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Differential Kinetics of Immune Responses Elicited by Covid-19 Vaccines | NEJM - 24 hours

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Correspondence from The New England Journal of Medicine — Differential Kinetics of Immune Responses Elicited by Covid-19...

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Just published @NEJM Neutralizing antibody levels and T cells response out to 8 months for Pfizer, Moderna and J&J vaccines https://t.co/ghAgk3Y4kR Moderna highest antibody response; J&J while lower doesn't fall off and best CD8 T-cell response at 8 months https://t.co/ghAgk3Y4kR - view on twitter

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New York Times

What Does the Aspirin News Mean for Me? - 24 hours

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New recommendations about aspirin, heart health and colon cancer have left many people confused. Here’s what you need to...

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This week brought a major change in recommendations for taking or avoiding low dose aspirin for prevention of heart attacks and strokes. It's confusing, but cleared up by @taraparkerpope @nythealth https://t.co/f29a6ZKT2i - view on twitter

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Science

Heuristics in the delivery room - 24 hours

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Doctors use simplified rules based on prior patient outcomes to guide birth delivery...

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How medicine is practiced You're about to deliver a baby. Does your obstetrician used the evidence base to decide on whether to do a C-section? No. It's largely driven by the last patient https://t.co/Te2U5xVkI1 https://t.co/Te2U5xVkI1 @ScienceMagazine @vini_singh_ https://t.co/Te2U5xVkI1 - view on twitter

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The Lancet

Malaria vaccine approval: a step change for global health - 2 days

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On Oct 6, WHO announced that it will be recommending widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine for children in sub-Saharan Africa and...

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Putting the malaria vaccine in perspective https://t.co/OHOxhD8E0e @TheLancet today's cover https://t.co/OHOxhD8E0e - view on twitter

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PLOS

HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors and COVID-19 mortality in Stockholm, Sweden: A registry-based cohort study - 2 days

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In this cohort study, Rita Bergqvist and colleagues investigate the relationship between statin treatment and COVID-19...

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Assessing the potential beneficial impact of statins on Covid mortality in Sweden https://t.co/3ZARDTcsnZ @PLOSMedicine " a modest negative association" with hazard ratio of 0.88 [95% CI 0.79, 0.97] https://t.co/3ZARDTcsnZ - view on twitter

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medRxiv

Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections in 620,000 U.S. Veterans, February 1, 2021 to August 13, 2021 - 2 days

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National data on COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough infections is inadequate but urgently needed to determine U.S. policy during the emergence of the Delta variant. We...

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New on breakthrough infections in 620,000 Veterans "Vaccine protection declined by mid-August 2021, decreasing from 91.9% in March to 53.9%" https://t.co/xonBb4aEqJ highest reduction with J&J vaccine https://t.co/xonBb4aEqJ - view on twitter

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Nature

China’s COVID vaccines have been crucial — now immunity is waning - 2 days

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Billions of shots of China’s CoronaVac and Sinopharm vaccines have been given globally, but studies have questioned the length of protection they...

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Beyond the mRNAs (Pfizer and Moderna), Astra Zeneca, and J&J, the Chinese vaccines, Sinopharm and Coronavac, are also following suit https://t.co/IC7ARHPjLn @Nature - view on twitter

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medRxiv

Vaccine effectiveness against SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission to household contacts during dominance of Delta variant (B.1.617.2), August‐September 2021, the Netherlands - 2 days

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We estimated vaccine effectiveness against onward transmission by comparing secondary attack rates among household members between vaccinated and unvaccinated index cases, based on source...

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A new study from the Netherlands on Delta transmission to household contacts, w/ or w/o vaccination, adds to the one below. Delta spread is harder to suppress. https://t.co/dJn0hINngH Same group reported 73% VE vs transmission to unvaccinated household contacts for Alpha https://t.co/dJn0hINngH https://t.co/dJn0hINngH - view on twitter

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medRxiv

One-shot immunization with Sputnik Light (the first component of Sputnik V vaccine) is effective against SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant: efficacy data on the use of the vaccine in civil circulation in Moscow - 2 days

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Objectives Vaccination remains the most effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most vaccines use two-dose regimens. In turn, single-dose vaccines also have high potential,...

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I find this hard to believe "Sputnik Light demonstrates higher efficacy against Delta variant than many two-shot vaccines." https://t.co/MRVRECX7YV - view on twitter

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JAMA Network

Administration of Monoclonal Antibody for COVID-19 in Patient Homes - 2 days

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This cohort study examines the outcomes of a program providing monoclonal antibody treatments to COVID-19–positive patients in their...

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A new approach for giving intravenous infusions of monoclonal antibodies for Covid: home delivery https://t.co/ZT9ajvVd3Q - view on twitter

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