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News and perspectives
Covid boosters start earlier as hospital cases rise
Millions of people in England are now eligible to book their COVID-19 vaccination, as the NHS begins its winter vaccination programme earlier than planned in response to the new Covid variant.
Blood clots clue to long COVID cognitive issues
The development of blood clots during COVID-19 infection could be behind continued cognitive problems of some individuals, a new paper has suggested.
Vaccine climbdown as new variant alarm brings programme forward
Practices are to receive bonus payments for bringing forward the COVID and flu vaccination programme because of the risks of the new variant virus, it has been announced.
Vulnerable groups least likely to have COVID-19 antibodies identified
People with compromised immune systems are less likely to have COVID-19 antibodies even after three or more vaccinations, researchers say.
Additional COVID-19 tools and resources
COVID-19 forum: most discussed
Support
- The Doctors.net.uk Couch forum - a safe area to seek support and advice
- Free access to Headspace Plus app for Doctors.net.uk members
- COVID-19 and your mental wellbeing
- ACAS: Coronavirus advice for employers and employees
- Mental Health Foundation: Looking after your mental health during the coronavirus outbreak
- Frontline19: a free and confidential support service for front-line workers
Recent research and opinion
- Efficacy of a bivalent (D614+B.1.351) SARS-CoV-2 recombinant protein vaccine with AS03 adjuvant in adults: a phase 3, parallel, randomised, modified double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (Lancet Respir Med, 13 September 2023)
- Machine learning augmentation reduces prediction error in collective forecasting: development and validation across prediction markets with application to COVID events (eBioMedicine, 12 September 2023)
- Long-COVID cognitive impairments and reproductive hormone deficits in men may stem from GnRH neuronal death (eBioMedicine, 12 September 2023)
- The viral fitness and intrinsic pathogenicity of dominant SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineages BA.1, BA.2, and BA.5 (eBioMedicine, 12 August 2023)
- Inhaled fluticasone furoate for outpatient treatment of COVID-19 (NEJM, 21 September 2023)
- Receipt of BNT162b2 vaccine and COVID-19 ambulatory visits in US children younger than 5 years (JAMA, 15 September 2023)
Guidelines, tools and resources
- Association of British Clinical Diabetologists: COVID-19 Information for Healthcare Professionals
- NICE COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing COVID-19
- Management of hospitalised adults with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19): A European Respiratory Society living guideline
- British Society for Immunology statement on COVID-19 vaccine dosing
- Primary Care Respiratory Society COVID-19 resources and statements
- NICE COVID-19 rapid guideline: arranging planned care in hospitals and diagnostic services
- John Hopkins University: Global confirmed cases tracker and map
- Public Health England. Beyond the data: understanding the impact of COVID-19 on BAME groups
- HM Government. Our plan to rebuild: the UK government's COVID-19 recovery strategy
- British Society for Haematology (BSH). COVID-19 updates
- British Society for Gastroenterology (BSG). COVID-19 guidance & advice
- The Renal Association. COVID-19: Information and guidance for renal professionals
- British Thoracic Society (BTS). COVID-19: information for the respiratory community
- European Society of Cardiology (ESC). COVID-19 and Cardiology
- Returning to the NHS - what you need to know
- GOV.UK guidance on coronavirus
- NICE rapid COVID-19 guidelines
- Public Health England algorithm: management of a suspected case of COVID-19
- Oxford COVID-19 evidence service
- JAMA Network: YouTube
- Office for National Statistics: COVID-19
- BBC More or Less: Comparing countries, the risk to NHS staff, and birdsong
- Offers for NHS staff
- King's College London COVID-19 symptom reporting app
- Medical Defence Union (MDU). Coronavirus: medico-legal update
- British Medical Association: COVID-19
- Royal Medical Benevolent Fund
- The Doctors' Association
- DocHealth: a confidential, not for profit, psychotherapeutic consultation service for doctors
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