Latest healthcare news
Do Patients Who Are Vaccinated Have Similar Viral Loads in The Community with a Higher Prevalence of SARS-Cov-2 Delta Variant as Those Who Are Unvaccinated?
A preprint posted in the medRxiv July 31st 2019 looks at this issue. Riemersma and others suggest that the SARS-CoV-2 variant known as the Delta is associated with a higher viral load and increased transmissibility relative to other variants, as well as...
What Are We to Expect with the Impending Influenza Season?
A new report published by the Academy of Medical Sciences in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine on August 6th 2021 has warned that the UK could face exceptionally large outbreaks of a respiratory syncytial virus and influenza during the autumn and winter in 2021 and...
Blepharitis- Daily Express
Blepharitis Daily Express August 2021 Dr Stuart Sanders, GP at The London General Practice, provides information and insight into Blepharitis which can be a primary cause of red, swollen and itchy eyelids. Find out about treatment options, how to relieve symptoms and...
Can You Still Transmit the Virus If You Have Been Vaccinated?
An interesting preprint by Petra and others in medRxiv looks at the evidence for lower viral load of individuals who have been vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine. One of the key questions regarding COVID-19 vaccines is whether they reduce viral...
Should We Still Be Wearing Facemasks?
An interesting preprint in medRxiv published by Melo and others posted on June 27th 2021 shows the effectiveness of facemasks in blocking the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. In 2019, SARS-CoV-2 transmitted via the airborne route caused the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
COVID-19 Infection Cause a Cognitive Deficit
An interesting article published by Hampshire and others in the EClinical Medicine on July 22nd 2021 explores this issue. There is growing concern about possible cognitive consequences of COVID-19, with reports of long COVID symptoms persisting into the chronic phase...
Why do Variants like the SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant Become Dominant?
An interesting article by Sarah Reardon in the Scientific American answers this question. If researchers were predicting which coronavirus variant would take over the world, the Delta variant would not have been their first guess. However, since its first...
Is the Cure Worse than the disease? Have the Health Impacts of Lockdown during the COVID-19 Pandemic been Worse than the Actual Effects of COVID-19?
An interesting commentary in the BMJ global health by Meyerowitz-Katz and others looks at this issue. During the pandemic, there has been ongoing and contentious debate around the impact of restrictive government measures to contain SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks,...
Long COVID; Does it Occur in Children and adolescents?
An interesting research letter in the Journal of the American Medical Association by Radtke and others on July 15th 2021 explored this issue. Children can experience SARS-CoV-2 post-viral syndromes, but it is unclear to what extent these individuals are...
How Many Orphans Have Resulted From the COVID-19 Pandemic?
An interesting article published in The Lancet July 20th 2021 by Susan Hillis and others summarises this. The COVID-19 pandemic priorities have focused on prevention, detection and response. Beyond morbidity and mortality, pandemics carry secondary...
