General Interest
Perspective: Covid-19 — A Reminder to Reason
30 Apr, 2020 | 04:15h | UTCCovid-19 — A Reminder to Reason – New England Journal of Medicine
Science Has an Ugly, Complicated Dark Side. And the Coronavirus Is Bringing It Out
30 Apr, 2020 | 04:10h | UTCScience Has an Ugly, Complicated Dark Side. And the Coronavirus Is Bringing It Out – Mother Jones
[Abstract Only] Feasibility of Blood Testing Combined with PET-CT to Screen for Cancer and Guide Intervention
30 Apr, 2020 | 04:00h | UTCFeasibility of blood testing combined with PET-CT to screen for cancer and guide intervention – Science (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: DNA blood test spots cancers in seemingly cancer-free women, but also produces false alarms – Science AND First study of multicancer blood test to screen for cancer guide intervention – Johns Hopkins Medicine
Perspective: Pandemic Science Out of Control
29 Apr, 2020 | 05:20h | UTCPandemic Science Out of Control – Issues in Science and Technology
Related Commentary on Twitter
"Especially in times of crisis, statistically meaningless, methodologically shoddy, and even fraudulent research can find a receptive audience in desperate patients, credulous doctors, and uninformed journalists."
@JeanneLenzer1 & @ShannonBrownlee https://t.co/Jdw3nT3Z8E— Issues in Science and Technology (@ISSUESinST) April 28, 2020
How Sweden Has Faced the Virus Without a Lockdown
29 Apr, 2020 | 04:53h | UTC‘Life Has to Go On’: How Sweden Has Faced the Virus Without a Lockdown – The New York Times
Perspective: Pseudoscience and COVID-19 — We’ve Had Enough Already
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:35h | UTCPseudoscience and COVID-19 — we’ve had enough already – Nature
Which Epidemiologist do you Believe? The Debate About Lockdown is Not a Contest Between Good and Evil
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:33h | UTCWhich epidemiologist do you believe? – UnHeard
“The debate about lockdown is not a contest between good and evil”
Perspective: Scientists Who Express Different Views on Covid-19 Should Be Heard, not Demonized
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:30h | UTCScientists who express different views on Covid-19 should be heard, not demonized – STAT
Twitter-based Learning for Continuing Medical Education? A New Perspective for a Paradigm Shift in Medical Education, Accelerated by COVID-19
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:28h | UTCRelated: How Twitter is Changing Medical Research (texts on the subject)
Twentieth-Century Lessons for a Modern Coronavirus Pandemic
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:25h | UTCTwentieth-Century Lessons for a Modern Coronavirus Pandemic – JAMA
Related Podcasts: Pandemic Part 1: 1918 Flu Pandemic and COVID-19 – JAMA AND Pandemic Part 2: A Trip to Philadelphia’s Mutter Museum – JAMA
Pandemic Parlance: Public Health Needs new Language for the Coronavirus Pandemic
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:22h | UTCPandemic parlance: public health needs new language for the coronavirus pandemic – The BMJ Opinion
WHO Scientific Brief: “Immunity passports” in the context of COVID-19
26 Apr, 2020 | 21:40h | UTC“Immunity passports” in the context of COVID-19 – World Health Organization
Commentaries: WHO: ‘No Evidence’ That COVID-19 Antibodies Protect From Potential Re-infection – TIME AND WHO warns against coronavirus immunity passports – The Guardian AND ‘No Evidence’ Yet That Recovered COVID-19 Patients Are Immune, WHO Says – NPR AND “No evidence” that recovered COVID-19 patients cannot be reinfected: WHO – Reuters
COVID-19 Clinical Trials Registry: A Real-time Dashboard of Clinical Trials for COVID-19
26 Apr, 2020 | 21:38h | UTCA real-time dashboard of clinical trials for COVID-19 – The Lancet
See the platform: COVID-19 clinical trials registry
Related Commentary on Twitter
NEW—A real-time dashboard of clinical trials for #COVID19
"An urgent need exists to track clinical trials, avoid unnecessary duplication of efforts, & understand what trials are being done & where"
Correspondence @LancetDigitalH from K Thorlund et al https://t.co/f18UkjSeWU pic.twitter.com/RegM7DJRkP
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) April 25, 2020
When Should Schools Reopen?
26 Apr, 2020 | 21:30h | UTCWhen Should Schools Reopen? – Center for Global Development
On Covid-19, a Respected Science Watchdog Raises Eyebrows
26 Apr, 2020 | 21:26h | UTCOn Covid-19, a Respected Science Watchdog Raises Eyebrows – Undark
Related (from Dr. John Ioannidis): Video: Perspectives on the Pandemic | Dr. John Ioannidis Update: 4.17.20 AND Antibody Tests Suggest that Coronavirus Infections Vastly Exceed Official Counts AND Study: Population-level COVID-19 Mortality Risk
Editorial: Preprint Servers: A ‘Rush to Publish’ or ‘Just in Time Delivery’ for Science?
26 Apr, 2020 | 21:23h | UTCPreprint servers: a ‘rush to publish’ or ‘just in time delivery’ for science? – Thorax
Perspective: Against Pandemic Research Exceptionalism
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:39h | UTCAgainst pandemic research exceptionalism – Science
“Crises are no excuse for lowering scientific standards.”
Health Care Workers Seek to Flatten COVID-19’s ‘Second Curve’—Their Rising Mental Anguish
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:42h | UTCHealth care workers seek to flatten COVID-19’s ‘second curve’—their rising mental anguish – Science
Related: Understanding and Addressing Sources of Anxiety Among Health Care Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic – JAMA AND Mental health outcomes among front and second line health workers associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. – medRxiv AND Factors Associated With Mental Health Outcomes Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019 – JAMA Network Open
“there’s a second curve we’re going to have to flatten: the mental health consequences of the pandemic.”
A Skeptic’s Guide To Ecologic Studies During A Pandemic
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:34h | UTCA Skeptic’s Guide To Ecologic Studies During A Pandemic – Forbes
Related: BCG Against Coronavirus: Less Hype And More Evidence, Please – Forbes
Debate: Is it Wrong to Prioritize Younger Patients with Covid-19?
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:30h | UTCIs it wrong to prioritise younger patients with covid-19? – The BMJ
Commentary: Should age be a prioritizing factor in deciding who gets treated for COVID-19? – News Medical
‘Where Are All our Patients?’: Covid Phobia is Keeping People with Serious Heart Symptoms Away From ERs
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:26h | UTCRelated: Where Have All the Heart Attacks Gone? – The New York Times
Hydroxychloroquine and Coronavirus: A Guide to the Scientific Studies so Far
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:28h | UTCHydroxychloroquine and coronavirus: a guide to the scientific studies so far – The Guardian
Podcast: Twitter, Social Media and Digital Scholarship in Medicine
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:25h | UTC#209 LIVE! Twitter, Social Media and Digital Scholarship – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
See also: Episode List
Clinical Features and Outcomes Among 5700 Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 in the New York City Area
23 Apr, 2020 | 09:43h | UTC
Alterations in Smell or Taste in Mildly Symptomatic Outpatients With SARS-CoV-2 Infection
23 Apr, 2020 | 09:41h | UTCAlterations in Smell or Taste in Mildly Symptomatic Outpatients With SARS-CoV-2 Infection – JAMA
Related: Study Validates Loss of Smell and Taste as Symptoms of Covid-19