libera/##covid-19/ Tuesday, 2025-04-29

BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Factors contributing to the implementation of interventions to prevent and manage intensive care unit delirium: a systematic review protocol: Introduction Delirium is a common and serious condition that frequently affects patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). It is characterised by an acute [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/15/4/e09333801:20
BrainstormNew from Ars Technica: Health: Seasonal COVID shots may no longer be possible under Trump admin → https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/04/under-trump-the-fda-may-no-longer-approve-seasonal-covid-shots/01:40
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: FDA appears to be slow-walking vaccine approvals | The Covid vaccine from Novavax was expected to be approved earlier this month. Now, the FDA is requiring the company to complete a new clinical trial. → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1kaa59j/fda_appears_to_be_slowwalking_vaccine_approvals/01:49
BrainstormNew from This Week In Virology: TWiV Special: A shot of HepB with Chari Cohen: From the 2024 International Hepatitis B virus meeting in Chicago IL, Rich Condit speaks with Chari Cohen about her work as President of the Hepatitis B Foundation. → https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-special-a-shot-of-hepb-cohen/06:16
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: Goodbye to the Novavax Vaccine?  Our Flailing Medical Establishment Rejects Medical Freedom and Refuses to Fund Gold-Standard Science.: Our current Medical Establishment doesn't seem to grasp that they are no longer just Fox News and Twitter celebrities who can comment from the sidelines as if [... want %more?] → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/medfreedom/09:41
BrainstormNew from StatNews: STAT+: How RFK Jr.’s vaccine criticism is taking hold at the FDA: FDA vaccine oversight is shifting, with increased scrutiny and mixed messaging sparking concerns among health experts. → https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/29/fda-vaccine-criticism-seeping-into-official-policy-rfk-jr-marty-makary/10:40
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Hi, I'm trying to understand covid and the covid vaccines a bit better. I found this article but I dont really understand it. What does this mean? → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1kak1ze/hi_im_trying_to_understand_covid_and_the_covid/11:58
BrainstormNew from PubMed: Cholera resurges in Zambia: Challenges and future directions: Cholera remains a major global health challenge, disproportionately affecting low-income countries with inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure. Zambia, historically prone to outbreaks, experienced a severe resurgence in [... want %more?] → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40297755/12:28
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: BNT162b2 vaccine not only targets COVID-19 virus, but may also help reduce and control innate inflammation → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1kakuil/bnt162b2_vaccine_not_only_targets_covid19_virus/13:06
BrainstormNew from EMA: News and press releases: EMA closed 1 May: The European Medicines Agency's (EMA) office is closed from 18:00 on Wednesday 30 April 2025 to 08:30 on Friday 2 May 2025.Outside of working hours and on public holidays, it… → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/ema-closed-1-may-013:17
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Plants and Vegetables Can Breathe In Microplastics Through Their Leaves and It Is Already in the Food We Eat | Leaves absorb airborne microplastics, offering a new route into the food chain. → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1kaloaa/plants_and_vegetables_can_breathe_in/13:46
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): This is the opposite of free-choice: vulnerable groups, including children, will not have a choice: they may not be given access to these vaccines. Similarly, new bird-flu vaccines can be made rapidly and safely using the mRNA-vaccine platform, their absence will put many at risk. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11442159702441801316:06
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): HPV vaccines have had a dramatic impact. In the U.S., they have decreased the incidence of precancerous cervical lesions by 80% — particularly impressive because only 77% of people in the U.S. who should receive the vaccine have been administered at least one dose. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11442165188714587816:16
BrainstormNew from The Atlantic: The Texas County Where ‘Everybody Has Somebody in Their Family’ With Dementia: Photographs by Cheney Orr In Starr County, Texas, near the state’s southern tip along the U.S.-Mexico border, escaping dementia can feel impossible. The condition affects about one [... want %more?] → https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/04/starr-county-texas-dementia/682625/16:47
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: FDA Scrutiny of Novavax COVID Shot Sparks Uncertainty About Other Vaccines: (MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration's effort to impose new requirements on Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine  --  the nation's only traditional protein-based option for the coronavirus  --  is sowing [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19vaccine/11533017:21
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: A new study conducted by researchers from Oregon Health & Science University investigates whether seasonal influenza vaccines, alone or given alongside a COVID-19 vaccine, cause changes in menstrual cycle length. The findings point to small, [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1kaq5u8/a_new_study_conducted_by_researchers_from_oregon/18:00
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Major tuberculosis vaccine trial completes enrollment faster than expected → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11442234453695968819:09
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: New Shingles Vax Data; Psilocybin and Parkinson's; Goldwater Rule for Neurologists?: (MedPage Today) -- Another quasi-experimental study  --  this one using Australian records  --  showed that being eligible for a herpes zoster vaccine based solely on date of birth lowered the odds of [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/generalneurology/11534321:07
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: WHO, UNICEF, Gavi Warn of Global Increases of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: The agencies are calling for sustained investments in immunization efforts in the midst of increasing case numbers rising for diseases such as whooping cough, [... want %more?] → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/who-unicef-gavi-warn-of-global-increases-of-vaccine-preventable-diseases22:14
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: (news): Death certificate changes inflate US maternal fatalities, yet rates clearly peaked during height of COVID-19 → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/death-certificate-changes-inflate-us-maternal-fatalities-yet-rates-clearly-peaked-during22:44
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Health: STAT+: What was big at AACR? A drug, a diagnostic, and a dog. Oh and a vaccine, too. → https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/29/aacr-2025-cancer-highlights-patient-care/23:03

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