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Is Race Associated with Covid-19 Testing and Hospital Outcomes Within Children in England?
Saatci and others in the Journal of the American Medical Association Paediatric tried to research this problem published online June 21st 2021. They found in a cohort study of 2576353 children aged 0-18 years of age in England with COVID-19 disease, children who...
Understanding the T-Cell Response to SARS-CoV-2 Infection
The T-cell response has not as yet been measured commercially in those previously infected or those vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 infection. Lowe and others in their article published in Science, 18th June 2021, suggest that a better understanding of the...
Long COVID, What Is It and How Do We Treat It?
Long COVID, What Is It and How Do We Treat It?An interesting comment published by Burke and Del Rio in The Lancet Infectious Diseases June 18, 2020 discusses this issue. Long COVID or post-acute SARS-CoV-2 infection is being seen in a growing number of patients...
Does Having Had Previous Infection Produce a Better Response to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines?
An interesting preprint in bio RXIV by Forgacs and others in May reviewed this subject. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the authorisation of vaccines for emergency use has been crucial in slowing down the rate of infection and transmission of the SARS-CoV-2...
The Association of Vaccination with a Positive PCR Test Results from Airline Passengers Arriving in Qatar
An interesting research article published by Bertollini and others in the Journal of the American Medical Association dated June 9, 2021 provides the answers to this. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has severely affected international travel. Qatar...
What is the Next Stage for COVID Vaccines?
An interesting article in the Scientific American published in July this year suggests that now scientists have learned how to create artificial proteins, this leads to the development of new COVID vaccines which could revolutionise biology. Lexi Walls, a researcher...
Can the Lateral Flow Rapid Antigen Test Help to Control the Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Infection?
An interesting comment in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine by Fearon and others published on June 14, 2021 discusses this issue. Lateral flow device rapid tests for SARS-CoV-2 antigens are used for asymptomatic testing in various settings. However, there is pressure...
Is YouTube a helpful source of public health information regarding COVID-19 vaccine?
An assessment of reliability and quality of video content was researched by Calvin Chan and others in a paper submitted for publication on June 3rd in the JMIR public health and surveillance journals. They tried to evaluate the reliability and quality of information...
How are we going to persuade the anti-vaxxers or those who are hesitant to have COVID-19 vaccine and improve vaccination uncertainty in at risk groups?
A comment in The Lancet Rheumatology by Bateman and others published June 2021 suggests that specialist advice is required to improve the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines. They particularly looked at patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases. ...
Should We Vaccinate Children Against SARS-CoV-2?
This is a very current issue and was discussed in an editorial in The Lancet dated June 10th, 2021. The phase 3 trial for the Pfizer vaccine showed that it was efficacious, immunogenic and safe in children aged 12-15 years. This data led to various...
