libera/##covid-19/ Tuesday, 2024-11-12

BrainstormNew from Science Daily: Study reveals best timing for getting the RSV vaccine during pregnancy to protect newborns: Current guidelines recommend that pregnant people receive a vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) -- which typically causes mild, cold-like symptoms in most adults but can be deadly [... want %more?] → https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241111181752.htm03:46
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Use of the walking and turning test to accurately discriminate between independently ambulatory community-dwelling older Thai adults with and without a history of falls: a retrospective diagnostic study: Objectives This study developed and investigated the possibility of using the walking and turning [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/14/11/e08994404:56
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: A Mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 Model for Investigating Post-acute Sequelae of COVID infection → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1gpce6t/a_mouseadapted_sarscov2_model_for_investigating/05:26
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: AstraZeneca, Daiichi Sankyo change strategy on closely watched cancer drug → https://www.statnews.com/2024/11/12/astrazeneca-daiichi-sankyo-dato-dxd-lung-cancer/10:24
BrainstormNew from StatNews: STAT+: How Pfizer used wearables to tap into the promise of an experimental drug: Pfizer's head of digital devices says the industry is close to a 'revolution' in using measures from wearables in clinical trials. → https://www.statnews.com/2024/11/12/pfizer-cancer-trial-digital-tech-endpoints-carrie-northcott/10:34
BrainstormNew from ECDC: Weekly respiratory virus update, week 44, October-November 2024: Activity of influenza viruses, respiratory syncytial viruses and SARS-CoV-2 remained at relatively low levels in week 44 in the EU/EEA countries. → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/weekly-respiratory-virus-update-week-44-october-november-202411:25
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Next-generation metagenomic sequencing test developed at UCSF can diagnose nearly any infection by rapidly detecting almost any kind of pathogen | The genomic test identified pathogens accurately 86% of time. This test could also detect respiratory [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1gpipi4/nextgeneration_metagenomic_sequencing_test/13:06
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Science advances by testing and rejecting hypotheses, using the best methods to gather data. This process generates new hypotheses, which others then try to disprove. The longer a hypothesis withstands these tests and remains predictive, the stronger it becomes. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11347040549047032915:20
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: LongCovid: What is the issue? Non-experts, in the absence of sufficient evidence, claim that # LongCovid is explained by viral persistence. This does not hold, the data is insufficient. That does not mean it could not play a role, in many or a subgroup. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11347049423502156915:41
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Many deaths were averted. 82% were among people vaccinated before any infection, 57% were in the Omicron period, and 90% pertained to people 60 years and above. ~1.4 to 4.0 million lives saved, 14.8 million life-years saved (76% in people over 60 years old). → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11347054079225082816:02
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Congress members less outspoken against COVID-19 policies after personal infections, study finds | These individuals tended to decrease their opposition to COVID-19-related government policies on social media by approximately 30% on average. → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1gpmw41/congress_members_less_outspoken_against_covid19/16:24
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Veklury, remdesivir, Date of authorisation: 03/07/2020, Revision: 26, Status: Authorised → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/veklury17:36
BrainstormNew from LitCovid: (news): Metabolic Profiles of Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients: A Comparative Analysis of Energy Expenditure. → https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/publication/3950713217:46
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Health: STD epidemic slows as new syphilis and gonorrhea cases fall in U.S. → https://www.statnews.com/2024/11/12/std-rates-syphilis-and-gonorrhea-cases-fall-in-u-s/18:27
BrainstormNew from StatNews: STAT+: RNA startup Orna Therapeutics cuts more jobs: Orna Therapeutics, part of a buzzy cohort of biotech companies established in the wake of the Covid pandemic, has cut more jobs in its second round of layoffs in the… → https://www.statnews.com/2024/11/12/orna-therapeutics-biotech-layoffs/18:58
BrainstormNew from NIH Director's blog: Advancing a Whole-Person Approach to Women’s Health Research: So many women—myself included—have benefitted from significant medical breakthroughs over the past 60 years. As a breast cancer survivor, I’ve been fortunate to have access [... want %more?] → https://directorsblog.nih.gov/2024/11/12/advancing-a-whole-person-approach-to-womens-health-research/19:48
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: FDA removes clinical trial hold on Novavax COVID-flu combo and flu vaccines: The adverse event in the earlier clinical trial involved amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which wasn't related to vaccination. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/fda-removes-clinical-trial-hold-novavax-covid-flu-combo-and-flu-vaccines22:12
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Cardiac inflammation markers show role of long-COVID symptoms: People reporting long-COVID symptoms had elevated levels of cytokines, which are proteins the body makes to fight inflammation. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cardiac-inflammation-markers-show-role-long-covid-symptoms22:23

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