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October 29, 2021

• WHO estimate: 115,000 health workers have died from Covid-19, as calls for vaccine access grow
• Virologic features of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children
• COVID-19 Vaccination and Non–COVID-19 Mortality Risk
• Association of Statins and 28-Day Mortality in Patients Hospitalized with SARS CoV-2 Infection
• Assessment of Cognitive Function in Patients After COVID-19 Infection
• Covid-19 Breakthrough Infections in Vaccinated Health Care Workers
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Takes Additional Actions on the Use of a Booster Dose for COVID-19 Vaccines
• FACT SHEET FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS: EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION (EUA) OF REGEN-COV
• Effect of early treatment with fluvoxamine on risk of emergency care and hospitalisation among patients with COVID-19: the TOGETHER randomised, platform clinical trial
• Routine Vaccination Coverage — Worldwide, 2020 Antibody Testing Is Not Currently Recommended to Assess Immunity After COVID-19 Vaccination: FDA Safety Communication
• The Flawed Science of Antibody Testing for SARS-CoV-2 Immunity

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October 22, 2021

Effect of Antithrombotic Therapy on Clinical Outcomes in Outpatients With Clinically Stable Symptomatic COVID-19 | Comprehensive antibody profiling of mRNA vaccination in children | Heterologous SARS-CoV-2 Booster Vaccinations – Preliminary Report | WHO, UN set out steps to meet world COVID vaccination targets

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October 15, 2021

The durability of immunity against reinfection by SARS-CoV-2: a comparative evolutionary study | IVIG Compared to IVIG Plus Infliximab in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children | AZD7442 request for Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 prophylaxis filed in US | COVID-19 Outbreaks at Youth Summer Camps — Louisiana, June–July 2021

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October 4, 2021

Incidence, co-occurrence, and evolution of long-COVID features: A 6-month retrospective cohort study of 273,618 survivors of COVID-19 | Safety Monitoring of an Additional Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine — United States, August 12–September 19, 2021 | Impact of Timing of Tocilizumab Use in Hospitalized Patients With SARS-CoV-2 Infection

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Child Tested for COVID-19 with Swab Nasal Swab

September 23, 2021

Virologic features of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children | Steroids use in non-oxygen requiring COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis | NIH builds large nationwide study population of tens of thousands to support research on long-term effects of COVID-19
The COVID-19 Hospitalization Metric in the Pre- and Post-vaccination Eras as a Measure of Pandemic Severity: A Retrospective, Nationwide Cohort Study | High genetic barrier to escape from human polyclonal SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies | Considerations in boosting COVID-19 vaccine immune responses | HHS Announces State/territory-coordinated Distribution System for Monoclonal Antibody Therapeutics | Daily testing for contacts of individuals with SARS-CoV-2 infection and attendance and SARS-CoV-2 transmission in English secondary schools and colleges: an open-label, cluster-randomised trial | SARS-CoV-2 Transmission to Masked and Unmasked Close Contacts of University Students with COVID-19 — St. Louis, Missouri, January–May 2021 | A year of genomic surveillance reveals how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic unfolded in Africa

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September 15, 2021

Long-Term Symptoms Among Adults Tested for SARS-CoV-2 — United States, January 2020–April 2021 | Overlooked Shortcomings of Observational Studies of Interventions in Coronavirus Disease 2019: An Illustrated Review for the Clinician | Long-Term Symptoms Among Adults Tested for SARS-CoV-2

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September 10, 2021

Ivermectin Intended for Animals: Letter to Stakeholders – Do Not Use in Humans as a Treatment for COVID-19 | Characteristics and Outcomes of Women With COVID-19 Giving Birth at US Academic Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Children and COVID-19: State-Level Data Report | Long COVID – the physical and mental health of children and non-hospitalised young people 3 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection; a national matched cohort study (The CLoCk) Study. | Outbreak Associated with SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant in an Elementary School — Marin County, California, May–June 2021 | 1-year outcomes in hospital survivors with COVID-19: a longitudinal cohort study | Convalescent plasma recommendations from IDSA

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This Week in Virology with Vincent Racaniello

“This Week in Virology (TWiV)” Podcast Hits 800th Episode

This Week in Virology (TWiV), a podcast about viruses, has released its 800th episode. Started in September 2008 by two science professors at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC), Vincent R. Racaniello, PhD and Dickson D. Despommier, PhD, the podcast has since garnered a cult following amongst physicians, scientists, medical students, medical workers, and everyday folks.

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September 3, 2021

Unvaccinated COVID-19 hospitalizations cost the U.S. health system billions of dollars | Comirnaty and PfizeSARS-CoV-2 Infections and Hospitalizations Among Persons Aged ≥16 Years | A third COVID-19 vaccine shot markedly boosts neutralizing antibody potency and breadth | Durability of antibody responses elicited by a single dose of Ad26.COV2.S and substantial increase following late boosting |.Virological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine breakthrough infections in health care workers | COVID-19 Transmission Dynamics Among Close Contacts of Index Patients With COVID-19 | COVID-19 false dichotomies and a comprehensive review of the evidence regarding public health, COVID-19 symptomatology, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, mask wearing, and reinfection

September 3, 2021 Read More »

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