- WHO redefines airborne transmission: what does that mean for future pandemics? [News]Nature. 2024 Apr 24 [Online ahead of print]Nat
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- Swedish NGOs are reeling after government cuts. [News]Lancet. 2024 Apr 20; 403(10436):1527.Lct
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- What toilets can reveal about COVID, cancer and other health threats. [News]
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- The Incidence of Pulmonary Embolism in Hospitalized Non-ICU Patients with COVID-19 during the First Wave: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study in the Netherlands. [News]J Vasc Res. 2024 Apr 17 [Online ahead of print]JV
- CONCLUSIONS: In this retrospective multicenter cohort study of 1,852 COVID-19 patients only admitted to the non-ICU wards, the incidence of CTPA-confirmed PE was 2.2% during the first 4 weeks after onset of symptoms and occurred exclusively within 2 weeks after hospital admission.
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- US COVID-origins hearing puts scientific journals in the hot seat. [News]
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- A study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the aetiology of paediatric olfactory dysfunction. [News]ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec. 2024 Apr 15 [Online ahead of print]OJ
- Introduction Although previous studies have examined olfactory dysfunction in children, the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has certainly had an unprecedented effect on their olfaction, which could not be taken into consideration. Aim of this report is to present data on the epidemiology of olfactory dysfunction during the pandemic and compare this dataset with a pre-pandemic set. We hypothesized an…
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- Impact analysis of oral cancer staging during COVID-19. [News]Br Dent J. 2024 Apr; 236(7):542.BD
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- Lessons in persistence. [News]Science. 2024 Apr 12; 384(6692):150-154.Sci
- New Long Covid trials aim to clear lingering virus-and help patients in dire need.
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- The establishing of subject positions in Swedish news media discourses during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. [News]
- The COVID-19 pandemic has dominated the global media since 2020. To a large extent, it is via the news media that the public has learned about the risks, levels of danger, governmental regulations and mandatory actions. This article highlights the subject positions constructed by the Swedish news media from January 2020 to February 2021 in reports about the pandemic. The result shows that citizen…
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- "I Don't Want to Die in Here": Absence and Vulnerability in COVID-19 News Coverage of Prisons. [News]
- This research examines how news constructed vulnerability in the coverage of COVID-19 and populations in prisons and jails. Focused on key moments during the moral panic around the pandemic, the analysis of publications from across the U.S. found substantial reporting earlier in 2020, and a striking absence and ignorance of key developments later into 2021. Six news discourses - journalistic obje…
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- The impact of source and consumption of news on mental distress among inflammatory bowel disease patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. [News]
- CONCLUSIONS: It is unknown if consumption of COVID-19 news led to heightened mental health symptoms or if increasing anxieties and concerns led to consuming more news. Further research is needed to assess whether these elevated mental health symptoms led to worse disease outcomes.
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- Meta-Analysis: "Limited" Benefits to Rapid Viral Tests in EDs. [News]JAMA. 2024 Apr 23; 331(16):1355.JAMA
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- Deaths From Excessive Drinking Rose in the US During Pandemic. [News]JAMA. 2024 Apr 23; 331(16):1355.JAMA
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- mRNA drug offers hope for treating a devastating childhood disease. [News]
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- SARS-CoV-2 : le risque d’infection prolongée varie selon le type d’immunosuppression. [News]Rev Med Suisse. 2024 Apr 03; 20(868):726.RM
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- Long COVID still has no cure - so these patients are turning to research. [News]Nature. 2024 Apr; 628(8006):26-28.Nat
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- Antidepressant Prescriptions for Female Teens Surged After Pandemic. [News]JAMA. 2024 Apr 16; 331(15):1266.JAMA
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- COVID-19 Associated With Higher Risk of Autoimmune Diseases. [News]JAMA. 2024 04 16; 331(15):1266.JAMA
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- Google AI could soon use a person's cough to diagnose disease. [News]
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- 217-mal in über zwei Jahren gegen COVID-19 geimpft! [News]MMW Fortschr Med. 2024 03; 166(5):10.MF
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- COVID's toll on the brain: new clues emerge. [News]
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- Four years on: the career costs for scientists battling long COVID. [News]Nature. 2024 Mar; 627(8004):689-691.Nat
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- Massive public-health experiment sends vaccination rates soaring. [News]
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- Mobile delivery of COVID-19 vaccines improved uptake in rural Sierra Leone. [News]
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- TLRs1-10 Protein Expression in Circulating Human White Blood Cells during Bacterial and COVID-19 Infections. [News]
- CONCLUSIONS: This study provides further insights into the mechanisms of TLR activation in various infectious conditions. Additional analysis is needed to assess their correlation with patient outcome and to evaluate the impact of TLR-pathway modulation during septic shock and severe COVID-19.
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- Use of immunology in news and YouTube videos in the context of COVID-19: politicisation and information bubbles. [News]
- CONCLUSIONS: There is evidence that some immunological concepts are used to provide credibility to specific narratives and ideological views. The existence of information bubbles supports the concept of the "rabbit hole" effect, where interest in unconventional views/media leads to ever more extreme algorithmic recommendations.
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- Impaired Sleep in Patients with Post-COVID-19 Syndrome Compared to Healthy Controls: A Cross-Sectional Trial. [News]
- CONCLUSIONS: Quantifiable subjective limitations of sleep have been revealed by PSG data in this PCS cohort. More than half of PCS patients had signs of sleep apnoea, highlighting the importance of sleep screening in PCS.
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- Save lives in the next pandemic: ensure vaccine equity now. [News]
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- Jeder Dritte entwickelt nach COVID-19 Schlafstörungen. [News]MMW Fortschr Med. 2024 02; 166(3):23.MF
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