libera/##covid-19/ Wednesday, 2025-01-29

BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): COVID19_Pandemic: How do you deal with the stress of the ongoing pandemic? → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1icdlxe/how_do_you_deal_with_the_stress_of_the_ongoing/00:01
BrainstormNew from The Lancet (Online): [Viewpoint] Global health partnerships for a post-2030 agenda: Partnership is essential for solving complex global challenges. In global health, however, partnership has become associated with a specific model: public–private partnerships (PPPs), in which the [... want %more?] → https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02816-2/fulltext00:39
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Biotech: STAT+: Private emails show RFK Jr. making false claims about Covid-19 shots, linking vaccines to autism → https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/kennedy-confirmation-hearing-niece-releases-emails-vaccine-criticism-conspiracy-theories/00:59
BrainstormNew from StatNews: STAT+: In RFK Jr.’s emails to his niece, a trail of vaccine criticism: STAT annotates emails physician Kerry Kennedy Meltzer received from her uncle, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., commenting on the safety of Covid vaccines and others. → https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/rfk-jr-emails-to-niece-vaccine-criticism-stat-annotates/02:47
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Development and validation of a novel risk-predicted model for early sepsis-associated acute kidney injury in critically ill patients: a retrospective cohort study: Objectives This study aimed to develop a prediction model for the detection of early sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (SA-AKI), [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/15/1/e08840406:11
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: Cheap Clinical Biomarker May Predict Long COVID Severity in Older Women: (MedPage Today) -- Leukocyte count, a widely available and inexpensive clinical marker of inflammation, may help predict the severity of long COVID symptoms in postmenopausal women, researchers reported.According [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/longcovid/11398806:31
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): the mortality RD increased through 6 months of observed follow-up after initial diagnosis. Differences in hospitalization and mortality outcomes were primarily found in persons 65 years and older, as well as those who were unvaccinated. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11391036769543446808:08
BrainstormNew from Politico: Trump’s beef with the World Health Organization is personal: He’s said the UN body’s head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, treated China better than him during the pandemic. → https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/28/trump-personal-fight-with-world-health-organization-0020085510:14
BrainstormNew from NPR Science: Step inside the secret lab where America tests its nukes: A thousand feet beneath the desert, the United States conducts experiments to verify that its weapons work. But some fear a live test could come soon. → https://www.npr.org/2025/01/29/nx-s1-5276315/atomic-bomb-nuclear-weapons-lab-nevada11:14
BrainstormNew from The Atlantic: A Day for Pseudoscience in Congress: Shortly after birth, newborns in the United States receive a few quick procedures: an Apgar test to check their vitals, a heel stick to probe for genetic disorders and various other conditions, and in most cases, a [... want %more?] → https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/01/rfk-jr-congress-confirmation-hearings/681499/12:13
BrainstormNew from PubMed: Highly pathogenic bovine viral diarrhea virus BJ-11 unveils genetic evolution related to virulence in calves: Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) is the causative agent of bovine viral diarrhea, which causes significant economic loss to the global livestock industry. Despite the widespread use of inactivated BVDV [... want %more?] → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39877754/12:23
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Open access, Rehabilitation medicine: Qualitative evaluation of the Rehabilitation Exercise and psycholoGical support After COVID-19 InfectioN (REGAIN) randomised controlled trial (RCT): 'you are not alone → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/15/1/e08595014:01
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: Can AI Reduce Doctor Burnout?: I lived and worked through the transition in medicine from completely paper-based documentation to completely digital-based – using an electronic medical record (EMR). There is no question, the EMR system is much better. Access to information, [... want %more?] → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/can-ai-reduce-doctor-burnout/14:21
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Vaxart’s Oral COVID-19 Vaccine Moves Forward After Positive Safety Review: James F Cummings, MD discusses phase 2b trial Phase 2b trial expansion focusing on safety, efficacy, and immune response for Vaxart’s investigational oral vaccine. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/vaxart-s-oral-covid-19-vaccine-moves-forward-after-positive-safety-review15:10
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: RFK Jr.'s Lies About the Flu Vaccine; Chaos at Medicaid; Unexplained Infant Deaths: (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription."Zero evidence that the flu shot prevents any hospitalizations or any deaths ... If you get a flu shot you're six times [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/uritheflu/11399016:10
peetaurpeople like RFK won't say "there's zero evidence"...they say things like observational studies don't establish an independent cause and effect relationship ...as in, there's no reasonable quality evidence. Stupid news liars.16:15
BrainstormNew from Politico: Bird flu poses growing pandemic threat as virus evolves: Mutations in the virus make is more likely to jump species, warn the EU's disease and food agencies. → https://www.politico.eu/article/bird-avian-flu-presents-growing-pandemic-threat-as-virus-evolves-efsa-ecdc/16:50
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Data from last week indicated it, and cases have risen sharply again. The Netherlands is in an official flu-epidemic. This happens every few years, is not rare, but does require taking note; try not to spread it around! Stay home when ill, take care of vulnerable people. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11391242798210520717:00
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Supemtek Tetra (previously Supemtek), Quadrivalent influenza vaccine (recombinant, prepared in cell culture), Date of authorisation: 16/11/2020, Revision: 7, Status: Authorised → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/supemtek-tetra17:09
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Celldemic, zoonotic influenza vaccine (H5N1) (surface antigen, inactivated, adjuvanted, prepared in cell cultures), Date of authorisation: 19/04/2024, Revision: 1, Status: Authorised → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/celldemic17:50
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): RFK Jr. pushed false autism claims, fueled a measles outbreak, and tried to get COVID vaccines pulled mid-pandemic. Now he wants to run HHS? Senators must see through his rhetoric, this isn’t about “safety,” it’s about undermining vaccines and public health for [... want %more?] → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11391271679740361918:10
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Calling this a "pandemic" is pure term-inflation, it erodes trust in public health and science. When a real pandemic hits, will people take it seriously? Sensationalism might boost clicks and advertisement income today, but it may cost lives in the future. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11391285263193293718:39
BrainstormNew from StatNews: RFK Jr. and the case of the onesies: Concerns about vaccine views flare at confirmation hearing: At a Senate confirmation hearing for RFK Jr. on Wednesday, there was discussion of abortion, Medicaid, and Covid-19. There was also discussion [... want %more?] → https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/29/rfk-jr-onesie-kennedy-group-childrens-health-defense-sells-antivax-merchandise/18:59
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: (news): Among older women, elevated white blood cell count linked to severe long COVID → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/among-older-women-elevated-white-blood-cell-count-linked-severe-long-covid19:58
BrainstormNew from StatNews: STAT+: The 7 big topics RFK Jr. addressed during a fiery confirmation hearing: The nominee faced questions on Medicaid, abortion, drug price negotiation, vaccines, campaign fundraising, and food and chronic disease. → https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/29/rfk-jr-confirmation-hearing-key-takeaways-trump-health-secretary-nominee/21:26
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Kennedy faces tough questioning on vaccine views at HHS confirmation hearing: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was asked repeatedly about past anti-vaccine statements in the first of 2 hearings on whether he should be confirmed as HHS Secretary. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-health/kennedy-faces-tough-questioning-vaccine-views-hhs-confirmation-hearing23:42

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