Covid-19 Vaccine is linked to lower transmission A study by Public Health Scotland and the University of Glasgow of 300 000 healthcare workers employed by the NHS in Scotland and their households showed that the rate of SARS-CoV-2 infection in people living with healthcare workers was at least 30% lower when the worker had been vaccinated after a single dose and at least 54% lower after the second vaccination 1 As household members can also be infected through other people, this 30% relative risk reduction is an underestimate of the true effect of vaccination on transmission Violence WHO: violence against women is public health problem The World Health Organization said that physical and sexual violence against women should be treated as a public health problem and called for healthcare workers to be trained in “responding to the needs of survivors holistically and empathetically ” (Full story doi:10 1136/bmj n676) Lung cancer Screen over 50s, says US task force The US Preventive Services Task Force updated its guidance on lung cancer screening to recommend that people over 50 with a smoking history of at least 20 pack years should be offered an annual scan using low dose computed tomography, increasing the number of people eligible for screening from nine million to 15 million
Seven days in medicine: 10-16 March 2021