Antibody responses after a single dose of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine in healthcare workers previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 – EBioMedicine Commentary (on the preprint): Single dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine protective in previously infected recipients, suggests study – News Medical Related: More data showing one dose of Pfizer vaccine may be enough for individuals who’ve had COVID. […]
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Don’t Panic, But Breakthrough Cases May Be a Bigger Problem Than You’ve Been Told – Intelligencer Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more) The vaccines are still performing quite well in preventing severe disease. But with Delta they are doing much worse in stopping transmission. Breakthroughs are probably now 10-20% of new infections, […]
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Additional Vaccine Dose for Certain Immunocompromised Individuals – U.S. Food & Drug Administration Commentaries: Statement on FDA Authorization of Supplemental Vaccine Dose for Immunocompromised Patients – Infectious Diseases Society of America CDC, FDA recommend COVID booster for immune-compromised – CIDRAP FDA authorizes additional dose of Covid-19 vaccine for the immunocompromised […]
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Time for a Smart Approach to Boosters – Think Global Health
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How do vaccinated people spread Delta? What the science says – Nature
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How COVID-19 will change the management of other respiratory viral infections – Intensive Care Medicine Commentary on Twitter Still in the midst of #SARSCoV2 #pandemic, still so much to learn… but #COVID19 experience should transform approach to research on RVIs?antiviral therapy?corticosteroids?specific immune modulation?anticoagulation?respiratory support#COVIDFOAM https://t.co/WVKRSJARvl pic.twitter.com/qMkB4tkz06 — Intens Care Med (@yourICM) August 11, 2021 […]
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Kawasaki Disease and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: An Overview and Comparison – American Family Physician Related: Cohort study: Six month follow-up of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children. Cohort study: Among children with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C) associated with Covid-19, there was no evidence that recovery differed after primary treatment with intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) […]
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Could This Be Our First Effective, Inexpensive, Widely Available Outpatient Treatment for COVID-19? – HIV and ID Observations Related: Preliminary study shows fluvoxamine may reduce clinical deterioration in outpatients with symptomatic COVID-19
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Randomised trials of proton pump inhibitors for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in patients with asthma: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis – BMJ Open
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Moderna may be superior to Pfizer against delta variant — breakthrough odds rise with time – CNBC Original Study 1 (preprint): Comparison of two highly-effective mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 during periods of Alpha and Delta variant prevalence – medRxiv Original Study 2 (preprint): Neutralizing antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 variants in vaccinated Ontario long-term care home […]
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