libera/##covid-19/ Tuesday, 2024-08-27

BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: COVID Vax Myocarditis Stays Mild With Good Prognosis Over a Year Later: (MedPage Today) -- People with postvaccine myocarditis did not share the typical mid-term complications associated with conventional myocarditis, based on a population-based study from France.With 18-month [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19vaccine/11167400:36
LjLMeanwhile, the risk of poor composite outcomes -- counting hospital readmission for myopericarditis, other cardiovascular events, and all-cause death -- was comparable between post-COVID-19 myocarditis and conventional myocarditis groups (weighted HR 1.04, 95% CI 0.70-1.52), according to Laura Semenzato, MSc, a statistician at Saint-Denis Cedex France in Paris, and colleagues.01:25
LjLi don't understand this01:25
LjLit's much better... but also, similar?01:25
BrainstormNew from Politico: Von der Leyen’s second term from hell: Thought the pandemic and Ukraine were tough? The next five years could be worse. → https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyen-eu-commission-hellacious-ukraine-pandemic-trump-war-challenge/04:08
BrainstormNew from Politico: Zuckerberg says he regrets caving to White House pressure on content: Meta’s CEO tells the House Judiciary Committee that he wishes he had been more outspoken against the Biden administration during the pandemic. → https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/26/zuckerberg-meta-white-house-pressure-0017639906:41
BrainstormNew from StatNews: First Opinion: Opinion: To stop mpox from becoming the next pandemic, we must address global vaccine inequities → https://www.statnews.com/2024/08/27/mpox-vaccines-stockpiles-equity-mva-bn-bavarian-nordic/10:40
BrainstormNew from BMJ: What is the point of inquiries?: The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has just published its Module 1 report two years after the inquiry began.1 At least another eight modules are still to be published. The inquiry has cost £94 million so far2 and is projected to cost over £200 million in total.3 The first report was [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/386/bmj.q1857.short12:16
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: On the Covid ‘Off-Ramp’: No Tests, Isolation or Masks → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1f2djwd/on_the_covid_offramp_no_tests_isolation_or_masks/12:26
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: A new study suggests that the stresses associated with the COVID-19 pandemic were felt more acutely by those on the political left. Republicans, who are more resistant to public health measures like mask-wearing and vaccination, may have had [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1f2dxvm/a_new_study_suggests_that_the_stresses_associated/13:12
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Pfizer-06425090 C Diff Vaccine Falls Short on Primary Endpoint: The Phase 3 CLOVER trial still showed safety and potential benefits by reducing C difficile infection duration, medical attention needs, and antibiotic use. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/pfizer-06425090-c-diff-vaccine-falls-short-on-primary-endpoint14:57
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Health: Glucose monitors, mpox vaccine inequity and effects of LGBTQ+ restrictions → https://www.statnews.com/2024/08/27/health-news-glucose-monitors-heat-lgbtq-mpox-clinical-trials/15:19
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Lilly cutting Zepbound’s price; Pfizer selling direct to consumers, and more → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2024/08/27/regeneron-lilly-zepbound-weight-obesity-pfizer-migraine-ecstasy-fda-bayer-layoffs-340b-cigna-humira-abbvie-who-mpox-vaccines/15:42
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): COVID19_Pandemic: wsbgnl on Twitter: "I wish people who agree that the public should have free tests would also agree that four rapid tests per household per random time period is ludicrously inadequate and mostly a PR stunt to appear proactive [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1f2hudm/wsbgnl_on_twitter_i_wish_people_who_agree_that/16:17
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Mark Zuckerberg says White House ‘pressured’ Facebook to censor Covid-19 content → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1f2iop6/mark_zuckerberg_says_white_house_pressured/16:45
BrainstormNew from Politico: Ukraine successfully tests its first ballistic missile: Ukraine’s president offers no details on the test, but says that it was “positive." → https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-russia-invasion-first-ballistic-missile-volodymyr-zelenskyy-military-production/17:21
BrainstormNew from Ars Technica: Policy: Mark Zuckerberg regrets not pushing back on Biden’s COVID “pressure” campaign → https://arstechnica.com/?p=204548917:55
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: FDA Could Soon Limit Use of Only Drug for COVID Prevention: (MedPage Today) -- Pemivibart (Pemgarda) should only be used for pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 in immunocompromised patients when the combined national frequency of SARS-CoV-2 variants with substantially reduced [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/11168118:07
BrainstormNew from New Scientist: How a new kind of vaccine could lead to the eradication of Alzheimer’s: Promising new vaccines are designed to be given to patients at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. If they perform well in clinical trials, they have [... want %more?] → https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335060-900-how-a-new-kind-of-vaccine-could-lead-to-the-eradication-of-alzheimers/18:38
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: Novel Drug Works Near-Miracle for sJIA Patients With Life-Threatening Complication: (MedPage Today) -- An investigational antibody drug called MAS825 that inhibits interleukins 1β and 18 (IL-1β, IL-18) appeared extraordinarily effective for treating macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) in [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/rheumatology/arthritis/11168520:13
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Report details COVID-related healthcare worker attacks, injuries, deaths around the world: During the study period, 255 COVID-19-related attacks on HCWs were reported, with 18 killed and 147 injured, in addition to damage to 86 facilities. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/report-details-covid-related-healthcare-worker-attacks-injuries-deaths-around-world20:24
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Mpox jabs arrive on African soil after red-tape delays: Vaccines are arriving in Africa - the heart of the outbreak - weeks after it was declared a health emergency. → https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd734115e5eo20:34
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: Clot Grabber IFU Recall; Free Cholesterol Tests at CVS; Naloxone for Cardiac Arrests: (MedPage Today) -- FDA alerted to Inari Medical's recall of instructions for use (IFU) of the ClotTriever XL catheter, 30 mm, following reports of injury and death due to entrapped devices or pulmonary [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/cardiology/prevention/11168821:16
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Monoclonal Antibody Reduces Symptomatic COVID-19 Risk by 84% in Immunocompromised: Invivyd’s investigational pemivibart (Pemgarda), which received an FDA emergency use authorization earlier this year, continued to show efficacy in [... want %more?] → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/monoclonal-antibody-reduces-symptomatic-covid-19-risk-by-84-in-immunocompromised21:58
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Confused about this new study on the mRNA myocarditis risk. → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1f2r2ss/confused_about_this_new_study_on_the_mrna/22:19
LjLcan anyone confirm this about the vaccine this year being the old JN.1 version in Europe? https://www.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1eypkf0/fda_approves_and_authorizes_updated_mrna_covid19/lk3r8de/?context=323:18
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): mosaic-8b RBD nanoparticles in eliciting cross-reactive and broad Ab responses also in animals previously vaccinated with two to four doses of multiple types of COVID-19 vaccines. No original antigenic sin. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11303616724049231223:56

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