libera/##covid-19/ Friday, 2025-01-17

BrainstormNew from StatNews: Paul Mango, Warp Speed leader and Trump adviser, dies at 65: Mango was instrumental to the effort to develop Covid-19 vaccines and treatments, and was working on the Trump transition effort. → https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/16/paul-mango-dies-coronavirus-vaccines-trump-adviser-hhs-operation-warp-speed/00:29
BrainstormNew from Nature Vaccines: Sheena G. Sullivan et al.: Antibody responses against influenza A decline with successive years of annual influenza vaccination → https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-024-01057-x02:45
LjLuh, well, that doesn't sound like good news02:57
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Opinion: Trump nominees for health positions should fail the ‘Fauci test’: The Senate confirmation face-offs for key health roles will play out through powerful pandemic references. Here’s what to watch for. → https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/17/covid-fauci-great-barrington-declaration-rfk-jr-confirmation-hearing/10:40
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Childhood obesity: positive change is possible: We are grateful to Iacobucci for drawing our attention to the latest childhood obesity figures.1 Once again they are shocking statistics. Prevalence is higher in England than in comparable countries, and children in the most deprived parts of England are twice as [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/388/bmj.r80.short11:50
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: A Trump DOJ Could Bring an End to the Yearslong Investigation of His Ally Ken Paxton: by Vianna Davila , ProPublica and The Texas Tribune ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-ken-paxton-doj-investigation12:29
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: Lawmakers in at Least Seven States Seek Expanded Abortion Access: by Ziva Branstetter and Cassandra Jaramillo ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. In advance of [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/state-lawmakers-seek-expanded-access-to-abortion-care13:08
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): COVID19_Pandemic: Poor, unfortunate souls! Let's take a closer look /s → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1i3ew28/poor_unfortunate_souls_lets_take_a_closer_look_s/13:28
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: medsky: Real‐world effectiveness and safety of oral azvudine versus nirmatrelvir‒ritonavir (Paxlovid) in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a multicenter, retrospective, cohort study → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11384372492421349213:48
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: (news): Veterinary medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Bluevac-3, bluetongue virus vaccine (inactivated), Status: Opinion → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/veterinary/EPAR/bluevac-314:57
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): selected in the real world for reduced neutralising antibody capture. As such, claiming prevention of infection for a long time may be too optimistic with the methods used and data shown. Otherwise a very nice manuscript. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11384411959483328515:27
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: 1 in 4 US healthcare workers report mental distress during COVID, survey suggests: But only 20% said they sought treatment, mainly because of difficulty getting time off of work and worries about confidentiality and cost. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/1-4-us-healthcare-workers-report-mental-distress-during-covid-survey-suggests17:26
BrainstormNew from ECDC: Communicable disease threats report, 11 – 17 January 2025, week 3: This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 11 – 17 January 2025 and includes updates on respiratory virus epidemiology in the EU/EEA, [... want %more?] → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/communicable-disease-threats-report-11-17-january-2025-week-317:46
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): They have now started to do this for SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. These are their estimate methods, which are transparent and can be checked by anyone. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11384479383974320218:16
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: BARDA to fund development of COVID preventive drug: Shionogi will receive $375 million to develop a long-acting protease inhibitor designed to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection in people who are immune compromised. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/barda-fund-development-covid-preventive-drug18:36
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: US flu activity still high, with 11 new deaths in kids: Outpatient visits for flu are trending down, but the CDC said this not likely because the flu season has peaked. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-general/us-flu-activity-still-high-11-new-deaths-kids19:05

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