The COVID-19 pandemic and health inequalities. Bambra Clare et al. Journal of epidemiology and community health 2020 Jun

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The COVID-19 pandemic and health inequalities.
Bambra Clare et al. Journal of epidemiology and community health 2020 Jun

Digital healthcare: The only solution for better healthcare during COVID-19 pandemic?
Kapoor Aditya et al. Indian heart journal (2) 61-64

With every flush, a stream of data for these coronavirus trackers
PBS News Hour, June 16, 2020

COVID-19: molecular diagnostics overview.
Touma Marlin et al. Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) 2020 Jun

Genetic Analysis Tracks SARS-CoV-2 Mutations in Human Hosts
BM Kuehn, JAMA, June 16, 2020

Researchers have found that the virus’s genetic diversity in most countries is similar to what it is globally, suggesting that it was introduced repeatedly by many infected people in each country. The analysis found 198 mutations that have occurred more than once, indicating that the virus is undergoing selective pressure as it adapts to its human host.

An Unsupervised Machine Learning Approach to Assess the ZIP Code Level Impact of COVID-19 in NYC
F Khmaissia et al, ARXIV, June 11, 2020

Risk Stratification tool for Healthcare workers during the CoViD-19 Pandemic; using published data on demographics, co-morbid disease and clinical domain in order to assign biological risk
J Jancowski et al, MEDRXIV, June 15, 2020

Cotton tipped plastic swabs for SARS-CoV2 RT-qPCR diagnosis to prevent supplies shortage.
B Freire-Pasqual et al, MEDRXIV, June 15, 2020

NIH launches analytics platform to harness nationwide COVID-19 patient data to speed treatments
NIH, June 15, 2020 

The N3C will create an analytics platform to systematically collect clinical, laboratory and diagnostic data from health care provider organizations nationwide. It will then harmonize the aggregated information into a standard format and make it available rapidly for researchers and health care providers.

Antibody cocktail to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein prevents rapid mutational escape seen with individual antibodies
A Baum et al, Science, June 15, 2020

We investigate the development of resistance against four antibodies to the spike protein that potently neutralize SARS-CoV-2, individually as well as when combined into cocktails. These antibodies remain effective against spike variants that have arisen in the human population.

Genotyping SARS-CoV-2 through an interactive web application
H Maan et al, Lancet Digital Health, June 12, 2020

Although platforms to survey epidemiological data are prevalent, tools that summarise publicly available viral genome data are scarce and those that are available do not offer users the ability to analyse in-house sequencing data. To address this gap, we have developed an accessible application, the COVID-19 Genotyping Tool (CGT).

Global, regional, and national estimates of the population at increased risk of severe COVID-19 due to underlying health conditions in 2020: a modelling study
A Clark et al, Lancet Global Health, June 15, 2020

We estimated that 1·7 billion (UI 1·0–2·4) people, comprising 22% (UI 15–28) of the global population, have at least one underlying condition that puts them at increased risk of severe COVID-19 if infected (ranging from <5% of those younger than 20 years to >66% of those aged 70 years or older).