A year into pandemic, with no cure in sight, ICU doctors take COVID-19 one day at a time
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MPR News - In a year marked by tragedy and heartbreak, health care providers have been able to study COVID-19 in real time and figure out ways...
New York Times - The vaccine yields fewer antibodies against the variant discovered in South Africa, and so the company plans to test an alternate...
The good news today on variants and vaccines: A report by @moderna_tx that B.1.1.7 has no effect and while the 501Y.V2 variant reduces neutralizing antibody response, not expected to interfere with vaccine effiacy https://t.co/pLljeyCSvt by @nytDeniseGrady
WHO recommends follow-up care, low-dose anticoagulants for COVID-19 patients
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World Health Organization - WHO recommends that patients who have COVID-19 – both confirmed and suspected – should have access to follow-up care if they have persistent, new...
🆕 – WHO updates its guidelines for #COVID19 care. WHO recommends that patients who have had COVID-19 - both confirmed and suspected - should have access to follow-up care if they have persistent, new or changing symptoms https://t.co/NAZq8dv6r3
Israel sees 60% drop in hospitalizations for age 60-plus 3 weeks after 1st shot
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www.timesofisrael.com - Full effects of Pfizer’s shots only kick in around a month after inoculation, but data from Israel shows there is a stark drop in...
Israel is writing the book on how to beat B.1.1.7, its dominant strain @OurWorldInData cases and hospitalization turnaround after a major surge https://t.co/jg4z8EObWL https://t.co/jg4z8EObWL
STAT - While full data have not been released, infections in volunteers who received the antibody also appeared to be less...
RT @matthewherper: Regeneron says monoclonal antibodies prevent Covid-19 in study https://t.co/D3jHqXEcXh
Periscope - #EB148 closing with...
RT @WHO: #EB148 closing with @DrTedros https://t.co/WRSo1ARUeH
#EB148 closing with @DrTedros https://t.co/WRSo1ARUeH
New York Times - After the surprise discovery of an extra dose in every vial, Pfizer executives successfully lobbied the F.D.A. to change the vaccine’s formal authorization language....
Pfizer's move is indefensible. Yes, squeeze every dose we can. But cutting deliveries from 40M to 33M vials for the same price cannot be justified. Especially when many places lack the special "low dead space" syringes needed to get the "extra" dose. https://t.co/ibqdao3ElC
BBC News - Laboratory tests suggest antibodies can recognise and fight the UK and South Africa...
Moderna vaccine appears to work against variants https://t.co/GwibfxfCMM
medRxiv - Mask wearing has been advocated by public health officials as a way to reduce the spread of COVID-19. In the United States, policies on...
Still on the fence about face mask mandates? Don't worry, we've got you covered (pun intended!). In a new pre-print, @EpiCOVIDCorps students led by Dr @MarthaWerler find that states with mask mandates *subsequently* have lower COVID cases: https://t.co/Yvs9hP3itA
Bloomberg - Joe Biden’s top advisers lowered expectations for widespread U.S. access to a coronavirus vaccine within weeks, after he predicted that any American who wanted...
It's possible to vaccinate 75M people by April 1st. A stretch but doable. With 50M people over age 65, that'll let us vaccinate a lot of the most intense and important demand and then vaccines could become more generally accessible this spring. It's doable https://t.co/aTOY7E8mdF
In this @catrichert @MPRnews piece I'm quoted about multiple aspects of how critical care of #COVID19 patients has improved throughout the pandemic https://t.co/NdE2sXWhOf