Data from seven vaccination trials help to identify a blood marker for protection against the disease. — Nature News, 21 MAY 2021 Smriti Mallapaty After people have been vaccinated against COVID-19, the levels of infection-blocking antibodies in their blood are a strong indicator of how much protection they’ve gained against the disease, according to a modelling study. …

… Ministério da Saúde quer novo plano para fazer até 26 milhões de testes de Covid-19 por mês Estratégia inclui examinar pessoas com alto risco de exposição à Covid-19, como profissionais de saúde e de segurança pública O Globo, 21/05/2021–19:06 / Atualizado em 21/05/2021–20:52 Jussara Soares BRASÍLIA — Sob pressão da CPI da Covid, o Ministério da Saúde anunciou nesta sexta-feira que prepara um novo plano de testagem…

LSE–Lancet Commission on the future of the NHS: re-laying the foundations for an equitable and efficient health and care service after COVID-19 THE LANCET COMMISSIONS| VOLUME 397, ISSUE 10288, P1915–1978, MAY 22, 2021 Michael Anderson, MSc *; Emma Pitchforth, PhD *; Miqdad Asaria, PhD; Prof Carol Brayne, MD; Prof Barbara Casadei, FMedSci; Prof Anita Charlesworth, MSc; Prof Angela Coulter, PhD ‡; Prof Bryony Dean Franklin, PhD; Prof Cam Donaldson, PhD; Prof Michael…

Brasil ocupa a posição 88 em ranking com 111 países, com taxa semelhante à Zâmbia (na África) — Health Management Review , 20 de Maio de 2021 Joaquim Cardoso MSc, com base em análise do artigo da BBC News (abaixo) Sumário Executivo: Diagnóstico da situação Mais de um ano depois do início da pandemia e no momento em que epidemiologistas alertam para risco de colapso no inverno, a testagem contra…

Coronavirus: US averaging fewer than 500 Covid deaths a day for first time since March 2020 — as it happened Financial Times, May 20th 2021. Peter Wells in New York The seven-day average of coronavirus deaths in the US has dropped below 500 for the first time in almost 14 months. The US averaged about 497 coronavirus deaths a day in the week ended May 19, which is the first…

O único caminho a seguir no Brasil é combinar uma distribuição ampla e rápida da vacina com a continuação das medidas de distanciamento físico. André Biernath, Da BBC News Brasil em São Paulo 19 maio 2021 O microbiologista John McConnell tem um privilégio único: ler em primeiríssima mão os estudos que avaliam a segurança e a eficácia das vacinas contra a covid-19. O cientista é editor-chefe da The Lancet Infectious Diseases, revista científica que…

Based in an analysis of 42 private equity deals in the period, involving 282 unique hospitals across 36 states. — Modern Health Management, May 16th 2021 Joaquim Cardoso MSc General: A total of 42 private equity deals occurred, involving 282 unique hospitals across 36 states. In unadjusted analyses, hospitals that were acquired had - larger bed sizes, - more discharges, and - more full-time-equivalent staff positions in 2003 relative to…

It means that attacking NCDs (Non Communicable Diseases) is a prerequisite for successful containment of Covid-19. — MODERN Health Management, May 15th 2021 Joaquim Cardoso What is the key message? Two categories of disease are interacting within specific populations-infection with - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and - an array of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Approaching COVID-19 as a syndemic will invite a larger vision, one encompassing education, employment, housing, food…

Nearly one year ago, the World Health Organization sounded the alarm about the coronavirus, but was ignored. — Nature, NEWS, 23 JANUARY 2021 Amy Maxmen The World Health Organization (WHO) sounded its highest alarm on 30 January 2020 — a declaration called a ‘public health emergency of international concern’, or PHEIC, signalling that a pandemic might be imminent. Few countries heeded the WHO’s call for testing, tracing and…