Original research by Steven Wilson and Charles Wiysonge published in the BMJ Global Health looked at this intriguing question. They considered the threat posed by anti-vaccination efforts on social media to be critically important with the forthcoming need for...
An interesting study published in the International Journal of Periodontics and Restorative Dentistry looked at the incidence of COVID-19 virus transmission in three dental offices as a six month retrospective study in America. SARS-CoV-2 has shown the ability to...
An interesting preprint in Medrxiv published September 2020 by Bell and others looked into this. The availability of a COVID-19 vaccine has been heralded as key to controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 vaccination programme’s success will rely on public...
An interesting comment in The Lancet Global Health published 5 November 2020 looked at this question. Dehingia and Raj suggested that global data indicates a higher COVID-19 case fatality rate amongst men over women. Most countries with available data...
An interesting article published by Chen and others looked at the epidemiological and clinical findings of short term recurrence of SARS-CoV-2 by PCR positivity in 1282 discharged cases. They found that of 1282 discharged patients, 189, that is 14.74%, tested...
Professor Justin Stebbing looks at this issue in his daily update report and discusses the fact that COVID-19 was detected in nearly 200 mink farms in Denmark. The strain which the minks had showed decreased sensitivity to COVID-19 antibodies. He...
