Covid-19
Review: Persistent COVID and a return to sport.
16 Mar, 2022 | 09:51h | UTCPersistent COVID and a Return to Sport – Current Sports Medicine Reports
Quantitative chest CT assessment of small airways disease in post-acute SARS-CoV-2 infection.
16 Mar, 2022 | 09:53h | UTCNews Release: ‘Long COVID’ linked to lasting airways disease – Radiological Society of North America
[Preprint] High vaccine effectiveness against severe Covid-19 in the elderly in Finland before and after the emergence of Omicron.
15 Mar, 2022 | 09:59h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
The acid test for Covid vaccines are protection of the elderly. New data from ~900,000 Finns age 70+ show how 3 shots achieved 96% effectiveness vs hospitalization, before and after Omicron, and even higher vs ICU need https://t.co/TQOQV4SL9a Spikevax=Moderna; Comirnaty=Pfizer pic.twitter.com/mtUCqne1dT
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) March 14, 2022
COVID-19 and resilience of healthcare systems in ten countries.
15 Mar, 2022 | 10:02h | UTCCOVID-19 and resilience of healthcare systems in ten countries – Nature
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in COVID-19 patients: a pocket guide for radiologists.
15 Mar, 2022 | 09:51h | UTC
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
Retrospective Cohort: Asthma in children and adolescents is not associated with increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
15 Mar, 2022 | 08:55h | UTCAsthma and the Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Children and Adolescents – Pediatrics
Commentary: Kids with asthma not at higher risk of COVID-19, study finds – CIDRAP
Related:
We expected people with asthma to fare worse during COVID. Turns out they’ve had a break.
Asthma in COVID-19 hospitalizations: An overestimated risk factor?
Two years later, coronavirus evolution still surprises experts. Here’s why.
15 Mar, 2022 | 08:52h | UTCTwo years later, coronavirus evolution still surprises experts. Here’s why. – National Geographic
‘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
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
Review: Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:34h | UTCPost-acute COVID-19 syndrome – European Respiratory Journal
Related:
ESCMID rapid guidelines for assessment and management of long COVID.
ERS statement on Long COVID-19 follow-up.
Proposed subtypes of long-Covid and their respective potential therapies.
EuGMS Guidance: Management of post-acute COVID-19 patients in geriatric rehabilitation.
Addressing Post-COVID Symptoms: A Guide for Primary Care Physicians.
Update to post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection: Caring for the ‘long-haulers’.
Systematic Review: Short-term and long-term rates of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
WHO Consensus: A clinical case definition of post COVID-19 condition (Long Covid).
Characterizing long COVID: a living systematic review.
Long Covid – The illness narratives.
New guidelines to help doctors manage long COVID patients published.
M-A: More than 50 long-term effects of COVID-19. (several articles on the subject)
Systematic Review: Inhaled corticosteroids for the treatment of COVID‐19.
11 Mar, 2022 | 10:18h | UTCInhaled corticosteroids for the treatment of COVID‐19 – Cochrane Library
Related:
[Preprint] M-A: Inhaled corticosteroids in COVID-19 outpatients.
Position Paper: Recommendations for the use of topical inhalant budesonide in COVID-19.
RCT: Inhaled budesonide shortens recovery time in non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19
Phase 2 RCT: Inhaled budesonide shows promise for the treatment of early COVID-19
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Are inhaled #corticosteroids an effective treatment for people with mild #COVID19?
New #systematicreview from @CochraneAirways looks at using this well established treatment for asthma & COPD as a #COVIDtreatment https://t.co/dxUtudHLiW 1/4 pic.twitter.com/4nUs56Xfsg— The Cochrane Library (@CochraneLibrary) March 9, 2022
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
? @TheLancet
This week it was widely announced we surpassed 6 million global Covid deaths.
The real number is likely more than 18 million, as determined by excess mortality at the end of 2021.https://t.co/VGHm5MID9i pic.twitter.com/DyYk6fLmWX— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) March 10, 2022
COVID pandemic 2nd anniversary: 3 things we got wrong, and 3 things to watch out for.
11 Mar, 2022 | 10:07h | UTC
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
Retrospective Cohort Study: Frequency and outcomes of MRI-detected axillary adenopathy following COVID-19 vaccination.
11 Mar, 2022 | 10:05h | UTCRelated:
2 Case Series and Guidance | Lymphadenopathy in COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients
Perspective: Once viewed as a promising COVID-19 treatment, convalescent plasma falls out of favor.
10 Mar, 2022 | 10:47h | UTCOnce Viewed as a Promising COVID-19 Treatment, Convalescent Plasma Falls Out of Favor – JAMA
Perspective: What do we know about Covid’s impact on the brain?
10 Mar, 2022 | 10:46h | UTCWhat do we know about Covid’s impact on the brain? – The Guardian
Related: SARS-CoV-2 is associated with changes in brain structure in UK Biobank.
Cohort Study: One-year trajectory of cognitive changes in older survivors of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China.
9 Mar, 2022 | 09:51h | UTC
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