libera/##covid-19/ Monday, 2025-04-28

BrainstormNew from StatNews: U.S. health officials inject new uncertainty into approval process for Covid boosters: Confusion over the FDA delay in granting full approval to Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine deepened over the weekend, with possible implications for Pfizer and Moderna. → https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/27/fda-covid-vaccine-approval-process-novavax-pfizer-moderna/01:21
BrainstormNew from Politico: Battle over top Italian insurer Generali pits oligarchs against Milan elite: A fight for control over a vast chunk of Italy’s debt pile tests Rome’s influence and could reshape the Italian financial system. → https://www.politico.eu/article/italy-milan-generali-sovereign-debt/04:55
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Multiple doses of COVID-19 vaccines do not cause significant metabolic changes. The findings help counter misinformation and support confidence in vaccination. While mild SARS-CoV-2 infections can cause more pronounced metabolic changes, the [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1k9mipc/multiple_doses_of_covid19_vaccines_do_not_cause/06:03
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: Hello measles, my old friend: The return of previously vanquished vaccine-preventable diseases: A study published last week suggests that, if vaccine uptake continues to decline, measles will soon be endemic again [... want %more?] → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/hello-measles-my-old-friend-the-return-of-previously-vanquished-vaccine-preventable-diseases/09:09
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (translated) (**news): Worry/*Sorgenkoalition beats **alarm: ##Netherlands walk behind in Europe with inoculations → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11441447608242056909:50
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Lion's Mane mushroom is packed with compounds that seem to protect your brain and body by fighting inflammation, oxidative stress, and even some microbes, but scientists still need to do more tests on people to be sure → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1k9q5v3/lions_mane_mushroom_is_packed_with_compounds_that/10:10
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): Vaccination is much more than reducing deaths, such as reducing viral spread and load, reducing secondary effects such as illness, tissue damage and long-term effects referred to as LongCovid. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11441499245961971612:00
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Major tuberculosis vaccine trial completes enrollment faster than expected: A closely watched clinical trial testing what could be the world’s first new tuberculosis vaccine in a century has hit its enrollment target, ahead of expectations. → https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/28/major-tuberculosis-vaccine-trial-completes-enrollment-faster-than-expected/12:10
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: (news): Vaccine-preventable diseases: key facts → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/human-regulatory-overview/public-health-threats/vaccine-preventable-diseases-key-facts12:30
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Linked to Fewer Side Effects in Health Care Workers and First Responders: At ESCMID 2025, SHIELD study data show Novavax recipients experienced fewer side effects and missed less work compared [... want %more?] → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/novavax-covid-19-vaccine-linked-to-fewer-side-effects-in-health-care-workers-and-first-responders14:58
BrainstormNew from Politico: Sauna diplomacy pauses as top Finnish spot in Brussels closes for now: Finland's diplomats will “be making use of alternative saunas” this year, as perm rep can't give a timeline for when famed sweat lodge will reopen. → https://www.politico.eu/article/sauna-diplomacy-finland-permanent-representation-brussels/16:52
BrainstormNew from LitCovid: (news): "You Start With the Community": The Value of Community-Based Approaches to COVID-19 in Sri Lanka. → https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/publication/4028969017:02
BrainstormNew from LitCovid: (news): Molecular and Serological Survey of SARS-CoV-2 in Murid Rodents From Central Chile. → https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/publication/4028948117:12
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): COVID19_Pandemic: Temetry Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. A meeting of the Rehabilitation Science Research Network for Covid → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1ka1ivn/temetry_faculty_of_medicine_university_of_toronto/19:41
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: COVID patients who don't receive remdesivir not more likely to die, data suggest: Models found no difference in all-cause death rates, 30-day hospital readmissions, or length of stay before and after restrictions were put into place. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid-patients-who-dont-receive-remdesivir-not-more-likely-die-data-suggest20:01
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Novavax vs mRNA Vaccines: Understanding Vaccine Reactogenicity: Novavax VP Matthew Rousculp on reactogenicity, vaccine Hesitancy, and supporting informed decisions. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/understanding-the-burden-of-vaccine-reactogenicity-novavax-vs-mrna-vaccines20:11
BrainstormNew from StatNews: U.S. government researchers present ‘phenomenal’ new data on HPV vaccines: A new study seems to confirm that a single dose of the vaccine used to prevent HPV infection is just as effective as two — and, therefore, also helps to… → https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/28/hpv-vaccine-single-dose-prevents-infection-just-as-well-as-two-doses-hci-clinical-trial/21:41
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: More FDA uncertainty roils full approval for Novavax COVID vaccine: Today the Novavax weighed in on the FDA's latest stipulations, noting that postmarketing commitments aren't unusual and are in place for many approved drugs and biologics. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/more-fda-uncertainty-roils-full-approval-novavax-covid-vaccine22:21
BrainstormNew from StatNews: STAT+: HPV vaccine news ‘that will save millions of lives’ from cancer, and other AACR news: The AACR meeting was full of promising data on the vaccine against cervical cancer, a lung cancer drug and the next generation of KRAS inhibitors. → https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/28/aacr-2025-hpv-vaccine-kras-inhibitors-ai/23:31

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