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Researchers created a test to determine which masks are the least effective
10 Aug, 2020 | 02:08h | UTCResearchers created a test to determine which masks are the least effective – CNN
Original study: Low-cost measurement of facemask efficacy for filtering expelled droplets during speech – Science Advances
Study: Even asymptomatic people carry the coronavirus in high amounts
7 Aug, 2020 | 03:35h | UTCEven Asymptomatic People Carry the Coronavirus in High Amounts – The New York Times
[Preprint] Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections: A living systematic review and meta-analysis
7 Aug, 2020 | 03:33h | UTCAsymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections: a living systematic review and meta-analysis – medRxiv
How safe is your school’s reopening plan? Here’s what to look for
7 Aug, 2020 | 03:30h | UTCHow Safe Is Your School’s Reopening Plan? Here’s What To Look For – NPR
[Preprint] Persistent fatigue following SARS-CoV-2 infection is common and independent of severity of initial infection
7 Aug, 2020 | 03:18h | UTCCommentary: Severe fatigue common in COVID-19, independent of disease severity – News Medical
Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community
6 Aug, 2020 | 02:55h | UTCCommentary: Health workers, especially minorities, at high risk for COVID, even with PPE – CIDRAP
Why pregnant women face special risks from COVID-19
5 Aug, 2020 | 10:11h | UTCWhy pregnant women face special risks from COVID-19 – Science
“Is it safe for me to go to work?” Risk stratification for workers during the Covid-19 pandemic
5 Aug, 2020 | 10:08h | UTC
Those with milder COVID-19 may not shed live virus as long
5 Aug, 2020 | 10:04h | UTCThose with milder COVID-19 may not shed live virus as long – CIDRAP
Consensus statement for post-COVID-19 rehabilitation
4 Aug, 2020 | 03:26h | UTC
Anxiety and depression in COVID-19 survivors: Role of inflammatory and clinical predictors
4 Aug, 2020 | 03:16h | UTCCommentary: Survivors of Covid-19 show increased rate of psychiatric disorders, study finds – The Guardian
Review: Cloth face masks can reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2
4 Aug, 2020 | 03:11h | UTCCloth face masks can reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 – Karolinska Institutet
Original Study: Forgotten Technology in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Filtration Properties of Cloth and Cloth Masks: A Narrative Review – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Perspective: Use of facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic
4 Aug, 2020 | 03:08h | UTCUse of facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Related: How masks work: It’s simple arithmetic – Daily Hampshire Gazette
More Marketing than medical evidence: Infrared thermometers to screen for COVID-19
4 Aug, 2020 | 03:06h | UTCMore Marketing than medical evidence: infrared thermometers to screen for COVID-19 – CEBM Oxford
COVID-19 pandemic personal protective equipment (PPE): Guidance for intensive care
3 Aug, 2020 | 01:02h | UTC
Opinion – ‘This Push to Open Schools Is Guaranteed to Fail’
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:43h | UTC‘This Push to Open Schools Is Guaranteed to Fail’ – The Atlantic
“Within two weeks of opening schools in communities with high virus transmission, teachers will become ill. All it will take is for a single teacher to become hospitalized with COVID and everything will shut down.”
Commentary on Twitter
"We need to reach containment first. It’s that simple.”
Straight talk from @AdrienneLaF https://t.co/XzY6tbW0iL
— Ed Yong (@edyong209) August 2, 2020
Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 screening strategies to permit the safe reopening of college campuses in the US
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:40h | UTCCommentaries: Researchers offer ways to promote safety when reopening colleges – CIDRAP AND New Study: College Students Who Get Tested Every Two Days Can Return To Campus Safely – Forbes
Study estimates large reductions in Covid-19 incidence and mortality in the US states that closed schools earlier
30 Jul, 2020 | 10:49h | UTCAssociation Between Statewide School Closure and COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality in the US – JAMA
Editorial: COVID-19 and School Closures
Author Interview: COVID-19 and School Reopenings
Commentaries: School closures in spring linked to drastic decrease in Covid-19 cases and deaths – STAT AND Schools closures in spring were linked to reductions in Covid-19 cases and deaths, study says – CNN AND Closing schools in March may have saved the lives of 40,000 Americans, a new analysis found – Business Insider AND School Closures in the Spring Saved Lives, Study Asserts – The New York Times
Report: Reopening K-12 schools during the Covid-19 pandemic
30 Jul, 2020 | 10:47h | UTCOriginal report: Reopening K-12 Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Podcast: How schools & parents should navigate reopening during Covid-19
30 Jul, 2020 | 10:45h | UTC
Perspective: Reopening primary schools during the pandemic
30 Jul, 2020 | 10:36h | UTCReopening Primary Schools during the Pandemic – New England Journal of Medicine
Commentary from the Author on Twitter
My paper with @mlipsitch and @mugecevik about why reopening primary schools in a safe and pedagogically responsible way should be a national priority–and what to do to make it a reality #EdEthics #EducationWithCOVID @hgse @dsallentess https://t.co/NELOv4GleI
— Meira Levinson (@meiralevinson) July 29, 2020
Perspective: Opening schools won’t be easy, but here’s how to do it safely
30 Jul, 2020 | 10:29h | UTCOpening Schools Won’t Be Easy, but Here’s How to Do It Safely – The New York Times
Commentary from the Author on Twitter
As school approaches with insufficient guidance from the Trump Admin, parents and teachers deserve a clear assessment of the #covid risks. So @SaskiaPopescu, @DrPhillipsMD and I made a risk index for schools. Below and in @nytopinion. Please share widely 1/https://t.co/TkhPXuzW0O pic.twitter.com/zpBiCvqla1
— Zeke Emanuel (@ZekeEmanuel) July 29, 2020
What do we know about children and coronavirus transmission?
30 Jul, 2020 | 10:27h | UTCWhat Do We Know About Children and Coronavirus Transmission? – Kaiser Family Foundation
Related Commentary on Twitter
What Do We Know About Children and Coronavirus Transmission? https://t.co/KWB7pkcWJP A "must read" from @jenkatesdc and team a "very trustworthy source".
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) July 30, 2020
[Preprint] Study: Discharged COVID-19 patients with recurrent positive SARS-CoV-2 RNA pose a low risk of transmitting SARS-CoV-2
29 Jul, 2020 | 09:45h | UTC
Related Commentary on Twitter
More evidence that repeat positive tests for the coronavirus are not "reinfections."
This Chinese study found only fragments by sequencing, were unable to grow live virus and didn't find infections in any contacts, echoing South Korean CDC's findings.https://t.co/1Q8HHLNw5X— Apoorva Mandavilli (@apoorva_nyc) July 28, 2020
IDSA Guidelines on infection prevention for health care personnel caring for patients with suspected or known COVID-19
28 Jul, 2020 | 08:05h | UTC