by Usha Govindarajulu | May 25, 2022 | Biostatistics, Blog, COVID-19, Epidemiology, Usha Govindarajulu
May 25, 2022 In a recent article in The Mirror, the author gives a haunting statement that SARS-CoV-2 can cause cells to explode after entering cells which can lead to severe damage. The authors quotes a recent article in Nature from April 6 in which the researchers...
by Usha Govindarajulu | May 11, 2022 | Biostatistics, Blog, COVID-19, Epidemiology, Healtcare
May 11, 2022 In an article that appeared in Nature on May 5, 2022, the authors discuss a comparison of rapid antigen test (RAT) oral swab collection with rapid PCT (RT-PCR) on detection of SARS-CoV-2, but when we read through the article it is mainly more of a...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Apr 27, 2022 | Blog, COVID-19, Epidemiology, Healtcare, Usha Govindarajulu
April 27, 2022 In a very interesting recent article that appeared in the Harvard Gazette on April 21, attention is brought to the negative effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on childrens’ mental health. The article appears to be focused on surveys done in 1999, 2004,...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Apr 13, 2022 | Biostatistics, Blog, COVID-19, Healtcare, Usha Govindarajulu
Issues in COVID-19 research and statistical analyses (Part XVVVIII) April 13, 2022 In one of the latest Scientific American article, “What We Know about Omicron’s BA.2 Variant So Far”, the article summarizes some of the latest research about this new COVID-19 variant,...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Mar 30, 2022 | Biostatistics, Blog, COVID-19, Epidemiology, Healtcare, Usha Govindarajulu
March 30, 2022 Latest research published in the Lancet shows diabetes onset was higher for those with post-acute sequelae or long-haul COVID-19 however these may be preliminary results. The results came from a cohort study which used databases from the United States...
