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CDC Study: Suspected SARS-CoV-2 reinfections in a skilled nursing facility

28 Feb, 2021 | 21:55h | UTC

Suspected Recurrent SARS-CoV-2 Infections Among Residents of a Skilled Nursing Facility During a Second COVID-19 Outbreak — Kentucky, July–November 2020 – CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Commentaries: Possible SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection Described at Skilled Nursing Facility – HealthDay AND Reinfections could be more likely among those with a mild first case of COVID-19: case study – CTV News

 

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Short Review: SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines

28 Feb, 2021 | 21:52h | UTC

SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines – JAMA

Author interview: Coronavirus Vaccines—An Overview

 

 

Studies: Single dose of vaccine acts as ‘booster’ in those with prior COVID-19 infection

28 Feb, 2021 | 21:49h | UTC

Single dose of vaccine acts as ‘booster’ in those with prior COVID-19 infection – Imperial College London

Study 1: Antibody response to first BNT162b2 dose in previously SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals – The Lancet

Study 2: Effect of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection on humoral and T-cell responses to single-dose BNT162b2 vaccine – The Lancet

 

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Spain to give just one vaccine dose to under 55-year olds who had COVID-19

28 Feb, 2021 | 21:47h | UTC

Spain to give just one vaccine dose to under 55-year olds who had COVID-19 – Reuters

Related: Is One Vaccine Dose Enough After COVID-19 Infection? – NIH Director’s Blog AND France’s health authority recommends single vaccine shot for people who have had COVID-19

 

Long Read | 5 Pandemic Mistakes We Keep Repeating

28 Feb, 2021 | 21:43h | UTC

5 Pandemic Mistakes We Keep Repeating – The Atlantic (a few articles per month are free)

 

New report reviews methods for reducing waste, improving efficiency with expensive injectable medications

28 Feb, 2021 | 21:29h | UTC

New Report Reviews Methods for Reducing Waste, Improving Efficiency With Expensive Injectable Medications – The ASCO Post

Summary: Medications in Single-Dose Vials and Implications of Discarded Injectable Drugs: A National Academies Report – JAMA

Original report: Medications in Single Dose Vials: Implications of Discarded Drugs (2021) – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

 

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Improving lung health in low-income and middle-income countries: from challenges to solutions

28 Feb, 2021 | 21:23h | UTC

Improving lung health in low-income and middle-income countries: from challenges to solutions – The Lancet (free registration required)

 

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Targeted spraying to prevent malaria in low-transmission setting halves cost of current practice

28 Feb, 2021 | 21:25h | UTC

News release: Targeted spraying to prevent malaria in low-transmission setting halves cost of current practice – Wits University

Original study: Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of reactive, targeted indoor residual spraying for malaria control in low-transmission settings: a cluster-randomised, non-inferiority trial in South Africa – The Lancet

 

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Turning houses into ‘lethal mosquito lures’ nearly halves incidence of malaria in children

28 Feb, 2021 | 21:26h | UTC

News release: Turning houses into ‘lethal mosquito lures’ nearly halves incidence of malaria in children – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Original Study: Impact and cost-effectiveness of a lethal house lure against malaria transmission in central Côte d’Ivoire: a two-arm, cluster-randomised controlled trial – The Lancet

 

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M-A: Risk predictors of progression to severe disease during the febrile phase of dengue

28 Feb, 2021 | 20:57h | UTC

Risk predictors of progression to severe disease during the febrile phase of dengue: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet Infectious Diseases

 

Cognitive behavioral therapy for a variety of conditions: an overview of systematic reviews and panoramic meta-analysis

28 Feb, 2021 | 20:50h | UTC

Cognitive behavioural therapy for a variety of conditions: an overview of systematic reviews and panoramic meta-analysis – Health Technology Assessment

 

Bioethics | Should clinical guidelines incorporate cost pathways for persons with financial hardship?

28 Feb, 2021 | 20:54h | UTC

Should Clinical Guidelines Incorporate Cost Pathways for Persons With Financial Hardship? – AMA Journal of Ethics

 

U.S. Guidelines panel recommendation for long-acting injectable antiretroviral regimen in adults and adolescents with HIV

28 Feb, 2021 | 20:34h | UTC

HHS Adults and Adolescents Antiretroviral Guidelines Panel Recommendation for the Long-Acting Injectable Antiretroviral Regimen of Cabotegravir and Rilpivirine – HIV.gov

What’s New in the Guidelines? Panel’s Recommendation for Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir and Rilpivirine in Persons with HIV

 

CDC studies on superspreading events at fitness facilities

26 Feb, 2021 | 08:44h | UTC

Study 1: COVID-19 Outbreak Among Attendees of an Exercise Facility — Chicago, Illinois, August–September 2020 – CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Study 2: Community Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 at Three Fitness Facilities — Hawaii, June–July 2020 – CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Commentaries: Going maskless is a key factor in Covid-19 outbreaks at gyms, studies say – CNN AND A Chicago gym saw dozens of COVID-19 cases after infected people attended HIIT classes without masks – Insider

 

WHO Report: Preparing for Long COVID 2021

26 Feb, 2021 | 08:46h | UTC

In the wake of the pandemic: preparing for Long COVID (2021) – World Health Organization

News release: New policy brief calls on decision-makers to support patients as 1 in 10 report symptoms of “long COVID” – World Health Organization

Commentaries: Long COVID sufferer still has disease’s debilitating symptoms nearly a year after first falling ill – EuroNews AND Debilitating ‘long-COVID’ may have severe health, social impacts: WHO – Reuters

Related: Dr. Fauci says new data suggests ‘long’ Covid symptoms can last up to 9 months – CNBC

 

New protocol tested SARS-CoV-2 positivity on day 9 among quarantined student contacts of confirmed cases, resulting in safe reduction in loss of instructional time

26 Feb, 2021 | 08:42h | UTC

SARS-CoV-2 Positivity on or After 9 Days Among Quarantined Student Contacts of Confirmed Cases – JAMA

Commentary: Is the CDC 10-day COVID-19 quarantine guideline enough? – News Medical

 

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Real-world data confirms Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine effectiveness

25 Feb, 2021 | 09:09h | UTC

BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Mass Vaccination Setting – New England Journal of Medicine

Audio Interview: The Real-World Effectiveness of Covid-19 Vaccination – New England Journal of Medicine

Commentaries: Real-world trial of Pfizer COVID vaccine finds high 2-dose, good 1-dose protection – CIDRAP AND Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine performs as well in the real world as in clinical trials, new study concludes – STAT AND In boost for COVID-19 battle, Pfizer vaccine found 94% effective in real world – Reuters AND Expert reaction to NEJM paper on Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine roll-out in Israel and COVID-19 outcomes – Science Media Centre

 

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Study finds increased COVID-19 mortality among adults with Down syndrome

26 Feb, 2021 | 08:39h | UTC

Medical vulnerability of individuals with down syndrome to severe COVID-19 – data from the trisomy 21 research society and the UK ISARIC4C survey – EClinicalMedicine

Commentaries: Adults with Down syndrome 3 times more likely to die of COVID, study finds – CIDRAP AND International study finds increased COVID-19 mortality among adults with Down syndrome – Case Western Reserve University

Related: COVID-19 is 10 times deadlier for people with Down syndrome, raising calls for early vaccination – Science (a few articles per month are free)

 

COVID-19 hospitalizations attributable to cardiometabolic conditions

26 Feb, 2021 | 08:40h | UTC

Coronavirus Disease 2019 Hospitalizations Attributable to Cardiometabolic Conditions in the United States: A Comparative Risk Assessment Analysis – Journal of the American Heart Association

Commentary: Study estimates two-thirds of COVID-19 hospitalizations due to four conditions – Tufts University

 

Commentary on Twitter

https://twitter.com/Dmozaffarian/status/1364993823370338312

 

Opinion – Catching COVID from surfaces is very unlikely. So perhaps we can ease up on the disinfecting

26 Feb, 2021 | 08:38h | UTC

Catching COVID from surfaces is very unlikely. So perhaps we can ease up on the disinfecting – The Conversation

Related: Coronavirus is in the air — there’s too much focus on surfaces – Nature AND COVID-19 rarely spreads through surfaces. So why are we still deep cleaning? – Nature

 

Ghana receives first historic shipment of COVID-19 vaccinations from international COVAX facility

25 Feb, 2021 | 09:12h | UTC

Ghana receives first historic shipment of COVID-19 vaccinations from international COVAX facility – UN News

See also: Ghana becomes recipient of historic first shipment of COVAX vaccines – World Health Organization

Commentaries: Covax vaccine-sharing scheme delivers first doses to Ghana – BBC AND Covax delivers first Covid vaccines in ‘momentous occasion’ – The Guardian AND COVAX delivers its first vaccine shots with shipment to Ghana – Reuters

 

RCT: Effect of screening by clinical breast examination on breast cancer incidence and mortality after 20 years

26 Feb, 2021 | 08:34h | UTC

Effect of screening by clinical breast examination on breast cancer incidence and mortality after 20 years: prospective, cluster randomised controlled trial in Mumbai – The BMJ

Commentaries: The story of the Mumbai breast screening study – The BMJ Opinion

 

 

Decreasing patient-reported burden of treatment: A systematic review of quantitative interventional studies

26 Feb, 2021 | 08:21h | UTC

Decreasing patient-reported burden of treatment: A systematic review of quantitative interventional studies – PLOS One

 

Cohort study: High glycemic index diets are linked to increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death

25 Feb, 2021 | 08:49h | UTC

Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load, and Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality – New England Journal of Medicine

Commentaries: Study finds diet high in poor quality carbohydrates increases heart disease and death – McMaster University AND High Glycemic Index Diets Linked to CVD and Mortality – TCTMD

 

[Not published yet] Covid-19 vaccine made by China’s Sinopharm has an efficacy rate of 72.5 percent

25 Feb, 2021 | 09:07h | UTC

Covid-19 vaccines made by China’s Sinopharm, CanSino release efficacy data – South China Morning Post

See also: Sinopharm’s Wuhan unit reports 72.5% efficacy for COVID shot, seeks approval in China – Reuters

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

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