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THE LANCET - Tocilizumab among patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit: a multicentre observational study

The LancetTocilizumab, a monoclonal antibody directed against the interleukin-6 receptor, has been proposed to mitigate the cytokine storm syndrome associated with severe COVID-19. We aimed to investigate the association between tocilizumab...

BMJ - Management of post-acute covid-19 in primary care

British Medical JournalPost-acute covid-19 (“long covid”) seems to be a multisystem disease, sometimes occurring after a relatively mild acute illness. Clinical management requires a whole-patient perspective. This article, intended for...

Quick and affordable saliva-based COVID-19 test developed by Yale scientists receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization

Yale NewsA saliva-based laboratory diagnostic test developed by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health to determine whether someone is infected with the novel coronavirus has been granted an emergency use authorization by the U.S. Food...

WHO - Emergency Global Supply Chain System (COVID-19) catalogue

World Health OrganizationThe following catalogue lists all medical devices, including personal protective equipment, medical equipment, medical consumables, single use devices, laboratory and test-related devices that may be requested through the...

ECDC - Objectives for COVID-19 testing in school settings

European Centre for Disease Prevention and ControlThe aim of this document is to provide an overview of major aspects of testing, contact tracing, contact identification and contact follow-up in school settings within the EU/EEA countries and the...

WHO - Status of environmental surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 virus

World Health OrganizationEnvironmental surveillance by testing of wastewater for evidence of pathogens has a long history of use in public health, particularly for poliovirus1 and more recently antimicrobial resistance (AMR).2 In the context of...

ECDC - COVID-19 in children and the role of school settings in COVID-19 transmission

European Centre for Disease Prevention and ControlA small proportion (<5%) of overall COVID-19 cases reported in the EU/EEA and the UK are among children (those aged 18 years and under). When diagnosed with COVID-19, children are much less...

WHO - Estimating mortality from COVID-19

World Health OrganizationFor COVID-19, as for many infectious diseases, the true level of transmission is frequently underestimated because a substantial proportion of people with the infection are undetected either because they are asymptomatic...

IJE - Comparisons between countries are essential for the control of COVID-19

International Journal of EpidemiologyOn 6 May 2020, the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson quoted statistician David Spiegelhalter, arguing that it was not appropriate to compare the COVID-19 death rate in the UK with other countries.

JAMA - Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Levels in Patients With Mild to Moderate Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

JAMA NetworkChildren are susceptible to infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) but generally present with mild symptoms compared with adults. Children drive spread of respiratory and gastrointestinal...

JAMA - Association Between Statewide School Closure and COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality in the US

JAMA NETWORK

Was statewide school closure associated with decreased incidence and mortality for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)?

ONS - Comparisons of all-cause mortality between European countries and regions: January to June 2020

Office for National Statistics - UK
Analysis of all-cause mortality patterns of selected European countries and regions, week ending 3 January (Week 1) to week ending 12 June (Week 24) 2020.

NEJM - Evaluation of the mRNA-1273 Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 in Nonhuman Primates

The New England Journal of MedicineVaccines to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) are urgently needed. The effect of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines on viral replication in both upper and lower...

MDPI - The Role of Health Preconditions on COVID-19 Deaths in Portugal: Evidence from Surveillance Data of the First 20293 Infection Cases

Journal of Clinical MedicineIt is essential to study the effect of potential co-factors on the risk of death in patients infected by COVID-19. The identification of risk factors is important to allow more efficient public health and health...

Medrxiv - Symptom clusters in Covid19: A potential clinical prediction tool from the COVID Symptom study app

MedrxivAs no one symptom can predict disease severity or the need for dedicated medical support in COVID-19, we asked if documenting symptom time series over the first few days informs outcome. Unsupervised time series clustering over symptom...