libera/##covid-19/ Tuesday, 2023-07-25

BrainstormNew from BMJ: Use and misuse of research: Canada’s response to covid-19 and its health inequalities: Canada had one of the lowest rates of covid-19 cases and deaths per population than most in the G10 group of industrialised countries.1 But overall rates ignore underlying health inequalities—a consistent feature of [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/382/bmj-2023-075666.short01:55
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: The Grand Debunk of the antivaxxer book “Turtles all the way Down” (part 3/10): The third installment in debunking the antivaxxer book “Turtles All the Way Down”: Chapter 3, “Deficient by Design: The Vaccine Adverse Event [... want %more?] → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-grand-debunk-of-the-antivaxxer-book-turtles-all-the-way-down-part-3-10/05:23
BrainstormNew from StatNews: As Alzheimer’s drugs hit the market, the race for early detection blood tests heats up: Can a simple blood test show if someone has Alzheimer’s? New drugs like Leqembi are fueling a push for diagnostics and causing a redefinition of the disease. → https://www.statnews.com/2023/07/25/alzheimers-blood-test-diagnostics-leqembi/10:37
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: Medicine: Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Gardasil 9, human papillomavirus 9-valent vaccine (recombinant, adsorbed), Condylomata Acuminata;Papillomavirus Infections;Immunization;Uterine Cervical Dysplasia, Date of authorisation: 10/06/2015, Revision: 22, Status: Authorised → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/gardasil-912:32
BrainstormNew from BMJ: How trusts can deliver inclusive recovery across the NHS: The covid-19 pandemic has had a severe and lasting impact on our health. The newly published Health Index for England1 from the Office for National Statistics, shows it has also worsened pre-existing health inequalities.This trajectory is worrying for the [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/382/bmj.p1724.short16:42
BrainstormNew from StatNews: A health system tests virtual reality to help train nurses: In the latest edition of STAT's Health Tech newsletter: a health system tests VR for nurse training, how IQVIA's unchecked growth could come to a halt, and lawmakers press on… → https://www.statnews.com/2023/07/25/vr-health-care-nurses-data-training/16:52
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Impact of Breathing Exercises and Meditation on Improving Quality of Life in Glaucoma Patients → http://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0596051317:31
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Impact of Covid 19 on Sinus Augmentation Surgery → http://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0596013617:51
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): Continuous Temperature Telemonitoring of Patients With COVID-19 and Other Infectious Diseases in Hospital at Home Using Viture → http://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0595992818:09
BrainstormNew from ClinicalTrials.gov: (news): A Study on the Safety and Immune Response of a Booster Dose of Investigational COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines in Healthy Adults → http://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0596009718:38
BrainstormNew from StatNews: STAT+: South Africa faces court hearing over opaque Covid-19 vaccine contracts: The lack of transparency “has the real potential to erode public trust in the vaccination program," Health Justice Initiative argued. → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2023/07/25/covid19-vaccines-pfizer-jnj-south-africa-transparency-contracts/19:16
BrainstormNew from Ars Technica: Health: Pandemic deaths in Ohio and Florida show partisan divide after vaccine rollout → https://arstechnica.com/?p=195654723:51

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