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Immunization services begin slow recovery from COVID-19 disruptions, though millions of children remain at risk from deadly diseases – WHO, UNICEF, Gavi

27 Apr, 2021 | 08:41h | UTC

Immunization services begin slow recovery from COVID-19 disruptions, though millions of children remain at risk from deadly diseases – WHO, UNICEF, Gavi – World Health Organization

Related report: Disability considerations for COVID-19 vaccination: WHO and UNICEF policy brief, 19 April 2021 – World Health Organization

 

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Why the World Should Worry About India – “The world’s largest vaccine producer is struggling to overcome its latest COVID-19 surge—and that’s everyone’s problem.”

27 Apr, 2021 | 08:33h | UTC

Why the World Should Worry About India – The Atlantic

See also: Covid-19: Countries rally to support India through “storm that has shaken the nation” – The BMJ AND As India breaks another global Covid-19 record and hospitals run out of oxygen, countries pledge assistance and aid – CNN AND India’s COVID-19 crisis prompts global response – CIDRAP

 

Study in nursing homes shows rapid antigen testing could be a useful tool to identify contagious people at risk for transmitting SARS-CoV-2

27 Apr, 2021 | 08:35h | UTC

Performance Evaluation of Serial SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Testing During a Nursing Home Outbreak – Annals of Internal Medicine

Editorial: Utility of Rapid Antigen Tests in Nursing Homes

 

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M-A: Prophylaxis against Covid-19: 1 – no benefit from Hydroxychloroquine; 2 – as studies on ivermectin so far have been small, it remains very uncertain whether ivermectin reduces SARS-CoV-2 infection

27 Apr, 2021 | 08:44h | UTC

Prophylaxis against covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis – The BMJ

 

The Utility of Chest CT imaging in suspected or diagnosed COVID-19 Patients – a review of literature

27 Apr, 2021 | 08:30h | UTC

The Utility of Chest CT imaging in suspected or diagnosed COVID-19 Patients – a review of literature – CHEST Journal

 

Opinion | Real-world data, not predictions, should drive decisions on Covid-19 and school opening

27 Apr, 2021 | 08:26h | UTC

Real-world data, not predictions, should drive decisions on Covid-19 and school opening – STAT

 

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Clinical Manifestation, Evaluation, and Rehabilitative Strategy of Dysphagia Associated With COVID-19

27 Apr, 2021 | 08:29h | UTC

Clinical Manifestation, Evaluation, and Rehabilitative Strategy of Dysphagia Associated With COVID-19 – American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

 

Covid-19: Infections fell by 65% after first dose of AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccine, data show

25 Apr, 2021 | 22:06h | UTC

COVID-19 continues to disrupt essential health services in 90% of countries – World Health Organization

 

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Clinical review of 43 patients with COVID-19-associated Acute Transverse Myelitis and 3 patients with Acute Transverse Myelitis reported post-vaccination

27 Apr, 2021 | 08:32h | UTC

Acute Transverse Myelitis (ATM):Clinical Review of 43 Patients With COVID-19-Associated ATM and 3 Post-Vaccination ATM Serious Adverse Events With the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Vaccine (AZD1222) – Frontiers in Immunology

Commentary: Rare neurological condition linked to COVID-19 cases in 21 countries – Houston Methodist

 

SARS-CoV-2 and Stroke Characteristics – higher rate of large vessel occlusions and stroke in young patients

25 Apr, 2021 | 22:01h | UTC

SARS-CoV-2 and Stroke Characteristics: A Report From the Multinational COVID-19 Stroke Study Group – Stroke

 

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Opinion | The International Community Has One Job: Getting COVID-19 Under Control

25 Apr, 2021 | 22:09h | UTC

The International Community Has One Job: Getting COVID-19 Under Control – Center for Global Development

 

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WHO chief – The world can bring the global COVID-19 pandemic under control in the coming months provided it distributes the necessary resources fairly

25 Apr, 2021 | 22:08h | UTC

The world can bring the global COVID-19 pandemic under control in the coming months provided it distributes the necessary resources fairly – Reuters

See also: Opinion | I Run the W.H.O., and I Know That Rich Countries Must Make a Choice – The New York Times

 

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Recommendations to address patients fear of adverse effects and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

25 Apr, 2021 | 21:58h | UTC

Fear of Adverse Effects and COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Recommendations of the Treatment Expectation Expert Group – JAMA Health Forum

 

WHO: COVID-19 continues to disrupt essential health services in 90% of countries

25 Apr, 2021 | 22:12h | UTC

COVID-19 continues to disrupt essential health services in 90% of countries – World Health Organization

 

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U.S. lifts pause on use of J&J’s Covid-19 vaccine

25 Apr, 2021 | 21:57h | UTC

U.S. lifts pause on use of J&J’s Covid-19 vaccine – STAT

See also: CDC, FDA lift pause on using J&J’s coronavirus vaccine, add safety warning – CNN AND ACIP opts to lift pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccine – CIDRAP

 

One million coronavirus sequences: popular genome site hits mega milestone

25 Apr, 2021 | 21:59h | UTC

One million coronavirus sequences: popular genome site hits mega milestone – Nature

 

Malaria vaccine becomes first to achieve WHO-specified 75% efficacy goal

25 Apr, 2021 | 21:17h | UTC

News release: Malaria vaccine becomes first to achieve WHO-specified 75% efficacy goal – University of Oxford

Original study (preprint): High Efficacy of a Low Dose Candidate Malaria Vaccine, R21 in 1 Adjuvant Matrix-M™, with Seasonal Administration to Children in Burkina Faso – The Lancet

Commentaries: Malaria vaccine hailed as potential breakthrough – BBC AND Oxford Malaria vaccine proves highly effective in Burkina Faso trial – The Guardian

 

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Resurgence of SARS-CoV-2: detection by community viral surveillance

25 Apr, 2021 | 21:55h | UTC

Resurgence of SARS-CoV-2: detection by community viral surveillance – Science

 

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Long Covid: Largest post-acute COVID-19 study to date examined the health outcomes in more than 73,000 people who’d had COVID-19 and were not hospitalized

23 Apr, 2021 | 08:48h | UTC

High-dimensional characterization of post-acute sequalae of COVID-19 – Nature

Commentary: Among COVID-19 survivors, an increased risk of death, serious illness – Washington University School of Medicine

 

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Recommendations on the Management of Maternal Hepatitis B, C and D Infection in Pregnancy

25 Apr, 2021 | 20:44h | UTC

Recommendations of the AGG (Task Force for Obstetrics, Section Maternal Diseases) on the Management of Maternal Hepatitis B, C and D Infection in Pregnancy – Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde

 

Guideline: Vulvovaginal Candidosis (Excluding Mucocutaneous Candidosis)

25 Apr, 2021 | 20:47h | UTC

Vulvovaginal Candidosis (Excluding Mucocutaneous Candidosis): Guideline of the German (DGGG), Austrian (OEGGG) and Swiss (SGGG) Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (S2k-Level, AWMF Registry Number 015/072, September 2020) – Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde

 

NIH Updates COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines – adds recommendations on colchicine, fluvoxamine, and monoclonal antibodies

23 Apr, 2021 | 08:46h | UTC

NIH Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Treatment Guidelines – National Institutes of Health

 

RCT: COVID outpatients don’t benefit from hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir-ritonavir

23 Apr, 2021 | 08:42h | UTC

COVID outpatients don’t benefit from hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir-ritonavir – CIDRAP

Original study: Effect of Early Treatment With Hydroxychloroquine or Lopinavir and Ritonavir on Risk of Hospitalization Among Patients With COVID-19: The TOGETHER Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Network Open

 

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Case series of 18 male adults aged 50 years or younger with acute ischemic stroke during the convalescent phase of asymptomatic Covid-19

23 Apr, 2021 | 08:39h | UTC

Acute Ischemic Stroke During the Convalescent Phase of Asymptomatic COVID-2019 Infection in Men – JAMA Network Open

Commentary: ‘The next wave of complications’: Asymptomatic COVID-19 patients face a prolonged stroke risk – Cardiovascular Business

 

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Covid-19: More data on the increased risks to pregnant women and their newborn infants

23 Apr, 2021 | 08:44h | UTC

Maternal and Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality Among Pregnant Women With and Without COVID-19 Infection: The INTERCOVID Multinational Cohort Study – JAMA Pediatrics

Editorial: COVID-19 in Pregnant Women and Their Newborn Infants

Commentaries: Pregnant women with COVID-19 face high mortality rate – University of Washington School of Medicine AND Covid-19 raises risks for expectant mothers and babies, study says – CNN

Related: Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and perinatal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

 

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