This was looked at in a randomised study published 12th February 2021 in the Journal of the American Medical Association’s Network Open. The randomised clinical trial by Thomas and others examined whether high dose zinc and/or high dose vitamin C reduced the...
Wudan Yan, a freelance journalist, elegantly explains this in his New York Magazine Intelligentsia on 17th February 2021. In December 2020, as quickly as excitement grew over the new COVID-19 vaccines that have been approved for use, worry took over....
An interesting comment in The Lancet respiratory medicine by Tony Kirby dated February 19th 2021 discusses this issue. The United Kingdom has been one of the world’s countries hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. As of February 15th 2021, there have...
A fascinating comment by Fontanet and others published in The Lancet February 11th 2021 discusses this issue. COVID-19 pandemic has devastated healthcare systems, shutdown schools and communities, and plunged the world into an economic recession. While...
An interesting preprint by Bradley and others in MedRxiv looked at this issue. Current guidelines recommend that individuals who have had COVID-19 should receive the identical vaccine regime as those who have not had infection. This includes two doses of...
An interesting article published in the Scientific American this month looked at this fascinating concept. Beauty is elusive – it is sought in nature, art and philosophy, but also in design such as our phones and furniture. It is valued beyond...
