Weekly Clinical Updates

As infectious diseases such as SARS, Monkeypox, Polio, HIV, and Ebola travel the globe and garner media attention, Parasites Without Borders staff are curating resources in a timely, ongoing basis. We believe the information posted here is worthy of further examination by the science and medical communities. Our primary goal remains to bring the latest medical and biological information to the forefront for researchers and practicing physicians.

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March 19, 2021

Lilly's bamlanivimab and etesevimab together reduced hospitalizations and death in Phase 3 trial for early COVID-19 | Ridgeback Biotherapeutics and Merck Announce Preliminary Findings from a Phase 2a Trial of Investigational COVID-19 Therapeutic Molnupiravir

March 8, 2021

Difference in SARS-CoV-2 attack rate between children and adults may reflect bias | Update on long COVID prevalence estimate | Association of Convalescent Plasma Treatment With Clinical Outcomes in Patients With COVID-19 | Dexamethasone in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19

March 3, 2021

Use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and risk of death from COVID-19: an OpenSAFELY cohort analysis based on two cohorts | Inhaled budesonide in the treatment of early COVID-19 illness: a randomised controlled trial | Sequelae in Adults at 6 Months After COVID-19 Infection

February 22, 2021

Early initiation of prophylactic anticoagulation for prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 mortality in patients admitted to hospital in the United States: cohort study | Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) | Decreased SARS-CoV-2 viral load following vaccination

February 8, 2021

Full-dose blood thinners decreased need for life support and improved outcome in hospitalized COVID-19 patients | Increased Resistance of SARS-CoV-2 Variants B.1.351 and B.1.1.7 to Antibody Neutralization | Single Dose Vaccination in Healthcare Workers Previously Infected with SARS-CoV-2

February 1, 2021

Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Demonstrates 89.3% Efficacy in UK Phase 3 Trial | Johnson & Johnson Announces Single-Shot Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Met Primary Endpoints in Interim Analysis of its Phase 3 ENSEMBLE Trial | SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibody LY-CoV555 in Outpatients with Covid-19

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1Point3Acres Real-Time Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates in US and Canada with Credible Sources
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Sources for COVID-19 Information

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Centers for Disease Control, US

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International Society for Infectious Diseases

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