libera/##covid-19/ Thursday, 2023-08-17

BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Should we be worried about Covid this winter?: Experts are not too concerned about a new variant of Covid but say monitoring should continue. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-6650257310:01
BrainstormNew from BMJ: How do UK broadcast media deal with covid misinformation?: Covid-19 may no longer lead the UK media’s news agenda, but concern about covid misinformation remains. This is perhaps especially pertinent in the broadcast media, after several recent investigations and high profile rulings by Ofcom, the regulator [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/382/bmj.p1684.short11:35
BrainstormNew from PubMed: The PITCH study: pitcher injuries during the first 30 days of the coronavirus disease 2019 halted Major League Baseball season: CONCLUSION: A significantly large increase in soft tissue injuries in 2020 compared to the prior 5 seasons predominantly affected the trunk and the upper extremity of pitchers in the first [... want %more?] → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37588966/12:42
BrainstormNew from StatNews: STAT+: South Africa ordered to disclose contracts with Pfizer, J&J, and other Covid-19 vaccine makers: A South African court ruled the government must disclose contracts signed with pharmaceutical companies for Covid vaccines, a victory for [... want %more?] → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2023/08/17/pfizer-jnj-vaccine-covid19-south-africa-transparency-contract/13:30
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: us: HIV Vaccine Progress in the Context of a Decades-Long Struggle: What Are the Challenges? → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/hiv-vaccine-progress-in-the-context-of-a-decades-long-struggle-what-are-the-challenges-15:25
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: Examining COVID-19 misinformation propagated by US physicians: A new paper documents COVID-19 medical misinformation shared by US physicians on social media The post  first appeared on Science-Based Medicine . → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/examining-covid-19-misinformation-propagated-by-us-physicians/15:34
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: How is primary care access changing? A retrospective, repeated cross-sectional study of patient-initiated demand at general practices in England using a modern access model, 2019-2022: Objectives To explore trends in patient-initiated requests for general practice services and the association between [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/13/8/e07294416:22
BrainstormNew from ECDC: ECDC: ECDC classifies XBB.1.5-like lineages with the amino acid change F456L as variants of interest following an increase in SARS-CoV-2 transmission in EU/EEA countries and abroad → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/ecdc-classifies-xbb15-lineages-amino-acid-change-f456l-variants-interest-following16:41
BrainstormNew from ##covid-19 resources: Reinstate Reddit: Protest has run its course mostly, it is what it is. If anyone has relevant Lemmy feeds to suggest, go ahead. → https://github.com/ljl-covid/links/commit/e73399f438bf6ca2bcf944b763f62f411b70b9ce17:10
BrainstormNew from LitCovid: (news): Thoracic adipose tissue contributes to severe virus infection of the lung. → https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/publication/3758716217:29
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: How Bad Is a Second (or Third or Fourth) Case of Covid? Reinfections are becoming more common. Experts are still unsure about how damaging they can be. → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/15trtun/how_bad_is_a_second_or_third_or_fourth_case_of/18:47
LjLDespite weekly data, Italy and UK are some of the countries that still have vaguely meaningful data, instead of random updowns or just "zero" https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&time=2023-05-02..latest&facet=none&country=USA~GBR~CAN~DEU~ITA~IND~FRA~AUT~CHE&pickerSort=asc&pickerMetric=location&Metric=Confirmed+cases&Interval=7-day+rolling+average&Relative+to+Population=true&Color+by+test+positivity=false19:27
BrainstormNew from Medical Xpress: New research provides insight Into COVID-19 immunity: Exposure to common cold-causing coronaviruses may contribute to pre-existing immunity to COVID-19, according to a new study involving a Rutgers research scientist. → https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-08-insight-covid-immunity.html21:41
BrainstormNew from r/WorldNews: worldnews: North Korea preparing ICBM tests and spy satellite launch: South Korea intel → https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/15txx1n/north_korea_preparing_icbm_tests_and_spy/22:20
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Loneliness in adulthood tied to accelerated brain aging, new research reveals: Social isolation during adulthood is linked to an older estimated brain age, according to new research → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/15tycc3/loneliness_in_adulthood_tied_to_accelerated_brain/22:39
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Counseling Families on Nirsevimab: With the FDA approval of nirsevimab-alip (Beyfortus), which is indicated for prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants, clinicians will need to have important conversations with families around this monoclonal antibody, beginning [... want %more?] → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/counseling-families-on-nirsevimab23:17

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