COVID-19 Research News Update for May 12
Post Date: May 12, 2020 | Publish Date:
The Research Horizons science blog is sharing links to research-oriented news about the COVID-19 pandemic, especially information about how children are affected.
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FROM EXPERTS AT CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Air pollution, racial disparities and COVID-19 mortality
Cincinnati Children’s co-authors: Eric Brandt, PhD, Andrew Beck, MD, MPH, and Tesfaye Mersha, PhD.
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Eosinophil Responses During COVID-19 Infections and Coronavirus Vaccination
Cincinnati Children’s co-authors: Andrew Lindsley, MD, PhD, Justin Schwartz, MD, PhD, and Marc Rothenberg, MD, PhD.
Stay tuned: This research and more information will be shared during National Eosinophilic Awareness Week, May 17-23.
Ongoing COVID-19 Conversations from Pediatric Grand Rounds
The first “COVID-19 Conversations” was held May 6 and can be found here: COVID-19 Conversations 19 – May 6. This, along with all COVID-19 on-line education, can be found at: COVID-19 Curriculum. New conversations will be posted each Thursday. Please submit your questions to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PGRCOVID-19.
Clinical Trial News: Cincinati Children’s One of Four Sites in Pfizer Vaccine Study
The study arm at Cincinnati Children’s is led by Robert Frenck, MD, Director of the NIH-funded Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit (VTEU) and Vaccine Research Center.
If you would like to be added to the interest list, follow this link or call 513-636-7699 or email gambleprogram@cchmc.org
Explore these new findings:
Nature Medicine: Antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in patients with COVID-19
NEJM: Observational Study of Hydroxychloroquine in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19
Health Affairs: Estimating The Infection Fatality Rate Among Symptomatic COVID-19 Cases In The United States
Journal of Pediatrics: Missed or Delayed Diagnosis of Kawasaki Disease During the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic
Pediatric Blood & Cancer: SARS-CoV-2 disease and children under treatment for cancer
Pediatric Dermatology: Chilblains-like lesions in children following suspected Covid-19 infection
Kaiser Family Foundation: Low-Income and Communities of Color at Higher Risk of Serious Illness if Infected with Coronavirus
PNAS: Cell entry mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2
HOW YOU CAN TRACK PEDIATRIC NEWS ABOUT COVID-19
COVID-19 Watcher: A pandemic data tracker created at Cincinnati Children’s and the University of Cincinnati that allows direct comparisons of city- and state-level activity
COVIDview: A Weekly Surveillance Summary of U.S. COVID-19 Activity from the CDC
COVID-19 projections assuming full social distancing through May 2020
Pandemic tracker from Worldometer
Pandemic tracking dashboard from Johns Hopkins University
Ohio Department of Health: COVID-19 dashboard
Guidance for care providers from Cincinnati Children’s
A frequently updated collection of pediatric COVID-19 papers can be found here
