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News and perspectives
Malfunctioning immune cell linked to long COVID
The malfunctioning behaviour of an immune cell could be linked to specific symptoms of long COVID, opening the way to treatments, British researchers have reported.
Doctor group to tell inquiry about PPE failures
A prominent doctors' pressure group is hoping to play a key role in the next round of the inquiry into the COVID pandemic.
Vaccine may improve long COVID symptoms
Vaccination may reduce the severity and impact of long COVID symptoms, researchers report today.
Three COVID treatments gain approval
Regulators today endorse three medicines for treating adults with COVID-19 as part of a clinical and cost-effectiveness review.
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
- COVID-19 surveillance testing and resident outcomes in nursing homes (NEJM, 23 March 2023)
- Neutralization of BQ.1, BQ.1.1, and XBB with RBD-dimer vaccines (NEJM, 23 March 2023)
- COVID-19 and the mental health of health-care workers (Lancet Psychiatry, April 2023)
- Intravenous ravulizumab in mechanically ventilated patients hospitalised with severe COVID-19: a phase 3, multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial (Lancet Respir Med, 20 March 2023)
- Effectiveness of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir in preventing hospital admissions and deaths in people with COVID-19: a cohort study in a large US health-care system (Lancet Infect Dis, 15 March 2023)
- Real-world use of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir: who benefits? (Lancet Infect Dis, 15 March 2023)
- Appropriate antimicrobial use during the COVID-19 pandemic: not cause for complacency (Lancet Microbe, 15 March 2023)
- Projected COVID-19 mortality reduction from paxlovid rollout (JAMA Health Forum, 17 March 2023)
- Addressing the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and families (JAMA, 16 March 2023)
- Obstetric and neonatal outcomes associated with implementation of a COVID-19 predelivery screening policy in a Taiwan hospital (JAMA Netw Open, 16 March 2023)
- Analysis of previous infection, vaccinations, and anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody titers and protection against infection with the SARS-CoV-2 omicron BA.5 variant (JAMA Netw Open, 16 March 2023)
- Public had most trust in advice from physicians, nurses during pandemic (JAMA, 15 March 2023)
- "Living" systematic review of mental health during pandemic (JAMA, 15 March 2023)
- Physicians say an Idaho house bill that would criminalize administering mRNA vaccines is an attack on the medical profession — Even if it doesn't become law (JAMA, 15 March 2023)
- Estimation of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine effectiveness and COVID-19 illness and severity by vaccination status during omicron BA.4 and BA.5 sublineage periods (JAMA Netw Open, 15 March 2023)
- Association of antenatal COVID-19-related stress with postpartum maternal mental health and negative affectivity in infants (JAMA Netw Open, 14 March 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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