libera/##covid-19/ Sunday, 2024-12-08

BrainstormNew from StatNews: Sanofi advances a drug for a rare, platelet-destroying disease: A drug developed by Sanofi raised platelet counts and reduced bleeding episodes in patients with a rare autoimmune disorder → https://www.statnews.com/2024/12/07/ash-2024-conference-sanofi-advances-drug-for-rare-platelet-destroying-disease/00:30
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Wuhan Lab Researcher Fully Sequences Genomes of Coronavirus Samples From 2004 to 2021, Finds No Close Relatives to SARS-CoV-2 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1h96plf/wuhan_lab_researcher_fully_sequences_genomes_of/01:48
BrainstormNew from This Week In Virology: TWiV 1173: Holy Cow! Convergent evolution!: TWiV reviews nominees to head NIH, FDA, and CDC, cervical cancer decline following HPV vaccination, local dengue in Texas, human isolate of H5N1 virus is transmissible and virulent in animal models, and shared mechanisms of immune evasion among animal and [... want %more?] → https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-117306:12
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: Sex, a Hex and a Sick Child Offer Clues to an Epidemic’s Birth [Mpox virus Global Health Emergency] → https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1h9hcrt/sex_a_hex_and_a_sick_child_offer_clues_to_an/13:19
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: COVID-19 Vaccination Effective in Preventing Long COVID in Young People: With some young people still feeling the lingering effects of Long COVID years later, new data shows the value of COVID-19 vaccination to prevent the condition altogether. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/covid-19-vaccination-effective-in-preventing-long-covid-in-young-people15:04
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Factcheck: Herd immunity is not the solution to COVID-19 pandemic → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1h9jys9/factcheck_herd_immunity_is_not_the_solution_to/15:34
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): School-aged children are important drivers of influenza epidemics in communities, based on transmission modelling. Their immune repertoire may be leaving room for more escape or selection, with the adult repertoire imprinted against more conserved epitopes. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11361771570946263415:43
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Trump suggests he shares some of RFK Jr.’s concerns about childhood vaccines: President-elect Trump suggested in an interview that he shares some of the concerns voiced by RFK Jr. about the safety of some childhood vaccines → https://www.statnews.com/2024/12/08/trump-suggests-he-shares-some-rfk-jr-concerns-childhood-vaccines-autism/20:27
BrainstormNew from Eric Topol on Substack: Guardians of the Brain: Relevance to Multiple Sclerosis, Long Covid, Brain Tumors, and Neuro-inflammation → https://erictopol.substack.com/p/guardians-of-the-brain21:55
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Health: STAT+: Pfizer’s abrupt withdrawal of sickle cell drug Oxbryta called ‘tone deaf’ at ASH conference → https://www.statnews.com/2024/12/08/ash-2024-pfizer-oxbryta-withdrawal-criticized-sickle-cell/22:25

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