General Interest
Randomized trial: Vitamin D supplementation does not reduce the risk of depression
5 Aug, 2020 | 09:47h | UTCEffect of Long-term Vitamin D3 Supplementation vs Placebo on Risk of Depression or Clinically Relevant Depressive Symptoms and on Change in Mood Scores: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Vitamin D doesn’t prevent depression in older adults, large study finds – CNN AND Large study confirms vitamin D does not reduce risk of depression in adults – Massachusetts General Hospital
Obesity in adults: A clinical practice guideline
5 Aug, 2020 | 09:49h | UTCObesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline – Canadian Medical Association Journal
Commentary: Landmark obesity guidelines in Canada treat problem as chronic illness – The Guardian
Commentary on Twitter
#Obesity management should focus on outcomes that patients consider to be important, not #weightloss alone, and include a holistic approach that addresses root causes, according to a new clinical practice guideline: https://t.co/8lwIKqSvDV @ObesityCan @Cabps_Obesity #CDNhealth pic.twitter.com/Piy9iDiAx6
— CMAJ (@CMAJ) August 4, 2020
Anxiety and depression in COVID-19 survivors: Role of inflammatory and clinical predictors
4 Aug, 2020 | 03:16h | UTCCommentary: Survivors of Covid-19 show increased rate of psychiatric disorders, study finds – The Guardian
Review: Cloth face masks can reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2
4 Aug, 2020 | 03:11h | UTCCloth face masks can reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 – Karolinska Institutet
Original Study: Forgotten Technology in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Filtration Properties of Cloth and Cloth Masks: A Narrative Review – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Perspective: Use of facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic
4 Aug, 2020 | 03:08h | UTCUse of facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Related: How masks work: It’s simple arithmetic – Daily Hampshire Gazette
WHO chief warns ‘there might never be’ a silver bullet for Coronavirus
4 Aug, 2020 | 02:53h | UTCWHO Chief Warns ‘There Might Never Be’ A Silver Bullet For Coronavirus – NPR
Original Statement: WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 3 August 2020 – World Health Organization
Determining the optimal strategy for reopening schools, the impact of test and trace interventions, and the risk of a second COVID-19 epidemic wave in the UK
4 Aug, 2020 | 02:51h | UTCRelated Study: Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Australian educational settings: a prospective cohort study – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
Commentaries: Finding a path to reopen schools during the COVID-19 pandemic – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health AND Boost test and trace before English schools reopen ‘or risk second wave’ – The Guardian AND Intensive COVID-19 Testing and Contact Tracing Needed for Schools to Reopen, Studies Indicate – NEJM Journal Watch
Commentary on Twitter
2 new @LancetChildAdol papers on reopening schools
1. Favorable prospective Australia study in full range of schools: 1 pre-school outbreak https://t.co/euJsOCZLgr
2. Modeling to avoid school outbreaks: Lots of testing and tracing needed or this will failhttps://t.co/H2mY7EIQLN pic.twitter.com/PaffrwmOqQ— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) August 3, 2020
Drug treatments for Covid-19: Living systematic review and network meta-analysis
3 Aug, 2020 | 01:10h | UTCDrug treatments for covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis – The BMJ
Editorial: Cellular immune responses to Covid-19
3 Aug, 2020 | 01:06h | UTCCellular immune responses to covid-19 – The BMJ
From ‘brain fog’ to heart damage, COVID-19’s lingering problems alarm scientists
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:57h | UTCFrom ‘brain fog’ to heart damage, COVID-19’s lingering problems alarm scientists – Science
Opinion – ‘This Push to Open Schools Is Guaranteed to Fail’
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:43h | UTC‘This Push to Open Schools Is Guaranteed to Fail’ – The Atlantic
“Within two weeks of opening schools in communities with high virus transmission, teachers will become ill. All it will take is for a single teacher to become hospitalized with COVID and everything will shut down.”
Commentary on Twitter
"We need to reach containment first. It’s that simple.”
Straight talk from @AdrienneLaF https://t.co/XzY6tbW0iL
— Ed Yong is not here (@edyong209) August 2, 2020
Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 screening strategies to permit the safe reopening of college campuses in the US
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:40h | UTCCommentaries: Researchers offer ways to promote safety when reopening colleges – CIDRAP AND New Study: College Students Who Get Tested Every Two Days Can Return To Campus Safely – Forbes
Top WHO disease detective warns against return to national lockdowns
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:36h | UTCExclusive: Top WHO disease detective warns against return to national lockdowns – The Telegraph
Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:22h | UTCDementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission – The Lancet
Commentaries: Forty percent of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by targeting 12 risk factors throughout life – The Lancet AND Forty percent of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by targeting 12 risk factors throughout life, experts say – Keck School of Medicine of USC AND Lifestyle changes could delay or prevent 40% of dementia cases – study – The Guardian
Commentary on Twitter
NEW—40% of #dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by targeting 12 risk factors throughout life: finding from 2020 update to @TheLancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention, and care #AAIC20 https://t.co/Sr50fS3w68 pic.twitter.com/QoRF8EQFAc
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) July 30, 2020
Weighing the benefits and risks of proliferating observational treatment assessments: Observational cacophony, randomized harmony
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:32h | UTC
Science, uninterrupted: Will COVID-19 mark the end of scientific publishing as we know it?
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:28h | UTC
Study finds high viral loads in young children with mild to moderate Covid-19, raising questions about transmission
31 Jul, 2020 | 09:00h | UTCCommentaries: Young kids could spread COVID-19 as much as older children and adults, study suggests – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago AND Study finds higher viral load in young children, raising questions about how likely they are to transmit the coronavirus – CNN AND Children May Carry Coronavirus at High Levels, Study Finds – The New York Times
SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells in healthy donors and patients with COVID-19
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:57h | UTCSARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells in healthy donors and patients with COVID-19 – Nature
Commentaries: Could prior exposure to common cold viruses affect the severity of SARS-CoV-2 symptoms? – Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin AND Why some people who haven’t had Covid-19 might already have some immunity – CNN
Related Commentary on Twitter
Just out @nature: 35% of healthy people (#SARSCoV2 seronegative) have reactive SARSCoV2 CD4 T cells to spike protein, presumably d/t cross-reactive coronavirus exposurehttps://t.co/Xt5tuULuyU
Important implications for explaining variable response to infections & vaccine trials— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) July 29, 2020
Study: Travel to 3 countries may have seeded COVID-19 pandemic
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:48h | UTCStudy: Travel to 3 countries may have seeded COVID-19 pandemic – CIDRAP
‘A huge experiment’: How the world made so much progress on a Covid-19 vaccine so fast
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:40h | UTC‘A huge experiment’: How the world made so much progress on a Covid-19 vaccine so fast – STAT
COVID-19 pandemic is “one big wave” says WHO
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:47h | UTCCOVID-19 pandemic is “one big wave” says WHO – News Medical
See also: ‘One big wave’ – why the Covid-19 second wave may not exist – The Guardian
We need to talk about ventilation
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:37h | UTCWe Need to Talk About Ventilation – The Atlantic (a few articles per month are free)
Things you should think about when you hear “vaccine by end of the year”
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:41h | UTCThings you should think about when you hear “vaccine by end of the year” – Health News Review
Some scientists are taking a DIY coronavirus vaccine, and nobody knows if it’s legal or if it works
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:36h | UTC
Study estimates large reductions in Covid-19 incidence and mortality in the US states that closed schools earlier
30 Jul, 2020 | 10:49h | UTCAssociation Between Statewide School Closure and COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality in the US – JAMA
Editorial: COVID-19 and School Closures
Author Interview: COVID-19 and School Reopenings
Commentaries: School closures in spring linked to drastic decrease in Covid-19 cases and deaths – STAT AND Schools closures in spring were linked to reductions in Covid-19 cases and deaths, study says – CNN AND Closing schools in March may have saved the lives of 40,000 Americans, a new analysis found – Business Insider AND School Closures in the Spring Saved Lives, Study Asserts – The New York Times