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SARS-CoV-2 Corona Virus: COVID-19 and the Global Pandemic
Infection Control Today, July 2025
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/sars-cov-2-corona-virus-covid-19-and-the-global-pandemic
In the conversation of viruses, COVID-19's ongoing impact cannot be ignored. Although hospitalizations and deaths have decreased, the virus continues to circulate, especially among the immunocompromised and elderly. Learn how the virus spreads, how new strains are monitored, and why "long COVID" and new animal-human transmission threats like HKU5-CoV2 keep COVID-19 in the public health spotlight.
Long covid outcomes at one year after mild SARS-CoV-2 infection: nationwide cohort study
BMJ, British Medical Journal, Published 11 January 2023
Fig 2- Risk for long term health outcomes after SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with mild disease. Hazard ratios and risk differences per 10 000 patients of reported health outcomes (persistent symptoms) in unvaccinated SARS-CoV-2 infected patients with mild covid-19 during early and late periods
BMJ, Januray 2023
Fig 3 - Risk for long term health outcomes after SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with mild disease. Hazard ratios and risk differences per 10 000 patients of reported health outcomes (acute diagnoses, infectious diseases, chronic conditions) in unvaccinated SARS-CoV-2 infected patients with mild covid-19 during early and late periods. TIA=transient ischaemic attack, BMJ, Jan 2023
Here's what we know about the new Omicron variant XBB.1.5
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, published, 6 January 23
https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/heres-what-we-know-about-new-omicron-variant-xbb15
How long after I get COVID-19 will I test negative?
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, published, September 22
COVID-19 vaccination protects against Long COVID
Gavi, The Vaccine alliance, published September 2022
https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/covid-19-vaccination-protects-against-long-covid
Another new COVID variant is spreading - here's what we know about omicron BA.4.6
Gavi, The Vaccine alliance, published September 2022
COVID-19: latest safety data provide reassurance about use of mRNA vaccines during pregnancy
EMA (European Medicines agency), published 18/01/2022
WHO recommends two new drugs to treat COVID-19
WHO, published 14 January 2022
https://www.who.int/news/item/14-01-2022-who-recommends-two-new-drugs-to-treat-covid-19
Asthma, allergies may reduce COVID-19 risk
Medical News Today, published December 13, 2021
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/asthma-allergies-may-reduce-covid-19-risk
Sotrovimab for Early Covid-19
The New England Journal of Medicine, publishe 18
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COVID-19 vaccine gives 5 times the protection of 'natural immunity,' data show
SARS-CoV-2 infection: What is the role of genes?
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/sars-cov-2-infection-what-is-the-role-of-genes
Seven COVID-19 symptoms you shouldn't ignore
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, published 29 September 2021
Common hypertension drug may help treat severe COVID-19
Medical News Today, published 10 September 2021
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/common-hypertension-drug-may-help-treat-severe-covid-19
Risk of thrombocytopenia and thromboembolism after covid-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 positive testing
BMJ, published 27 August 2021
The BMJ, 28 August 2021
How COVID-19 will change the management of other respiratory viral infections
Intensive Care Medicine, published August 2021
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00134-021-06491-2
Examples of what questions were raised during COVID-19 pandemic that would need to be addressed regarding other respiratory viral infections (RVIs). HFNO: high-flow nasal oxygen, NIV: noninvasive ventilation (NIV), ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, RCT: randomized controlled trial
From: How COVID-19 will change the management of other respiratory viral infections,
Arabi, Y.M., Derde, L.P.G. & Timsit, JF. How COVID-19 will change the management of other respiratory viral infections. Intensive Care Med (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-021-06491-2
Covid-19 booster vaccines: What we know and who's doing what
BMJ, Published 20 August 2021
How will COVID vaccines work on compromised immune systems? Here's what we know
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, published 11 August 2021
Can dogs be trained to sniff out COVID-19?
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, published 13 July 2021
How effective are COVID-19 vaccines in the real-world?
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, published 23 July 2021
https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/how-effective-are-covid-19-vaccines-real-world
CDC Tightens Masking Rules for Fully Vaccinated in COVID-19 Hot Spots
Infection Control Today, published July 27, 2021
Long covid-mechanisms, risk factors, and management
BMJ, Published 26 July 2021
Lambda Variant of COVID-19 Might Be Resistant to Vaccines
Infection Control Today, published 26 July 2021
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/lambda-variant-of-covid-19-might-be-resistant-to-vaccines
COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax approved for children aged 12 to 17 in EU
EMA, published 23 July 2021
https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/covid-19-vaccine-spikevax-approved-children-aged-12-17-eu
EMA starts evaluating the use of Kineret in adult COVID-19 patients at increased risk of severe respiratory failure
EMA, published 19 July 2021
https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/ema-starts-evaluating-use-kineret-adult-covid-19-patients-increased-risk-severe-respiratory-failure
COVID-19-Associated Mucormycosis: Triple Threat of the Pandemic
American Society for Microbiology, published 15 July 2021
https://asm.org/Articles/2021/July/COVID-19-Associated-Mucormycosis-Triple-Threat-of
EMA and ECDC update on COVID-19
EMA, News 14/07/2021
Pfizer COVID vaccine shows 78% efficacy in pregnancy
CIDRAP - Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, published July 13 2021
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/07/pfizer-covid-vaccine-shows-78-efficacy-pregnancy
Could a universal coronavirus vaccine soon be a reality?
GAVI, the vaccine Alliance, 13 Jully 2021
https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/could-universal-coronavirus-vaccine-soon-be-reality
COVID: lambda variant is now in 29 countries, but what evidence do we have that it's more dangerous?
GAVI, the vaccine Alliance, 13 Jully 2021
The world will not exit Covid-19 pandemic without booster shots, vaccine developer says
STAT, 13 July 2021
When and how will we know if we need Covid-19 booster shots?
STAT, 12 July 2021
https://www.statnews.com/2021/07/12/when-and-how-will-we-know-covid-19-booster-shots/
CDC, FDA contradict Pfizer on COVID-19 vaccine booster
CIDRAP - Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, published July 9 2021
Persistent symptoms in adult patients one year after COVID-19: a prospective cohort study
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Oxford Academic, University of Oxford, published 05 July 2021
https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab611/6315216
Five things we know about the Delta variant (and two things we don't)
GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance, published 16 June 2021
How to give a COVID-mitigated hug
GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance, published 26 May 2021
https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/how-give-covid-mitigated-hug
Can we stop wearing masks after being vaccinated?
GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance, published 21 May 2021
https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/can-we-stop-wearing-masks-after-being-vaccinated
Covid-19: UK cases of variant from India rise by 160% in a week
BMJ, Published 21 May 2021
Fighting the flu: 100 years of preparing for pandemics
GAVI, The Vaccine Aliance, published May 18, 2021
https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/fighting-flu-100-years-preparing-pandemics
Antivirals against SARS-CoV-2 by autumn?
BMJ, published, 17 May 2021
The Next Pandemic: Another coronavirus?
GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance, published 06 May 2021
https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/next-pandemic/another-coronavirus
Where are we with drug treatments for covid-19?
BMJ, Published 06 May 2021
EMA starts rolling review of COVID-19 Vaccine (Vero Cell) Inactivated
European Medicines Agency, published 04 May 2021
https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/ema-starts-rolling-review-covid-19-vaccine-vero-cell-inactivated
The Pandemic Within the Pandemic
GAVI, The Vaccine Aliance, published April 30, 2021
Covid-19: What do we know about airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2?
BMJ, published 22 April 2021
Ten scientific reasons in support of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2
The Lancet, published April 15, 2021
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00869-2/fulltext
Improving indoor ventilation and air quality will help us all to stay safe
BMJ, Published 14 April 2021
The Potential Future of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Will SARS-CoV-2 Become a Recurrent Seasonal Infection?
Jama, published March 3, 2021
Coronavirus Variants and Vaccines
JAMA, published 07 April 2021
Does the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine really cause blood clots?
Various countries have halted the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine while reports of blood clots are investigated. Here's what we know so far.
GAVI, Global Alliance Vaccine, Published March 16 2021
https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/does-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-really-cause-blood-clots
A Pandemic year - A viral tsunami: How the underestimated coronavirus took over the world
The Washington Post, March 2021
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/03/09/coronavirus-spread-world/?arc404=true
Evolução do número de casos de Covid-19 em Portugal
relatório de nowcasting
Covid-19: curva epidémica e parâmetros de transmissibilidade
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr Ricardo Jorge, 12 de Março de 2021
https://www.insa.min-saude.pt/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Report_covid19_12_03_2021.pdf
Ready for the Next Pandemic? (Spoiler Alert: It's Coming)
Infection control Today , 1 March 2021
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/ready-for-the-next-pandemic-spoiler-alert-it-s-coming-
The Long View: 100 years and counting of mask wearing in Japan
GAVI, published 19 February 2021
https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/long-view-100-years-and-counting-mask-wearing-japan
In lab experiment, Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine less potent against coronavirus variant
STAT, Published, Feb. 17, 2021
"Test and Standard Precautions"-Is It Enough to Protect Us From False-Negative Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Test Results?
Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2021 - Volume 132 - Issue 3 - p 616-621
Graphic representation of the number of patients testing falsely negative and admitted to the operating room. The authors' (A.B. and S.J.) hospital treats approximately 20,000 patients in the operating room, or approximately 76 per working day (260 d/y). Assuming a prevalence of 0.15, an RT-PCR test specificity of 1 and sensitivity of 0.7 results in 4 patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 but testing falsely negative admitted to the operating room each day. Green indicates an infected patient who tests positive. Red indicates an infected patient who tests falsely negative. RT-PCR indicates reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction; SARS-COV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2021 - Volume 132 - Issue 3 - p 616-621 - doi: 10.1213/ANE.000000000000535
Covid-19: Are cloth masks still effective? And other questions answered
BMJ, Published 15 February 2021
PARECER DA SOCIEDADE PORTUGUESA DE PNEUMOLOGIA EM RELAÇÃO ÀS MÁSCARAS DE PROTEÇÃO CONTRA A COVID-19
Covid-19: Doctors' leaders call for revised PPE guidance to reflect new variants
BMJ, Published 15 January 2021
Vacina Covid e imunossupressão: FAQ's
International Academy for Clinical Hematology - ASTCT
https://www.hematology.org/covid-19/ash-astct-covid-19-and-vaccines
Taking Immunosuppressants? Fauci Says Get the COVID-19 Vaccine
AJMC, Published December 6, 2020
https://www.ajmc.com/view/taking-immunosuppressants-fauci-says-get-the-covid-19-vaccine
There's a new strain of COVID-19 - should we worry?
Viruses mutate all the time, but this new mutation affects the viral protein that invades human cells. What does this mean for the pandemic and the vaccine?
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, published 18 December 2020
https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/theres-new-strain-covid-19-should-we-worry
Association of Vitamin D Status and Other Clinical Characteristics With COVID-19 Test Results
JAMA, Published online September 03, 2020
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2770157
Perioperative Considerations for Tracheostomies in the Era of COVID-19
Published, Anesth Analg. 2020 June
COVID-19 Linked to Increased Risk for Parkinson's
Medscape, published 05 November 2020
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/940464?src=soc_fb_201106_mscpedt_news_mdscp_parkinsons&faf=1
mRNA Vaccines, how do they work?
statnews, published oct 2020
Trials of Oxford coronavirus vaccine begin in Kenya
Oxford University, published 30 October 2020
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-10-30-trials-oxford-coronavirus-vaccine-begin-kenya#
Covid-19: risks to healthcare workers and their families
BMJ, Published 28 October 2020
Aerosols vs. Droplets: In Transmitting COVID-19, There's a Big Difference
Previsões sobre o Futuro da Pandemia
Acta Medica Portuguesa, Outubro 2020
Covid-19: Remdesivir has little or no impact on survival, WHO trial shows
BMJ, Published 19 October 2020
Manifestações Neurológicas e COVID-19
Acta Medica Portuguesa, Outubro 2020
The Gavi COVAX AMC Explained
The COVAX Facility is designed to benefit all participating countries and economies. It provides a lifeline to the majority of countries that would otherwise have limited or no access at all to COVID-19 vaccines
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, 13 Octob 2020
Long covid could be four different syndromes, review suggests
BMJ, published 14 October 2020
Oxford scientists develop extremely rapid diagnostic test for Covid-19
Oxford University, published 15 October 2020
Covid-19: O lançamento da vacina pode levar um ano e exigirá decisões de priorização difíceis
BMJ, publicado em 01 de outubro de 2020
COVID-19 Airway Management: Expert Tips on Infection Control
Medscpe, September 25, 2020
Saliva or Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens for Detection of SARS-CoV-2
N Engl J Med, published 28 september 2020
Covid-19: Do many people have pre-existing immunity?
BMJ, Published 17 September 2020
Understanding Covid-19, transmission, informing control
University of Oxford
What Is COVID-19?
JAMA, Published online August 25, 2020
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2768390
Pathophysiology, Transmission, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)A Review
JAMA. Published online
August 25, 2020
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2768391?resultClick=24
Covid-19: Hong Kong scientists report first confirmed case of reinfection
BMJ, (Published 26 August 2020)
Airborne transmission of covid-19
BMJ, (Published 20 August 2020)The Great Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020-7 Critical Lessons
JAMA ; 2020 Jun 30
https://jamanetwork.com/channels/health-forum/fullarticle/2769600?resultClick=1
COVID-19 and DexamethasoneA Potential Strategy to Avoid Steroid-Related Strongyloides Hyperinfection
JAMA. Published online July 30, 2020
A Cruel COVID-19 Irony
JAMA ; 2020 Jun 30
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2767995?resultClick=24
More than 150 countries engaged in COVID-19 vaccine global access facility
WHO, 15 July 2020 News release Geneva/London
Life and Death, Hope and Despair in the Era of Coronavirus Disease 2019
JAMA Cardiol. Published online July 8, 2020
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2768168
Covid-19: Airborne transmission is being underestimated, warn experts
BMJ, Published 07 July 2020)
Developing a SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine at Warp Speed
JAMA. Published online July 6, 2020
Dexamethasone in the management of covid -19
BMJ ,Published:
03 July 2020)
Three Stages to COVID-19 Brain Damage, New Review Suggests
Medscape, June 29, 2020
Clinical and immunological assessment of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections
Nature Medicine, Published: 18 June 2020
Dexamethasone reduces death in hospitalised patients with severe respiratory complications of COVID-19
University of Oxford, June 16, 2020
Why COVID-19 Is a Threat to the Entire Nervous System
Jun 12, 2020 | Original story from Northwestern University
Covid-19: Hydroxychloroquine was ineffective as postexposure prophylaxis, study finds
BMJ (British Medical Journal), 05 June 2020
Investigadoras da FMUP/CINTESIS identificam 30 sintomas de Covid-19
Cintesis, FMUP, 5 de Junho 2020
https://noticias.up.pt/investigadoras-da-fmup-cintesis-identificam-30-sintomas-de-covid-19/
COVID-19 Neurological Effects: Does Virus Directly Attack the Brain?
Medscape, Medical News, June, 03, 2020
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/931658?src=soc_fb_200604_mscpedt_news_mdscp_coronavirus&faf=1
Neuropathogenesis and Neurologic Manifestations of the Coronaviruses in the Age of Coronavirus Disease 2019
JAMA. Published online May 29, 2020
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2766766
Venous Thrombosis Among Critically Ill Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
JAMA. Published online May, 29 2020
How does coronavirus kill? Clinicians trace a ferocious rampage through the body, from brain to toes
JAMA. Published online April 27, 2020
Twentieth-Century Lessons for a Modern Coronavirus Pandemic
JAMA. Published online April 27, 2020
COVID-19 and Risks Posed to Personnel During Endotracheal Intubation
JAMA. Published online April 27, 2020
Management of COVID-19 Respiratory Distress
JAMA. Published online April 24, 2020
Mild or Moderate Covid-19
New England Journal of Medicine, April 24, 2020
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMcp2009249?query=featured_coronavirus
Suporte ventilatório: guidelines da Sociedade Europeia de Medicina dos Cuidados Intensivos
Droplets and Aerosols in the Transmission of SARS-CoV-2
New England Journal of Medicine, April 15, 2020
Pharmacologic Treatments for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
JAMA. Published online
April 13, 2020