Top news of the week: 21.07.2020.
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Coronavirus
Covid-19 data Tracking covid-19 excess deaths across countries
In many parts of the world, official death tolls undercount the total number of fatalities
Five months since its first covid-19 infection, Africa seems to have been spared the brunt of the pandemic. But with weak healthcare systems, strategies are fuelled by constant vigilance and fear, writes @bb_aisha
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OpenHow Africa has tackled covid-19
Five months since its first covid-19 infection, Africa seems to have been spared the brunt of the pandemic. But with weak healthcare systems, strategies are fuelled by constant vigilance ...
Coronavirus: Call to infect volunteers in Covid-19 vaccine hunt
Prominent scientists call for so-called "challenge trials" to accelerate vaccine development.
RT @AriadneLabs: How can we move away from the metaphors of war & what new analogies could be useful as we adjust to living with #COVID19? Director of Ariadne’s Safe Surgery/Safe Systems Program @MaryEBrindle explores this in @BMJ_Latest: https://t.co/rml4dXm8sL https://t.co/ldnb8wAjeD
OpenMary Brindle: War and peace with covid-19
Metaphors of war were often rolled out as countries geared up for an initial wave of covid-19, but what analogies could be useful to us now as we adjust to [...]More...
Chest radiography of people who are seriously ill with respiratory symptoms when they present to hospital can help to identify those with covid-19 pneumonia. How should you look for changes on chest radiographs that may be suggestive of covid-19 pneumonia?
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OpenThe role of chest radiography in confirming covid-19 pneumonia
### What you need to know Covid-19 is likely to remain an important differential diagnosis for the foreseeable future in anyone presenting to hospital with a flu-like illness, lymphopenia ...
RT @MedAccessUK: We need to ensure that patients and healthcare workers everywhere have everything they need to beat #COVID19.
That’s why we’re partnering with @UNICEF to increase global access to lifesaving supplies.
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OpenMedAccess and UNICEF partner for access to COVID-19 supplies
July 16, 2020 – MedAccess today announced new support for UNICEF to secure vital COVID-19 medical products, including diagnostic tests and clinical management supplies, for low- and ...
For the past few months, scientists in the UK have been quietly poring over samples of British faeces, trying to detect RNA from the SARS-CoV-2 virus deposited in sewage. @chrisbaraniuk hears about researchers' pioneering efforts
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OpenSewage monitoring is the UK’s next defence against covid-19
Researchers have pioneered wastewater analysis and are now contributing to a nationwide programme, reports Chris Baraniuk For the past few months, scientists in the UK have been quietly ...
Coronavirus doctor's diary: So, did the Bradford choir have Covid-19 in January? https://t.co/ACWFvH7igL
OpenCoronavirus doctor's diary: So, did the Bradford choir have Covid-19 in January?
A Bradford choir that coughed in January gets the gold standard T-cell test - and is surprised by the result.