Global & Public Health (all articles)
Caring for older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.
15 Mar, 2022 | 09:48h | UTCCaring for older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic – Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Global, regional, and national prevalence of, and risk factors for, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
15 Mar, 2022 | 08:49h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
NEW Research—LMICs account for more than 3/4 of global #COPD cases. W/ increased life expectancy in the majority of LMICs, prevalence of COPD in these countries is set to increase.
Study from NIHR @RESPIREGlobal Respiratory Health Unit https://t.co/KD1OSHuMAr pic.twitter.com/Mfm1uJ2tBm
— The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (@LancetRespirMed) March 11, 2022
‘We suppressed our scientific imagination’: four experts examine the big successes and failures of the COVID response so far.
15 Mar, 2022 | 08:47h | UTC
Single-center RCT: Accessible Hepatitis C care for people who inject drugs.
15 Mar, 2022 | 08:36h | UTCAccessible Hepatitis C Care for People Who Inject Drugs: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentary on Twitter
This randomized clinical trial found that the accessible care model provides a framework for developing treatment programs geared toward engaging, treating, and curing hepatitis C virus infection in people who inject drugs. https://t.co/zauS1gtPgO
— JAMA Internal Medicine (@JAMAInternalMed) March 14, 2022
Effectiveness of contact tracing in the control of infectious diseases: a systematic review.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:45h | UTC
The changing epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:37h | UTCThe changing epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 – Science
Duration of effectiveness of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 disease: results of a systematic review and meta-regression.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:44h | UTCCommentaries:
Waning of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness: individual and public health risk – The Lancet
Stopping pandemics before they start: Lessons learned from SARS-CoV-2.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:38h | UTCStopping pandemics before they start: Lessons learned from SARS-CoV-2 – Science
Systematic Review: Point‐of‐care viral load tests to detect high HIV viral load in people living with HIV/AIDS attending health facilities.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:19h | UTC
WHO Guidance: Use of SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detection rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19 self-testing.
11 Mar, 2022 | 10:20h | UTC
Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020–21.
11 Mar, 2022 | 10:16h | UTCCommentaries:
COVID’s true death toll: far higher than official records – Nature
Covid deaths probably three times higher than records say – BBC
Related:
Editorial: “Excess deaths” is the best metric for tracking the pandemic.
The pandemic’s true death toll: millions more than official counts.
Global Covid-19 deaths surpass five million.
Under-reporting of deaths limits our understanding of true burden of covid-19.
Study shows COVID-19 has caused the biggest decrease in life expectancy since World War II.
Just how do deaths due to COVID-19 stack up?
Exploring the gap between excess mortality and COVID-19 deaths in 67 countries.
COVID-19 has caused 6.9 million deaths globally, more than double what official reports show
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1502064507597860872
COVID pandemic 2nd anniversary: 3 things we got wrong, and 3 things to watch out for.
11 Mar, 2022 | 10:07h | UTC
Misinformation: susceptibility, spread, and interventions to immunize the public.
11 Mar, 2022 | 10:03h | UTCMisinformation: susceptibility, spread, and interventions to immunize the public – Nature Medicine
See also: An epidemic of uncertainty: rumors, conspiracy theories and vaccine hesitancy – Nature Medicine
Another study suggests that a third vaccine dose is necessary to protect populations against the omicron variant.
11 Mar, 2022 | 10:14h | UTCNews Release: Third vaccine dose critical for protecting populations against omicron variant – BMJ Newsroom
Commentary on Twitter
mRNA vaccines are highly effective in preventing covid-19 associated hospital admissions related to the alpha, delta, and omicron variants. But three doses are needed to achieve a similar level of protection against omicron, finds a large US study: https://t.co/YMm176gmby
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) March 10, 2022
WHO issues new guidelines on abortion to help countries deliver lifesaving care.
11 Mar, 2022 | 09:56h | UTCNews Release: WHO issues new guidelines on abortion to help countries deliver lifesaving care – World Health Organization
See Guidance: Abortion care guideline – World Health Organization
Commentary: New WHO Abortion Guidelines Include Telemedicine for First Time – Health Policy Watch
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
NEW: WHO releases consolidated guidelines on quality abortion care, aiming to help protect the health of women and girls, and prevent the 25 million unsafe abortions that occur each year https://t.co/GqVOgUEZPl pic.twitter.com/63RTUGUalr
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) March 9, 2022
RCT: In children with nonsevere, drug-susceptible tuberculosis, treatment for 4 months is noninferior to treatment for 6 months.
10 Mar, 2022 | 11:03h | UTCNews Release: Treatment length reduced for children with tuberculosis – University College London
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/NEJM/status/1501686991888392192
New WHO/ILO guide urges greater safeguards to protect health workers.
10 Mar, 2022 | 10:42h | UTCNew WHO/ILO guide urges greater safeguards to protect health workers – World Health Organization
Executive Summary: Caring for those who care: Guide for the development and implementation of occupational health and safety programmes for health workers – World Health Organization
WHO says COVID boosters needed, reversing previous call.
9 Mar, 2022 | 09:49h | UTCWHO says COVID boosters needed, reversing previous call – Associated Press
Commentary on Twitter
Who needs a booster? The @WHO reverses its position and supports "urgent and broad" 3-shot vaccination https://t.co/y5pyY9bJr7 @AP The evidence has supported that move for several months.
"Fully vaccinated" = 3-shots
(or confirmed infection-acquired immunity + 1 shot)— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) March 8, 2022
Safety of mRNA vaccines administered during the initial 6 months of the US COVID-19 vaccination program.
9 Mar, 2022 | 09:46h | UTCCommentaries:
Large US study confirms most mRNA COVID-19 vaccine side effects are mild and temporary – Lancet
Covid vaccines not linked to deaths, major US study finds – BBC
Most mRNA COVID vaccine adverse events mild, transient – CIDRAP
How long does protective immunity against COVID-19 last after infection or vaccination? Two immunologists explain.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:56h | UTC
Study shows the number of covid-19 infections missed by lateral flow tests “substantial enough to be of clinical importance”.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:57h | UTCOriginal Study: SARS-CoV-2 antigen lateral flow tests for detecting infectious people: linked data analysis – The BMJ
Commentaries:
[News release – not published yet] New Sanofi and GSK vaccine demonstrates strong protection against severe Covid-19 in clinical trials.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:53h | UTCCommentary: New vaccine demonstrates strong protection against severe Covid-19 in clinical trials – CNN
News Release: Sanofi and GSK to seek regulatory authorization for COVID-19 vaccine
The next variant: three key questions about what’s after Omicron.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:54h | UTCThe next variant: three key questions about what’s after Omicron – Nature
Global burden of heart failure: a comprehensive and updated review of epidemiology.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:11h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Seeing the big picture🖼️
Assessing the global🌍burden of #HeartFailure❤️, from prevalence to cost & the #inequities faced by developing countries https://t.co/1klLCTMLTL@CVR_TomaszGuzik @DrMikeDrozd @glenpyle #epidemiology #PublicHealth #HF #CardiovascularResearch pic.twitter.com/XX9iV0C8Mj
— European Society of Cardiology Journals (@ESC_Journals) March 4, 2022
COVID-19: How Omicron overtook Delta in three charts.
7 Mar, 2022 | 00:46h | UTCCOVID-19: How Omicron overtook Delta in three charts – Nature