27.
Christine M Salvatore, Jin-Young Han, Karen P Acker, Priyanka Tiwari, Jenny Jin, Michael Brandler, et al.,
Neonatal management and outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observation cohort study, 2020.07.23,
https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30235-2 .
this report suggests that perinatal transmission of COVID-19 is unlikely to occur if correct hygiene precautions are undertaken, and that allowing neonates to room in with their mothers and direct breastfeeding are safe procedures when paired with effective parental education of infant protective strategies.
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Long H Nguyen, David A Drew, Mark S Graham, Amit D Joshi, Chuan-Guo Guo, Wenjie Ma, et al. ,
Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study, 2020.07.31,
https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30164-X .
In the UK and the USA, risk of reporting a positive test for COVID-19 was increased among front-line health-care workers. Health-care systems should ensure adequate availability of PPE and develop additional strategies to protect health-care workers from COVID-19, particularly those from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds. Additional follow-up of these observational findings is needed.
25.
Ying Zhou, Renzhe Xu, Dongsheng Hu, Yang Yue, Qingquan Li, Jizhe Xia,
Effects of human mobility restrictions on the spread of COVID-19 in Shenzhen, China: a modelling study using mobile phone data, 2020.08.01,
https://doi.org/10.1016/S2589-7500(20)30165-5 .
this study shows the effects of various types and magnitudes of mobility restrictions on controlling COVID-19 outbreaks at the city level in Shenzhen, China.
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Matthieu Schmidt, David Hajage, Guillaume Lebreton, Antoine Monsel, Guillaume Voiriot, David Levy, et al.,
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome associated with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study, 2020.08.13 ,
https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30328-3 .
The estimated 60-day survival of ECMO-rescued patients with COVID-19 was similar to that of studies published in the past 2 years on ECMO for severe ARDS. If another COVID-19 outbreak occurs, ECMO should be considered for patients developing refractory respiratory failure despite optimised care.
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Noa Biran, Andrew Ip, Jaeil Ahn, Ronaldo C Go, Shuqi Wang, Shivam Mathura, et al.,
Tocilizumab among patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit: a multicentre observational study, 2020.08.14,
https://doi.org/10.1016/S2665-9913(20)30277-0 .
In this observational study, patients with COVID-19 requiring ICU support who received tocilizumab had reduced mortality.
22.
Cédric Cotter,
From the ‘Spanish Flu’ to COVID-19: lessons from the 1918 pandemic and First World War, 2020.04.23 ,
https://blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy/2020/04/23/spanish-flu-covid-19-1918-pandemic-first-world-war/ .
There are hard-won lessons from the ‘Spanish Flu’, and similarities with the COVID-19 crisis, that merit reflection on how armed conflicts can influence the ways we talk about and struggle to mitigate the current pandemic.
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Ching-Lin Hsieh, Jory A. Goldsmith, Jeffrey M. Schaub, Andrea M. DiVenere, Hung-Che Kuo,
Structure-based design of prefusion-stabilized SARS-CoV-2 spikes, 2020.07.23 ,
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/07/22/science.abd0826 .
this study identified HexaPro, whose A 3.2 Å-resolution cryo-EM structure confirmed that it retains the prefusion spike conformation. High-yield production of a stabilized prefusion spike protein will accelerate the development of vaccines and serological diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2.
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Rachel Coghlan,
Palliative care, COVID-19 and humanitarian action: it’s time to talk, 2020.07.02,
https://blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy/2020/07/02/palliative-care-covid-19/ .
in this post, Rachel Coghlan outlines the key challenges of integrating palliative care into humanitarian action, explains why the COVID-19 pandemic should be a catalyst for change, and shares three big ideas on how to move forward.
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Gian Luca Burci,
The USA and the World Health Organization: What has President Trump actually decided and what are its consequences? 2020.06.05,
https://www.ejiltalk.org/the-usa-and-the-world-health-organization-what-has-president-trump-actually-decided-and-what-are-its-consequences/ .
this post demonstrates that withdrawal of the USA from WHO which remains the first line of defense against pandemics – would be extremely negative for the world and create a dangerous void in the heart of global health security.
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Sorcha MacLeod,
Private Security, Human Rights, and Covid-19, 2020.07.02,
https://www.ejiltalk.org/private-security-human-rights-and-covid-19/ .
this post discusses the human rights impacts of increasing and rapid outsourcing to the private security sector and problematic regulatory gaps.
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