By: KOST GJ. ARCH PATHOL LAB MED (VOL. 146: 16-25) The findings in a nutshell COVID-19 rapid antigen tests generate fast and immediately actionable results. They quickly confirm COVID-19, but weakly rule out infection as their sensitivity is not as

By: JAMES R. BAILEY AND SCHEHERAZADE REHMAN Harvard Business Review Although the pandemic has been a once-in-a-century disruption to business, navigating this challenge is no different than managing any other kind of organisational change with professional and personal implications. The

A prospective, observational cohort study By: ALBU, S., ET AL., Disability and Rehabilitation The findings in a nutshell Following a COVID-19 infection, most patients expect to make a recovery in weeks. However, there is growing evidence that some patients have

Managing the long-term effects of COVID-19 By: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE (NICE). NICE Guidelines The findings in a nutshell NICE developed rapid guidelines on identifying, assessment and managing the long-term effects of COVID-19, commonly known as “long

What is Long COVID and How Should We Manage It? By: SYKES ET AL, Lung Journal The findings in a nutshell Patients who contracted COVID-19 pneumonia as part of the first wave of the pandemic and were treated in a

By: SUDRE ET AL, Nature Medicine The findings in a nutshell Long COVID is having persistent symptoms lasting longer than at least 28 days following infection. Symptoms that are commonly persistent include fatigue, headache, shortness of breath, and loss of

By: Madhi, SA in South African Medical Journal The findings in a nutshell What is our end game with COVID-19 (COVID) – herd immunity, or living with COVID? Herd immunity is unlikely to happen, but vaccines are helping to protect

By: Bernal, JL et al. in The New England Journal of Medicine The findings in a nutshell This study, which focuses solely on symptomatic infections, compared the effectiveness of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines against getting symptoms from the Delta

By: Crawshaw, et al. in Journal of Travel Medicine The findings in a nutshell Ethnic and migrant populations were not prioritised in the national plans of most countries during the first wave of the pandemic, so these populations around the