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Therapeutics and COVID-19 | WHO guideline update advises Ivermectin should only be used to treat COVID-19 within clinical trials

Summary and Infographic: Drug treatments for covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis – The BMJ Original guideline: Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline – World Health Organization News release: WHO advises that ivermectin only be used to treat COVID-19 within clinical trials – World Health Organization Commentary: WHO joins Europe, Merck in recommending against ivermectin […]

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The impact of COVID-19 on pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The impact of COVID-19 on pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Canadian Medical Association Journal  

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Opinion | Covid-19 vaccine passports and vaccine hesitancy: freedom or control?

Covid-19 vaccine passports and vaccine hesitancy: freedom or control? – The BMJ Opinion “Recent debates around “vaccine passports,” or formal/mandatory certification of vaccination, point towards a potential widening societal divide between those who are vaccinated and those who are not.”  

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Opinion | Covid-19 vaccine passports will harm sustainable development

Covid-19 vaccine passports will harm sustainable development – The BMJ Opinion “Where you are born can predict how freely you will be able to travel for opportunity, education, and leisure. Being a citizen of certain countries grants people access to nearly the entire globe, whereas others face challenges just to legally leave the  borders of […]

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Transmissibility and transmission of respiratory viruses

Transmissibility and transmission of respiratory viruses – Nature Reviews Microbiology  

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Why indoor spaces are still prime COVID hotspots

Why indoor spaces are still prime COVID hotspots – Nature  

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Antibody evasion by the P.1 strain of SARS-CoV-2

Antibody evasion by the P.1 strain of SARS-CoV-2 – Cell   Commentary on Twitter (thread – Click for more) An in-depth assessment of the P.1 (Brazil) variant —less immune evasion than B.1.351 (South Africa) variant despite similar receptor binding domain mutations—very good neutralization by mRNA vaccine via sera from vaccineshttps://t.co/2m0A1Pjs9O @CellCellPress today pic.twitter.com/uyV2eZdLQ9 — Eric […]

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[Preprint] Single dose of AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines shows 62% efficacy for preventing disease and reduces viral load/transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 in residents of Long-Term Care Facilities

Vaccine effectiveness of the first dose of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 and BNT162b2 against SARS-CoV-2 infection in residents of Long-Term Care Facilities (VIVALDI study) – medRxiv Commentaries: Single dose of Pfizer and Oxford vaccines shows 60% efficacy in elderly care home residents – NewsMedical AND Care home residents gain 62% protection from single dose of COVID-19 vaccine […]

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Study: mRNA vaccine is associated with decreased SARS-CoV-2 viral load in individuals with breakthrough infection, suggesting a role in suppressing onward transmission

Initial report of decreased SARS-CoV-2 viral load after inoculation with the BNT162b2 vaccine – Nature Medicine   Commentaries on Twitter A study in @NatureMedicine reports that breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections occurring 12 or more days after the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine had lower viral loads, suggesting the vaccine might reduce infectiousness. https://t.co/yskN9lgiwr pic.twitter.com/LQVESgRjZz — […]

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‘Real world’ study by CDC shows Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were 90% effective

‘Real world’ study by CDC shows Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were 90% effective – STAT Original Study: Interim Estimates of Vaccine Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Health Care Personnel, First Responders, and Other Essential and Frontline Workers — Eight U.S. Locations, December 2020–March 2021 – Centers for Disease […]

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