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Review: Cloth face masks can reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2
4 Aug, 2020 | 03:11h | UTCCloth face masks can reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 – Karolinska Institutet
Original Study: Forgotten Technology in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Filtration Properties of Cloth and Cloth Masks: A Narrative Review – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Perspective: Use of facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic
4 Aug, 2020 | 03:08h | UTCUse of facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Related: How masks work: It’s simple arithmetic – Daily Hampshire Gazette
Immune complement and coagulation dysfunction in adverse outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection
4 Aug, 2020 | 03:01h | UTCCommentary: Ancient part of immune system may underpin severe COVID – Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/nresearchnews/status/1290308064185180160
WHO chief warns ‘there might never be’ a silver bullet for Coronavirus
4 Aug, 2020 | 02:53h | UTCWHO Chief Warns ‘There Might Never Be’ A Silver Bullet For Coronavirus – NPR
Original Statement: WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 3 August 2020 – World Health Organization
Determining the optimal strategy for reopening schools, the impact of test and trace interventions, and the risk of a second COVID-19 epidemic wave in the UK
4 Aug, 2020 | 02:51h | UTCRelated Study: Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Australian educational settings: a prospective cohort study – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
Commentaries: Finding a path to reopen schools during the COVID-19 pandemic – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health AND Boost test and trace before English schools reopen ‘or risk second wave’ – The Guardian AND Intensive COVID-19 Testing and Contact Tracing Needed for Schools to Reopen, Studies Indicate – NEJM Journal Watch
Commentary on Twitter
2 new @LancetChildAdol papers on reopening schools
1. Favorable prospective Australia study in full range of schools: 1 pre-school outbreak https://t.co/euJsOCZLgr
2. Modeling to avoid school outbreaks: Lots of testing and tracing needed or this will failhttps://t.co/H2mY7EIQLN pic.twitter.com/PaffrwmOqQ— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) August 3, 2020
Consensus statement: Determination of brain death
4 Aug, 2020 | 02:50h | UTCDetermination of Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria: The World Brain Death Project – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Brain Death—Moving Beyond Consistency in the Diagnostic Criteria (free for a limited period)
Author Interview: Determination of Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria–The World Brain Death Project
[Preprint] The effectiveness of eight nonpharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19 in 41 countries
4 Aug, 2020 | 02:56h | UTC
[Abstract Only] Case report: Rosuvastatin myotoxicity after starting canagliflozin treatment
4 Aug, 2020 | 02:46h | UTCCommentary: Rosuvastatin Toxicity Observed After Use of Canagliflozin – NEJM Journal Watch
Podcast: Review of Hyperthyroidism
4 Aug, 2020 | 02:44h | UTC
[Abstract Only] Randomized trial: Efficacy of ketogenic diet, modified Atkins diet, and low glycemic index therapy diet among children with drug-resistant epilepsy
4 Aug, 2020 | 02:48h | UTC
Drug treatments for Covid-19: Living systematic review and network meta-analysis
3 Aug, 2020 | 01:10h | UTCDrug treatments for covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis – The BMJ
Editorial: Cellular immune responses to Covid-19
3 Aug, 2020 | 01:06h | UTCCellular immune responses to covid-19 – The BMJ
Study: Clinical features, ventilatory management, and outcome of ARDS caused by COVID-19 are similar to other causes of ARDS
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:59h | UTC
COVID-19 pandemic personal protective equipment (PPE): Guidance for intensive care
3 Aug, 2020 | 01:02h | UTC
Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:46h | UTC
From ‘brain fog’ to heart damage, COVID-19’s lingering problems alarm scientists
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:57h | UTCFrom ‘brain fog’ to heart damage, COVID-19’s lingering problems alarm scientists – Science
Opinion – ‘This Push to Open Schools Is Guaranteed to Fail’
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:43h | UTC‘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.”
Commentary on Twitter
"We need to reach containment first. It’s that simple.”
Straight talk from @AdrienneLaF https://t.co/XzY6tbW0iL
— Ed Yong is not here (@edyong209) August 2, 2020
CDC report: SARS-CoV-2 outbreak among attendees of an overnight camp
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:42h | UTCCommentaries: 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
Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 screening strategies to permit the safe reopening of college campuses in the US
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:40h | UTCCommentaries: 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
Risk of severe COVID-19 disease with ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers: Cohort study including 8.3 million people
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:38h | UTC
Top WHO disease detective warns against return to national lockdowns
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:36h | UTCExclusive: Top WHO disease detective warns against return to national lockdowns – The Telegraph
Large SARS-CoV-2 outbreak caused by an asymptomatic traveler
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:34h | UTCLarge SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak Caused by Asymptomatic Traveler, China – CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases
Commentaries: An asymptomatic coronavirus carrier infected an apartment neighbor without sharing the same space. A study blames the building’s elevator buttons – Business Insider AND China Superspreader Gave COVID-19 to 71 People in a Single Elevator Trip – Newsweek
Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:22h | UTCDementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission – The Lancet
Commentaries: Forty percent of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by targeting 12 risk factors throughout life – The Lancet AND Forty percent of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by targeting 12 risk factors throughout life, experts say – Keck School of Medicine of USC AND Lifestyle changes could delay or prevent 40% of dementia cases – study – The Guardian
Commentary on Twitter
NEW—40% of #dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by targeting 12 risk factors throughout life: finding from 2020 update to @TheLancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention, and care #AAIC20 https://t.co/Sr50fS3w68 pic.twitter.com/QoRF8EQFAc
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) July 30, 2020
Weighing the benefits and risks of proliferating observational treatment assessments: Observational cacophony, randomized harmony
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:32h | UTC
[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