libera/##covid-19/ Saturday, 2024-08-17

BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: Confirmed Antitumor Activity with T-DXd for HER2-Positive Metastatic CRC: (MedPage Today) -- The antibody-drug conjugate trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd, Enhertu) proved active in a phase II study of advanced HER2-positive colorectal cancer (CRC).Almost 40% of patients treated with the [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/coloncancer/11156600:20
BrainstormNew from The Lancet (Online): [Seminar] Obesity in adults: Obesity has increased in prevalence worldwide and WHO has declared it a global epidemic. Population-level preventive interventions have been insufficient to slow down this trajectory. Obesity is a complex, heterogeneous, chronic, [... want %more?] → https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01210-8/fulltext00:42
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Gaza records first polio case in 25 years as UN urges vaccinations → https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1eu7hio/gaza_records_first_polio_case_in_25_years_as_un/05:15
BrainstormNew from This Week In Virology: TWiV 1140: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin: In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the harms of perpetuating the lab leak hypothesis and the recent ACIP recommendations for the RSV vaccine for those individuals over 60, before reviewing the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 [... want %more?] → https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1140/06:13
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Efficacy of Qigong Baduanjin on nutritional status and quality of life in patients on haemodialysis: study protocol for a prospective randomised controlled trial: Introduction Haemodialysis (HD) patients usually engage in a low level of physical activities, which could impact the prognosis and [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/14/8/e08251811:26
BrainstormNew from Retraction Watch: Weekend reads: MDMA papers retracted; COVID-19 vaccine paper retracted for the second time; who gets cited more?: Would you consider a donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? The [... want %more?] → https://retractionwatch.com/2024/08/17/weekend-reads-mdma-papers-retracted-covid-19-vaccine-paper-retracted-for-the-second-time-who-gets-cited-more/12:22
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): This was the monkeus were exposed to 10,000 to 141,000 pfu during 10 minutes. Is this "airborne"? No. Please read and avoid scaremongers making false claims. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11297692993623749812:45
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Mpox is relatively slow. Incubation ranges from 5 to 21 days. This means ring vaccination is a viable strategy. Problem is, that too few vaccines are shared with the endemic areas in Africa. This will now come back to hurt the world. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11297696627267422112:56
BrainstormNew from StatNews: First Opinion: Opinion: First Opinion readers on Noah Lyles and Covid-19, the dearth of geriatricians, PBMs, and more → https://www.statnews.com/2024/08/17/geriatricians-pbms-noah-lyles-covid-19-first-opinion/13:06
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Covid deaths in US lower than earlier peaks amid summer surge - Covid not as deadly in 2023 as it was in prior years, falling from the fourth to 10th leading cause of death, finds new CDC study. Deaths overall fell by 6% from 2022 to 2023. → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1euiheu/covid_deaths_in_us_lower_than_earlier_peaks_amid/16:15
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Mexico reports three new cases of mpox after WHO declares it a global health emergency → https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1eulhi2/mexico_reports_three_new_cases_of_mpox_after_who/18:35
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Bavarian Nordic to ramp up production of mpox vaccine → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11297852677459853819:27
LjLYou can join ##monkeypox (on Libera.chat) or #monkeypox:matrix.org (Matrix) if you want to follow the widening mpox epidemic. The bot posts some things about it here but it's just incidental, it isn't looking for specific keywords about it.19:30
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): 15. Any excess deaths are due to mpox or its vaccine → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11297898031812027421:29
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: Can a Common Lab Test Diagnose Long COVID?: (MedPage Today) -- You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz → https://www.medpagetoday.com/quizzes/news-quiz/11156223:36

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