General Interest
A new coronavirus variant (Delta) is on the rise. Here’s why experts are concerned.
15 Jun, 2021 | 09:03h | UTCA new coronavirus variant is on the rise. Here’s why experts are concerned – CNN
Opinion | I Run the W.H.O., and I Know That Rich Countries Must Make a Choice.
14 Jun, 2021 | 08:44h | UTCI Run the W.H.O., and I Know That Rich Countries Must Make a Choice – The New York Times
Perspective | More transmissible, wilier variant makes Covid-19 vaccinations even more crucial, experts say.
14 Jun, 2021 | 08:42h | UTCMore transmissible, wilier variant makes Covid-19 vaccinations even more crucial, experts say – STAT
9 Steps to End COVID-19 and Prevent the Next Pandemic: Essential Outcomes From the World Health Assembly.
14 Jun, 2021 | 08:39h | UTC
Covid: Is there a limit to how much worse variants can get?
14 Jun, 2021 | 08:43h | UTCCovid: Is there a limit to how much worse variants can get? – BBC
WHO: More than 100 reasons to quit tobacco.
14 Jun, 2021 | 08:38h | UTCMore than 100 reasons to quit tobacco – World Health Organization
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Quitting tobacco 🚭 can be challenging but there are more than 💯 reasons to #CommitToQuit & start living a healthier life.
Find out more 👉https://t.co/8uBEMvH0cu pic.twitter.com/iwrt86xSVo
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) June 13, 2021
Perspective | Does vaccinating adults stop kids from spreading COVID too?
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:32h | UTCDoes vaccinating adults stop kids from spreading COVID too? – Nature
High COVID vaccine uptake may protect the unvaccinated.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:34h | UTCHigh COVID vaccine uptake may protect the unvaccinated – CIDRAP
Original Study: Community-level evidence for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine protection of unvaccinated individuals – Nature Medicine
Commentaries on Twitter
Just published @NatureMedicine
Evidence that "vaccination not only protects individuals who have been vaccinated but also provides cross-protection to unvaccinated individuals in the community" as seen in kids benefiting from high % of adults vaxxedhttps://t.co/IPQo6WTFZX pic.twitter.com/jtfD93onnn— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) June 10, 2021
https://twitter.com/niklasf/status/1402950991268433923
US donation of 500 million Pfizer vaccines could help ‘turn tide’ as Africa runs out of doses, says WHO.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:31h | UTC
Opinion | The future of pandemic preparedness: agile coordination around clinical trials.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:27h | UTCThe future of pandemic preparedness: agile coordination around clinical trials – STAT
CDC says heart inflammation cases were higher than expected in 16- to 24-year-olds after second Covid vaccine shot, but still rare.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:28h | UTCSee also: CDC plans “emergency meeting” on rare heart inflammation following COVID-19 vaccines – CBC News
Related: Israel reports link between rare cases of heart inflammation and COVID-19 vaccination in young men.
Opinion | The Covid-19 Delta variant poses a threat to our return to ‘normal’.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:23h | UTCThe Covid-19 Delta variant poses a threat to our return to ‘normal’ – CNN
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/HoltgraveHealth/status/1402948596476039171
Editorial: Embrace the WHO’s new naming system for coronavirus variants.
10 Jun, 2021 | 09:48h | UTCEmbrace the WHO’s new naming system for coronavirus variants – Nature
Opinion | Epidemiology, not geopolitics, should guide COVID-19 vaccine donations.
10 Jun, 2021 | 09:51h | UTCEpidemiology, not geopolitics, should guide COVID-19 vaccine donations – The Lancet
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Maximizing potential benefit of vaccine donations depends on doses going where they can do the"most good" but there's no consensus on where that would be
Murray @IHME_UW @RCReinerJr & I propose an approach that prioritizes epidemiology over geopolitics 1/https://t.co/OxOXLr5L55
— Tom Bollyky (@TomBollyky) June 9, 2021
Perspective | The four most urgent questions about long COVID.
10 Jun, 2021 | 09:47h | UTCThe four most urgent questions about long COVID – Nature
Cluster-randomized trial: Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti (less susceptible than wild-type A. aegypti to dengue virus infection) deployments reduced the incidence of symptomatic dengue and resulted in fewer hospitalizations.
10 Jun, 2021 | 09:40h | UTCCommentary: ‘Miraculous’ mosquito hack cuts dengue by 77% – BBC
Video Abstract: Efficacy of Wolbachia-infected Mosquito Deployments for the Control of Dengue
Perspective | How COVID changed science.
9 Jun, 2021 | 08:24h | UTCHow COVID Changed Science – Scientific American
No health issues in babies whose moms got flu vaccine while pregnant.
9 Jun, 2021 | 08:17h | UTCNo health issues in babies whose moms got flu vaccine while pregnant – CIDRAP
Original study: Association of Maternal Influenza Vaccination During Pregnancy With Early Childhood Health Outcomes – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Realizing the Potential of Maternal Influenza Vaccination (free for a limited period)
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/ericbenchimol/status/1402307635240706048
Opinion | Scientific publishing’s new weapon for the next crisis: the rapid correction.
9 Jun, 2021 | 08:14h | UTCScientific publishing’s new weapon for the next crisis: the rapid correction – STAT
FDA approvement of Alzheimer’s drug sparks controversy among doctors.
9 Jun, 2021 | 08:18h | UTCNews release: FDA Grants Accelerated Approval for Alzheimer’s Drug – U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Commentaries: ICER Issues Statement on the FDA’s Approval of Aducanumab for Alzheimer’s Disease – Institute for Clinical and Economic Review AND Landmark Alzheimer’s Drug Approval Confounds Research Community – Nature AND FDA approves Alzheimer’s drug from Biogen, against experts’ advice – NBC News AND F.D.A. Approves Alzheimer’s Drug Despite Fierce Debate Over Whether It Works – The New York Times (a few articles per month are free) AND Alzheimer’s drug approved despite doubts about effectiveness – Science (a few articles per month are free) AND The FDA Has Approved A New Alzheimer’s Drug — Here’s Why That’s Controversial – NPR AND Opinion: Bad medicine: aducanumab is a lackluster drug with a high price tag – STAT
Are SARS-CoV-2 Human Challenge Trials Ethical? – “A clinical trial is underway in the UK in which young, healthy participants are exposed deliberately to SARS-CoV-2 to assess the viral inoculum needed to produce an infection and to test vaccine efficacy”.
8 Jun, 2021 | 09:29h | UTCAre SARS-CoV-2 Human Challenge Trials Ethical? – JAMA Internal Medicine
Related: World’s first coronavirus “Human Challenge” study receives ethics approval in the UK (several texts on the subject)
Commentary on Twitter
I am not convinced of #SARSCoV2 #ChallengeTrials. You should not pay volunteers. If things go wrong, there is no effective treatment. What will be learnt from mild disease, when you are interested in severe disease? #COVID19 #Covid #Corona #coronavirushttps://t.co/JjXDJDfOl2
— Martin Michaelis (@MartMichaelis) June 8, 2021
Practice Pointer | Mask related acne (“maskne”) and other facial dermatoses.
8 Jun, 2021 | 09:24h | UTCMask related acne (“maskne”) and other facial dermatoses – The BMJ
Commentary on Twitter
The term “maskne” has become increasingly popular during the pandemic, particularly in the media.
This #BMJInfographic presents common distributions that can be used as a starting point for assessment @will_s_t https://t.co/mKQUaN3PYY pic.twitter.com/OCBuFxiY9s
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) June 7, 2021
Six months of COVID vaccines: what 1.7 billion doses have taught scientists.
6 Jun, 2021 | 23:57h | UTCSix months of COVID vaccines: what 1.7 billion doses have taught scientists – Nature
See also: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccinations – Our World in Data
Related commentary on Twitter
• To administer the first half a billion vaccines took 113 days
• The second half a billion 30 days
• The third half a billion 23 days
• And the fourth half a billion were administered in the last 16 daysWe keep on counting on @OurWorldInData here: https://t.co/7lOyDamxxx pic.twitter.com/Pg7OPJxliI
— Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) June 4, 2021
More data on the harmful effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of adolescents.
6 Jun, 2021 | 23:52h | UTCCommentaries: A lost generation? COVID-19 and adolescent mental health – The Lancet Psychiatry AND COVID-19 pandemic has had significant impact on the mental health of adolescents – Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
https://twitter.com/TheLancetPsych/status/1400783180937011202
Challenges and solutions for physician mothers: a critical review of the literature.
6 Jun, 2021 | 23:46h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Challenges and Solutions for Physician Mothers: A Critical Review of the Literature in @MayoProceedings
By @sherry_chesak @anjalibhagramd et al.#WomenInMedicine @AMWADoctors https://t.co/RXvXt739PN pic.twitter.com/7aNuA9JVJQ— Mayo Clinic GRIT (@MayoGRIT) April 9, 2021