Tobacco Taxes Are Most Effective Yet Least Implemented Tactics, Says WHO
Tobacco Taxes Are Most Effective Yet Least Implemented Tactics, Says WHO – Health Policy Watch Guidance: WHO technical manual on tobacco tax administration – World Health Organization
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Cohort study: Postoperative in-hospital mortality of patients with COVID-19 infection was more than double that in patients without COVID-19
Postoperative In-Hospital Morbidity and Mortality of Patients With COVID-19 Infection Compared With Patients Without COVID-19 Infection – JAMA Network Open Related: Guideline: SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, COVID‐19 and timing of elective surgery AND Study from 116 countries suggests surgery should be delayed for at least seven weeks following a COVID-19 diagnosis to reduce mortality risk
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Perspective | They Tested Negative for Covid. Still, They Have Long Covid Symptoms.
They Tested Negative for Covid. Still, They Have Long Covid Symptoms. – Kaiser Health News Commentary on Twitter Scary: Many people have tested negative for SARSCoV2, yet they developed Long Covid. What's to blame? Haphazard testing protocols, delays & difficulties accessing tests & poor quality of many of the tests on the market. All […]
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China considers mixing COVID-19 vaccines to boost protection rate
China considers mixing COVID-19 vaccines to boost protection rate – Reuters
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[Press release – not published yet] Phase 3 prevention trial showed 81% reduced risk of symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections with subcutaneous administration of monoclonal antibodies
Phase 3 prevention trial showed 81% reduced risk of symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections with subcutaneous administration of REGEN-COV™ (Casirivimab with Imdevimab) – Regeneron Commentaries: Regeneron says antibody cocktail prevented Covid when given as simple injection, not an IV – STAT AND Regeneron’s Covid mAb as a prophylactic injection: Reduced risk of symptomatic infection by 81% – […]
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Infectivity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in children compared with adults
Infectivity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in children compared with adults – Canadian Medical Association Journal Commentary: Children may be less infectious in spreading SARS-CoV-2 to others – News Medical
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RCT: Inhaled budesonide shortens recovery time in non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19
Asthma drug budesonide shortens recovery time in non-hospitalised patients with COVID-19 – PRINCIPLE / University of Oxford Original study (preprint): Inhaled budesonide for COVID-19 in people at higher risk of adverse outcomes in the community: interim analyses from the PRINCIPLE trial – medRxiv Commentary: Covid: Asthma drug ‘speeds up recovery at home’ – BBC Related […]
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Cohort study: SARS-CoV-2 infection rates of antibody-positive vs. antibody-negative health-care workers – previous infection was associated with 84% lower risk of (re)infection
SARS-CoV-2 infection rates of antibody-positive compared with antibody-negative health-care workers in England: a large, multicentre, prospective cohort study (SIREN) – The Lancet Commentary: Correlates of protection from SARS-CoV-2 infection – The Lancet Commentary on Twitter ?SIREN STUDY? @TheLancet Previous SARS-CoV-2 infectionprovides protection similar to or even better than currently used vaccines ?84% risk reduction(RR) […]
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M-A: Post-extubation oxygenation strategies in acute respiratory failure – NPPV or HFNC may reduce the risk of endotracheal reintubation but not mortality
Post-extubation oxygenation strategies in acute respiratory failure: a systematic review and network meta-analysis – Critical Care
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Japanese doctors perform world’s first living donor lung transplant to a Covid-19 patient
Japanese doctors perform world’s first living donor lung transplant to a Covid-19 patient – CNN
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