why coronavirus hits men harder: sex hormones offer clues – Science

8 – Will the pandemic permanently alter scientific publishing? – Nature

9 – How scientific conferences will survive the coronavirus shock – Nature

10 –COVID-19 Updates / 04 June 2020 Edition

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