libera/##covid-19/ Thursday, 2024-09-26

BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: Cancer Diagnoses Slow to Recover From Effects of COVID Pandemic: (MedPage Today) -- The decline in cancer diagnoses during the 2020 COVID pandemic did not translate into a spike in diagnoses in 2021, according to two separate studies.Analysis of an NCI database showed that the [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/othercancers/11212100:15
BrainstormNew from StatNews: STAT+: Pfizer pulls sickle cell treatment Oxbryta off global markets: The company said benefits no longer outweighed the risks, with data suggesting the drug might increase the risk of pain crises and "fatal events." → https://www.statnews.com/2024/09/25/pfizer-oxbryta-sickle-cell-treatment-withdrawn-global-markets/00:24
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Mechanisms of long COVID and the path toward therapeutics → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1fpjepm/mechanisms_of_long_covid_and_the_path_toward/02:21
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Efficacy and safety of esketamine hydrochloride adjunct to sufentanil in non-surgical patients under mechanical ventilation in the ICU (SENSATION trial): protocol for a multicentre, single-blind, randomised controlled trial: Introduction Pain is common in patients receiving mechanical ventilation in [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/14/9/e08446904:08
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Scientists discover troubling brain changes in COVID-19 patients who lost sense of smell → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1fpphtp/scientists_discover_troubling_brain_changes_in/08:28
BrainstormNew from Il Sole 24 Ore: (translated) Health: Flu: of the *Lombardia to the *Lazio, here the Regions that *vaccinano of beginning October - Vaccine, big *dimenticato → https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/influenza-lombardia-lazio-ecco-regioni-che-vaccinano-inizio-ottobre--vaccino-grande-dimenticato-AGdeGRD09:47
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: Caught in Texas’ Medicaid and Food Stamp Application Backlog? Know Someone Who Is? Help Us Report.: by Jessica Priest and Lomi Kriel , ProPublica and The Texas Tribune , and Eleanor Klibanoff , The Texas Tribune Hundreds of thousands of Texas families have [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/help-propublica-report-on-texas-medicaid-snap-backlog12:27
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Free tests now available to order via USPS → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1fpt6mi/free_tests_now_available_to_order_via_usps/12:47
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Covid was like a daily terror attack, doctor tells inquiry: Covid inquiry hears harrowing testimony from ex-adviser in emergency preparedness at NHS England. → https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz9py388z17o12:56
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Sometimes a picture can say a lot. No, this does not mean SARS-CoV-2 is harmless, it also does not mean COVID-19 is gone (the virus will stay, some people can become ill), but it shows the impact from the start of the pandemic has dramatically decreased (immunity!). → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11320363666823961913:35
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Pfizer pulling a sickle cell pill, Moderna getting scolded, and more → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2024/09/26/pfizer-oxbryta-sickle-cell-moderna-vaccines-merck-covid-patents-keytruda-semaglutide-overdose-ozempic/15:34
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): in vivo mouse tests show the promising working of the end product (PCANs). Mice survived a lethal dose of influenza, and viral titres were very low, as is the inflammatory response. Also here there is a time dependency (78% 4hrs). → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11320424911348342216:14
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Patient groups in Europe received {euro}110m from drug companies in 2022: Drug companies gave €110m (£92m; €123m) to patient organisations in Europe in 2022, an analysis of financial disclosures has found, with the vast majority concentrated in a few countries.Investigate Europe, an international non-profit [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/386/bmj.q2117.short17:05
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Don't get your hopes up about nasal sprays: You're going to hate me for this. But this sub should be a hopium-free zone. → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1fpy0cj/dont_get_your_hopes_up_about_nasal_sprays/17:25
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: NFID Survey: Fewer Than 1 in 5 Americans Are Concerned About Respiratory Viruses: The findings are from a National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) survey showing many Americans are not thinking about flu, COVID-19, RSV, or [... want %more?] → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/nfid-survey-fewer-than-1-in-5-americans-are-concerned-about-respiratory-viruses18:04
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: COVID-19 reinfection ups risk of long COVID, new data show: People who had 2 COVID infections were more than twice as likely to report long COVID as those with 1 infection, and the risk rose with more reinfections. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid-19-reinfection-ups-risk-long-covid-new-data-show19:22
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Free COVID tests are back. But there are more accurate tests for sale. → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1fq1o28/free_covid_tests_are_back_but_there_are_more/19:32
LjLuh that article can get fucked19:36
LjL"you should spend $200 on a molecular test, after all it counts as flexible healthcare spending"19:36
BrainstormNew from Il Sole 24 Ore: (translated) Health: “Safe vaccines”, but with the drop of the injections #be alarm on the return of the *morbillo → https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/vaccini-sicuri-ma-il-calo-iniezioni-e-allarme-ritorno-morbillo-AGWiruE19:42
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: COVID antiviral studies: Emergent resistance mutations rare, Paxlovid awareness low: The findings of the first study suggest that the antivirals are unlikely to contribute to viral rebound and to spread in the community under current [... want %more?] → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid-antiviral-studies-emergent-resistance-mutations-rare-paxlovid-awareness-low19:52
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusUK: Covid on the rise as experts say England has ‘capitulated’ to the virus → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/1fq3u57/covid_on_the_rise_as_experts_say_england_has/21:01
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Genentech’s cancer pivot, Pfizer’s sickle cell withdrawal, and a new schizophrenia drug: On STAT's Readout LOUD podcast, Jonathan Wosen talks about Genentech shutting down its cancer immunology team, and the ambitions of Chinese biotech Akeso. → https://www.statnews.com/2024/09/26/readout-loud-podcast-genentech-pfizer-sickle-cell-schizophrenia/21:30
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Biotech: STAT+: What Pfizer’s decision to pull its sickle cell drug means for patients, the company, and the FDA → https://www.statnews.com/2024/09/26/pfizer-sickle-cell-disease-oxbryta-patients-fda/22:01
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Long COVID and associated outcomes following COVID-19 reinfections: Insights from an International Patient-Led Survey → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1fq5ghn/long_covid_and_associated_outcomes_following/22:11
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): note the waning of the antibodies, a physiological given. The neutralisation activity looks good, but again, there is an element of time involved. The level of antibodies is boosted by the vaccine, and will undergo waning over time, but sowly over many weeks. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11320574074713520022:31
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: In a new study, researchers found that individuals who had anosmia (the loss of smell) during COVID-19 showed alterations in brain functionality and even physical structure during recovery | This study is among the first to link COVID-19-related [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1fq6nqz/in_a_new_study_researchers_found_that_individuals/23:51

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