Association of Early vs Late Tracheostomy Placement With Pneumonia and Ventilator Days in Critically Ill Patients: A Meta-analysis – JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Author interview: Early vs Late Tracheotomy for Pneumonia and Ventilator Days   #Tracheostomy placement no more than 7 days after ventilator support may lower the rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia and ventilator […]

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CDC Interim Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People: An Important First Step – JAMA Original Guidance and Commentaries: New CDC Guideline for fully vaccinated individuals says people can get together indoors without masks. Precautions should continue in public.  

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Long Covid isn’t as unique as we thought – Vox  

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Clinical manifestations, risk factors, and maternal and perinatal outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 in pregnancy: living systematic review and meta-analysis – The BMJ News release: Update to living systematic review on covid-19 in pregnancy – The BMJ  

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NCCN Best Practices Guidance: Management of COVID-19 Infection in Patients with Cancer – National Comprehensive Cancer Network News release: NCCN Provides New COVID-19 Treatment Advice; Updates Vaccine Guidance for Cancer Patients – National Comprehensive Cancer Network  

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Covid-19: European countries suspend use of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after reports of blood clots – The BMJ See also: More European nations pause AstraZeneca vaccine use as blood clot reports investigated – CNN AND Denmark, Norway and Iceland suspend AstraZeneca COVID shots after blood clot reports – Reuters   Commentary on Twitter Denmark has temporarily suspended […]

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Press release: Novavax Confirms High Levels of Efficacy Against Original and Variant COVID-19 Strains in United Kingdom and South Africa Trials Commentaries: Novavax Reports Its COVID-19 Vaccine is 96% Efficacious, Based on Phase 3 Trial Results – TIME AND Novavax Says Vaccine Is 96% Effective At Preventing Original Covid-19 Virus – Forbes   Commentary on […]

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Management of hospitalised adults with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19): A European Respiratory Society living guideline – European Respiratory Journal  

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Antibody Responses in Seropositive Persons after a Single Dose of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine – New England Journal of Medicine Commentary: Second shot of COVID-19 vaccine may not be necessary in previously infected individuals: study – The Mount Sinai Hospital Related: Studies: Single dose of vaccine acts as ‘booster’ in those with prior COVID-19 infection (studies and […]

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Audio Interview: The Implications of Changes in the Structural Biology of SARS-CoV-2 – New England Journal of Medicine  

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