September 7, 2022 Clinical Research The observational study claims for ivermectin’s efficacy continue but the evidence from RCTs continues to show that it is not a treatment for COVID.
September 6, 2022 Apps and diagnosis Neural-network-AI-based model used by mobile phone app detects COVID-19 using voice analyzing algorithms. More crowd-sourced data required to improve specificity and sensitivity but interesting use of AI network.
July 7, 2022 Epidemiology Think you’re immune to COVID-19 after getting sick? Maybe not, new research shows
June 6, 2022 Epidemiology COVID data void in Canada could hamper understanding of lingering impact: experts
April 18, 2022 General information Graham Richardson (@grahamctv) and I discuss the impact of the new normal on others and the many suffering in silence.
April 14, 2022 General information @BillCarroll and I discuss public’s desire for normality and that inurement to risk does not change the reality on the ground for some.
March 30, 2022 Health Statistics COVID-19 and Flu do not mix well together. Study in Lancet reports a 4 times relative risk increase for mechanical ventilation in hospitalized patients and are 2.4 times more likely to die compared to someone with COVID-19 alone.
March 29, 2022 Allergy/Immunology UBC, Université de Sherbrooke, and Cornell University researchers report a new enzyme-blocking compound delivered in a nasal spray that effectively treats delta variant infection in mice. Human trials dependent on securing funding.
March 9, 2022 Infectious Disease Mild Covid is associated with comparative imaging scans showing pathological changes in brain structure in people age 51-81 taken from UK Biobank data
February 10, 2022 Epidemiology Does a working paper from economics professor at Johns Hopkins University show lockdowns were ineffective against COVID-19? Explanation by epidemiologist Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, @GidMK, reviews why it did not.
