Will the pandemic fade into an ordinary disease like the flu? The world is watching Denmark for clues – Science
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Covid-19 vaccination: evidence of waning immunity is overstated – The BMJ Related: COVID vaccine immunity is waning — how much does that matter? – “As debates about booster shots heat up, what’s known about the duration of vaccine-based immunity is still evolving”. COVID vaccine effects wane over time but still prevent death and severe illness. […]
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Summary: Does testing for cancer in people with unprovoked blood clots in the legs and lungs reduce cancer- and blood clot-related death and illness? – Cochrane Library Original article: Effect of testing for cancer on cancer‐ or venous thromboembolism (VTE)‐related mortality and morbidity in people with unprovoked VTE – Cochrane Library
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Merck and Ridgeback’s Investigational Oral Antiviral Molnupiravir Reduced the Risk of Hospitalization or Death by Approximately 50 Percent Compared to Placebo for Patients with Mild or Moderate COVID-19 in Positive Interim Analysis of Phase 3 Study Commentaries: Expert reaction to interim analysis of oral antiviral molnupiravir – Science Media Centre Merck’s antiviral pill reduces hospitalization […]
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Vaccine induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis: summary of NICE guidance – The BMJ Original Guidance: NICE COVID-19 rapid guideline: vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis. Related: Clinical features of vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis. Review: Clinical characteristics and pharmacological management of COVID-19 vaccine–induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia: what […]
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A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis Comparing Prophylactic and Therapeutic Low Molecular Weight Heparins for Mortality Reduction in 32,688 COVID-19 Patients – Frontiers in Pharmacology Related: M-A: Safety and efficacy of different prophylactic anticoagulation dosing regimens in critically and non-critically ill patients with COVID-19 – According to this analysis, standard-dose prophylactic anticoagulation should be the […]
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Transition to endemicity: Understanding COVID-19 – Cell Related: COVID will likely shift from pandemic to endemic — but what does that mean? Perspective | How Endemic COVID Becomes a Manageable Risk – “Businesses and schools must adapt, because the dual threat from the coronavirus and the flu will be too severe”.
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COVID-19 in older adults – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for COVID-19: evolving outcomes from the international Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry – The Lancet Commentaries: ECMO in COVID-19: do not blame the tool – The Lancet ECMO life support offers sickest COVID-19 patients a chance to survive, but a slimmer one than once thought – Michigan Medicine – University of Michigan […]
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News release: Over a third of COVID-19 patients diagnosed with at least one long-COVID symptom – University of Oxford Original study: Incidence, co-occurrence, and evolution of long-COVID features: A 6-month retrospective cohort study of 273,618 survivors of COVID-19 – PLOS Medicine Commentaries: Two studies tie long COVID-19 to severe initial illness – CIDRAP Covid: 37% […]
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