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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...
Does Previous Infection With COVID-19 Help to Prevent Reinfection?
A paper published by Krutikov and others in The Lancet June 2021 aimed to investigate the association between SARS-CoV-2 antibody status and subsequent infections within a population in a long term care facility. They undertook a prospective cohort study...
Alzheimer’s and SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 infection; links with brain microvascular injury and neuro inflammation in dementia like cognitive impairment
An interesting paper published in Alzheimer’s research and therapy 9th June 2021 reviewed this issue. The authors, Zhou and others suggest that dementia like cognitive impairment is an increasingly reported complication of SARS-CoV-2 infection. ...
Current Update on COVID-19 in the UK
Professor Justin Stebbing in his daily articles on COVID helps to analyse this issue. He tells us that the WHO has warned that the Delta variant of COVID first identified in India is poised to take hold across Europe, adding that it is no time to cut down on the...
Do Household Pets Catch COVID?
A study published by Hamer and others published 19th May 2021 researched this issue. They argue that understanding the ecological and epidemiological role of pets in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is critical for animal and human health and helps to...
What Symptoms Persist After COVID-19 Infection?
A German study which looked at 442 individuals with COVID-19 who had mostly mild symptoms followed these patients up four months post infection had. This was published in The Lancet Regional Health by Augustine and others in July 2021. The most...
