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Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination and COVID-19. Scientific Brief, 12 April 2020
(2020-04-12)Summary: There is no evidence that the Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine (BCG) protects people against infection with COVID-19 virus. Two clinical trials addressing this question are underway, and WHO will evaluate the ... -
Barriers to conducting deprescribing in the elderly population amid the COVID-19 pandemic
(2020-05-29)Deprescribing aims to reduce polypharmacy, especially in the elderly population, in order to maintain or improve quality of life, reduce harm from medications, and limit healthcare expenditure. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ... -
BCG versus COVID-19: impact on urology
(2020-05-16)Purpose: To search for evidence base for using BCG in the fight against COVID-19 and the possible impact of these clinical trials on urology practice. Methods: A literature review about the basis of the ongoing clinical ... -
Behavioural interventions to promote workers’ use of respiratory protective equipment: no evidence that they have much effect
(2020-03-24)What is this? Respiratory protective equipment (RPE) is worn by a variety of workers to protect them from hazards they encounter in their workplace. However, RPE can only be effective if worn properly, removed safely and ... -
Bidirectional contact tracing is required for reliable COVID-19 control
(2020-05-10)Contact tracing is critical to limiting the spread of pandemics such as COVID-19, but most protocols only "forward-trace" to notify people who were recently exposed. Using a stochastic branching process model, we find that ... -
Bilan de l’épidémie à virus Zika survenue en Polynésie française entre octobre 2013 et mars 2014
(2016)La Polynésie française (Pf) bénéficie d’un dispositif de surveillance coordonné par un Bureau de veille sanitaire (BVS), utilisant à la fois des données de déclaration et signalements de maladies, des données de laboratoire ... -
Biological and epidemiological trends in the prevalence and mortality due to outbreaks of novel coronavirus COVID-19
(2020-04-09)The novel coronavirus (Covid-19) infection outbreak has posed a major threat to the international health system and economy. This study is aimed at investigating the biological and epidemiological trends in the prevalence ... -
Biology of Zika Virus Infection in Human Skin Cells
(2016)Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging arbovirus of the Flaviviridae family, which includes dengue, West Nile, yellow fever, and Japanese encephalitis viruses, that causes a mosquito-borne disease transmitted by the Aedes genus, ... -
Biorisk assessment for infrastructure & biosafety requirements for the laboratories providing coronavirus SARS-CoV-2/(COVID-19) diagnosis
(2020)Novel coronavirus infection [coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)] has spread to more than 203 countries of various regions including Africa, America, Europe, South East Asia and Western Pacific. The WHO had declared COVID-19 ... -
Birth Defects Among Fetuses and Infants of US Women With Evidence of Possible Zika Virus Infection During Pregnancy
(2017)IMPORTANCE: Understanding the risk of birth defects associated with Zika virus infection during pregnancy may help guide communication, prevention, and planning efforts. In the absence of Zika virus, microcephaly occurs ... -
Blockchain-Based Healthcare Workflow for Tele-Medical Laboratory in Federated Hospital IoT Clouds
(2020-05-02)In a pandemic situation such as that we are living at the time of writing of this paper due to the Covid-19 virus, the need of tele-healthcare service becomes dramatically fundamental to reduce the movement of patients, ... -
BMJ Best Practice: Management of coexisting conditions in the context of COVID-19. Straight to the point of care
(2020-09-30)This page summarises important considerations for the care of people with co-existing medical conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Key points from guidance and position statements are summarised for each condition, and ... -
Boletim Informativo. Guidelines Nº 12 (abril de 2020)
(2020-04-23)Recomendações para o enfrentamento à COVID-19 têm sido publicadas por diversas organizações de saúde. Muitas dessas recomendações são estruturadas em documentos conhecidos internacionalmente como guidelines, que são ... -
Boletines especiales COVID-19
(2020)Sitio web de la Dirección General de Epidemiología que incluye la versión digital de los boletines especiales sobre COVID-19 que emite diariamente el Ministerio de Salud. -
Bounding the Predictive Values of COVID-19 Antibody Tests
(2020-05-17)COVID-19 antibody tests have imperfect accuracy. There has been lack of clarity on the meaning of reported rates of false positives and false negatives. For risk assessment and clinical decision making, the rates of interest ... -
Breakthrough: Chloroquine Phosphate Has Shown Apparent Efficacy in Treatment of COVID-19 Associated Pneumonia in Clinical Studies
(2020-02-29)The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) virus is spreading rapidly, and scientists are endeavoring to discover drugs for its efficacious treatment in China. Chloroquine phosphate, an old drug for treatment of malaria, is ... -
Breastfeeding and Coronavirus Disease‐2019. Ad interim indications of the Italian Society of Neonatology endorsed by the Union of European Neonatal & Perinatal Societies
(2020-04-03)[Abstract]. The recent COVID‐19 pandemic has spread to Italy with heavy consequences on public health and economics. Besides the possible consequences of COVID‐19 infection on a pregnant woman and the fetus, a major concern ... -
Breastfeeding of Infants Born to Mothers with COVID-19: A Rapid Review
(2020-04-19)Abstract Background: Existing recommendations on whether mothers with COVID-19 should continue breastfeeding are still conflicting. We aimed to conduct a rapid review of mother-to-child transmission of COVID-19 during ... -
Buffered solutions did not reduce mortality compared to 0.9% saline for resuscitation in critically ill adults and children
(2020-03-22)What is this? Some patients with COVID-19 will become critically ill and need intravenous fluids. Saline 0.9% is the most commonly used crystalloid solutions for critically ill patients, but buffered solutions are also ...