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. ...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
