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Rapid coronavirus tests: a guide for the perplexed

10 Feb, 2021 | 01:52h | UTC

Rapid coronavirus tests: a guide for the perplexed – Nature

 


How to vaccinate the world against covid-19

10 Feb, 2021 | 01:49h | UTC

How to vaccinate the world against covid-19 – The BMJ

 


Put to the test: use of rapid testing technologies for covid-19

10 Feb, 2021 | 01:51h | UTC

Put to the test: use of rapid testing technologies for covid-19 – The BMJ

 


Covid-19: Four in 10 people with evidence of past infection had no classic symptoms, study finds

10 Feb, 2021 | 01:48h | UTC

Covid-19: Four in 10 people with evidence of past infection had no classic symptoms, study finds – The BMJ

 


CDC report: Mask mandates associated with decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations

10 Feb, 2021 | 01:43h | UTC

Decline in COVID-19 Hospitalization Growth Rates Associated with Statewide Mask Mandates — 10 States, March–October 2020 – CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Commentary: Mask mandates can work, CDC researchers say – CNN

 


What if we never reach herd immunity?

10 Feb, 2021 | 01:46h | UTC

What If We Never Reach Herd Immunity? – The Atlantic

Related: We May Never Get to Herd Immunity – Think Global Health

 


Defining the role of asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 transmission – a living systematic review

10 Feb, 2021 | 01:45h | UTC

Defining the role of asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 transmission – a living systematic review – Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Related: Infectivity of asymptomatic versus symptomatic COVID-19 – The Lancet AND Asymptomatic transmission of covid-19 – The BMJ

 


Face masks help control transmission of COVID-19, study finds

10 Feb, 2021 | 01:41h | UTC

Mask-wearing and control of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the USA: a cross-sectional study – The Lancet Digital Health

Commentaries: Face masks help control transmission of COVID-19 – The Lancet Digital Health AND Mask-wearing together with social distancing has maximum impact on COVID-19, study finds – News Medical

 


Variant-proof vaccines — invest now for the next pandemic

9 Feb, 2021 | 01:39h | UTC

Variant-proof vaccines — invest now for the next pandemic – Nature

 


Thrombosis and COVID-19: Controversies and (Tentative) Conclusions

9 Feb, 2021 | 01:41h | UTC

Thrombosis and COVID-19: Controversies and (Tentative) Conclusions – Clinical Infectious Diseases

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


Small RCT: Peginterferon lambda increases viral clearance in outpatients with COVID-19

9 Feb, 2021 | 01:36h | UTC

Peginterferon lambda for the treatment of outpatients with COVID-19: a phase 2, placebo-controlled randomised trial – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

 


Coronavirus vaccine strategy needs rethink after resistant variants emerge, say scientists

9 Feb, 2021 | 01:38h | UTC

Coronavirus vaccine strategy needs rethink after resistant variants emerge, say scientists – The Guardian

Related: South Africa halts AstraZeneca vaccine rollout over new variant – BBC AND ‘What other variants might be out there?’ An expert on viral evolution on what’s happening with coronavirus mutations – STAT AND Covid-19: Oxford vaccine offers less protection against South Africa variant (study and commentaries) AND South Africa suspends use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after it fails to clearly stop virus variant – Science

 


Mitigating inequities and saving lives with ICU triage during the COVID-19 pandemic

9 Feb, 2021 | 01:29h | UTC

Mitigating Inequities and Saving Lives with ICU Triage during the COVID-19 Pandemic – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Commentary: More on the allocation of scarce medical resources during the pandemic, and a lack of consensus among bioethicists about how to proceed

 


Does taking Vitamin D prevent or treat COVID-19?

9 Feb, 2021 | 01:20h | UTC

Does Taking Vitamin D Prevent or Treat COVID-19? – HIV and ID Observations

 


ARDS: Contemporary management and novel approaches during COVID-19

9 Feb, 2021 | 01:31h | UTC

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Contemporary Management and Novel Approaches during COVID-19 – Anesthesiology

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


Perspective: Pregnancy, postpartum care, and COVID-19 vaccination in 2021

9 Feb, 2021 | 01:16h | UTC

Pregnancy, Postpartum Care, and COVID-19 Vaccination in 2021 – JAMA

 


Perspective: COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant and lactating women

9 Feb, 2021 | 01:18h | UTC

COVID-19 Vaccination in Pregnant and Lactating Women – JAMA

Related: Fauci says ‘no red flags’ seen in 10,000 pregnant women who’ve received Covid shots so far – CNBC

 


Patients with lymphoma receiving B-Cell–depleting therapies may be at greater risk for persistent COVID-19 infection

9 Feb, 2021 | 01:14h | UTC

Patients With Lymphoma Receiving B-Cell–Depleting Therapies May Be at Greater Risk for Persistent COVID-19 Infection – The ASCO Post

Related: Patients on Active Chemotherapy May Not Be at Increased Risk for COVID-19 Infection – The ASCO Post

See also: Anti-CD20 Drugs Tied to Severe COVID in Cancer Patients — Plus: Active chemo treatment may not be a COVID risk factor – MedPage Today (free registration required)

 


Israel outpaced the world in vaccinations. Now it’s seeing the results

7 Feb, 2021 | 21:26h | UTC

Israel outpaced the world in vaccinations. Now it’s seeing the results – Vox

See also: Covid-19: Israel sees new infections plummet following vaccinations – The BMJ AND Israel says vaccine has almost halved COVID cases among over-60s – Reuters AND Vaccines are curbing COVID: Data from Israel show drop in infections – Nature AND Israel’s vaccination rollout: short term success, but questions for the long run – The BMJ Opinion

 


Case report: SARS-CoV-2 evolution in immunocompromised patient treated with convalescent plasma

7 Feb, 2021 | 21:32h | UTC

SARS-CoV-2 evolution during treatment of chronic infection – Nature

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


[Press release – not published yet] Sinovac Announces Phase III Results of Its COVID-19 Vaccine

7 Feb, 2021 | 21:29h | UTC

Sinovac Announces Phase III Results of Its COVID-19 Vaccine

Commentaries: Expert reaction to announcement of results of phase III of Sinovac vaccine in China – Science Media Centre AND Sinovac says COVID-19 vaccine effective in preventing hospitalization, death – Reuters

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

 


[Press release – not published yet] Covid-19: Oxford vaccine offers less protection against South Africa variant

7 Feb, 2021 | 21:25h | UTC

Oxford Covid-19 vaccine trial results – University of the Witwatersrand

Commentaries: Covid: Oxford jab offers less S Africa variant protection – BBC AND Expert reaction to news reports that the Oxford/AZ vaccine gives limited protection against mild disease caused by the South African variant of SARS-CoV-2 – Science Media Centre AND Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID shot less effective against South African variant: study – Reuters

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

 


Editorial: What went wrong in the global governance of covid-19?

7 Feb, 2021 | 21:27h | UTC

What went wrong in the global governance of covid-19? – The BMJ

Related: The Five Things to Get Right Before the Next Pandemic – Bloomberg AND International collaboration and covid-19: what are we doing and where are we going? – The BMJ AND Why did the world’s pandemic warning system fail when COVID hit? – Nature AND One Year Later: COVID-19 Versus WHO And The World – Successes, Failures & Hopes – Health Policy Watch AND WHO’s Covid warnings were not heeded. Now the world has a new chance to beat the virus – The Guardian

 


The good and the (potentially) bad: What scientists know about variants and Covid-19 vaccines

7 Feb, 2021 | 21:23h | UTC

The good and the (potentially) bad: What scientists know about variants and Covid-19 vaccines – STAT

See also: What Will it Take to Make Covid-19 Vaccines Variant-Proof? – Wired AND What’s Going On With All These Coronavirus Variants? An Illustrated Guide – NPR AND Video: Coronavirus Variants – What They Mean – JAMA

 


SR/MA: ICU mortality from COVID-19 continued to fall in 2020, but improvement is slowing

7 Feb, 2021 | 21:18h | UTC

News release: ICU mortality from COVID-19 continued to fall in 2020, but improvement is slowing – University of Bristol

Original article: Mortality in patients admitted to intensive care with COVID‐19: an updated systematic review and meta‐analysis of observational studies – Anaesthesia

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


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