libera/##covid-19/ Monday, 2025-05-05

BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): He also claimed 1 in 20 Americans with covid took ivermectin, another drug the FDA found ineffective for treatment and prevention of covid, or hydroxychloroquine during the pandemic and “avoided hospitalization with no adverse heart events.” → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11445220955000933501:48
BrainstormNew from Politico: Americas: Trump seeks to reopen Alcatraz, place tariffs on movies made abroad → https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/04/trump-alcatraz-movies-tariffs-0032622005:41
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: HHS is weaponizing evidence-based medicine to falsely portray vaccines as unsafe: Last week, HHS announced that all "new vaccines will undergo safety testing in placebo-controlled trials." Sounds good? Not so fast. This is [... want %more?] → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/hhs-is-weaponizing-evidence-based-medicine-to-falsely-portray-vaccines-as-unsafe/09:04
BrainstormNew from ECDC: Healthcare-associated infections, a threat to residents of long-term care facilities in Europe: On World Hand Hygiene Day, a new ECDC survey* reveals that 3.1% of the residents in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) had at least one [... want %more?] → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/healthcare-associated-infections-threat-residents-long-term-care-facilities-europe09:43
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Human Alveolar Macrophages Detect SARS-CoV-2 Envelope Protein Through TLR2 and TLR4 and Secrete Cytokines in Response → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1kf6hgb/human_alveolar_macrophages_detect_sarscov2/10:31
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Opinion: STAT+: A court decision on lab-developed tests sets a dangerous precedent: An under-the-radar court ruling may be among the most significant harbingers of the crises to come for the FDA and public health. → https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/05/fda-ldts-laboratory-developed-tests-regulatory-framework-acla/10:41
BrainstormNew from PubMed: Evaluation of Immunostimulatory Effects of Bacterial Lysate Proteins on THP-1 Macrophages: Pro-inflammatory Cytokine Response and Proteomic Profiling: Bacterial lysate proteins (BLPs) serve as potential immunostimulants, recognized by pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) on immune cells, eliciting a robust immune [... want %more?] → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40322557/12:29
BrainstormNew from BioNTech: BioNTech Announces Appointment of Ramón Zapata to Management Board as Chief Financial Officer: Mainz, Germany, May 5, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX, “BioNTech” or “the Company”) announced today that [... want %more?] → https://investors.biontech.de/news-releases/news-release-details/biontech-announces-appointment-ramon-zapata-management-board12:39
BrainstormNew from BioNTech: BioNTech Announces First Quarter 2025 Financial Results and Corporate Update: Continued oncology pipeline advancement with a strategic focus on two priority pan-tumor programs: next-generation immunomodulator BNT327, a bispecific [... want %more?] → https://investors.biontech.de/news-releases/news-release-details/biontech-announces-first-quarter-2025-financial-results-and12:49
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): COVID19_Pandemic: Experts warn new HHS requirement for placebo-controlled vaccine trials undermines public health → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1kf9h56/experts_warn_new_hhs_requirement_for/13:47
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: New Long COVID Research Identifies Biomarkers, Immune Networks, and Cognitive Therapy: Three different studies reveal blood signatures linked to symptoms, immune pathways tied to lung damage, and the efficacy of cognitive training [... want %more?] → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/new-long-covid-research-identifies-biomarkers-immune-networks-and-cognitive-therapy16:36
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Business: STAT+: ACA woes, the Texas Medical Parking Center, and a pandemic stock that’s crashed → https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/05/aetna-cvs-health-obamacare-exit-texas-medical-center-parking-medicare-advantage-kickbacks-doj-case-health-care-inc-newsletter/17:06
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: A Community Rallied to Share Flu Shot Experiences. Then the Gov't Stopped the Study.: (MedPage Today) -- Some Denver parents got texts during this winter's brutal flu season with videos sharing why people in their neighborhoods chose flu shots for their kids, an unusual study about trust [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/uritheflu/11541818:27
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Data link long-term COVID-related loss of smell to depression, anxiety: Women and those with severe olfactory dysfunction and/or nasal symptoms had a greater burden of the two measured conditions. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/data-link-long-term-covid-related-loss-smell-depression-anxiety18:37
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: (news): Delays in COVID antiviral receipt raised risk of poor outcomes after ED visits by 18%, data suggest → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/delays-covid-antiviral-receipt-raised-risk-poor-outcomes-after-ed-visits-18-data-suggest22:23
BrainstormNew from MedPageToday: One-Size-Fits-All Ranges May Be Misclassifying Thyroid Diseases: (MedPage Today) -- Adjusting the reference intervals of thyroid function diagnostic tests  --  for age, sex, and race  --  reclassified many people into different disease categories when compared with current reference intervals, [... want %more?] → https://www.medpagetoday.com/endocrinology/thyroid/11543323:18

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