Exhaled aerosol increases with COVID-19 infection, age, and obesity – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Commentary: Older, heavier adults possible ‘superspreaders’ of COVID-19, study finds – UPI AND Researchers unravel what makes someone a COVID-19 super-spreader – Tulane University
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Take whatever COVID vaccine you can get. All of them stop death and hospitalization – USA Today “All seven COVID-19 vaccines that have completed large efficacy trials — Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, Novavax, AstraZeneca, Sputnik V and Sinovac — appear to be 100% effective for serious complications. Not one vaccinated person has gotten sick enough to require hospitalization. Not […]
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Early initiation of prophylactic anticoagulation for prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 mortality in patients admitted to hospital in the United States: cohort study – The BMJ Commentaries: Preventive blood thinning drugs could reduce COVID hospital deaths – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine AND Preventive blood thinning drugs linked to reduced risk of death […]
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Effect of High-Dose Zinc and Ascorbic Acid Supplementation vs Usual Care on Symptom Length and Reduction Among Ambulatory Patients With SARS-CoV-2 Infection: The COVID A to Z Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Network Open Commentaries: Vitamin C, zinc don’t lessen Covid-19 symptoms, study finds – CNN AND Supplements for the Treatment of Mild COVID-19—Challenging Health […]
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E-Cigarette Use and Adult Cigarette Smoking Cessation: A Meta-Analysis – American Journal of Public Health Invited Commentaries: E-Cigarettes: A Public Health Threat, Not a Population Health Intervention – American Journal of Public Health AND Reporting Certainty of Evidence on E-Cigarette Use for Adult Smoking Cessation – American Journal of Public Health AND Is Good Enough […]
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Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra and Xpert MTB/RIF assays for extrapulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults – Cochrane Library Summary: How accurate are tests (Xpert Ultra and Xpert MTB/RIF) for diagnosing tuberculosis outside the lungs (extrapulmonary tuberculosis) and rifampicin resistance? – Cochrane Library Commentary on Twitter How accurate are tests for diagnosing #tuberculosis #TB outside […]
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Delayed Antibiotic Prescription for Children With Respiratory Infections: A Randomized Trial – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text) Commentary: Data support delayed antibiotics in kids with respiratory infections – CIDRAP
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A Visual Guide to the New Coronavirus Variants – Scientific American
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Tocilizumab in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): preliminary results of a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial – medRxiv News release: Tocilizumab reduces deaths in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 – University of Oxford Commentary: Tocilizumab cuts death rate in severe COVID-19, study finds – CIDRAP Commentary on Twitter ?RECOVERY pre-print: Tocilizumab– reduces mortality […]
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