libera/##covid-19/ Tuesday, 2024-10-22

BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): The authors used a literature search, up to 29 February 2024. This means all LC reports from the pandemic years to recently were included. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11334770404066723300:16
BrainstormNew from StatNews: STAT+: Senators demand answers on telehealth platforms from Pfizer and Eli Lilly: Led by Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, senators question if direct-to-consumer website telehealth deals are a new way around old kickback laws. → https://www.statnews.com/2024/10/22/senators-letter-pfizer-eli-lilly-ceos-telehealth-prescription/10:39
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Incidence and Risk of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Hospitalization Among Unvaccinated Children → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11335042790779607811:49
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Crises Narratives Defining the COVID-19 Pandemic: Expert Uncertainties and Conspiratorial Sensemaking → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1g9el00/crises_narratives_defining_the_covid19_pandemic/12:10
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Although rare, any infection comes with risks, and SARS-CoV-2 is no exception, as the authors highlight. This is not just due to known comorbidities, the majority had no known comorbidity. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11335059594290231412:30
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Tackle burnout and moral injury to prevent doctor suicide: Zimmermann and colleagues’ paper on physician suicide and the importance of mental health draws attention to an urgent topic1 but does not go into detail about the drivers that can lead to depression and suicide.Two major causes of depression in [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/387/bmj.q2284.short14:00
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): A similar trend was observed in those vaccinated (dose 1+2 mainly, at least 2 weeks after vaccination). However, the changes in the white blood cell biomarkers were less pronounced. The group was too small to include in the detailed analysis. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11335110160057151114:41
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a probe of Pfizer and Lilly telehealth, pharma exec donations, and more → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2024/10/22/spravato-telehealth-pfizer-lilly-novo-weight-obesity-zepbound-semaglutide-jnj/15:22
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: (news): Orphan designation: Humanised monoclonal antibody targeting interleukin-15 Treatment of eosinophilic oesophagitis, 27/06/2016 Positive → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/orphan-designations/eu-3-16-168115:32
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: (news): Orphan designation: Humanised IgG4 monoclonal antibody against A proliferation-inducing ligand Treatment of primary IgA nephropathy, 21/06/2022 Positive → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/orphan-designations/eu-3-22-262315:42
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Evaluating the Efficacy of Paxlovid in High-Risk Patients with Pre-Existing Immunity: John McLaughlin, PhD, examines high-risk individuals with prior SARS-CoV-2 immunity and presents that Paxlovid reduces the risk of [... want %more?] → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/evaluating-the-efficacy-of-paxlovid-in-high-risk-patients-with-pre-existing-immunity16:13
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Healthcare workers mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative analysis of a text message-based NHS workforce support line: Background The National Health Service (NHS) is suffering from a workforce crisis of mental and physical sickness and attrition following the COVID-19 pandemic. An [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/14/10/e08482617:34
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Key SARS-CoV-2 enzyme behind virus's infectiousness, researchers say: The virus is more infectious than severe acute respiratory syndrome and Middle East respiratory syndrome viruses because it has an enzyme that can efficiently circumvent a host cell's [... want %more?] → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/key-sars-cov-2-enzyme-behind-viruss-infectiousness-researchers-say18:24
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Study: XEC characteristics position COVID variant to become dominant: The variant appears to have greater infectivity and immune-evasion properties, which could help it edge out KP.3.1.1. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/study-xec-characteristics-position-covid-variant-become-dominant18:45
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): This strong study does confirm the role of SARS-CoV-2 in developing LC, the problem is the general definition of LC. This remains a large obstacle for clinicians, scientists, and certainly the patients. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11335211222336396218:55
BrainstormNew from StatNews: D.C. Diagnosis: Bolstering addiction treatment polls well across parties, new survey shows: A new study shows that Americans are more supportive than ever of a robust drug-epidemic response and access to addiction [... want %more?] → https://www.statnews.com/2024/10/22/healthcare-news-rfk-jr-addiction-treatment-election-2024-democrats-gop-rent-control-dc-diagnosis/20:15
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: Asthma Drug Did Not Reduce Symptom Duration in Mild to Moderate COVID: (MedPage Today) -- Among patients with mild to moderate COVID-19, the asthma drug montelukast (Singulair) did not reduce duration of symptoms, results of the randomized controlled ACTIV-6 trial showed.After receiving [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/11252522:15

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