libera/##covid-19/ Saturday, 2024-09-14

BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Investigating the relationship between spermogram parameters and sexual desire in infertile men: a cross-sectional study from a tertiary centre in Iran: Background Male factor infertility can affect spermatogenesis, sexual desire, and thus the quality of life of couples. The present study was [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/14/9/e08423606:28
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: Georgia’s Top GOP Lawmaker Seeks Tougher Action Against Students Who Make Threats. But It May Not Make Schools Safer.: by Aliyya Swaby ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches , a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/apalachee-high-school-shooting-threats-response11:49
BrainstormNew from Retraction Watch: Weekend reads: Lawsuits filed and dismissed; ‘the rise of the science sleuths;’ research assessment culture: Would you consider a donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? The week at [... want %more?] → https://retractionwatch.com/2024/09/14/weekend-reads-lawsuits-filed-and-dismissed-the-rise-of-the-science-sleuths-research-assessment-culture/12:09
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Parents urged to get young children flu vaccine: The flu vaccine is given to most children as a quick, painless spray up the nose, with no injection. → https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g5dlndd5do13:20
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Top 5 Infectious Disease News Stories Week of September 6-11: This week, World AMR Congress interviews, Long COVID’s toll on the brain, e coli outbreak linked to lettuce, and more. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/top-5-infectious-disease-news-stories-week-of-september-6-1114:01
BrainstormNew from This Week In Virology: TWiV 1148: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin: In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin dives into “pandemic potential” viruses isolated from farmed fur animals, how the mRNA and pox vectored vaccines against mpox spar against each other, how telehealth does managing mpox, and if prophylactic [... want %more?] → https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1148/14:23
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Biotech: STAT+: Pfizer drug shows promise in cancer-related condition that causes weight loss and weakness → https://www.statnews.com/2024/09/14/cachexia-ponsegromab-pfizer-esmo-study/14:53
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Important: irrepective of vaccination, risk of infection is there. Antibodies wane, new variants will be selected to avoid a part of these. People have different risks of infection, health care workers have an increased risk. Controls, those without any immunity, are absent → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11313615663523837515:44
LjLhttps://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/113136156635238375 seems to be grasping at straws to me at this point ;(16:11
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Large report on wastwater monitoring for SARS-CoV-2, also H5N1, RSV and Mpox, in many countries, updated to end of August or beginning of September. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11313660231094370317:35
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Why did China's zero covid policy "fail"?: The first sections of this old article talks on and on about the damage to consumer sentiment and business but the reality is that people's lives should be prioritized over capital. → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1fgotzv/why_did_chinas_zero_covid_policy_fail/18:06
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: COVID-19 vaccines prevented millions of deaths across Latin America and the Caribbean. Vaccination efforts in 17 countries saved up to 2.62 million lives, highlighting the critical role of vaccines in curbing the pandemic's devastating toll. → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1fgqa3y/covid19_vaccines_prevented_millions_of_deaths/18:56
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: Screening After False Positive Mammograms; RSV Vaccination and Hospitalization: (MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/podcasts/healthwatch/11194420:17

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