July 06, 2021

Unequal pandemic, fairer recovery

A comprehensive review of the factors that affected the UK’s devastating COVID-19 death toll.

The Health Foundation

Maternal outcomes and risk factors for COVID-19 severity among pregnant women - Scientific Reports

Nature

A Tsunami of Disability Is Coming as a Result of 'Long COVID'

We need to plan for a future where millions of survivors are chronically ill

Scientific American

WHO recommends life-saving interleukin-6 receptor blockers for COVID-19 and urges producers to join efforts to rapidly increase access

The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its patient care guidelines to include interleukin-6 receptor blockers, a class of medicines that are lifesaving in patients who are severely or critically ill with COVID-19, especially when administered alongside corticosteroids. These were the findings from a prospective and a living network meta-analysis initiated by WHO, the largest such analysis on the drugs to date. Data from over 10 000 patients enrolled in 27 clinical trials were considered...

World Health Organization (WHO)

Cytokine adsorption and ECMO in patients with COVID-19

The Lancet

How Has Covid-19 Shaped Scientists—and the Future of Science?

The global pandemic has changed how researchers work. The impacts will be felt for years.

Kellogg Insight

Opinion | The consequences of Wuhan lab leak fearmongering could outlast Covid

An admission of uncertainty isn't a condemnation of science — in fact, that is how science works.

NBC News

Mounting evidence suggests Sputnik COVID vaccine is safe and effective

Russia’s vaccine is in use in nearly 70 nations, but its adoption has been slowed by controversies and questions over rare side effects, and it has yet to garner World Health Organization approval.

Nature

Prediction of individual COVID-19 diagnosis using baseline demographics and lab data - Scientific Reports

Nature

Delta Is Now The Dominant Coronavirus Variant In The U.S.

The CDC released new estimates showing the highly contagious delta variant now accounts for more than 51% of cases in the U.S. In some parts of the country, the strain is responsible for 80% of cases.

NPR

COVID-19: What you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic on 6 July

The World Economic Forum

How political polarization broke America’s vaccine campaign

The US’s partisan divides have left much of the country vulnerable to Covid-19 — leading to unnecessary deaths.

Vox

Coronavirus questions answered: For the vaccinated, would exposure to covid-19 act as booster and strengthen their immunity?

The Washington Post

First molecular-based detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus in the field-collected houseflies - Scientific Reports

Nature

Coronavirus infections surging in immigration facilities

The Hill

England’s hasty lifting of coronavirus rules

Removing restrictions too quickly raises the danger they will have to be reimposed

Financial Times

More than 125 Covid-19 cases tied to South Texas church camp, pastor says | CNN

CNN

The world's biggest film festival makes its COVID-conscious comeback

The World Economic Forum

US Republican Rep Greene says ‘no one cares’ about Delta variant

Congresswoman’s allegations highlight how COVID-19 has been politicised in the United States.

Al Jazeera

Which airlines will soar after the pandemic?

Uneven recovery will boost big carriers in America and China, and cheap and cheerful ones in Europe

The Economist

As office life beckons again, the pandemic's digital nomads weigh benefits of a return

Covid-19 opened up the possibility of a nomadic lifestyle to entirely new groups of people. Now, many of them don't want to go back.

NBC News

How Mutations Have Shaped the Covid-19 Pandemic

WSJ

What polar researchers have learnt from the pandemic

Six scientists explain how COVID-19 has affected their fieldwork and research, as well as opportunities for junior researchers.

Nature

Authoritarianism and the Pandemic: An Overview

ISPI

Mask-wearing becomes a new battleground in England as Covid rules are eased

Since the start of the pandemic, millions of people have been forced to wear face masks. Now, as rules are eased, they are a highly contentious issue.

CNBC

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