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The ‘time has come’ for a global pandemic treaty, WHO’s Tedros says.
1 Jun, 2021 | 08:21h | UTCThe ‘Time Has Come’ For A Global Pandemic Treaty, WHO’s Tedros Says – NPR
See also: Will a global preparedness treaty help or hinder pandemic preparedness? – BMJ Global Health
WHO renames COVID-19 variants with the Greek alphabet (i.e., Alpha, Beta, Gamma, etc), making them simple, easy to say and remember. The naming system aims to prevent calling COVID-19 variants by the places where they are detected, which is stigmatizing & discriminatory.
1 Jun, 2021 | 08:26h | UTCTracking SARS-CoV-2 variants – World Health Organization
Commentaries: The name game for coronavirus variants just got a little easier – STAT AND Covid: WHO renames UK and other variants with Greek letters – BBC
Study shows low risk of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection 1 year after primary infection.
1 Jun, 2021 | 08:23h | UTCEditorial: Protection Because of Prior SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Commentary on Twitter
Lombardy, Italy was one of the worst-hit places in the world in the 1st wave of the pandemic. Now, a year later, how many had reinfections?
0.3%
And 13-15 X infections for those who did not have covidhttps://t.co/ewpMRcPIMB @JAMAInternalMed pic.twitter.com/I7z2L04Evp— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 28, 2021
Where could the next coronavirus jump to humans? New research offers clues.
1 Jun, 2021 | 08:18h | UTCWhere could the next coronavirus jump to humans? New research offers clues. – Vox
COVID has caused ‘mass trauma,’ worsening mental health globally.
1 Jun, 2021 | 08:14h | UTCCOVID Has Caused ‘Mass Trauma,’ Worsening Mental Health Globally – Health Policy Watch
Perspective | Can I get AstraZeneca now and Pfizer later? Why mixing and matching COVID vaccines could help solve many rollout problems.
1 Jun, 2021 | 08:20h | UTC
Vaccines that can protect against many coronaviruses could prevent another pandemic.
1 Jun, 2021 | 08:15h | UTCVaccines that can protect against many coronaviruses could prevent another pandemic – Science (a few articles per month are free)
M-A: Delivery room interventions for hypothermia in preterm neonates – “use of a plastic bag or wrap with a plastic cap or with heated humidified gas was associated with lower risk of major brain injury and mortality”.
1 Jun, 2021 | 08:10h | UTCDelivery Room Interventions for Hypothermia in Preterm Neonates: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
How a superspreader festival seeded Covid across India.
1 Jun, 2021 | 08:17h | UTCHow a superspreader festival seeded Covid across India – The Guardian
USPSTF Statement: Clinicians should offer behavioral counseling interventions to promote healthy weight gain and prevent excess gestational weight gain in pregnancy.
1 Jun, 2021 | 08:08h | UTCEvidence Report: Counseling and Behavioral Interventions for Healthy Weight and Weight Gain in Pregnancy – JAMA
Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Behavioral Counseling Interventions for Healthy Weight and Weight Gain in Pregnancy – JAMA
JAMA Patient Page: Behavioral Interventions for Healthy Weight Gain During Pregnancy
M-A: Triple vs. dual inhaler therapy in patients with moderate to severe asthma – fewer severe asthma exacerbations, but without significant differences in quality of life or mortality.
1 Jun, 2021 | 08:12h | UTCTriple vs Dual Inhaler Therapy and Asthma Outcomes in Moderate to Severe Asthma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentary on Twitter
Among patients with moderate to severe asthma, triple therapy compared with dual therapy was significantly associated with fewer severe asthma exacerbations and modest improvements in asthma control but no significant difference in quality of life https://t.co/icKsWu0Md9 #ATS2021
— JAMA (@JAMA_current) May 19, 2021
Podcast | Osteoporosis in Primary Care.
1 Jun, 2021 | 08:06h | UTC#277 Bone Up on Osteoporosis in Primary Care with Dr. Carolyn Crandall – The Curbsiders
AGA Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Medical Management of Moderate to Severe Luminal and Perianal Fistulizing Crohn’s Disease.
1 Jun, 2021 | 08:07h | UTCTechnical Review: AGA Technical Review on the Medical Management of Moderate to Severe Luminal and Perianal Fistulizing Crohn’s Disease
Clinical Decision Support Tool / Algorithm: Medical Management of Adult Outpatients With Moderate to Severe Lunminal Crohn’s Disease
Commentary on Twitter
Here are the @AmerGastroAssn guidelines on the management of moderate-severe Crohn disease. #GITwitter #GI #gut #IBD https://t.co/VlT4xTUE8t pic.twitter.com/ayYlpVkkod
— John Damianos, M.D. (@john_damianosMD) May 28, 2021
Opinion | 7 reasons why we should not need boosters for COVID-19.
31 May, 2021 | 08:21h | UTC7 Reasons Why We Should Not Need Boosters for COVID-19 – by Monica Ghandi, MD
No COVID-19 cases found after a well-controlled indoor concert.
31 May, 2021 | 08:24h | UTCNo COVID-19 cases found after well-controlled indoor concert – CIDRAP
Invited Commentary: Innovations in COVID-19 testing: the road from pandemic response to control – The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Report of the Barcelona music event out here. These are difficult studies to do – and you need to carefully review them.
Same-day SARS-CoV-2 antigen test screening in an indoor mass-gathering live music event: a randomised controlled trial https://t.co/KDMtsGD23v
— Jon Deeks FMedSci (@deeksj) May 28, 2021
Opinion | The Covid-19 lab leak theory is a tale of weaponized uncertainty.
31 May, 2021 | 08:19h | UTCThe Covid-19 Lab Leak Theory Is a Tale of Weaponized Uncertainty – Wired
See also: Divisive COVID ‘lab leak’ debate prompts dire warnings from researchers – Nature
New IDSA Guidelines on antigen testing for the diagnosis of COVID-19.
31 May, 2021 | 08:25h | UTC
What the science says about lifting mask mandates – “Wearing masks should probably be one of the last things we stop doing”.
31 May, 2021 | 08:17h | UTCWhat the science says about lifting mask mandates – Nature
Covid-19 vaccination prevents transmission from vaccinated to unvaccinated household members.
31 May, 2021 | 08:18h | UTCThe indirect effect of mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccination on unvaccinated household members – medRxiv
Commentary on Twitter
More on less transmission, yet another incentive:
"Our results suggest that mRNA-based vaccines do not only prevent #SARSCoV2 infections among vaccinated individuals but lead to a substantial reduction in infections among unvaccinated household members"https://t.co/sIqoOLiH3b pic.twitter.com/6rv2tojR2m— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 29, 2021
Vietnam finds new rapidly spreading SARS-CoV-2 variant, hybrid of B.1.617.2 and B.1.1.7 strains.
31 May, 2021 | 08:16h | UTCVietnam finds new virus variant, hybrid of India, UK strains – Associated Press
See also: Covid: Vietnam detects new UK-Indian variant, health officials say – BBC AND Vietnam says new Covid variant is hybrid of India and UK strains – The Guardian
[Not published yet] Observational study in Uruguay found CoronaVac reduced mortality by 97 percent – “In people who had received two doses, it reduced infection with the coronavirus by 57 percent and intensive care admissions by 95 percent”.
31 May, 2021 | 08:14h | UTCCoronaVac reduces mortality by 97 percent: Uruguay study – Associated Press
Oxygen shortages threaten ‘total collapse’ of dozens of health systems.
31 May, 2021 | 08:12h | UTCOxygen shortages threaten ‘total collapse’ of dozens of health systems – The Guardian
Related: How covid-19 revealed the scandal of medical oxygen supplies worldwide – Nature AND COVID-19 Oxygen Needs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Have Tripled in Just Three Months – Where are Solutions? – Health Policy Watch
Guideline | Primary prophylaxis of bacterial infections and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with hematologic malignancies and solid tumors.
31 May, 2021 | 08:09h | UTC
Providing more low-value care does not lead to higher patient experience ratings – “New study challenges the assumption that offering patients more tests and procedures will lead to higher patient experience ratings”.
31 May, 2021 | 08:11h | UTCOriginal Study: Association of Low-Value Care Exposure With Health Care Experience Ratings Among Patient Panels – JAMA Internal Medicine
Commentary on Twitter
New work led by @sanghavi_prachi w/ @A_Schwa & Alan Zaslavsky
We asked do PCPs w/ more wasteful practice patterns get better patient ratings?
Answer is no. No they don't
This should allay overblown concerns about pt experience measures leading us to satisfy patients to death https://t.co/cosXvLA6Ql
— Michael McWilliams (@JMichaelMcW) May 28, 2021
NICE recommends offering women induced labor earlier in new draft guidance – “women with uncomplicated singleton pregnancies should be offered induction at 41 weeks and the induction should take place as soon as possible. Previous guidelines advised induction between 41 and 42 weeks”.
31 May, 2021 | 08:08h | UTC