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New study finds facemask ventilation of patients for surgery does not increase the risk of spread of COVID-19

  Study that included introducing deliberate mask ‘leak’ shows this procedure is low risk and should not be used as a reason to delay or slow down surgery    New research published in Anaesthesia [1] says that the use of facemask ventilation during routine surgery should not be classed as an aerosol-generating procedure and does not increase […]

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COVID variants: We spoke to the experts designing a single vaccine to defeat them all

        By Lara Marks – Visiting Research Fellow, History of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cambridge and Ankur Mutreja – Group Leader, Global Health (Infectious Diseases), University of Cambridge ————————————– SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, has turned the world upside down. Experts have predicted that it will claim the lives of between […]

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How will Delta evolve? Here’s what the theory tells us

  By Hamish McCallum Director, Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University   The COVID-19 pandemic is a dramatic demonstration of evolution in action. Evolutionary theory explains much of what has already happened, predicts what will happen in the future and suggests which management strategies are likely to be the most effective. For […]

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Fenofibrate dramatically shortens treatment time for severe Covid-19 patients – new clinical trials show

  A team at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) is reporting “astounding” results from a trial to check the efficacy of the lipid-lowering drug TriCor (fenofibrate) as a treatment for patients with severe Covid-19. In earlier research, the team at HU, lead by Professor Yaakov Nahmias, reported that the new coronavirus causes abnormal accumulation […]

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Researchers start new investigation into Long Covid core outcome set

    The World Health Organization (WHO) recently called on countries to prioritise recognition, rehabilitation and research for the consequences of Covid-19, and the collection of standardised data on Long Covid. They proposed the term “Post Covid-19 Condition” should be used for people living with Long Covid. A significant portion of people diagnosed with Covid-19 […]

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Study finds no Covid-19 mRNA vaccine in breast milk

A small study has found that no Covid-19 mRNA vaccine is present in human breastmilk following vaccination. The study by University of California San Francisco researchers provides early evidence that the vaccine mRNA is not transferred to the infant via breastmilk. The study analysed the breastmilk of seven women after they received the Pfizer and […]

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Researchers identify why Covid-19 patients develop life-threatening blood clots

  Scientists have identified how and why some Covid-19 patients can develop life-threatening blood clots, which could lead to targeted therapies that prevent this from happening. The work, led by researchers from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, is published in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. Previous research has established that blood clotting is […]

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Study presented at EHA21 looks at Pfizer/BioNTech SARS-COV-2 vaccine impairment in immunosuppressed patients

The European Hematology Association held their virtual congress from 9-17 June – it remains online until 15 August here. Many studies were presented, key among them was one titled: Humoral Response to the Pfizer/BioNTech BNT162b2 Vaccine Is Impaired in Patients Receiving CAR-T or High-Intensity Immunosuppressive Therapy. In the study the researchers evaluated the efficacy and […]