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- Persistent circulating SARS-CoV2 spike associated w post-acute Covid-19 sequelae https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciac722/6686531 3 comments
- Intravenous Injection of Coronavirus Disease 2019 https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab707/6353927 3 comments
- Ivermectin for the Treatment of Covid-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab591/6310839 70 comments
- Circulating SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Detected in the Plasma of mRNA Vaccine Recipients https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab465/6279075 3 comments
- COVID19 reinfection by a phylogenetically distinct coronavirus strain confirmed https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1275/5897019 20 comments
- It Is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of Covid-19 https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa939/5867798 2 comments
- Hydroxychloroquine found to be more potent than chloroquine to inhibit SARSCoV2 https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa237/5801998 8 comments
- In a randomized double-blind controlled trial, oral zinc significantly reduced ICU admission rates and shortened symptoms in patients with COVID-19 https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciac807/6795268?login=false 228 comments science
- Real-time whole genome sequencing to guide patient-tailored therapy of SARS-CoV-2 infection https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciac864/6785897 2 comments science
- Frequency and Geographic Distribution of Borrelia miyamotoi, Borrelia burgdorferi, and Babesia microti Infections in New England Residents https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/cid/ciac107/6552230 2 comments science
- Study finds mismatched seasonal influenza vaccine was associated with reduced risk of critical and life-threatening influenza illness in children https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab931/6506316?login=false&searchresult=1 5 comments science
- Epidemiology of Acute Myocarditis/Pericarditis in Hong Kong Adolescents Following Comirnaty Vaccination | Clinical Infectious Diseases https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab989/6445179?redirectedFrom=fulltext 7 comments science
- Longer gaps between mRNA dosing intervals ( a 6 -7 week interval vs Standard <4 weeks ) generate a higher antibody response. This information can inform ongoing international COVID-19 vaccination efforts. https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab938/6446287?login=true 36 comments science
- Epidemiology of Acute Myocarditis/Pericarditis in Hong Kong Adolescents Following Comirnaty Vaccination https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab989/6445179 2 comments science
- New study finds superbug infections in 65+ year-old patients costs the U.S. $1.9 billion and 11,000+ deaths annually https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab696/6374434 6 comments science
- One-year sustained cellular and humoral immunities of COVID-19 convalescents https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab884/6381561#.ywghcytq_hc.twitter 3 comments science
- Intravenous Injection of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) mRNA Vaccine Can Induce Acute Myopericarditis in Mouse Model https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab707/6353927 30 comments science
- New study finds ‘clean’ hospital linens often contaminated with mold; hospital outbreak linked to offsite laundry facility https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab638/6324310?redirectedfrom=fulltext 29 comments science
- Study finds mold on ‘clean’ hospital linens the source of an outbreak; U.S. laundry facility industry standards insufficient https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab638/6324310?redirectedFrom=fulltext 32 comments science
- CDC study finds COVID-19 reinfection rare after first 9 months; illness severity similar to first infection https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab671/6342166 13 comments science
- Mold on ‘clean’ hospital linens causing outbreak of infections; contamination occurring at laundry facilities https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab638/6324310?redirectedFrom=fulltext 21 comments science
- SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine spike protein and S1 antogens found in bloodstream of mRNA-1273 Vaccine Recipients https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab465 88 comments science
- A new analysis of blood samples from 24,000 Americans taken early last year is the latest and largest study to suggest that the new coronavirus popped up in the U.S. in December 2019 — weeks before cases were first recognized by health officials https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab519/6294073?searchresult=1 231 comments science
- Circulating SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Antigen Detected in the Plasma of mRNA-1273 Vaccine Recipients https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab465/6279075 10 comments science
- Re-opening Indiana schools did contribute to spreading COVID-19, but less than researchers expected https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab306/6224418 3 comments science
- Study of more than 570,000 patients of which only 28% were minorities reveals the great racial disparities of COVID-19 infection and death. Half of the positive test results were in minorities, who also represented more than half of those who were hospitalized and those who died https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab154/6145124 3 comments science
- Effectiveness of three versus six feet of physical distancing for controlling spread of COVID-19 among primary and secondary students and staff: A retrospective, state-wide cohort study https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab230/6167856?searchresult=1 6 comments science
- Study suggests public schools may be able to reopen safely for in-person instruction as long as children maintain three feet of distance between them, and with other mitigation measures maintained, such as wearing masks. https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab230/6167856 19 comments science
- Serologic testing of U.S. blood donations to identify SARS-CoV-2-reactive antibodies: December 2019-January 2020 | Clinical Infectious Diseases https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1785/6012472 3 comments science
- A new study detected an immediate and significant reversal in SARS-CoV-2 epidemic suppression after relaxation of social distancing measures across the US. Premature relaxation of social distancing measures undermined the country’s ability to control the disease burden associated with COVID-19. https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1502/5917573 2304 comments science
- SARS-CoV-2 can survive for up to 9 hours on human skin compared to nearly 2 hours for influenza A virus. Both were completely inactivated on human skin within 15 seconds by ethanol. The 9-h survival of SARS-CoV-2 on human skin may increase risk of contact transmission and supports hand hygiene. https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1517/5917611 1077 comments science
- A new study found 98% and 99.4% reductions in RSV and influenza detections respectively in Western Australian children through winter 2020; despite reopening of schools. Border closures have likely been important in limiting introductions from abroad. https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1475/5912591?t=au 4 comments science
- The impact of COVID-19 public health measures on detections of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in children during the 2020 Australian winter https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1475/5912591 3 comments science
- Choir singing has become a major risk during COVID-19 pandemic due to high infection rates. The majority of droplets expelled during singing follow the ambient airflow pattern, pointing toward the possibility of COVID-19 spread by small airborne droplets during singing. (Video in comment) https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1241/5908276 280 comments science
- COVID-19 re-infection by a phylogenetically distinct SARS-coronavirus-2 strain confirmed by whole genome sequencing https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1275/5897019 10 comments science
- COVID-19 re-infection by a phylogenetically distinct SARS-coronavirus-2 strain confirmed by whole genome sequencing https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1275/5897019 9 comments worldnews
- COVID-19 patients in earlier stages exhaled millions of SARS-CoV-2 per hour - Exhaled breath samples had the highest positive rate (26.9%), followed by surface swabs (5.4%), and air samples (3.8%). (Clinical Infectious Diseases, 28 August 2020) https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1283/5898624 9 comments science
- COVID-19 has a high transmission risk among train passengers, but this risk shows significant differences with co-travel time and seat location. Travellers adjacent to the index patient had the highest attack rate of 3.5%. The attack rate increased on average by 0.15% per hour of co-travel. https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1057/5877944 4 comments science
- Delays in declaring a state emergency or delay in closing schools were associated with more deaths, with each day of delay increasing mortality risk by 5 to 6%, finds a new study based on 50 US states published in Clinical Infectious Diseases (8 July 2020). https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa923/5868545 491 comments science
- There will be no in-person K-12 schooling this fall unless a universal, nationwide mask mandate is imposed https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa939/5867798 32 comments moderatepolitics
- Maternal obesity linked to increased risk of early-onset neonatal sepsis. One extra BMI unit, which is equivalent to about six pounds for a woman of average height and weight in this population, would translate into an 8% increase in risk of sepsis for the baby (Jun 2020, n=1,971,346) https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa783/5858935 3 comments science
- Predicting infectious SARS-CoV-2 from diagnostic samples: People with COVID-19 are unlikely to spread the new coronavirus if more than eight days have passed since their symptoms began, according to experiments in monkey cells. https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa638/5842165 3 comments science
- SARS-CoV-2 is not detectable in the vaginal fluid of women with severe COVID-19 infection | Clinical Infectious Diseases https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa375/32992174/ciaa375.pdf 31 comments science
- Chloroquine is a promising drug for the treatment of COVID 19; but whose toxicity is problematic. This in-vitro study shows that Hydroxychloroquine, a less toxic alternative, operates the same way biochemically, is 7.59x more potent, and achieves useful concentrations at a reduced dosing regimen. https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa237/5801998 309 comments science
- Foodborne Botulism Outbreak Associated With Commercial Nacho Cheese Sauce From a Gas Station Market https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/cid/ciz479/5524350?redirectedfrom=fulltext 8 comments science
- Study finds that more than 20% of MRSA isolates collected from seven hospitals in Brooklyn were resistant to delafloxacin. https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/cid/ciz787/5550172 6 comments science
- Study finds drug resistant infections were linked to unsterile procedures using Bayer medical device and advises infections may be more common than previously recognized https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/cid/ciz666/5532797?redirectedfrom=fulltext 90 comments science
- Study finds that Norovirus, a cause of gastroenteritis, can spread through the airborne route after vomiting https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/cid/ciz584/5525424?redirectedfrom=fulltext 8 comments science
- Incidence of Shingles is increasing ~6% every year, but it is not related to childhood Varicella vaccination, study shows https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciz305/5477436 10 comments science
- Many linens delivered to US hospitals contaminated with mold https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciy669/5123975 5 comments science
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- Study: COVID-19 Reached U.S. Earlier Than Health Officials Previously Thought : Coronavirus Updates : NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/12/01/940395651/coronavirus-was-in-u-s-weeks-earlier-than-previously-known-study-says 4495 comments
- Visualizing droplet dispersal for face shields and masks with exhalation valves: Physics of Fluids: Vol 32, No 9 https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0022968 3023 comments
- Safety and immunogenicity of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2: a preliminary report of a phase 1/2, single-blind, randomised controlled trial - The Lancet https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/piis0140-6736(20)31604-4/fulltext 2846 comments
- mRNA vaccine-induced antibodies more effective than natural immunity in neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 and its high affinity variants | Scientific Reports https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-06629-2 1849 comments
- Modeling COVID-19 Mortality Across 44 Countries: Face Covering May Reduce Deaths - American Journal of Preventive Medicine https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(21)00557-2/fulltext 1685 comments
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- The coronavirus may be evolving to be more airborne, new studies hint | Science News https://www.sciencenews.org/article/covid-coronavirus-aerosol-droplets-airborne-evolution 1429 comments
- Clinical characteristics with inflammation profiling of long COVID and association with 1-year recovery following hospitalisation in the UK: a prospective observational study - The Lancet Respiratory Medicine https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(22)00127-8/fulltext 976 comments
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- Ivermectin: New study didn't, in fact, find it was effective against omicron - CNET https://www.cnet.com/health/medical/ivermectin-new-study-did-not-in-fact-find-it-was-effective-against-omicron 811 comments
- UCHealth says it will deny transplants to almost all patients unvaccinated against the coronavirus - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/10/05/uchealth-transplant-unvaccinated/ 704 comments
- Clinical and Chest Radiography Features Determine Patient Outcomes in Young and Middle-aged Adults with COVID-19 | Radiology https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/radiol.2020201754 622 comments
- Coronavirus epidemic was spreading in US last Christmas, long before it was identified in China, new study finds – The Hill https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/medical-advances/528123-coronavirus-epidemic-was-spreading-in-us-last 354 comments
- The COVID-19 Booster: Australia experiences surge in cases as new wave begins https://cosmosmagazine.com/news/australias-new-wave-begins/ 342 comments
- Carditis After COVID-19 Vaccination With a Messenger RNA Vaccine and an Inactivated Virus Vaccine: A Case–Control Study: Annals of Internal Medicine: Vol 175, No 3 https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-3700 297 comments
- I was deceived about COVID vaccine safety - by Joomi https://joomi.substack.com/p/i-was-deceived-about-covid-vaccine 290 comments
- Why Aren't We Talking More About Ventilation? - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/why-arent-we-talking-more-about-airborne-transmission/614737/ 283 comments
- Life | Free Full-Text | Therapeutic Effects of Cannabinoids and Their Applications in COVID-19 Treatment https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/12/12/2117 272 comments
- Obesity and Mortality Among Patients Diagnosed With COVID-19: Results From an Integrated Health Care Organization | Annals of Internal Medicine https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/m20-3742 268 comments
- Prior Covid-19 Infection Offered Better Protection Than Vaccination During Delta Wave - WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/prior-covid-19-infection-offered-better-protection-than-vaccination-during-delta-wave-11642619009?mod=mhp 267 comments