| Brainstorm | New from MedPageToday: FDA Brings Lab Tests Under Its Oversight: (MedPage Today) -- The FDA issued its final rule to regulate laboratory-developed tests (LDTs), the agency said Monday.LDTs are in vitro diagnostic products (IVDs) designed, manufactured, and used within a single clinical laboratory. They can... → https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/fdageneral/109884 | 00:20 |
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| LjL | https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/concerning-spread-of-bird-flu-from-cows-to-cats-suspected-in-texas/ | 00:58 |
| Brainstorm | New from Politico: Portugal’s far right vaccine stops working in the Algarve: In Portugal's southernmost region, Brussels won't feature in the upcoming EU election. Instead, it will be a battle to stop the ascendant Chega party. → https://www.politico.eu/article/portugal-far-right-chega-eu-election-algarve/ | 04:11 |
| Brainstorm | New from Reddit (test): COVID19_Pandemic: Lucky Tran on Twitter: "Why are so many protestors wearing masks? Yes it's to protect against facial recognition and doxxing, but it's also to keep communities safe from COVID. As an organizer puts it: "we deny the Biden [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1cgl94b/lucky_tran_on_twitter_why_are_so_many_protestors/ | 07:55 |
| Brainstorm | New from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): The level we find acceptable is an important social consideration. SARS-CoV-2 has provided the momentum to highlight this, to take more preventative action. However, it has made us face the fact that we cannot control everything, unless at (too) high costs to the same lives. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/112359206875966334 | 10:30 |
| Brainstorm | New from EMA: What's new: (news): ETF recommends updating COVID-19 vaccines to target new JN.1 variant → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/etf-recommends-updating-covid-19-vaccines-target-new-jn1-variant | 11:59 |
| Brainstorm | New from PubMed: Proteomics validate circulating GDF-15 as an independent biomarker for COVID-19 severity: CONCLUSIONS: This study confirms GDF-15 as a biomarker for COVID-19 severity. Clinical evaluation of GDF-15 levels could assist identification of persons at high-risk of progressing to severe disease, thus improving patient care. → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38686386/ | 12:49 |
| Brainstorm | New from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): The data does not allow a conclusion regarding the correlation of soluble factors and any causal relation to LC. There is an indication of reduced virus neutralisation, which is of potential interest, with increased antibody levels in LC patients previously reported. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/112360155800454952 | 14:27 |
| Brainstorm | New from Contagion Live: April 2024 FDA Breakthroughs: Vaccine Approvals, PDUFAs, and More: FDA-approves mpox vaccine, FDA grants EUA for at-home multiplex papid test, FDA grants PDUFA for GSK 5-in-1 meningococcal vaccine, and more this month from the FDA. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/april-2024-fda-breakthroughs-vaccine-approvals-pdufas-and-more | 14:37 |
| Brainstorm | New from EMA: What's new: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Hexacima, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (acellular, component), hepatitis B (rDNA), poliomyelitis (inactivated) and Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine (adsorbed), Date of authorisation: 17/04/2013, Date of [... want %more?] → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/hexacima | 15:26 |
| Brainstorm | New from MedPageToday: Ground Beef Tested for H5N1; Wait Times for Docs at All-Time High; New COVID Variant: (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.The federal government is collecting samples of ground beef in states with outbreaks of bird flu in dairy cows for [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/publichealth/109886 | 16:15 |
| Brainstorm | New from EMA: News and press releases: Meeting highlights from the Committee for Veterinary Medicinal Products (CVMP) 16-18 April 2024: CVMP opinions on veterinary medicinal products The Committee adopted by consensus a positive opinion for a marketing [... want %more?] → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/meeting-highlights-committee-veterinary-medicinal-products-cvmp-16-18-april-2024 | 16:35 |
| Brainstorm | New from MedPageToday: Chinese Scientist Who First Published COVID Sequence Locked Out of Lab: (MedPage Today) -- SHANGHAI -- The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China staged a sit-in protest outside his lab after authorities locked him out of the facility -- a sign of [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/109888 | 17:26 |
| Brainstorm | New from StatNews: Opinion: Creating the next wave of antibody therapies requires innovative collaboration: Aligning economic incentives with global health goals is not only a moral imperative but a practical necessity for economic security. → https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/30/economics-holding-back-promise-antibody-therapies-infectious-diseases/ | 18:06 |
| Brainstorm | New from WebMD: New ‘FLiRT’ Variants Spark Summer COVID Surge Warning: A data scientist who has accurately predicted COVID waves since the beginning of the pandemic warns that a surge is on the horizon. → https://www.webmd.com/covid/news/20240430/new-variant-sparks-summer-covid-surge-warning | 18:36 |
| Brainstorm | New from Contagion Live: us: Comparative Analysis of New Influenza Vaccines and COVID-Influenza Combination Vaccine → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/comparative-analysis-of-new-influenza-vaccines-and-covid-influenza-combination-vaccine | 19:45 |
| Brainstorm | New from ProPublica: Philips Agrees to Pay $1 Billion to Patients Who Say They Were Injured by Breathing Machines: by Debbie Cenziper , ProPublica; Michael D. Sallah , Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ; and Julian Andreone , Medill Investigative Lab ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/philips-lawsuit-settlement-cpap-breathing-machine-recall | 20:04 |
| Brainstorm | New from Ars Technica: Policy: FTC fines Razer for every cent made selling bogus “N95 grade” RGB masks → https://arstechnica.com/?p=2020701 | 21:04 |
| LjL | should be fined for more | 21:17 |
| LjL | ineffective masks aren't worth zero, they're worth much less than zero | 21:18 |
| Brainstorm | New from MedPageToday: Cognitively Healthy Centenarians; Seizures and COVID Vax; New AAN Statement: (MedPage Today) -- Cognitively healthy centenarians appeared to be genetically protected against Alzheimer's disease, genome-wide association studies showed. (Alzheimer's and Dementia)Steve Gleason, a former NFL [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/generalneurology/109900 | 22:23 |
| Brainstorm | New from CIDRAP: Global survey shows COVID booster uptake in question: Willingness to get a booster dose of vaccine dropped most notably in high-income countries. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/global-survey-shows-covid-booster-uptake-question | 22:42 |
| Brainstorm | New from r/COVID19: COVID19: Humoral immunogenicity comparison of XBB and JN.1 in human infections → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1ch3dtr/humoral_immunogenicity_comparison_of_xbb_and_jn1/ | 22:52 |
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