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Effectiveness of covid-19 vaccines against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe covid-19 outcomes

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Effectiveness of covid-19 vaccines against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe covid-19 outcomes

Two doses of mRNA covid-19 vaccines were observed to be highly effective against symptomatic infection and severe outcomes

Research∙Effectiveness of the CoronaVac vaccine in older adults in Brazil Editorial∙Real world effectiveness of covid-19 vaccines

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Covid-19: FDA set to grant full approval to Pfizer vaccine without public discussion of data

Transparency advocates have criticised the US FDA's decision not to hold a formal advisory committee meeting

news | Aug 20

Covid-19: FDA set to grant full approval to Pfizer vaccine without public discussion of data

Transparency advocates have criticised the US FDA's decision not to hold a formal advisory committee meeting

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Aug 20

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Covid-19 booster vaccines: What we know and who’s doing what

The virulence of the delta variant has prompted many countries to start administering booster vaccines. Elisabeth Mahase looks at what is happening where

news | Aug 20

Covid-19 booster vaccines: What we know and who’s doing what

The virulence of the delta variant has prompted many countries to start administering booster vaccines. Elisabeth Mahase looks at what is happening where

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Aug 20

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Covid-19: How many variants are there, and what do we know about them?

Eight notable variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been found since September 2020. Elisabeth Mahase reviews the line-up so far

feature | Aug 19

Covid-19: How many variants are there, and what do we know about them?

Eight notable variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been found since September 2020. Elisabeth Mahase reviews the line-up so far

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Aug 19

Covid-19 vaccines: GPs boost uptake by calling patients and teaming up with community groups

news | Aug 23

Does the FDA think these data justify the first full approval of a covid-19 vaccine?

opinion | Aug 23

Covid-19: US hospitals are overwhelmed as cases rise at “alarming rate”

news | Aug 23

How South Africa is dragging its vaccine rollout back from the brink

feature | Aug 23

Should I take an “F3” year?

careers | Aug 23

Hidden data: Public health research is at risk from suppression by governments, study finds

news | Aug 20

How universities can make re-opening safer in the autumn

opinion | Aug 19

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Women’s health is made a priority in Scotland

Why the Philippines’ long lockdowns couldn’t contain covid-19

RSV: The year the respiratory infection “took its gloves off”

Covid-19: Fully vaccinated people can carry as much delta virus as unvaccinated people, data indicate

Covid-19: How Kerala kept itself above water in India’s devastating second wave

Eating disorders: Record number of young people wait for treatment as demand soars

Research

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Effectiveness of the CoronaVac vaccine in older adults in Brazil

Cognitive stimulation in the workplace and risk of dementia

Association between characteristics of behavioural weight loss programmes and weight change after programme end

Placental growth factor in assessment of women with suspected pre-eclampsia to reduce maternal morbidity

Evaluation of an intervention to prevent readmissions

Terminal decline in objective and self-reported measures of motor function before death

Comment

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Real world effectiveness of covid-19 vaccines

Long covid clinics should be run as research hubs

What’s in the in-tray of NHS England’s new chief executive?

Cognitive stimulation at work and dementia

David Oliver: Were Nightingale units and fever hospitals ever workable responses to covid-19?

Helen Salisbury: Lifelong lessons in learning

Education

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A day in the life of a medical student from Ecuador

Wellbeing at medical school: feeling prepared

Medical specialties—the reality and the myths

“I feel like a spare part”

Medication adherence in cardiovascular medicine

Teaching Careers Clinic

A history of psychiatry in 1500 words

Calcification in arteries . . . and other stories

Vaccine inequity

Vaccines should not be the preserve of rich countries

Dakar, Sengal, vaccine centre

Gross inequities are causing much preventable suffering, needlessly prolonging the pandemic, and leaving us all at risk of vaccine resistant variants

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Aug 19

Profiteering from vaccine inequity: a crime against humanity?

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Companies and rich nations are creating a deadly covid-19 vaccine “protection racket,” argue Fatima Hassan, Gavin Yamey, and Kamran Abbasi

Aug 16

The legacies of colonialism: putting African covid-19 vaccination into context

opinion | Aug 13

Covid-19 in India: vaccine shortages are leading to discrimination in access

opinion | Aug 10

Transitioning from covid-19 elimination to sustainable endemicity in East Asia

opinion | Aug 13

Intellectual property waiver for covid-19 vaccines will advance global health equity

analysis | Aug 3

Covid-19 vaccines in children and adolescents

Should the UK vaccinate children and adolescents against covid-19?

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The UK is an outlier in holding off vaccinating healthy 12-17 year olds, argue these authors

Jul 23

Covid-19: All 16 and 17 year olds in the UK to be offered first vaccine dose

An 18 year old has his covid vaccine in the UK

The JCVI has estimated that one vaccine dose will provide young people with at least 80% protection against hospital admission with covid-19

Aug 5

Covid-19: Vulnerable children aged 12-15 will be offered Pfizer vaccine, UK announces

news | Jul 20

Mixed messages on covid-19 childhood vaccination leave patients confused and GPs on the back foot

opinion | Jul 30

Emergency use authorisation of covid-19 vaccines in children is appropriate and necessary

opinion | Jul 15

Covid-19 vaccines for children: hypothetical benefits to adults do not outweigh risks to children

opinion | Jul 13

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Profiteering from vaccine inequity: a crime against humanity?

editorial | Aug 16

Covid-19: How effective are vaccines against the delta variant?

feature | Aug 9

Undermined and undervalued: how the pandemic exacerbated moral injury and burnout in the NHS

feature | Jul 29

Long covid—mechanisms, risk factors, and management

clinical review | Jul 26

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Covid-19: FDA set to grant full approval to Pfizer vaccine without public discussion of data

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Covid-19: Fully vaccinated people can carry as much delta virus as unvaccinated people, data indicate

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Covid-19: How many variants are there, and what do we know about them?

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Why the Philippines’ long lockdowns couldn’t contain covid-19

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Covid-19 booster vaccines: What we know and who’s doing what

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Covid-19: Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is “likely” responsible for deaths of some elderly patients, Norwegian review finds

Community

Latest responses

Research into NHS Long Covid specialist clinics is happening

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Re: Other good reasons for covid-19 vaccination in pre-adolescent and adolescent populations

Re: Doctors call for ban on virginity testing and hymenoplasty

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Closing schools is not evidence based and harms children

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