General Interest
As COVID-19 soars in many communities, schools attempt to find ways through the crisis
20 Nov, 2020 | 08:43h | UTCAs COVID-19 soars in many communities, schools attempt to find ways through the crisis – Science
Five rules for evidence communication
20 Nov, 2020 | 08:38h | UTCFive rules for evidence communication – Nature
Commentary from the author on Twitter
Today in @NatureNews with @d_spiegel & team we present “five rules for evidence communication”
1) Inform, not persuade
2) Offer balance but not false balance
3) Disclose uncertainties
4) State evidence quality
5) Inoculate against misinformationhttps://t.co/Apa1OdIeha pic.twitter.com/SdnGJzI1mK— Sander van der Linden (@Sander_vdLinden) November 18, 2020
Opinion: For billion-dollar COVID vaccines, basic government-funded science laid the groundwork
19 Nov, 2020 | 09:33h | UTC
More people are getting COVID-19 twice, suggesting immunity wanes quickly in some
19 Nov, 2020 | 09:29h | UTCMore people are getting COVID-19 twice, suggesting immunity wanes quickly in some – Science
Temperature concerns could slow the rollout of new coronavirus vaccines
19 Nov, 2020 | 09:31h | UTCTemperature concerns could slow the rollout of new coronavirus vaccines – Science
Opinion: “Proposed British guidelines reject useless chronic fatigue syndrome treatments”
19 Nov, 2020 | 09:22h | UTCProposed British guidelines reject useless chronic fatigue syndrome treatments – STAT
NICE Draft Guideline: Myalgic encephalomyelitis (or 6 encephalopathy)/chronic fatigue syndrome: diagnosis and management
Perspective: More people can access surgery. That’s great for them, awful for the planet
19 Nov, 2020 | 09:18h | UTCMore People Can Access Surgery. That’s Great For Them, Awful For The Planet – NPR
Original article: Climate change: challenges and opportunities to scale up surgical, obstetric, and anaesthesia care globally – The Lancet Planetary Health
Related: Effects of Surgery on A Warming Planet: Can Anesthesia Go Green? (commentaries and articles on the subject)
Lessons from Europe, where cases are rising but schools are open
18 Nov, 2020 | 09:18h | UTCLessons From Europe, Where Cases Are Rising But Schools Are Open – NPR
11th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared over
19 Nov, 2020 | 09:15h | UTC
Estimation of US children’s educational attainment and years of life lost associated with primary school closures during the Covid-19 pandemic
18 Nov, 2020 | 09:15h | UTC
[Preprint] Study suggests immunity to the Coronavirus may last years
18 Nov, 2020 | 09:20h | UTCImmunological memory to SARS-CoV-2 assessed for greater than six months after infection – bioRxiv
Commentaries: Immunity to the Coronavirus May Last Years, New Data Hint – New York Times AND Could coronavirus immunity last YEARS? Study finds even survivors who had mild COVID-19 are protected for at least 8 months and their immune ‘memory’ may last MUCH longer – Daily Mail AND COVID-19: Study Suggests Durable Immune Response After SARS-CoV-2 Infection – NEJM Journal Watch
Commentary from the author on Twitter (thread – click for more)
1/ Our pre-print on immune memory to SARS-CoV-2 is out today. To our knowledge, this is the largest such study for any acute infection.
The upshot is that there is substantial immune memory after COVID-19.
Lots of stuff in this manuscript.https://t.co/lSAyZp0XiK@SetteLab
— Prof. Shane Crotty (@profshanecrotty) November 17, 2020
Opinion: A new important study supports wider use of the polypill
18 Nov, 2020 | 09:01h | UTCRichard Smith: A new important study supports wider use of the polypill – The Lancet
Original study and commentaries: Randomized trial: A polypill comprising statins, multiple blood pressure lowering drugs, and aspirin prevents cardiovascular events among patients at intermediate cardiovascular risk
Commentary on Twitter
"We seem now to have good evidence that the polypill can reduce cardiovascular events and deaths by at least a third and probably by half in those who take the polypill regularly" @Richard56 discusses a new study in @NEJM https://t.co/B2tkN4pkDP
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) November 17, 2020
Surveillance of wastewater revealed peaks of SARS-CoV-2 preceding those of hospitalized patients with COVID-19
17 Nov, 2020 | 09:53h | UTC
CDC Report: Multiple COVID-19 outbreaks linked to a wedding reception
17 Nov, 2020 | 09:51h | UTCCommentaries: CDC: One wedding led to 177 cases of COVID-19 and 7 deaths because attendees refused to wear masks and physically distance – Business Insider AND Maine wedding outbreak offers a cautionary Covid-19 tale for the holidays – CNN AND Maine Wedding Gives Half Of The Guests Coronavirus, Outbreak Leads To 177 Covid-19 Cases And 7 Deaths – Forbes
[Press release – not published yet] Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows 94.5% protection in an interim analysis of the phase 3 COVE study
17 Nov, 2020 | 09:55h | UTCPress release: Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Meets its Primary Efficacy Endpoint in the First Interim Analysis of the Phase 3 COVE Study
See also: Moderna Announces Longer Shelf Life for its COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate at Refrigerated Temperatures
Commentaries: What Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine results mean for ending the pandemic – Vox AND Moderna follows Pfizer with exciting vaccine news – how to read these dramatic developments – The Conversation AND Moderna’s COVID Vaccine Is 95% Effective – Independent NIH-Appointed Board Assessment – Higher Storage Temperature Make It Even Better News – Health Policy Watch AND Moderna’s Vaccine News “Encouraging” But Won’t Solve Immediate Problem of Virus Surge in Europe & Americas – WHO – Health Policy Watch AND COVID vaccine excitement builds as Moderna reports third positive result – Nature AND Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine is strongly effective, early look at data show – STAT AND With strong data on two Covid-19 vaccines, we have more answers about the road ahead — and questions too – STAT AND Early data show Moderna’s COVID vaccine 94.5% effective – CIDRAP AND A Note Of Caution On Moderna’s Promising Covid-19 Vaccine News – Forbes AND Promising Interim Results from Clinical Trial of NIH-Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine – NIH News Releases AND Moderna: Covid vaccine shows nearly 95% protection – BBC AND Latest vaccine success is good news but high price may restrict access – The Guardian AND ‘Just beautiful’—Another COVID-19 vaccine, from newcomer Moderna, succeeds in large-scale trial – Science AND Moderna trial success gives world more hope in race to end pandemic – Reuters AND Expert reaction to Moderna announcement of its phase 3 vaccine interim results – Science Media Centre
CDC Report: Mental health-related emergency department visits among children aged under 18 years raised during the COVID-19 Pandemic
17 Nov, 2020 | 09:48h | UTCCommentary: ER Data Indicates the Pandemic Is Harming Children’s Mental Health – U.S. News
Commentary on Twitter
New @CDCMMWR suggests that the #COVID19 pandemic may be negatively impacting children’s mental health. The proportion of emergency room visits for mental health concerns in children & adolescents increased substantially this past Mar.-Oct. Read the report: https://t.co/9FyLoCzrza pic.twitter.com/fIXMIZg7KK
— CDC (@CDCgov) November 12, 2020
The Great Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020—7 Critical Lessons
17 Nov, 2020 | 09:42h | UTCThe Great Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020—7 Critical Lessons – JAMA
Commentary on Twitter
1. Build Resilient Health Systems
2. Leadership and Public Trust Matter
3. Science and Public Health Matters
4. Biomedical Research and Development Matters
5. Equity Matters
6. Evidence-Based Law Matters
7. Global Institutions Matter https://t.co/czxGwyAGCn @LawrenceGostin— JAMA (@JAMA_current) November 16, 2020
Worldwide measles deaths climb 50% from 2016 to 2019, claiming over 207 500 lives in 2019
17 Nov, 2020 | 09:34h | UTCSee also: Action needed now to prevent further increases in measles and measles deaths in the coming years – The Lancet AND Progress Toward Regional Measles Elimination — Worldwide, 2000–2019 – CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Commentary on Twitter
NEW—Action needed now to prevent further increases in #measles and measles deaths in the coming years
Kim Mulholland, Katrina Kretsinger, Liya Wondwossen & Natasha Crowcroft lay out three pillars of action needed to address this concerning situation https://t.co/m6nD6yupMp pic.twitter.com/njd5PD9K3s
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) November 13, 2020
#AHA20 – Randomized trial: A polypill comprising statins, multiple blood pressure lowering drugs, and aspirin prevents cardiovascular events among patients at intermediate cardiovascular risk
16 Nov, 2020 | 02:03h | UTCPolypill with or without Aspirin in Persons without Cardiovascular Disease – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
News release: New study confirms combo pill alone and with aspirin lowers heart disease risk – American Heart Association
Commentaries: Polypill along with aspirin cuts heart attacks and strokes by up to 40%: International study – McMaster University AND Big study supports cheap combo pill to lower heart risks – Associated Press AND TIPS-3: International Study Looks at Benefits of Polypill and Polypill Plus Aspirin in Reducing CVD Risk – American College of Cardiology
Commentary on Twitter
Public health vs precision medicine. Thinking through a one size fits all drug prevention approach. "Combined Rx w/polypill+aspirin led to lower incidence of CV events than placebo among participants w/o CV disease who were at intermediate CV risk.” #AHA20https://t.co/TsbvPtA1Pl pic.twitter.com/Ylq3AKThII
— Harlan Krumholz (@hmkyale) November 14, 2020
Sweden has admitted its coronavirus immunity predictions were wrong as cases soar across the country
16 Nov, 2020 | 01:44h | UTC
Perspective: The third surge is breaking health-care workers
16 Nov, 2020 | 01:46h | UTC
Commentary from the author (thread – click for more)
🚨I wrote about what health-care workers are going through, how exhausted & scared they are, and what this 3rd pandemic surge is doing to them.
It’s not like the first 2. It’s worse. How much slack is left in the system? Iowa nurse: “There is none” 1/ https://t.co/is2NGHdwRP
— Ed Yong is not here (@edyong209) November 13, 2020
Long Covid: Persistent fatigue following SARS-CoV-2 infection is common and independent of severity of initial infection
13 Nov, 2020 | 09:27h | UTCCommentary: Half of recovered COVID-19 patients report lingering fatigue – CIDRAP
Long Covid: 2 months after being hospitalized for Covid-19, many patients persisted symptomatic and did not resume normal activities
13 Nov, 2020 | 09:28h | UTCSixty-Day Outcomes Among Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 – Annals of Internal Medicine
Commentary on Twitter
New Mich. hospital data: Of people admitted with COVID, 70% were alive and home 60 days later.
Of those who'd been working, 40% either lost their job or were still too sick to work.
It's not just the deaths; it's the health and economic damage. https://t.co/wMGkJw5KSF pic.twitter.com/8EbHktTxRX
— Atul Gawande (@Atul_Gawande) November 12, 2020
How risky is air travel in the pandemic? Here’s what the science says
13 Nov, 2020 | 09:22h | UTCHow risky is air travel in the pandemic? Here’s what the science says – Vox
Perspective: Many younger adults need to take Covid-19 more seriously as demographics shift
13 Nov, 2020 | 09:25h | UTCYounger Adults Caught in COVID-19 Crosshairs as Demographics Shift – JAMA
Commentary from the author on Twitter (thread – click for more)
https://twitter.com/jenabbasi/status/1326909913805828100