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EMA recommendations on extra doses and boosters of BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines.

6 Oct, 2021 | 10:15h | UTC

Comirnaty and Spikevax: EMA recommendations on extra doses and boosters – European Medicines Agency

Related: The difference between COVID-19 ‘third doses’ and ‘boosters’ – Emory News Center

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

What we know — and don’t know — about Merck’s new Covid-19 pill.

6 Oct, 2021 | 10:07h | UTC

What we know — and don’t know — about Merck’s new Covid-19 pill – STAT

Related:

[Press release – not published yet] Merck announces oral antiviral Molnupiravir reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by approximately 50 Percent compared to placebo for patients with mild or moderate COVID-19.

Merck’s Covid-19 pill is great news but may not be a game-changer.

Video | A Pill For COVID? A Doctor Explains Molnupiravir.

 

Is salt good for you after all? The evidence says no.

6 Oct, 2021 | 08:52h | UTC

Is salt good for you after all? The evidence says no – The Conversation

Related:

#ESCCongress – Cluster RCT: Among patients at increased risk for stroke, salt substitution (75% sodium chloride and 25% potassium chloride by mass) reduced the rates of stroke, major cardiovascular events, and death from any cause.

Systematic Review: Altered dietary salt intake for people with chronic kidney disease.

New WHO benchmarks help countries reduce salt intake and save lives.

RCT: Reduced-sodium added-potassium salt substitute reduces blood pressure in hypertensive patients

Potassium Enriched Salt Substitution Could Prevent a Large Number of Cardiovascular Deaths

Meta-Analysis: Effect of Reduction in Dietary Sodium on Blood Pressure Levels

Cluster Randomized Trial: Effect of Salt Substitution on Community-wide Blood Pressure and Hypertension Incidence

 

New Zealand acknowledges it can no longer completely get rid of the coronavirus.

5 Oct, 2021 | 10:02h | UTC

New Zealand acknowledges it can no longer completely get rid of the coronavirus – NPR

See also:

Navigating from SARS-CoV-2 elimination to endemicity in Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, and Singapore – The Lancet

New Zealand admits it can no longer get rid of coronavirus – Associated Press

Battling Delta, New Zealand Abandons Its Zero-Covid Ambitions – The New York Times

 

Merck’s Covid-19 pill is great news but may not be a game-changer.

5 Oct, 2021 | 09:59h | UTC

Merck’s Covid-19 pill is great news but may not be a game-changer – CNN

 

Addressing Biased Patient Behavior: A Teachable Moment.

5 Oct, 2021 | 08:54h | UTC

Addressing Biased Patient Behavior: A Teachable Moment – JAMA Internal Medicine

 

[Press release – not published yet] Merck announces oral antiviral Molnupiravir reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by approximately 50 Percent compared to placebo for patients with mild or moderate COVID-19.

3 Oct, 2021 | 23:02h | UTC

Merck and Ridgeback’s Investigational Oral Antiviral Molnupiravir Reduced the Risk of Hospitalization or Death by Approximately 50 Percent Compared to Placebo for Patients with Mild or Moderate COVID-19 in Positive Interim Analysis of Phase 3 Study

Commentaries:

Expert reaction to interim analysis of oral antiviral molnupiravir – Science Media Centre

Merck’s antiviral pill reduces hospitalization of Covid patients, a possible game-changer for treatment – STAT

Covid antiviral pill can halve risk of hospitalization – BBC

Why Merck’s Covid-19 pill molnupiravir could be so important – Vox

‘Unquestionably a game changer!’ Antiviral pill cuts COVID-19 hospitalization risk – Researchers excited about Merck drug, but caution data are preliminary and price is high – Science

 

Commentaries on Twitter

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Will the pandemic fade into an ordinary disease like the flu? The world is watching Denmark for clues.

3 Oct, 2021 | 22:58h | UTC

Will the pandemic fade into an ordinary disease like the flu? The world is watching Denmark for clues – Science

 

Editorial | Clinical ethics: consent for vaccination in children.

3 Oct, 2021 | 22:53h | UTC

Clinical ethics: consent for vaccination in children – Archives of Disease in Childhood

 

Physician Well-being 2.0: Where Are We and Where Are We Going?

3 Oct, 2021 | 22:36h | UTC

Physician Well-being 2.0: Where Are We and Where Are We Going? – Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Related:

Consensus Study – Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being – National Academies of Medicine

[Abstract Only] Assessment of Risk Factors for Suicide Among US Health Care Professionals

Beyond Burnout: Docs Decry ‘Moral Injury’ From Financial Pressures of Health Care

Perspective: Hospital Administration Response to Physician Stress and Burnout

Opinion: It’s Time to Talk About Physician Burnout and Moral Injury

Systematic Review: Effect of Organization-Directed Workplace Interventions on Physician Burnout

Perspective: The 3 Causes Of Physician Burnout (And Why There’s No Simple Solution)

Physician Burnout: A Global Crisis (several resources on the subject)

 

Cannabis products are being sold as sleep remedies – here’s the evidence about their effectiveness.

1 Oct, 2021 | 10:07h | UTC

Cannabis products are being sold as sleep remedies – here’s the evidence about their effectiveness – The Conversation

Related studies:

Cannabinol and Sleep: Separating Fact from Fiction – Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research

Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoids for Impaired Sleep: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials – Sleep (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

 

Saying ‘person with schizophrenia,’ not ‘schizophrenic,’ can affect clinician beliefs, study finds.

1 Oct, 2021 | 10:05h | UTC

Saying ‘person with schizophrenia,’ not ‘schizophrenic,’ can affect clinician beliefs, study finds – STAT

Original article: It’s Time for Counselors to Modify Our Language: It Matters When We Call Our Clients Schizophrenics Versus People With Schizophrenia – Journal of Counseling & Development ($)

 

A pandemic recap: lessons we have learned.

30 Sep, 2021 | 10:29h | UTC

A pandemic recap: lessons we have learned – World Journal of Emergency Surgery

 

AAN Position Statement: Use of social media in health care—opportunities, challenges, and ethical considerations.

30 Sep, 2021 | 10:19h | UTC

Use of Social Media in Health Care—Opportunities, Challenges, and Ethical Considerations: A Position Statement of the American Academy of Neurology – Neurology

 

Video: The tedious process of training computers to think about medicine, explained.

30 Sep, 2021 | 10:12h | UTC

Watch: The tedious process of training computers to think about medicine, explained – STAT

 

Editorial: It’s time to send children back to school.

28 Sep, 2021 | 09:49h | UTC

It’s time to send children back to school – Nature Medicine

 

Study shows COVID-19 has caused the biggest decrease in life expectancy since World War II.

28 Sep, 2021 | 09:51h | UTC

News release: COVID-19 has caused the biggest decrease in life expectancy since World War II – University of Oxford

Original study: Quantifying impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic through life-expectancy losses: a population-level study of 29 countries – International Journal of Epidemiology

Commentaries:

Life expectancy falls in 27 of 29 nations amid COVID-19 – CIDRAP

Covid has wiped out years of progress on life expectancy, finds study – The Guardian

Related:

Just how do deaths due to COVID-19 stack up?

Tracking excess mortality across countries during the COVID-19 pandemic with the World Mortality Dataset.

Exploring the gap between excess mortality and COVID-19 deaths in 67 countries.

Report: Three new estimates of India’s all-cause excess mortality during the COVID-19 Pandemic – pandemic death toll estimated to be between 3.4 million and 4.9 million excess deaths.

COVID-19 has caused 6.9 million deaths globally, more than double what official reports show

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Evidence shows that, yes, masks prevent COVID-19 – and surgical masks are the way to go.

28 Sep, 2021 | 09:45h | UTC

Evidence shows that, yes, masks prevent COVID-19 – and surgical masks are the way to go – The Conversation

Related: [Preprint] Largest study of masks yet details their importance in fighting Covid-19.

 

Review: The biological and clinical significance of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants.

28 Sep, 2021 | 09:43h | UTC

The biological and clinical significance of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants – Nature Reviews Genetics

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Graphic Perspective: Mask Wars.

26 Sep, 2021 | 22:12h | UTC

Mask Wars – New England Journal of Medicine

 

Fraudulent ivermectin studies open up new battleground between science and misinformation.

26 Sep, 2021 | 22:08h | UTC

Fraudulent ivermectin studies open up new battleground between science and misinformation – The Guardian

 

Covid-19 Vaccines – Billions Committed, Millions Delivered.

26 Sep, 2021 | 22:05h | UTC

Billions Committed, Millions Delivered – Think Global Health

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Consensus Statement: Paracetamol use during pregnancy — a call for precautionary action – “Pregnant women should minimize risk by using the lowest effective APAP dose for the shortest possible time”.

26 Sep, 2021 | 22:02h | UTC

Paracetamol use during pregnancy — a call for precautionary action – Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Editorial: Caution needed: paracetamol use in pregnancy – Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Commentaries:

New research cautions about possible risks of acetaminophen use during pregnancy – STAT

Expert reaction to statement on paracetamol use during pregnancy – Science Media Centre

A Common Pain Relief Med Used in Pregnancy Should Be Taken with Caution, Experts Warn – ScienceAlert

Scientists suggest pregnant women only take paracetamol/acetaminophen if medically necessary – MedicalXpress

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Just how do deaths due to COVID-19 stack up?

24 Sep, 2021 | 10:07h | UTC

Just How Do Deaths Due to COVID-19 Stack Up? – Think Global Health

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

No, vaccinated people are not ‘just as likely’ to spread the Coronavirus as unvaccinated people.

24 Sep, 2021 | 10:06h | UTC

No, Vaccinated People Are Not ‘Just as Likely’ to Spread the Coronavirus as Unvaccinated People – The Atlantic

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

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