News: COVID

Intensive Care Unit

Interleukin-6 antagonists improve outcomes in hospitalised COVID-19 patients

JAMA paper on IL-6 Antagonists and COVID
Paper:

Association Between Administration of IL-6 Antagonists and Mortality Among Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 A Meta-analysis

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Patient reporting of possible cancer symptoms to GPs fell during first wave of pandemic

Screen shot of the RAPCI cancer indicator reporting paper in BMJ Open
Paper:

Changes in presentations with features potentially indicating cancer in primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study

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Study finds families and staff support school COVID-19 measures and testing, but action is needed to avoid widening inequalities

Paper:

Reducing COVID-19 risk in schools: a qualitative examination of secondary school staff and family views and concerns in the South West of England

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How GPs coped with the rapid shift to remote consultations to reduce the risk of COVID-19

RAPCI consultations paper screenshot
Paper:

The implementation of remote consulting in UK primary care following the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods longitudinal study

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