Global & Public Health (all articles)
M-A: Diagnostic performance of different sampling approaches for SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR testing
20 Apr, 2021 | 06:09h | UTCCommentary: Beyond COVID-19—will self-sampling and testing become the norm? – The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Related Meta-analysis: Saliva and nasopharyngeal swab nucleic acid amplification have similar diagnostic accuracy for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 AND Saliva vs. nasopharyngeal swabs equally sensitive for Covid-19 diagnosis
COVID-19 dynamics after a national immunization program in Israel
20 Apr, 2021 | 06:06h | UTCCOVID-19 dynamics after a national immunization program in Israel – Nature Medicine
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/segal_eran/status/1384134124244406280
M-A: Prevalence of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder in health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
20 Apr, 2021 | 06:00h | UTC
Pfizer CEO says third Covid vaccine dose likely needed within 12 months
20 Apr, 2021 | 06:02h | UTCPfizer CEO says third Covid vaccine dose likely needed within 12 months – CNBC
Commentary: Fully Vaccinated? Get Ready For Your Third Dose – Forbes
Ten scientific reasons in support of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2
18 Apr, 2021 | 21:51h | UTCTen scientific reasons in support of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 – The Lancet
Animated Videos: Aerosols and making spaces safe – University of Oxford
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Just out in @TheLancet what experts have said for a year
SARS-CoV2 spreads PRIMARILY via airborne route
Failure to act on this has hampered efforts to prevent spread of COVID
Thank you @trishgreenhalgh @linseymarr @kprather88 @j_g_allen, others who stuck to the evidence https://t.co/uuJcUIKWHE
— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) April 16, 2021
China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine 67% effective in preventing symptomatic infection, 85% effective in preventing hospitalizations and 80% effective in preventing deaths – Chile govt report
18 Apr, 2021 | 21:45h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
https://twitter.com/hildabast/status/1383183542495039490
A guideline to limit indoor airborne transmission of COVID-19
18 Apr, 2021 | 21:47h | UTC
Indoor Air Changes and Potential Implications for SARS-CoV-2 Transmission
18 Apr, 2021 | 21:49h | UTCIndoor Air Changes and Potential Implications for SARS-CoV-2 Transmission – JAMA
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
https://twitter.com/j_g_allen/status/1383073549380882438
Editorial: SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine–Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia – “The very low prevalence of this complication of vaccination, however severe, relative to the benefits of preventing Covid-19 must be emphasized”
18 Apr, 2021 | 21:42h | UTCSARS-CoV-2 Vaccine–Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia – New England Journal of Medicine
COVID vaccines and blood clots: five key questions
18 Apr, 2021 | 21:40h | UTCCOVID vaccines and blood clots: five key questions – Nature
See also (podcast): Coronapod: could COVID vaccines cause blood clots? Here’s what the science says – Nature
Study shows past COVID-19 infection doesn’t fully protect young people against reinfection
18 Apr, 2021 | 21:35h | UTCOriginal study: SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity and subsequent infection risk in healthy young adults: a prospective cohort study – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Commentary on Twitter
Risk of covid reinfection in a prospective study of >3,000 Marine recruits
Prior covid: 82% reduced compared w/ no prior covid (+ when reinfections occurred, much less viral loads)
Protection correlated w/ higher spike IgG antibody levels https://t.co/7Jl154lwDX @LancetRespirMed pic.twitter.com/xKVLKm8AA6— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) April 15, 2021
WHO: Benefits of continuing to provide life-saving HIV services outweigh the risk of COVID-19 transmission by 100 to 1
18 Apr, 2021 | 21:32h | UTC
Study: Double masking improves protection from Covid-19 mostly by eliminating any gaps or poor-fitting areas of a mask
18 Apr, 2021 | 21:37h | UTCFitted Filtration Efficiency of Double Masking During the COVID-19 Pandemic – JAMA Internal Medicine
Commentaries: Fit matters most when double masking to protect yourself from COVID-19 – University of North Carolina Health Care AND Check your fit on that double mask if you want it to work against Covid, study says – CNN
WHO: Global shortage of innovative antibiotics fuels emergence and spread of drug-resistance
16 Apr, 2021 | 06:20h | UTCNews release: Global shortage of innovative antibiotics fuels emergence and spread of drug-resistance – World Health Organization
Commentary: WHO report highlights shortage of new antibiotics – CIDRAP
[Preprint] Risk of rare blood clotting much higher for COVID-19 than for vaccines
16 Apr, 2021 | 06:37h | UTCNews release: Risk of rare blood clotting higher for COVID-19 than for vaccines – University of Oxford
Original study (preprint): Cerebral venous thrombosis: a retrospective cohort study of 513,284 confirmed COVID-19 cases and a comparison with 489,871 people receiving a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine
Commentaries: Brain clots ‘more likely’ with Covid infection than vaccine – BBC AND Risk for Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Elevated After COVID-19 Diagnosis – NEJM Journal Watch AND Study: COVID much more likely than vaccines to cause blood clots – CIDRAP
Commentary on Twitter
There is an interesting new preprint out that will probably generate a lot of coverage at least in the UK. Essentially it argues that the risk of CVST is much higher from #covid19 than from vaccines.
Quick thread on this:https://t.co/0MdDU2z9bp— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) April 15, 2021
CDC study suggests leaving middle seat empty could lower COVID-19 spread on planes by 23% to 57%
16 Apr, 2021 | 06:33h | UTCCommentaries: Keeping middle seats vacant on airplanes can reduce risk of Covid-19 exposure by up to 57%, CDC study says – CNN AND Leaving middle seat empty lowers COVID-19 spread on planes, modeling suggests – LiveScience
M-A: Treatment with hydroxychloroquine is associated with increased mortality in COVID-19 patients
16 Apr, 2021 | 06:30h | UTC
Commentaries on Twitter
The use of hydroxychloroquine in COVID19 will be remembered as one of the worst examples of medicine going against its core principle:
First Do No Harm. https://t.co/PGq4D5pJ1H— Maurizio Cecconi (@DrMCecconi) April 15, 2021
What collaboration can achieve
Just out in @NatureComms our meta-analysis of 14 unpublished & 14 published RCTs on Hydroxychloroquine/ Choloroquine
Thanks so much to the great team – and special thanks for rapidly sharing the data of unpublished trials!https://t.co/Dg1DmAx1Kq
— Lars G. Hemkens (@LGHemkens) April 15, 2021
Perspective | Ivermectin is the new Hydroxychorloquine
16 Apr, 2021 | 06:28h | UTCIvermectin is the new Hydroxychorloquine – Science-Based Medicine
Video | Coronavirus variants: What you need to know
16 Apr, 2021 | 06:32h | UTCCoronavirus variants: What you need to know – Nature Video
Editorial: Covid-19 has redefined airborne transmission
16 Apr, 2021 | 06:26h | UTCCovid-19 has redefined airborne transmission – The BMJ
Commentaries: Future attempts to reduce Covid-19 spread should focus on tackling airborne transmission – News Medical AND Open the windows to curb COVID spread: experts – MedicalXpress
Related: CDC Updated Guidance: “It is possible for people to be infected through contact with contaminated surfaces or objects, but the risk is generally considered to be low” (CDC Guidance and more) AND Deep Cleaning Isn’t a Victimless Crime – The Atlantic
Were pregnant women more affected by COVID-19 in the second wave of the pandemic?
16 Apr, 2021 | 06:24h | UTCWere pregnant women more affected by COVID-19 in the second wave of the pandemic? – The Lancet
Vaccines alone will not stop Covid spreading – here’s why (visual guide to the “Swiss cheese model”)
15 Apr, 2021 | 06:53h | UTCVaccines alone will not stop Covid spreading – here’s why – BBC
Genomics and epidemiology of the P.1 SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus, Brazil – “we estimate that P.1 may be 1.7–2.4-fold more transmissible”
15 Apr, 2021 | 07:09h | UTCGenomics and epidemiology of the P.1 SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus, Brazil – Science
Commentary: The P.1 coronavirus variant is twice as transmissible as earlier strains – ScienceNews
Systematic review: Excessive nurse work hours is associated with increased adverse patient outcomes
15 Apr, 2021 | 06:19h | UTCRelationships between comprehensive characteristics of nurse work schedules and adverse patient outcomes: A systematic literature review – Journal of Clinical Nursing (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Study shows U.S. women nurses are at increased risk of death by suicide compared to physicians and the general population
15 Apr, 2021 | 06:23h | UTCAssociation of US Nurse and Physician Occupation With Risk of Suicide – JAMA Psychiatry (free for a limited period)
Author Interview: Suicide Risk Among US Nurses and Physicians
Commentary: Suicide among female nurses is double that of the general female population – University of Michigan
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
https://twitter.com/ChrisFriese_RN/status/1382348713641848832