libera/##covid-19/ Friday, 2024-12-20

BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: Long COVID Symptoms Improve With Outpatient Intervention: (MedPage Today) -- Self-reported physical function was better for long COVID patients after a brief outpatient program based on cognitive and behavioral therapy, a pragmatic trial in Norway showed.Scores on the Short-Form Health Survey [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/longcovid/11349000:20
BrainstormNew from The Lancet (Online): [Correspondence] Pandemic financing should learn from revolving funds: On Nov 22, 2024, WHO identified that mpox remains a global health crisis.1 Meanwhile, financing for pandemic preparedness and response is in a permanent state of emergency. A revolving fund [... want %more?] → https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02633-3/fulltext00:39
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: AI is trained to spot warning signs in blood tests: AI can spot patterns in the data from blood tests that can give an early warning of disease. → https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq8v1ww51vno03:54
BrainstormNew from Politico: Farewell to the EU’s sharpest in-house critic: Politics are driving a growing culture of secrecy at the European Commission, warns European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly in this week’s episode of EU Confidential. In an exclusive exit interview with host Sarah [... want %more?] → https://www.politico.eu/podcast/eu-confidential/farewell-to-the-eus-sharpest-in-house-critic/04:13
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: Trusting RFK Jr. to Research Vaccines is Like Trusting a Hungry Python to Babysit a Kitten: If RFK Jr. "researches" vaccines, he will certainly "discover" they cause autism. It's possible that this "research" will be used as justification to revoke authorization for vaccines. That's always been the [... want %more?] → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/python/09:14
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: immunesky: Skin autonomous antibody production regulates host-microbiota interactions → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11368484457104895412:17
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): COVID19_Pandemic: California governor declares a state of emergency over bird flu threat [“The failure to contain and eradicate the virus… from agricultural facilities is not from any lack of technical skill or scientific knowledge, but [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1hiho2l/california_governor_declares_a_state_of_emergency/12:37
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Blood samples were obtained during acute SARS-CoV-2 infection (2020), 3 and 12 months after infection in a cohort of 45 participants who either developed LC or recovered. Statistical power is limited. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11368505711625927613:16
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): The authors developed and tested a non-covalent small-molecule inhibitor of the viral guanine-N7 methyltransferase (MTase) NSP14. Interestingly, this could work for other coronaviruses and even other RNA viruses using a similar enzyme to add methyl caps to their RNA. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11368561938551828615:33
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: The Lifesaving Legacy of Vaccines: (MedPage Today) -- In part 2 of this exclusive video interview, MedPage Today's editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD, talks with Perri Klass, MD, of NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York City, about the evolution of vaccine policies, the challenges... → https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faustfiles/11347016:13
BrainstormNew from ScienceNews: Telehealth helps people get health care, but access may soon be in limbo: COVID-era telehealth laws made health care more accessible for rural patients, but telehealth might not be as easy to access next year. → https://www.sciencenews.org/article/telehealth-health-care-access-limbo16:23
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: Quads, Frailty, and the Future: Evolving Frontline Strategies in Multiple Myeloma: (MedPage Today) -- Using quadruplet regimens with anti-CD38 monoclonal antibodies, such as daratumumab (Darzalex) or isatuximab (Sarclisa), has significantly advanced frontline therapy for both [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/ashroundtablemm/11349417:13
BrainstormNew from ECDC: Communicable disease threats report, 14-20 December 2024, week 51: This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 14-20 December 2024 and includes updates on Cyclone Chido, Mpox due to monkeypox virus clade I [... want %more?] → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/communicable-disease-threats-report-14-20-december-2024-week-5117:52
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: What Can Be Done for Severe RSV Cases in Adults?: (MedPage Today) -- Though there are now respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines approved by the FDA and recommended by the CDC for certain high-risk adults, what happens when someone ends up with severe illness from the virus?"It really is... → https://www.medpagetoday.com/spotlight/rsv/11348818:12
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): The policy rises to the level of "absurdity," said Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "It's gotten to the point of parody, where a public health agency doesn't promote the public's health." → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11368641098922111518:51
BrainstormNew from Retraction Watch: EcoHealth Alliance retracts and replaces paper on potential origin of COVID-19 in bats: The authors of an influential but controversial 2020 paper on the activity of bat coronaviruses in China which proposed the animals [... want %more?] → https://retractionwatch.com/2024/12/20/ecohealth-alliance-retracts-and-replaces-paper-on-potential-origin-of-covid-19-in-bats/20:03
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: First Drug Approved for Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome: (MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved olezarsen (Tryngolza) as the first drug for adults with familial chylomicronemia syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that can cause triglyceride levels to reach the thousands.A first-in-class [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/cardiology/dyslipidemia/11350221:11
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: I got the J&J Covid-19 vaccine in 05/2021. I need a booster for school. What should I do? → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1histu5/i_got_the_jj_covid19_vaccine_in_052021_i_need_a/21:30
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Illnesses caused by respiratory viruses increase in US: The South and West have the highest flu levels, while COVID levels are highest in the Midwest. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-general/illnesses-caused-respiratory-viruses-increase-us22:00
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: (news): Study: 6% of US adults have long COVID, and many have reduced quality of life → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/study-6-us-adults-have-long-covid-and-many-have-reduced-quality-life22:20
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: Public Health Experts Decry Louisiana's Ban on Vaccine Promotion: (MedPage Today) -- In the wake of state public health officials barring promotion of certain vaccines  --  as is occurring in Louisiana  --  physicians and medical societies must speak out about the value of vaccination in [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/vaccines/11350823:18

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