Global & Public Health (all articles)
CDC report: SARS-CoV-2 outbreak among attendees of an overnight camp
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:42h | UTCCommentaries: The Coronavirus Infected Hundreds at a Georgia Summer Camp – The New York Times AND How At Least 44% Of Young People At A Summer Camp Caught Coronavirus – Forbes
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
Large SARS-CoV-2 outbreak caused by an asymptomatic traveler
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:34h | UTCLarge SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak Caused by Asymptomatic Traveler, China – CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases
Commentaries: An asymptomatic coronavirus carrier infected an apartment neighbor without sharing the same space. A study blames the building’s elevator buttons – Business Insider AND China Superspreader Gave COVID-19 to 71 People in a Single Elevator Trip – Newsweek
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
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
Remdesivir for severe Covid-19: A clinical practice guideline
31 Jul, 2020 | 09:01h | UTCRemdesivir for severe covid-19: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ
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
Single-shot Ad26 vaccine protects against SARS-CoV-2 in monkeys
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:49h | UTCSingle-shot Ad26 vaccine protects against SARS-CoV-2 in rhesus macaques – Nature
Commentaries: Vaccine Candidate Delivers Protection In A Single Shot (In Monkeys) – NPR AND Novel vaccine candidate robustly protects non-human primates against SARS-CoV-2 – News Medical
‘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
Cervical cancer screening for individuals at average risk: 2020 guideline update from the American Cancer Society
31 Jul, 2020 | 08:34h | UTCCommentaries: Updated cervical cancer screening guideline calls for less and more simplified screening – News Medical AND Cervical Cancer Screening Should Begin Later, Cancer Group Says – NEJM Journal Watch AND American Cancer Society now recommends cervical cancer screening start at 25, not 21 – CNN
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
Report: Reopening K-12 schools during the Covid-19 pandemic
30 Jul, 2020 | 10:47h | UTCOriginal report: Reopening K-12 Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Perspective: Reopening primary schools during the pandemic
30 Jul, 2020 | 10:36h | UTCReopening Primary Schools during the Pandemic – New England Journal of Medicine
Commentary from the Author on Twitter
My paper with @mlipsitch and @mugecevik about why reopening primary schools in a safe and pedagogically responsible way should be a national priority–and what to do to make it a reality #EdEthics #EducationWithCOVID @hgse @dsallentess https://t.co/NELOv4GleI
— Meira Levinson (@meiralevinson) July 29, 2020
Podcast: How schools & parents should navigate reopening during Covid-19
30 Jul, 2020 | 10:45h | UTC
Perspective: Opening schools won’t be easy, but here’s how to do it safely
30 Jul, 2020 | 10:29h | UTCOpening Schools Won’t Be Easy, but Here’s How to Do It Safely – The New York Times
Commentary from the Author on Twitter
As school approaches with insufficient guidance from the Trump Admin, parents and teachers deserve a clear assessment of the #covid risks. So @SaskiaPopescu, @DrPhillipsMD and I made a risk index for schools. Below and in @nytopinion. Please share widely 1/https://t.co/TkhPXuzW0O pic.twitter.com/zpBiCvqla1
— Zeke Emanuel (@ZekeEmanuel) July 29, 2020
What do we know about children and coronavirus transmission?
30 Jul, 2020 | 10:27h | UTCWhat Do We Know About Children and Coronavirus Transmission? – Kaiser Family Foundation
Related Commentary on Twitter
What Do We Know About Children and Coronavirus Transmission? https://t.co/KWB7pkcWJP A "must read" from @jenkatesdc and team a "very trustworthy source".
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) July 30, 2020
[Preprint] Meta-analysis: SARS-CoV-2 viral load dynamics, duration of viral shedding and infectiousness
30 Jul, 2020 | 10:24h | UTC
Very excited to share our new preprint "#SARSCoV2 viral load dynamics, duration of viral shedding and infectiousness: a living systematic review and meta-analysis" #IDTwitter
A huge team effort screening and synthesising the accumulating evidence. 1/6 https://t.co/a2qk8sPgsk
— Muge Cevik (@mugecevik) July 29, 2020
Swabs collected by patients or health care workers for SARS-CoV-2 testing
30 Jul, 2020 | 10:25h | UTC
‘Vaccine nationalism’ threatens global plan to distribute Covid-19 shots fairly
30 Jul, 2020 | 10:21h | UTC‘Vaccine nationalism’ threatens global plan to distribute COVID-19 shots fairly – Science