libera/##covid-19/ Wednesday, 2024-05-22

BrainstormNew from Science Daily: Scientists create tailored drug for aggressive breast cancer: Scientists have used breast cancer cells' weakness against themselves by linking a tumor-selective antibody with a cell-killing drug to destroy hard-to-treat tumors. → https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240521204313.htm03:52
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Describing primary care patterns before and during the COVID-19 pandemic across Canada: a quasi-experimental pre-post design cohort study using national practice-based research network data: Objective The objective was to analyse how the pandemic affected primary care access and comprehensiveness in [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/14/5/e08460804:11
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Optimising personal continuity for older patients in general practice: a cluster randomised stepped wedge pragmatic trial: Aim To evaluate the effectiveness, feasibility and acceptability of a multicomponent intervention for improving personal continuity for older patients in general practice. Design [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/14/5/e07816906:26
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Health: When should we start making H5N1 vaccine, and who will make that decision? In short, it’s complicated → https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/22/h5n1-bird-flu-vaccine-questions-and-answers/10:38
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Deep and fascinating insights into whistleblowing: Why do people become whistleblowers? Why do most people not become whistleblowers? What becomes of whistleblowers? These are three of the questions that Carl Elliott, a professor of bioethics at the University of Minnesota, sets out to answer in the context of [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj.q1147.short11:08
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: Scenes From a MAGA Meltdown: Inside the “America First” Movement’s War Over Democracy: by Andy Kroll ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Standing in a [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/michigan-republicans-maga-meltdown-democracy-elections11:38
BrainstormNew from PubMed: Mieczysława Irena Boguś: The effect of infection with the entomopathogenic fungus Conidiobolus coronatus (Entomopthorales) on eighteen cytokine-like proteins in Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera) larvae → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38774871/12:47
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Breakthrough in Malaria Fight: Novavax Ships First R21/Matrix-M Vaccine Shipment: Authorized for children in malaria-endemic regions, this vaccine aims to bridge the gap between demand and supply, offering hope against malaria's toll. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/breakthrough-in-malaria-fight-novavax-ships-first-r21-matrix-m-vaccine-shipment14:34
BrainstormNew from BioNTech: BioNTech to Evaluate NanoTag’s Target Labeling System in Different Therapeutic Areas: MAINZ, Germany and GÖTTINGEN, Germany, May 22, 2024 – BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX, “BioNTech”) and NanoTag Biotechnologies GmbH [... want %more?] → https://investors.biontech.de/news-releases/news-release-details/biontech-evaluate-nanotags-target-labeling-system-different14:44
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Maryland takes first steps to cap drug costs: Maryland's prescription drug affordability board advanced cost reviews for six drugs, including Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic, Eli Lilly’s Trulicity, Boehringer Ingelheim’s Jardiance, and [... want %more?] → https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/22/biotech-news-biogen-guardant-astrazeneca-h5n1-vaccine-human-immunology-biosciences/15:53
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1cy1fza/masks_and_respirators_for_prevention_of/16:23
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Imvanex, smallpox and monkeypox vaccine (Live Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara), Date of authorisation: 31/07/2013, Revision: 26, Status: Authorised → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/imvanex16:33
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: WHO Report Highlights Challenges and Progress in Combatting HIV, Hepatitis, and STIs Worldwide: This report underscores the increase of STIs alongside the ongoing global epidemics of HIV and viral hepatitis in the Americas [... want %more?] → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/who-report-highlights-challenges-and-progress-in-combatting-hiv-hepatitis-and-stis-worldwide16:53
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Medical students attitudes towards well-being and welfare: a systematic review protocol: Introduction Medical education poses serious stressors on medical students, as they report overall higher rates of psychiatric comorbidities compared with students enrolled in other university-level courses. The [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/14/5/e08097718:42
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Zhang Zhan: Chinese blogger who filmed Wuhan lockdown is free → https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1cy4qyd/zhang_zhan_chinese_blogger_who_filmed_wuhan/18:52
BrainstormNew from StatNews: In the Lab: STAT+: New antiviral works against coronaviruses in mice, but human testing will have to wait → https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/22/new-antiviral-obeldesivir-effective-coronavirus-mers-mice-experiments/20:10
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: (news): Study shows vaccination lowers risk of long COVID → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/study-shows-vaccination-lowers-risk-long-covid21:57
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Late in the US pandemic, multi-dose BCG vaccines protect against COVID-19 and infectious diseases → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1cyacqq/late_in_the_us_pandemic_multidose_bcg_vaccines/22:27
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Biotech: STAT+: Cytokinetics sells Royalty Pharma a share of its heart drug for up to $575 million, lowering hopes of a buyout → https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/22/cytokinetics-royalty-pharma-buyout-aficamten/23:16
ublix%title https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/cmr.00124-2323:56
Brainstormublix, the URL could not be loaded23:56
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ublix^ "Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review"23:56
ublix^ LjL : zotero candidate?23:57
LjLcan i roll eyes a little at "Furthermore, certain groups (notably D/deaf people)"23:59
ublixno, it's International No Eye Rolling Day23:59

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