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O que já se sabe sobre as variantes do coronavírus.
10 Mai, 2021 | 11:19hHere’s what’s known about the coronavirus variants – CNN
Website do CDC agora enfatiza que o coronavírus é disseminado no ar.
10 Mai, 2021 | 11:17hCDC website now emphasizes coronavirus spreads in the air – CNN
Comentário no Twitter (fio – clique para saber mais)
1/ A radical shift today by @CDCgov, finally aligning itself with science on the modes of transmission, and throwing away the 1910 error of considering "close contact" a mode of transmission!https://t.co/5pP25OTY5d
— Jose-Luis Jimenez (@jljcolorado) May 8, 2021
Editorial: emergência da COVID-19 na Índia.
10 Mai, 2021 | 11:14hIndia’s COVID-19 emergency – The Lancet
Relacionado: Editorial: ovid-19: India’s crisis is everyone’s crisis – The BMJ E India’s worsening Covid crisis could spiral into a problem for the world – CNBC E Is India’s coronavirus death ‘paradox’ vanishing? – Science
Perspectiva | Desaparecimento mundial da gripe durante a pandemia de COVID-19: “As medidas de saúde pública que lentificaram a disseminação do novo coronavírus funcionaram muito bem sobre a transmissão da gripe”.
10 Mai, 2021 | 11:13hFlu Has Disappeared Worldwide during the COVID Pandemic – Scientific American
M-A: Suplementação de ácidos graxos ômega-3 aumenta o risco de fibrilação atrial em pacientes com dislipidemia.
10 Mai, 2021 | 11:12hComentários: Fish oil supplements linked with heart rhythm disorder – European Society of Cardiology E Could High-Dose Fish Oil Raise Odds for A-Fib in Heart Patients? – HealthDay
Comentário no Twitter
Our latest work showing an increased risk of AFib with O3FA supplementation.
Omega-3 fatty acids supplementation and risk of atrial fibrillation: an updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials https://t.co/7Z8CAuDHNr @totocarbone @gbiondizoccai @MarcoDelBuono3 pic.twitter.com/A5m77y5xTE
— Dave Dixon, PharmD (@DaveDixonPharmD) April 29, 2021
Medicamentos testados em países de baixa e média renda geralmente não estão disponíveis nesses mesmos países, mesmo depois de alguns anos.
10 Mai, 2021 | 11:00h
Comentário no Twitter
Sharing benefits and burdens of clinical research? Or not…
Of 70 countries enrolling pts. for new-drug trials, 7% got market access to the drugs they helped test <1 year after FDA approval, 31% did so at 5 years. Lowest access in Africa & Middle East🤨https://t.co/p2uCP43hOG pic.twitter.com/cqsucO1kxP
— Søren M Bentzen (@SorenBentzen) May 6, 2021
COVID-19 já causou 6,9 milhões de mortes ao redor do mundo, mais que o dobro demonstrado pelos relatórios oficiais.
7 Mai, 2021 | 10:50hComunicado de Imprensa: COVID-19 has caused 6.9 million deaths globally, more than double what official reports show – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Relatório: Estimation of total mortality due to COVID-19 – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Comentários: New analysis finds global Covid death toll is double official estimates – STAT E Global COVID-19 death toll more than double official estimates – IHME – Reuters
Estudo de coorte: Consumo de bebidas açucaradas entre adultos e adolescentes está relacionado a aumento do risco de câncer colorretal de início precoce em mulheres.
7 Mai, 2021 | 10:21hComentários: Daily intake of two or more sugar-sweetened drinks associated with higher bowel cancer risk – BMJ E Expert reaction to study looking at sugary drinks intake and incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer among women – Science Media Centre
Em ação surpreendente, EUA se posiciona a favor da liberação de patentes das vacinas contra COVID. “A administração Biden atrai aplausos dos pesquisadores em saúde pública e irrita a indústria farmacêutica.”
6 Mai, 2021 | 07:49hIn shock move, US backs waiving patents on COVID vaccines – Nature
Ver também: U.S. will back proposal to waive intellectual property rights and boost Covid-19 vaccine production – STAT E Statement from the Executive Director of UNAIDS, Winnie Byanyima on the decision by the United States of America to support the TRIPS waiver for COVID-19 vaccines – UNAIDS E WHO Director-General commends United States decision to support temporary waiver on intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines – World Health Organization
Comentário no Twitter
These extraordinary times and circumstances of call for extraordinary measures.
The US supports the waiver of IP protections on COVID-19 vaccines to help end the pandemic and we’ll actively participate in @WTO negotiations to make that happen. pic.twitter.com/96ERlboZS8
— Ambassador Katherine Tai (@AmbassadorTai) May 5, 2021
Estudo observacional no Catar: Vacina da Pfizer–BioNTech se mostrou 89,5% eficaz contra a variante B.1.1.7 e 75% eficaz contra a variante B.1.351. A eficácia da vacina contra doença grave, crítica ou fatal com qualquer variante do SARS-CoV-2 foi de 97,4%.
6 Mai, 2021 | 07:45h
Comentário no Twitter
📍GET BOTH DOSES! Great variants & #COVID19 vaccine news—Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine had great efficacy of 89.5% vs #B117 🇬🇧 variant & 75% vs #B1351 🇿🇦 variant for infection—but only with 2 doses. The 1 dose efficacy was just ~29% vs #B117 & ~17% vs #B1351. 🧵https://t.co/SprUfggnmh pic.twitter.com/VDWHiLsQLL
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) May 6, 2021