The new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in UK causing a surge of COVID-19. An interesting article published January 4 in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Journal by Tony Kirby looked at the effects of lockdowns and the new variant. For most of November 2020...
An editorial in The Lancet dated December 12 looks at this important issue. Multiorgan symptoms after COVID-19 are being reported by an increasing number of patients. These range from cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, headache, palpitations, chest pain, joint...
An interesting article published in emerging infectious diseases volume 27, number 1, January 2021 by Galle and others investigated this issue. They investigated SARS-CoV-2 specific antibodies and T-cell responses against SARS-CoV-2 in 11 SARS-CoV-2 serodiscordant...
An interesting preprint by Cirulli and Others in medRxiv looks at this important issue. It has become increasingly apparent that a subset of infected individuals develop long term complications following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Doctors continue to report their...
An editorial in The Lancet dated December 4, 2020 looks at this important issue. There are now several COVID-19 vaccine candidates that seem to be at least 90% efficacious. This was clearly received with much enthusiasm and unquestionable relief. There is a challenge...
A recent article published in the British Medical Journal dated 7 October 2020 looked at this issue. Rapid diagnostic tests are integral to the government’s Moonshot plan to carry out up to 10 million COVID-19 tests a day by early 2021. Jacqui Wise published her...