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Systematic Review: Hydroxychloroquine or Chloroquine for Treatment or Prophylaxis of COVID-19
28 May, 2020 | 09:59h | UTC
Perspective: Reducing Transmission of SARS-CoV-2
28 May, 2020 | 09:55h | UTCReducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 – Science
Remdesivir for Covid-19: A 5-day Course is Similarly Effective as a 10-day Course
28 May, 2020 | 10:00h | UTCRemdesivir for 5 or 10 Days in Patients with Severe Covid-19 – New England Journal of Medicine
Updated CDC Guidance: Evaluation and Management Considerations for Neonates at Risk for COVID-19
28 May, 2020 | 09:51h | UTCCommentary: New CDC Guidelines: Test All Newborns With Covid-19 Positive Moms – Forbes
Perspective: “The Unexpected Side Effect of Covid-19″
28 May, 2020 | 09:53h | UTCThe unexpected side effect of Covid-19 – CNN
“After Covid-19, if we dare imagine the day, it will be important to ask who was harmed by delayed and forgone medical care. But the severe financial strains on individuals and public budgets make it just as essential to ask who benefited from avoiding interventions with no salutatory effect.”
Review of Trials Currently Testing Treatment and Prevention of COVID-19
28 May, 2020 | 09:48h | UTC
[Preprint] No Evidence for Increased Transmissibility from Recurrent Mutations in SARS-CoV-2
28 May, 2020 | 09:47h | UTCNo evidence for increased transmissibility from recurrent mutations in SARS-CoV-2 – bioRxiv
Study: No Evidence Blanket ‘Do-not-resuscitate’ Orders for COVID-19 Patients are Necessary
28 May, 2020 | 09:50h | UTC
Herd Immunity: Understanding COVID-19
28 May, 2020 | 09:45h | UTCHerd Immunity: Understanding COVID-19 – Immunity
Assessment of Proficiency of N95 Mask Donning Among the General Public in Singapore
28 May, 2020 | 09:44h | UTCCommentaries: People Are Still Terrible at Correctly Using Medical-Grade Face Masks And Respirators – Science Alert AND Study Casts Doubt on N95 Masks for the Public – MedPage Today (free registration required)
WHO: Countries Failing to Stop Harmful Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes
28 May, 2020 | 09:38h | UTCOriginal Report: Marketing of breast milk substitutes: national implementation of the international code, status report 2020 – World Health Organization
Randomized Trial: Comparison of 3 Treatment Strategies for Medication Overuse Headache
28 May, 2020 | 09:40h | UTCComparison of 3 Treatment Strategies for Medication Overuse Headache: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Neurology (free for a limited period)
Study: Financial Ties Between Leaders of Influential US Professional Medical Associations and Industry
28 May, 2020 | 09:37h | UTCEditorial: Financial relations between leaders of US medical societies and industry – The BMJ
Review: Minimizing SARS-CoV-2 Exposure When Performing Surgical Interventions
28 May, 2020 | 09:42h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Negative Predictive Value of MRI in the Detection of Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer
28 May, 2020 | 09:35h | UTC
EULAR Recommendations for the Management of Psoriatic Arthritis
28 May, 2020 | 09:31h | UTCEditorial: EULAR PsA management recommendations 2019: can the recommendations be improved?
Commentary: EULAR releases recommendations for PsA management – Medicine Matters
Study: Early Cardiac MRI in Patients with Troponin-positive Acute Chest Pain and Non-obstructed Coronary Arteries
28 May, 2020 | 09:33h | UTC
WHO Manifesto for a Healthy Recovery from COVID-19
27 May, 2020 | 02:47h | UTCWHO Manifesto for a healthy recovery from COVID-19 – World Health Organization
WHO: Revealing the Toll of COVID-19 – A Technical Package for Rapid Mortality Surveillance and Epidemic Response
27 May, 2020 | 02:48h | UTC
Related Commentary on Twitter
Countries need real-time mortality data for an effective #COVID19 response.
WHO together with @VitalStrat & @AfricaCDC released a new technical package on rapid mortality surveillance https://t.co/NeIZFNW774#WorldHealthData pic.twitter.com/5HcDjfXxBD
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) May 25, 2020
Perspective: Fast and Frugal Innovations in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
27 May, 2020 | 02:33h | UTCFast and frugal innovations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic – Nature Medicine
Related Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/trishgreenhalgh/status/1265215886178336768
“Is It Safe for Me to Go to Work?” Risk Stratification for Workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic
27 May, 2020 | 02:39h | UTC
Study: Loss of Smell and Taste in 2013 Patients with Mild to Moderate COVID-19
27 May, 2020 | 02:35h | UTC
CDC Updated Guidance: When You Can be Around Others After You Had or Likely Had COVID-19
27 May, 2020 | 02:37h | UTC“I think or know I had COVID-19, and I had symptoms.”
You can be with others after:
- 3 days with no fever AND
- Symptoms improved AND
- 10 days since symptoms first appeared”
Perspective: The Totality of the Evidence, by Dr. John Ioannidis
27 May, 2020 | 02:29h | UTCThe Totality of the Evidence – Boston Review
See other interesting perspectives from the Boston Review: Models v. Evidence AND Good Science Is Good Science
“Given what we know now, it is reasonable to consider alternatives to population-wide lockdown, even as we focus on protecting those most at risk and support health care systems to care for patients who are sick.”
Clinical Guidance: Advanced Pulmonary and Cardiac Support of COVID-19 Patients
27 May, 2020 | 02:27h | UTC