Must This Swab Go That Far Up Your Nose to Test for Covid? Some testers gently swab the front of your nostril and send you on your way. Others dig deep, bringing the pain. What’s the gold standard? (New York Times, USA, 18.11.2021) https://www.nyt…

Millions of helpline calls reveal how COVID affected mental health Data from almost 20 countries suggest that many callers were anxious and lonely rather than experiencing abuse or suicidal impulses. (Nature News, 17.11.2021) https://www.nature.co…

Association of human immunodeficiency virus infection with outcomes among adults hospitalized with COVID-19.  Durstenfeld MS, Sun K, Ma Y, Rodriguez F, Secemsky EA, Parikh RV, Hsue PY.  AIDS. 2021 Nov 8. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003129…

Acute mental health service use following onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada: a trend analysis.  Saunders NR, Toulany A, Deb B, Strauss R, Vigod SN, Guttmann A, Chiu M, Huang A, Fung K, Chen S, Kurdyak P.  CMAJ Open. 2021…

National Retail Sales of Alcohol and Cannabis During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada.  MacKillop J, Cooper A, Costello J.  JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Nov 1;4(11):e2133076. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.33076. PMID: 34735016; PMCID: PMC8569…

Acute-on-chronic liver failure by SARS-CoV-2 in active alcohol use disorder cirrhotic patient.  Testino G, Pellicano R.  Minerva Gastroenterol (Torino). 2021 Sep;67(3):283-288. doi: 10.23736/S2724-5985.21.02893-X. Epub 2021 May 10. PMID…