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As Denmark scraps COVID restrictions, WHO urges caution.

2 Feb, 2022 | 08:47h | UTC

As Denmark Scraps COVID Restrictions, WHO Urges Caution – Health Policy Watch

WHO Recommendations: Reducing the risk of cognitive decline and dementia.

1 Feb, 2022 | 09:50h | UTC

Reducing the Risk of Cognitive Decline and Dementia: WHO Recommendations – Frontiers in Neurology

Estimation of the global prevalence of dementia in 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

New WHO toolkit promotes inclusion of people with dementia in society.

Dementia: number of people affected to triple in next 30 years – World Health Organization

The Lancet Commission: Experts warn of the increasing overmedicalization of death, call for radical rethink of how society cares for dying people.

1 Feb, 2022 | 09:55h | UTC

News Release: THE LANCET: Experts warn of the increasing overmedicalization of death, call for radical rethink of how society cares for dying people

Homepage: Lancet Commission on the Value of Death (free registration required for all articles)

Report of the Lancet Commission on the Value of Death: bringing death back into life

The precariousness of balancing life and death

Ros Taylor: seeing palliative care as relational

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

Increasing overmedicalisation at the end of life is denying people & their families a good death.

Towards a compassionate community model: The Lancet #ValueofDeath Commission calls for a radical rethink of care for the dying & attitudes to death. https://t.co/DpJiu1tOcV pic.twitter.com/FU9MgCO1J6

— The Lancet (@TheLancet) January 31, 2022

Does the world need an Omicron vaccine? What researchers say.

1 Feb, 2022 | 08:53h | UTC

Does the world need an Omicron vaccine? What researchers say – Nature

Will Omicron end the pandemic? Here’s what experts say.

1 Feb, 2022 | 08:54h | UTC

Will Omicron end the pandemic? Here’s what experts say – Nature

The extraordinary success of Covid-19 vaccines, in two charts.

1 Feb, 2022 | 08:48h | UTC

The extraordinary success of Covid-19 vaccines, in two charts – Vox

A nationwide cohort study in Denmark showed Long Covid in children is rare and mainly of short duration.

30 Jan, 2022 | 14:40h | UTC

Long COVID symptoms and duration in SARS-CoV-2 positive children — a nationwide cohort study – European Journal of Pediatrics

E ditorial | Long covid in children and adolescents – “Risk appears low, but many questions remain”.

M-A: Persistent symptoms following SARS-CoV-2 infection among children and young people – “Higher study quality was associated with lower prevalence of all symptoms, except loss of smell and cognitive symptoms”.

Review: Long COVID symptoms in children rarely persist beyond three months.

Cohort study: long term follow-up showed most patients with post–COVID-19 Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children had good outcomes with no significant medium- or long-term sequelae.

Do kids get long COVID? And how often? A pediatrician looks at the data – Children also get Long Covid, but much less often than adults.

Illness duration and symptom profile in symptomatic school-aged children tested for SARS-CoV-2 – “Only 25 (1.8%) of 1379 children experienced symptoms for at least 56 days.”

Long-term Symptoms After SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children and Adolescents – “This study found a low prevalence of symptoms compatible with long COVID in a randomly selected cohort of children assessed 6 months after serologic testing”.

Study shows low incidence of post-acute COVID-19 symptoms (“Long Covid”) in children after mild disease

Commentary on Twitter

Absolutely HUGE study on persistent symptoms after #COVID19 ("long covid") in 37,000 children from Denmark 🇩🇰

Incidence 0.8% compared to controls

Most symptoms resolved in <5 months (often loss of smell/taste)

Reassuring news from biggest study yet✅https://t.co/vX2JFruOqe pic.twitter.com/GctgyMXn6I

— Alasdair Munro (@apsmunro) January 28, 2022

Despite the ongoing spread of Omicron, some European countries have decided to lift Covid-19 restrictions.

30 Jan, 2022 | 14:37h | UTC

England lifts COVID restrictions as omicron threat recedes – Associated Press

Denmark confirms plan to lift Covid-19 restrictions on February 1^st – The Local dk

Netherlands lifts toughest Covid curbs with Denmark and France set to follow – The Guardian

Denmark will lift nearly ALL Covid restrictions within days and return to ‘life as we knew it before corona’ after vaccine programme proved a ‘super-weapon’ – despite soaring cases – Daily Mail

Commentary on Twitter

IMMUNITY: Yes, UK dropped all COVID restrictions along with many countries in Europe following suit (masks optional, no vaccine passports, no asymptomatic testing) but that is due to high vax rates + Omicron infused immunity + advances in therapeuticshttps://t.co/fsbPkUqwSr

— Monica Gandhi MD, MPH (@MonicaGandhi9) January 28, 2022

Robot performs first laparoscopic surgery in a pig without human help.

30 Jan, 2022 | 14:31h | UTC

Autonomous robotic laparoscopic surgery for intestinal anastomosis – Science Robotics

Commentaries:

Robot performs first laparoscopic surgery without human help – Johns Hopkins University

In a First, a Robot Performs Laparoscopic Surgery on Pig Without Human Help – HealthDay

Perspective | Where do we stand with Omicron? The data, the math, the patterns, and the exit.

28 Jan, 2022 | 08:39h | UTC

Where do we stand with Omicron? – by Dr. Eric Topol

Commentary on Twitter

Where do we stand with Omicron?
I've summarized the new data, math, patterns, and potential exit ramphttps://t.co/SyCmCzkBQX @SubstackInc

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 22, 2022

After Omicron, some scientists foresee ‘a period of quiet’.

28 Jan, 2022 | 08:36h | UTC

After Omicron, some scientists foresee ‘a period of quiet’ – Science

A second version of omicron is spreading. Here’s why scientists are on alert.

28 Jan, 2022 | 08:32h | UTC

A second version of omicron is spreading. Here’s why scientists are on alert – NPR

Perspective: Will Omicron leave most of us immune?

28 Jan, 2022 | 08:34h | UTC

Will Omicron Leave Most of Us Immune? – The Atlantic

Omicron’s most crucial warning: A disease can move much faster than we can.

27 Jan, 2022 | 09:57h | UTC

Omicron’s most crucial warning: A disease can move much faster than we can – Vox

Deltacron: the story of the variant that wasn’t.

26 Jan, 2022 | 02:19h | UTC

Deltacron: the story of the variant that wasn’t – Nature

Opinion: Preventing SARS-CoV-2 transmission in health care settings in the context of the Omicron variant.

26 Jan, 2022 | 02:14h | UTC

Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Health Care Settings in the Context of the Omicron Variant – JAMA

Commentary on Twitter

Our new piece in @JAMA_current

Transmission of #SARSCoV2 in healthcare settings is a serious concern

We outline three ways hospitals can better prepare for surges— mandating boosters, increasing frequency of testing, & upgrading to N95 maskshttps://t.co/2xRKdKPlhO pic.twitter.com/y0L4UzUNSo

— Abraar Karan (@AbraarKaran) January 24, 2022

An artificial intelligence system can help predict myocardial infarction through retinal scans and minimal personal information.

26 Jan, 2022 | 01:44h | UTC

News release: Using the eye as a window into heart disease – University of Leeds

Original study: Predicting myocardial infarction through retinal scans and minimal personal information – Nature Machine Intelligence (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

COVID-19: endemic doesn’t mean harmless.

25 Jan, 2022 | 09:36h | UTC

COVID-19: endemic doesn’t mean harmless – Nature

We will be living with COVID for foreseeable future; but we can end acute phase of pandemic this year — WHO Director General.

25 Jan, 2022 | 09:34h | UTC

We Will be Living with COVID for Foreseeable Future; but We Can End Acute Phase of Pandemic this Year — WHO Director General – Health Policy Watch

European CDC on Omicron: “among Omicron cases reported to TESSy, 1.14% were hospitalised, 0.16% required ICU admission/respiratory support, and 0.06% died”.

24 Jan, 2022 | 08:54h | UTC

Weekly epidemiological update: Omicron variant of concern (VOC) – week 2 (data as of 20 January 2022) EU/EEA – European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

Opinion: COVID-19 will continue but the end of the pandemic is near.

21 Jan, 2022 | 10:16h | UTC

COVID-19 will continue but the end of the pandemic is near – The Lancet

Commentary on Twitter

.@IHME_UW's Chris Murray predicting the end of the pandemic is nigh
"More than 50% of the world will have been infected with omicron …[by] the end of March, 2022"
"After the omicron wave, COVID-19 will return but the pandemic will not."https://t.co/9NSw8lZuUe @TheLancet

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 20, 2022