libera/##covid-19/ Friday, 2025-03-07

BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: Vitamin A, While Helpful for Measles, Is Not a Replacement for Vaccination: (MedPage Today) -- Both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommend vitamin A for all patients with measles  --  not just severe cases  --  but experts warn that this [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/11453300:15
BrainstormNew from The Atlantic: The Pro-Vaccine Surgeon Who Will Soon Report to RFK Jr.: Leading the FDA has long been one of the greatest professional achievements in American health. At the start of every administration, doctors jockey for the role, hoping to steer an agency that r [... want %more?] → https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/marty-makary-rfk-jr-fda-commissioner/681956/00:54
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusUK: Patients with long Covid regain sense of smell and taste with pioneering surgery → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/1j5cgw4/patients_with_long_covid_regain_sense_of_smell/03:11
BrainstormNew from The Atlantic: The Scientific Fringe Comes Into Power: In October 2020, Francis Collins, then the director of the National Institutes of Health, sent an email that maligned a colleague. A few days before, Jay Bhattacharya, a professor of health policy at Stanford University, [... want %more?] → https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/03/scientific-fringe-comes-power/681957/04:00
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Health literacy in relation to web-based measurement of cognitive function in the home: UK Womens Cohort Study: Objective Older adults may require additional support to comprehend written information due to inadequate health literacy, which involves components of cognitive function including reaction [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/15/3/e09252808:41
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: Everything Old Is New Again, Again: Myths spread by contrarian doctors to minimize COVID are being recycled to minimize measles. The anti-vaccine circle is complete. The post  first appeared on Science-Based Medicine . → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/newagain/09:11
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusUK: [REPOST] Take Part in a Survey investigating how people think and feel about COVID vaccines. It takes 15 minutes and your participation would be greatly appreciated! → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/1j5k16t/repost_take_part_in_a_survey_investigating_how/10:59
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: (news): COVID-19 medicines → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/human-regulatory-overview/public-health-threats/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/covid-19-medicines11:49
BrainstormNew from PubMed: Influence of CAR T-cell therapy associated complications: Since the introduction of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, it has elicited an immense response in both targeted and residual cancers. Its clinical efficacy is often accompanied by a group of side effects that may become serious because of [... want %more?] → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40052127/12:28
BrainstormNew from BMJ: NHS England’s most senior doctor to step down: Stephen Powis, NHS England’s national medical director and one of the government’s most prominent communicators during the covid-19 pandemic, is to step down this summer.1His departure, announced on 6 March, creates another gap in NHS England’s senior [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/388/bmj.r465.short13:17
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: (news): Veterinary medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Equilis Prequenza, vaccine against equine influenza in horses, Status: Authorised → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/veterinary/EPAR/equilis-prequenza13:27
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Supemtek Tetra (previously Supemtek), Quadrivalent influenza vaccine (recombinant, prepared in cell culture), Date of authorisation: 16/11/2020, Revision: 7, Status: Authorised → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/supemtek-tetra13:47
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: (news): Veterinary medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Nobilis Multriva REOm, avian reovirus vaccine (inactivated), Status: Authorised → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/veterinary/EPAR/nobilis-multriva-reom14:57
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Insights from Investigator Evaluating Paxlovid's Effectiveness in Vaccinated Older Adults: Katherine L Kahn, MD, discusses the impact of restricted access to Paxlovid on hospitalization and mortality rates in a highly [... want %more?] → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/insights-from-investigator-evaluating-paxlovid-s-effectiveness-in-vaccinated-older-adults15:07
BrainstormNew from ECDC: Weekly respiratory virus update, week 9, March 2025: There is currently significant respiratory virus activity in the EU/EEA. The flu season is in full swing, and an RSV epidemic is ongoing. Individuals eligible for vaccination are strongly encouraged to get [... want %more?] → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/weekly-respiratory-virus-update-week-9-march-202516:08
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (translated) (**news): -When still #what scatter with *Impfungsschaden, **myocarditis, etc. a #flabby story, entirely lied/lain ##where #nobody #many in such must bustards. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11412180089747103616:18
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: (news): Pandemic ushered in costly increase in testing for respiratory pathogens, study finds → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/pandemic-ushered-costly-increase-testing-respiratory-pathogens-study-finds16:39
BrainstormNew from ECDC: Communicable disease threats report, 1 - 7 March 2025, week 10: This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 1 - 7 March 2025 and includes updates on cholera associated with holy well water from Ethiopia, [... want %more?] → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/communicable-disease-threats-report-1-7-march-2025-week-1016:49
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): Why didn't polio get milder?: Meme intended to counter the common propaganda that covid will only get milder over time and eventually disappear. Feedback welcome. → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1j5u239/why_didnt_polio_get_milder/18:23
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Microglia dysfunction, neurovascular inflammation and focal neuropathologies are linked to IL-1- and IL-6-related systemic inflammation in COVID-19 → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11412258258986128719:42
BrainstormNew from ScienceNews: Medical AI tools are growing, but are they being tested properly?: AI medical benchmark tests fall short because they don’t test efficiency on real tasks such as writing medical notes, experts say. → https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-medical-tools-proper-testing20:01
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: us: IMUNON’s IMNN-101 Vaccine Shows Promising Results in Phase 1 Trial, Demonstrates Cross-Reactivity Against COVID Variants → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/imunon-s-imnn-101-vaccine-shows-promising-results-in-phase-1-trial-demonstrates-cross-reactivity-against-covid-variants20:11
BrainstormNew from The Atlantic: America Is Botching Measles: Until this year, public-health officials have abided by a simple playbook for measles outbreaks: Get unvaccinated people vaccinated, as quickly as possible. The measles component of the measles, mumps, and rubella shot that [... want %more?] → https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/america-measles-response-rfk-texas/681967/20:51
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: (news): US flu ebbs for third straight week, but impact on healthcare remains → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-general/us-flu-ebbs-third-straight-week-impact-healthcare-remains21:01
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: 'Not a Substitute Nor an Equivalent for MMR Vaccination': What We Heard This Week: (MedPage Today) -- "Vitamin A is absolutely not a substitute nor an equivalent for MMR [measles, mumps, and rubella] vaccination."  --  Ericka Hayes, MD, of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, discussing [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/what-we-heard/11454722:19
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: The Effectiveness of Functional Septorhinoplasty in Improving COVID-19-related Olfactory Dysfunction → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1j60uyu/the_effectiveness_of_functional_septorhinoplasty/22:39
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (translated) (**news): The loss from 520.000 was not reality in 2020, it would often afterward abused through #extreme right, how here in 2022nd it is #now 2025, and **dezelfden abuse it still always. The answer at the question or this **lockdown the host was is a **volmondig; Yes. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11412346644453900923:27

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