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Reação de especialistas a um estudo em preprint observando o impacto de lockdowns, conforme publicado no site da John Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.

4 Fev, 2022 | 17:35h

Expert reaction to a preprint looking at the impact of lockdowns, as posted on the John Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences website – Science Media Centre

Artigo original: a Literature Review And Meta-Analysis Of The Effects Of Lockdowns On Covid-19 Mortality – John Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

Conteúdos relacionados:

M-A: Effectiveness of public health measures in reducing the incidence of covid-19, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and covid-19 mortality.

Is the cure really worse than the disease? The health impacts of lockdowns during COVID-19 – “While there are certainly costs to be expected from intervening against COVID-19—every decision has a cost, after all—the counterfactual of an unmitigated epidemic makes these restrictions far less damaging than some have suggested”.

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Especialistas questionam uma proposta incomum para autorizar vacinação contra Covid em crianças menores de 5 anos.

4 Fev, 2022 | 17:30h

Experts question unusual authorization plan for Covid vaccine for kids under 5 – STAT

Conteúdos relacionados:

Pfizer and BioNTech seeking emergency use authorization from FDA for Covid-19 vaccine for children younger than 5 – CNN

Pfizer asks FDA to allow COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5 – Associated Press

Pfizer Asks FDA to Approve Its Vaccine for the Youngest Children – HealthDay

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Covid: segundo a OMS, a Europa se prepara para “um longo período de tranquilidade” na pandemia.

4 Fev, 2022 | 17:29h

Covid: Europe set for ‘long period of tranquillity’ in pandemic, says WHO – The Guardian

Ver também: In Europe, leaders are starting to turn the page on the pandemic. It’s a different story in the US – CNN

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Ponto de vista | Mídias sociais e a transformação da relação médico-paciente.

4 Fev, 2022 | 17:08h

Social Media and the Transformation of the Physician-Patient Relationship: Viewpoint – Journal of Medical Internet Research

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Perspectiva | As origens, o desenvolvimento e o contexto da Comissão do Lancet sobre o Valor da Morte – “A morte deixou de ser um evento familiar, social e cultural para se tornar, sobretudo, um evento médico.”

4 Fev, 2022 | 16:42h

The origins, development, and context of the Lancet Commission on the Value of Death – The BMJ

Conteúdo relacionado: The Lancet Commission: Experts warn of the increasing overmedicalization of death, call for radical rethink of how society cares for dying people.

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Análise transversal | Aumento do tecido adiposo visceral em adultos está associado a escores cognitivos reduzidos.

4 Fev, 2022 | 16:35h

Evaluation of Adiposity and Cognitive Function in Adults – JAMA Network Open

Comentários:

Excess Body Fat Tied to Lower Cognitive Scores in Adults – HealthDay

Expert reaction to study looking at the association between body fat and cognition in adults – Science Media Centre

 

Comentário no Twitter

In this study, excess body fat was associated with lower cognitive test performance, independent of other cardiovascular risk factors and MRI-detected vascular brain injury cognitive scores. #adiposity https://t.co/xNJbOa8rbK

— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) February 1, 2022

 

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Relatório OMS | Análise global dos resíduos de serviços de saúde no contexto da COVID-19.

4 Fev, 2022 | 16:09h

Global analysis of health care waste in the context of COVID-19 – World Health Organization

Comunicado de imprensa: Tonnes of COVID-19 health care waste expose urgent need to improve waste management systems – World Health Organization

Comentários:

Covid-19: Pandemic waste threatens human and environmental health, says WHO – The BMJ

Amid Mountains of COVID Waste, WHO Urges Sustainable Solutions – Health Policy Watch

 

Comentário no Twitter (fio – clique para saber mais)

The #COVID19 pandemic has generated extra tonnes of waste & exposed cracks in waste management, everywhere.
Waste must be reduced & managed safely, for the health of both people & the environment https://t.co/JsYeqvl7G6 pic.twitter.com/UfI0GRjBD1

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) February 1, 2022

 

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10 bilhões de doses de vacinas contra COVID: mundo atinge nova marca.

4 Fev, 2022 | 16:05h

Ten billion COVID vaccinations: world hits new milestone – Nature

 

Comentário no Twitter

10 billion doses given, <1 billion were boosters
1 continent nearly left outhttps://t.co/DrCqQ4b7tJ
and @OurWorldInData

“It is a huge scientific achievement that ten billion doses of vaccines to a new pathogen were developed in two years from its identification”—@doctorsoumya pic.twitter.com/pyLXlvI22Q

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) February 1, 2022

 

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Enquanto a Dinamarca descarta as restrições contra COVID, a OMS pede cuidado.

4 Fev, 2022 | 16:04h

As Denmark Scraps COVID Restrictions, WHO Urges Caution – Health Policy Watch

Conteúdo relacionado: Despite the ongoing spread of Omicron, some European countries have decided to lift Covid-19 restrictions.

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Comissão Lancet | Especialistas alertam para o aumento da supermedicalização da morte e fazem um chamado para repensar, radicalmente, o modo como a sociedade cuida das pessoas em fase final de vida.

4 Fev, 2022 | 15:16h

Comunicado de imprensa: THE LANCET: Experts warn of the increasing overmedicalization of death, call for radical rethink of how society cares for dying people

Página principal: Lancet Commission on the Value of Death (necessário cadastro gratuito para todos os artigos)

Report of the Lancet Commission on the Value of Death: bringing death back into life

The precariousness of balancing life and death

Ros Taylor: seeing palliative care as relational

Conteúdo relacionado: What would it take to die well? A systematic review of systematic reviews on the conditions for a good death – The Lancet Health Longevity

 

Comentário no Twitter (fio – clique para saber mais)

Increasing overmedicalisation at the end of life is denying people & their families a good death.

Towards a compassionate community model: The Lancet #ValueofDeath Commission calls for a radical rethink of care for the dying & attitudes to death. https://t.co/DpJiu1tOcV pic.twitter.com/FU9MgCO1J6

— The Lancet (@TheLancet) January 31, 2022

 

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