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Mental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic
An interesting research letter published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network by Pieh and others researched this issue. The authors assessed mental health in high school students aged 14-20 years after one semester of attending school remotely...
Do Schoolchildren Transmit SARS-CoV-2 Infection?
An interesting article published in Paediatrics 2021 April by Zimmerman and others investigated this issue. In an effort to mitigate the spread of SARS-CoV-2 infection, North Carolina closed the Kindergarten schools through grade 12 to in person instruction on...
The Delta Variant
An interesting unedited manuscript published in Nature on 8th July by Planas and others researched this issue. The Delta variant was identified in October 2020 in India. It has since then become dominant in some Indian regions and the United Kingdom and...
What have we learnt from the two SARS-CoV-2 waves in South Africa?
An interesting comment published online in The Lancet Global Health July 9th considers this issue. As of July 2021, at least four variants of concern are circulating globally in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic that has resulted in nearly 180 million documented viral...
AVOIDING HEATSTROKE
Avoiding the Dangers of Heatstroke Independent July 2021 Dr Angela Rai, GP at The London General Practice features in the Independent online about the dangers of heatstroke, the symptoms and what to do if you are suffering. View Independent article here View MSN...
Azithromycin, can its Benefit be Ruled Out in Mild COVID-19 disease?
An interesting comment in The Lancet published online July 9th. The health emergency triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the massive use of pharmacological treatments whose efficacy has not been sufficiently evidenced. Gradually, thanks to the results of...
Does Immunisation with the mRNA based COVID-19 Vaccines such as Pfizer and Moderna cause an Inflammation of the Heart Muscle known as myocarditis?
An interesting editorial published in the Journal of American Medical Association cardiology June 29th discusses this issue. Two reports in the current issue the Journal of American Medical Association cardiology, described cases of acute myocarditis that...
Malaria, are we any Nearer to Getting a Vaccine?
Professor Justin Stebbing in his weekly science update comments on an article in Nature whereby an experimental malaria vaccine that contains live parasites protected all recipients in a small clinical trial. Participants in the study were given a vaccine...
COVID vaccines. Can we mix them?
An interesting study in The Lancet published 25th June 2021 by Liu and others confirmed that people who had been vaccinated with the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine initially and then with the Pfizer based vaccine following had a nine times more antibody response than...
arm swelling after the COVID vaccine
Arm Swelling and the Covid Vaccine Cosmopolitan, July 2021 Dr Stuart Sanders of The London General Practice speaks with Cosmopolitan about the Covid Vaccine, arm swelling, allergic reactions and what to do if these side effects are severe or long lasting. View...
