libera/##covid-19/ Tuesday, 2025-03-04

BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Long term outcomes after COVID-19 in patients with schizophrenia: a historical cohort study in a health maintenance organization → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1j2w16z/long_term_outcomes_after_covid19_in_patients_with/00:04
BrainstormNew from The Lancet (Online): [Comment] Forecasting the global obesity epidemic through 2050: For decades, we have witnessed steady growth in the prevalence of overweight and obesity throughout the world. In some countries1,2 the rise in prevalence had already emerged before World War 2, [... want %more?] → https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00260-0/fulltext00:33
BrainstormNew from StatNews: As RFK Jr. delivers his message on measles, public health experts hear a familiar tune: The standard public health approach in a measles outbreak is a full-throated appeal for vaccinations. RFK Jr. is working from a different playbook. → https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/03/rfk-jr-vaccine-skepticism-on-view-in-texas-measles-outbreak-response/02:11
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: COVID-19 not likely linked to early stage of type 1 diabetes in children, study of 1277 Australian children finds → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1j32nsp/covid19_not_likely_linked_to_early_stage_of_type/05:37
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: Science and Medicine: RFK Jr.: Vaccines Not Only Protect Individual Children From Measles, But Also Contribute To Community Immunity → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/welcome-to-the-resistance-rfk-jr/09:19
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Sacrificing population health for the medical industry: a distortion of priorities: Martin and colleagues present an unnecessary dichotomy between access to healthcare and prevention of illness.1 The reasons why there are not enough general practitioners effectively recognising and treating illness when it [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/388/bmj.r388.short10:57
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): COVID19_Pandemic: Trump and Musk move towards privatization of Social Security with 7,000 job cuts → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1j37zuz/trump_and_musk_move_towards_privatization_of/11:56
BrainstormNew from PubMed: Design of a fragment crystallizable-engineered tetravalent bispecific antibody targeting programmed cell death-1 and vascular endothelial growth factor with cooperative biological effects: Clinical studies have shown that combination therapy of PD-1 and VEGF antibodies significantly improves clinical benefit over [... want %more?] → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40034861/12:26
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: New biosensor can detect airborne bird flu. The new biosensor works within five minutes, preserving the sample of the microbes for further analysis and providing a range of the pathogen concentration levels detected on a farm → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1j38oqe/new_biosensor_can_detect_airborne_bird_flu_the/12:45
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Relief agencies in shock as Trump cuts 90% of USAID funding: Widespread fears over the meaning of the Trump administration’s January foreign aid freeze gave way to shock and despair this week as the US government permanently cancelled funding for nearly 10 000 projects supporting health and development around [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/388/bmj.r445.short14:44
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: RNA Medicines and Therapies Drive Healthcare Innovation: Kate Broderick, MD, discusses the advancements in RNA-based vaccines for targeting flu, cancer, malaria, HIV, and more. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/rna-medicines-and-therapies-drive-healthcare-innovation15:05
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Pfizer navigating tariffs, Makary’s pledge to avoid conflicts, and more → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2025/03/04/gilead-pfizer-trump-tariffs-fda-makary-china-illumina-canada-medicare-pollution-obesity/15:34
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Questions about Pfizer’s GenAI ‘Health Answers’: You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s Health Tech newsletter, our guide to how technology is transforming the life sciences. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Tuesday and… → https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/04/questions-about-pfizers-genai-health-answers-health-tech/15:54
BrainstormNew from The Atlantic: One Potential Benefit of RFK Jr.’s Crusade Against Outside Influence: For his second presidential term, Donald Trump stacked his health team with men who disdain the medical consensus. Mehmet Oz, who awaits Senate confirmation as the head of the Centers for [... want %more?] → https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/doctors-influence-trump-medicare/681909/17:54
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Retinal Biomarkers Reveal Vascular Changes in Long COVID: Manjot K Gill, MD, MS, FASRS, FRCS(C), discusses how reduced retinal capillary perfusion may provide insights into Long COVID’s neurological effects and potential treatment approaches. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/retinal-biomarkers-reveal-vascular-changes-in-long-covid20:12
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Genetic vulnerability, air pollution may raise risk of COVID infection, severe outcomes: The findings show that air pollutants interact with host genetic susceptibility in both multiplicative and additive manners, the authors say. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/genetic-vulnerability-air-pollution-may-raise-risk-covid-infection-severe-outcomes21:41
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): However, particularly during this age of unprecedented and politicized anti-vaccination fervour, the establishment of a dubious “post-vaccination syndrome,” on shaky science, is dangerous. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11410650064261132523:29

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