An interesting paper reviewed this issue. They found that vaccinated individuals who had become infected with SARS-CoV-2 had a lower rate of secondary household transmission compared to unvaccinated index individuals. Over 550,000 residential...
A Day in the life of Dr Paul EttlingerPrognosis – APRIL 2021 Dr Paul Ettlinger speaks to Prognosis about what a typical day entails at the Harley Street Practice, the barriers faced by Coronavirus, Private Covid-19 testing and more. Read the full article on page...
An interesting article published by Kondratiuk and others in The Lancet Infectious Diseases April 22nd 2021 explores this issue. They argue that with more than 122 million cases of COVID-19 reported globally and with a growing second pandemic wave...
An interesting study published in the New England Journal of Medicine by Shimabukuro and others dated April 21st 2021 researches this issue. They argue that many pregnant women in the United States had received the mRNA vaccines such as the Pfizer or...
Last week, United States Health Agencies recommended a pause on the use of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine because of several extremely rare reports of blood clots. Only six people have this condition out of 7 million, so the risk of a clot occurring is...
A study by Geraldes published in The Lancet April 22nd 2021 looks at the fact that there is a higher fatality rate from COVID-19 in patients with cancer in the United Kingdom than in Europe. The study echoed concerns expressed by oncologists early in the...