Infectologia

Podcast | Neutropenia febril.

1 Out, 2021 | 18:20h

#288 LIVE! Neutropenic Fever featuring Dr. Susan Seo – The Curbsiders

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Malária resistente a medicamentos está ganhando força na África – “A análise de amostras de sangue de pacientes sugere que a eficácia da artemisinina está diminuindo aos poucos.”

1 Out, 2021 | 18:16h

Drug-resistant malaria is gaining a foothold in Africa – Science

 

Comentário no Twitter

Drug-evading parasites appeared in Southeast Asia in the early 2000s, eventually leading to failures of key therapies.

But the stakes are higher for Africa, home to 94% of both malaria cases and deaths worldwide in 2019. https://t.co/ILamXKP3yh

— Global Health NOW (@ghn_news) September 27, 2021

 

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Diretriz OMS atualizada | Terapias e COVID-19.

27 Set, 2021 | 13:31h

Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline – World Health Organization

Diretriz OMS: On new recommendation for treatment of COVID-19 patients: WHO calls for equitable access to casirivimab and imdevimab for COVID-19

Ver também:

WHO recommends antibody treatment for COVID patients at high risk of hospital admission.

Antibody and cellular therapies for treatment of covid-19: a living systematic review and network meta-analysis – The BMJ

Comentário: WHO adds new recommendation for COVID-19 monoclonal antibody combo – CIDRAP

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[Preprint] Mais dados mostram que intervalos maiores entre as doses de vacina aumentam a resposta imunológica da vacina da Pfizer-BioNTech contra a COVID-19.

27 Set, 2021 | 13:29h

Strong humoral immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 Spike after BNT162b2 mRNA vaccination with a sixteen-week interval between doses – medRxiv

Comentário: Researchers encourage longer dosing intervals for Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine – News Medical

Conteúdos relacionados:

[Preprint] Covid-19: Longer interval between Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine doses boosts immunity.

[Preprint] Delaying second Pfizer vaccine dose to 12 weeks increases specific antibody response 3.5-fold in people over 80 years of age.

Study Commentary | Single-dose Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine followed by a 12-week booster

3-month interval between first and second dose of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine results in higher vaccine efficacy than 6-week interval

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Gratidão às vacinas de mRNA.

27 Set, 2021 | 13:28h

In Gratitude for mRNA Vaccines – New England Journal of Medicine

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Perspectiva gráfica | Guerra das máscaras.

27 Set, 2021 | 13:27h

Mask Wars – New England Journal of Medicine

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Relatório do CDC | Escolas que não exigiram o uso de máscaras ficaram mais propensas a vivenciar surtos de Covid-19.

27 Set, 2021 | 13:26h

Association Between K–12 School Mask Policies and School-Associated COVID-19 Outbreaks — Maricopa and Pima Counties, Arizona, July–August 2021 – CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Comentário: Schools Without Mask Requirements More Likely to See COVID-19 Outbreaks – U.S. News

 

Comentário no Twitter

New @CDCMMWR finds schools in two Arizona counties w/o a mask requirement were 3.5 times more likely to have a #COVID19 outbreak than schools requiring masks from the start of the school year. CDC recommends universal masking for all K–12 schools. More: https://t.co/suuuLNItxJ. pic.twitter.com/zYYqXoLH3j

— CDC (@CDCgov) September 24, 2021

 

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Estudos fraudulentos sobre ivermectina abrem um novo campo de batalha entre ciência e desinformação.

27 Set, 2021 | 13:25h

Fraudulent ivermectin studies open up new battleground between science and misinformation – The Guardian

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Opinião | Mistura inadequada de pensamento clínico e sistêmico: vacinas em jovens.

27 Set, 2021 | 13:22h

Inappropriate Mixing Clinical and Systemic Thinking: Vaccines in the Young – Medium

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Vacinas contra Covid-19 – Bilhões prometidas, milhões entregues.

27 Set, 2021 | 13:21h

Billions Committed, Millions Delivered – Think Global Health

 

Comentário no Twitter

We've combed government websites, official statements, COVAX, and media reports, and have identified 61 countries that have donated 361 million COVID vaccine doses to 148 nations.

Dive into our interactive maps/analysis via @samckiernan and @serena_tohmehttps://t.co/rkrYgvmzBw

— Think Global Health (@ThinkGlobalHlth) September 24, 2021

 

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