Global & Public Health
Editorial: Shielding from Covid-19 Should be Stratified by Risk
29 May, 2020 | 03:34h | UTCShielding from covid-19 should be stratified by risk – The BMJ
Study in a Cruise Boat Showed 81% of Patients Infected with Covid-19 were Asymptomatic
29 May, 2020 | 03:31h | UTCCOVID-19: in the footsteps of Ernest Shackleton – Thorax
Commentaries: New Paper Finds Startling Number Of Asymptomatic Covid-19 Carriers – Forbes AND Asymptomatic COVID-19 cases may be more common than suspected – NBC News AND Cruise ship study hints at many ‘silent’ COVID-19 infections – The BMJ
42% of Patients with Covid-19 Asymptomatic in Study from China
29 May, 2020 | 03:29h | UTCCommentaries: 40% of COVID-19 patients may be asymptomatic as disease progresses – UPI AND How Common Are Asymptomatic Cases of COVID-19? – U.S News
Opinion: Using Controlled Trials to Resolve Key Unknowns About Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
29 May, 2020 | 03:27h | UTCUsing Controlled Trials to Resolve Key Unknowns About Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic – JAMA
Conducting Clinical Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Protecting Scientific Integrity
29 May, 2020 | 03:26h | UTCConducting Clinical Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Protecting Scientific Integrity – JAMA
Perspective: For Seniors, COVID-19 Sets Off A Pandemic Of Despair
29 May, 2020 | 03:23h | UTCFor Seniors, COVID-19 Sets Off A Pandemic Of Despair – Kaiser Health News
Wastewater Testing Gains Traction as a Covid-19 Early Warning System
29 May, 2020 | 03:22h | UTCWastewater testing gains traction as a Covid-19 early warning system – STAT
Related: SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater anticipated COVID-19 occurrence in a low prevalence area – Water Research AND New Research Examines Wastewater to Detect Community Spread of Covid-19
Opinion: Ethical Guidelines for Deliberately Infecting Volunteers with COVID-19 to Speed Vaccine Development
29 May, 2020 | 03:19h | UTCEthical guidelines for deliberately infecting volunteers with COVID-19 – Journal of Medical Ethics
Related: Challenge trials can speed development of a Covid-19 vaccine. Planning for them needs to start now – STAT AND AstraZeneca says it may consider exposing vaccine trial participants to virus – Reuters
Ethical Guidelines for COVID-19 Tracing Apps
29 May, 2020 | 03:18h | UTCEthical guidelines for COVID-19 tracing apps – Nature
Study: Face Mask Use in Households May Reduce Secondary Transmission of SARS-CoV-2
29 May, 2020 | 03:15h | UTCCommentaries: Wearing face masks at home might help ward off COVID-19 spread among family members – BMJ AND Expert reaction to study looking at face masks in the home – Science Media Centre
Small Study Shows No Evidence of Secondary Transmission of COVID-19 from Children Attending School
29 May, 2020 | 03:14h | UTC
WHO Interim Guidance: Clinical Management of COVID-19
28 May, 2020 | 10:02h | UTCClinical management of COVID-19 – World Health Organization
Systematic Review: Hydroxychloroquine or Chloroquine for Treatment or Prophylaxis of COVID-19
28 May, 2020 | 09:59h | UTC
Face Coverings for the Public: Laying Straw Men to Rest, by Trisha Greenhalgh
28 May, 2020 | 09:57h | UTCFace coverings for the public: Laying straw men to rest – Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
Related: Face coverings for the lay public: an alternative view – CEBM Oxford AND Cloth Masks May Prevent Transmission of COVID-19: An Evidence-Based, Risk-Based Approach – Annals of Internal Medicine
Unusual in 2 ways
1. "I address charges that my coauthors and I had misapplied the precautionary principle; drawn conclusions that were not supported …"
2. Best review on the essentiality of masks, debunking the naysayers
Thanks @trishgreenhalgh 👏https://t.co/wZrep7BQ8U pic.twitter.com/n052R1RvsL— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 27, 2020
Perspective: Reducing Transmission of SARS-CoV-2
28 May, 2020 | 09:55h | UTCReducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 – Science
Perspective: “The Unexpected Side Effect of Covid-19″
28 May, 2020 | 09:53h | UTCThe unexpected side effect of Covid-19 – CNN
“After Covid-19, if we dare imagine the day, it will be important to ask who was harmed by delayed and forgone medical care. But the severe financial strains on individuals and public budgets make it just as essential to ask who benefited from avoiding interventions with no salutatory effect.”
[Preprint] No Evidence for Increased Transmissibility from Recurrent Mutations in SARS-CoV-2
28 May, 2020 | 09:47h | UTCNo evidence for increased transmissibility from recurrent mutations in SARS-CoV-2 – bioRxiv
Herd Immunity: Understanding COVID-19
28 May, 2020 | 09:45h | UTCHerd Immunity: Understanding COVID-19 – Immunity
Assessment of Proficiency of N95 Mask Donning Among the General Public in Singapore
28 May, 2020 | 09:44h | UTCCommentaries: People Are Still Terrible at Correctly Using Medical-Grade Face Masks And Respirators – Science Alert AND Study Casts Doubt on N95 Masks for the Public – MedPage Today (free registration required)
WHO: Countries Failing to Stop Harmful Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes
28 May, 2020 | 09:38h | UTCOriginal Report: Marketing of breast milk substitutes: national implementation of the international code, status report 2020 – World Health Organization
WHO: Revealing the Toll of COVID-19 – A Technical Package for Rapid Mortality Surveillance and Epidemic Response
27 May, 2020 | 02:48h | UTC
Related Commentary on Twitter
Countries need real-time mortality data for an effective #COVID19 response.
WHO together with @VitalStrat & @AfricaCDC released a new technical package on rapid mortality surveillance https://t.co/NeIZFNW774#WorldHealthData pic.twitter.com/5HcDjfXxBD
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) May 25, 2020
WHO Manifesto for a Healthy Recovery from COVID-19
27 May, 2020 | 02:47h | UTCWHO Manifesto for a healthy recovery from COVID-19 – World Health Organization
“Is It Safe for Me to Go to Work?” Risk Stratification for Workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic
27 May, 2020 | 02:39h | UTC
CDC Updated Guidance: When You Can be Around Others After You Had or Likely Had COVID-19
27 May, 2020 | 02:37h | UTC“I think or know I had COVID-19, and I had symptoms.”
You can be with others after:
- 3 days with no fever AND
- Symptoms improved AND
- 10 days since symptoms first appeared”
Perspective: Fast and Frugal Innovations in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
27 May, 2020 | 02:33h | UTCFast and frugal innovations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic – Nature Medicine
Related Commentary on Twitter
COVID-19 has precipitated 'fast and frugal' innovation. Regulatory barriers temporarily eased. All sorts of things from hydroxychloroquine to ventilator multipliers have been introduced without full evaluation. Benefits – and risks – reviewed here. https://t.co/uE5TIsGj9Y
— Trisha Greenhalgh 😷 (@trishgreenhalgh) May 26, 2020