by Usha Govindarajulu | Aug 3, 2022 | Biostatistics, Blog, COVID-19, Epidemiology, Healtcare, Usha Govindarajulu
August 3, 2022 In a recent article in BMJ Global Health, James et al discuss a statistical analysis they performed on retrospective data on SARS-CoV-2 infections during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan African countries using World Health...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Jul 6, 2022 | Biostatistics, Blog, COVID-19, Epidemiology, Healtcare
July 5, 2022 In a recent article in NPR’s public health page, “Still testing positive after day 10? How to decide when to end your COVID isolation”, Will Stone discusses a big dilemma that many people face which is how long to isolate after they had COVID-19...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Jun 23, 2022 | Biostatistics, Blog, COVID-19, Epidemiology, Healtcare, Usha Govindarajulu
June 22, 2022 In a recent article in News Medical Lifesciences, they have discussed a recent research paper published as an accepted manuscript in the Clinical Infectious Diseases journal in which the scientists analyzed the population immunity against pre-Omicron and...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Jun 9, 2022 | Biostatistics, Blog, COVID-19, Epidemiology, Usha Govindarajulu
June 9, 2022 In a recent article in the Boston Globe by Felicia Freyer, “‘Mild’ Omicron variant was highly lethal, the study finds that at least in Massachusetts, an Eastern state of the United States, that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was not so mild. A...
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...
