EAN News

In this paper just published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the authors report the natural history of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection from part of the cohort of the 410 infected people on the cruise ship, Diamond Princess, who were asymptomatic at the time of testing.

In this paper, the authors conducted a prospective national-level data collection of patients treated with mechanical thrombectomy (MT), across 45 days of pandemic containment measures, compared to patients treated during the same calendar period in 2019.

The winners of the #EAN2020 challenge on Twitter and Instagram during the Virtual Congress have been selected.

From the Spanish Society of Neurology, it is our pleasure to share with our European colleagues the Handbook on COVID-19 management for Neurologists.

On June 3, we published in the Breaking News section of this site the article entitled “Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis” previously published in Lancet. On June 13, the article was retracted by three of the four authors.

In this paper, recently published in Lancet, the authors report the findings of autopsies of six patients (four men and two women, aged 58–82 years) who died from COVID-19 in April 2020 in Munich, Germany. The period from onset of symptoms to admission ranged from 2–10 days.

The European Academy of Neurology has launched a taskforce on Gender and Diversity in Neurology, with the overall mission to increase awareness and improve knowledge about sex, gender, ethnic and racial differences and disparities in neurological disorders with the aim to improve the outcome of care of neurological patients.

The European Reference Networks for Rare Neurological Diseases (ERN-RND) and for Rare Neuromuscular Diseases (ERN EURO-NMD) organise joint webinars throughout the year in collaboration with EAN.

This neurology update summarises key points on caring for people with epilepsy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Seizures appear to be a rare feature of COVID-19. Avoiding unintentional antiseizure medicine withdrawal during the COVID-19 pandemic is a potential challenge for people with epilepsy.

The EAN BrainChallenge also went virtual – as a four-day online quiz.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is contributing to global efforts to save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.

EBRA launches 3rd call for clusters

EAN signed a Memorandum of Understanding with EPNS – European Paediatric Neurology Society joining forces to promote optimal cooperation in Europe between both societies.