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Estimativa do excesso de mortalidade decorrente da pandemia de COVID-19.

11 Mar, 2022 | 15:15h

Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020–21 – The Lancet

Comunicado de imprensa: Global death toll of COVID-19 pandemic may be more than three times higher than official records, estimates of excess deaths indicate – The Lancet

Comentários:

COVID’s true death toll: far higher than official records – Nature

Covid deaths probably three times higher than records say – BBC

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Outro estudo sugere que a 3ª dose de vacina é necessária para proteger as populações contra a variante Ômicron.

11 Mar, 2022 | 15:13h

Clinical severity of, and effectiveness of mRNA vaccines against, covid-19 from omicron, delta, and alpha SARS-CoV-2 variants in the United States: prospective observational study – The BMJ

Comunicado de imprensa: Third vaccine dose critical for protecting populations against omicron variant – BMJ Newsroom

 

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2º aniversário da pandemia de COVID: 3 erros cometidos e 3 pontos a observar.

11 Mar, 2022 | 15:11h

COVID pandemic 2nd anniversary: 3 things we got wrong, and 3 things to watch out for – The Conversation

Desinformação: suscetibilidade, disseminação e intervenções para imunizar o público.

11 Mar, 2022 | 15:08h

Misinformation: susceptibility, spread, and interventions to immunize the public – Nature Medicine

Ver também: An epidemic of uncertainty: rumors, conspiracy theories and vaccine hesitancy – Nature Medicine

OMS emite novas diretrizes sobre aborto para ajudar os países a prestar cuidados para salvar vidas.

11 Mar, 2022 | 15:04h

Comunicado de imprensa: WHO issues new guidelines on abortion to help countries deliver lifesaving care – World Health Organization

Ver diretriz: Abortion care guideline – World Health Organization

Comentário: New WHO Abortion Guidelines Include Telemedicine for First Time – Health Policy Watch

 

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Estudo randomizado | Em crianças com tuberculose não grave e suscetível a medicamentos, o tratamento por 4 meses é não inferior ao tratamento por 6 meses.

10 Mar, 2022 | 15:59h

Shorter Treatment for Nonsevere Tuberculosis in African and Indian Children – New England Journal of Medicine

Comunicado de imprensa: Treatment length reduced for children with tuberculosis – University College London

 

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Novo guia OMS/ILO apela por maiores salvaguardas para proteger os trabalhadores da área da saúde.

10 Mar, 2022 | 15:44h

New WHO/ILO guide urges greater safeguards to protect health workers – World Health Organization

Guia OMS: Caring for those who care: Guide for the development and implementation of occupational health and safety programmes for health workers – World Health Organization

Resumo executivo: Caring for those who care: Guide for the development and implementation of occupational health and safety programmes for health workers – World Health Organization

OMS afirma que doses de reforço da vacina contra COVID são necessárias, revertendo recomendação anterior.

9 Mar, 2022 | 13:45h

WHO says COVID boosters needed, reversing previous call – Associated Press

 

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Segurança das vacinas de mRNA administradas durante os primeiros 6 meses no programa de vacinação contra COVID-19 dos EUA.

9 Mar, 2022 | 13:44h

Safety of mRNA vaccines administered during the initial 6 months of the US COVID-19 vaccination programme: an observational study of reports to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System and v-safe – The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Comentários:

Large US study confirms most mRNA COVID-19 vaccine side effects are mild and temporary – Lancet

Covid vaccines not linked to deaths, major US study finds – BBC

Most mRNA COVID vaccine adverse events mild, transient – CIDRAP

Estudo mostra que o número de infecções por Covid-19 não identificadas por testes de fluxo lateral é “substancial o bastante para ter importância clínica.”

8 Mar, 2022 | 18:36h

Comunicado de imprensa: Number of covid-19 infections missed by lateral flow tests “substantial enough to be of clinical importance,” warn experts – BMJ

Estudo original: SARS-CoV-2 antigen lateral flow tests for detecting infectious people: linked data analysis – The BMJ

Comentários:

Lateral flow tests may be missing ‘substantial’ number of COVID-19 infections – Imperial College London

Self-testing for asymptomatic non-contacts using rapid antigen tests—is this leading to a cost effective reduction in infection transmission? – The BMJ

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