libera/##covid-19/ Friday, 2025-05-02

BrainstormNew from The Lancet (Online): [Seminar] Gastric cancer: Gastric cancer remains a major health challenge worldwide, with nearly 1 million new cases annually contributing to more than 650 000 deaths. Epidemiologically, gastric cancer shows substantial geographical variation in incidence, [... want %more?] → https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00052-2/fulltext05:41
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: How Our Medical Establishment Went From”Don’t Make Anyone Get a Vaccine” to “Don’t Let Anyone Get a Vaccine”: Our Medical Establishment stood up for the right of anti-vaxxers to die in droves.  They reject your bodily autonomy and medical freedom. The post  first appeared on [... want %more?] → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/medfreedom-2/09:35
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Opinion: Public health still hasn’t reckoned with which Covid policies and interventions failed: If science is to reclaim credibility, it must be seen interrogating its own failures, not shielding them. That is particularly true when it [... want %more?] → https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/02/covid-five-year-anniversary-public-health-policies-postmortem-school-closures/10:33
BrainstormNew from PubMed: Effectiveness of nirsevimab immunization against RSV infection in preterm infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis: CONCLUSION: Nirsevimab significantly decreases the risk of RSV-related infection in preterm infants and represents a valuable intervention for RSV prevention in this vulnerable population. → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40313952/12:31
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Prospective observational study to assess the performance accuracy of clinical decision rules in children presenting to emergency departments with possible cervical spine injuries: the Study of Neck Injuries in Children (SONIC): Introduction Paediatric cervical spine injury (CSI) is uncommon but can [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/15/5/e09629412:41
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): COVID19_Pandemic: ‘Long COVID’ is keeping kids out of school, Merced doctor warns → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1kcxxt5/long_covid_is_keeping_kids_out_of_school_merced/13:01
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: NIH Launches Generation Gold Standard Universal Vaccine Initiative: Despite political restructuring and funding cuts, the NIH’s Generation Gold Standard vaccine platform offers a promising solution for pandemic preparedness and global health resilience. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/nih-launches-generation-gold-standard-universal-vaccine-initiative13:39
BrainstormNew from StatNews: STAT+: Another Cytokinetics own goal leaves investors fuming: Cytokinetics committed an unforced error that has extended the review of its heart disease drug, knocked down its stock price, and triggered the ire of investors. → https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/02/cytokinetics-heart-drug-aficamten-own-goal/13:59
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): I leave the details to epidemiologists, but the study does not seem bad at all. Just keep to comparing Pfizer and Moderna, don´t extrapolate to areas where there is no data in this preprint. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11443811733765335814:09
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Is this real? Thoughts? → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1kd0kpm/is_this_real_thoughts/15:17
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Good overview of mRNA vaccines and how they work. Important since more vaccines will be based on this platform, as well as new applications of mRNA as therapy. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11443878125837999716:56
BrainstormNew from ScienceNews: A man let snakes bite him 202 times. His blood helped create a new antivenom: A new antivenom relies on antibodies from the blood of Tim Friede, who immunized himself against snakebites by injecting increasing doses of venom into his body. → https://www.sciencenews.org/article/antivenom-snakebite-tim-friede17:06
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: (news): VA study: Pfizer COVID booster 68% effective against hospitalization → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/va-study-pfizer-covid-booster-68-effective-against-hospitalization17:16
BrainstormNew from ECDC: Communicable disease threats report, 26 April - 3 May 2025, week 18: This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 26 April - 3 May 2025 and includes updates on respiratory virus epidemiology in the EU/EEA, [... want %more?] → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/communicable-disease-threats-report-26-april-3-may-2025-week-1817:26
BrainstormNew from StatNews: CDC reports 216 child deaths this flu season, the most in 15 years: More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report. → https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/02/cdc-child-flu-deaths/18:16
xxUSA also has the most kids in the last 15 years18:20
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: (news): PRAC-ETF considerations on the use of Ixchiq live  attenuated virus vaccine against chikungunya → https://www.ema.europa.eu/system/files/documents/other/prac-etf-considerations-use-ixchiq-live-attenuated-virus-vaccine-against-chikungunya_en.pdf18:25
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Antigenic and Virological Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Variant BA.3.2, XFG, and NB.1.8.1 → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1kd5eqb/antigenic_and_virological_characteristics_of/18:35
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: (news): CDC: 12 more children die of flu, reaching new season high for a nonpandemic year → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-general/cdc-12-more-children-die-flu-reaching-new-season-high-nonpandemic-year19:54
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: (translated) US: *FDA *Asks *for Dark Date *for Modern’*s Flu *COVID-19 *Combination *Vaccine → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/fda-asks-for-more-data-for-moderna-s-influenza-covid-19-combination-vaccine20:23
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Scientists made a potent antivenom using antibodies from Tim Friede, a US snake collector, bitten roughly 200 times by venomous snakes and given more than 600 doses of venom to build up his immunity. The therapy protects mice against venoms of 19 species [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1kd8y5c/scientists_made_a_potent_antivenom_using/21:21
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: Director of Arizona Medicaid Agency Resigns Following Fraud Scheme Response: by Mary Hudetz ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches , a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-medicaid-fraud-carmen-heredia-resigns22:11

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