libera/##covid-19/ Friday, 2023-12-22

BrainstormNew from StatNews: FDA approves AstraZeneca, Ionis treatment for rare nerve disease: The drug is a monthly injection for a genetic disorder called ATTR-PN, which affects about 30,000 people around the world and can be fatal if left untreated. → https://www.statnews.com/2023/12/21/fda-approves-astrazeneca-ionis-treatment-for-rare-nerve-disease/02:07
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Humoral immune responses to the monovalent XBB.1.5-adapted BNT162b2 mRNA booster → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/18o4akw/humoral_immune_responses_to_the_monovalent/03:34
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Active close contact investigation of tuberculosis through computer-aided detection and stool Xpert MTB/RIF among people living in Oromia Region, Ethiopia (CADOOL Study): protocol for a prospective, cross-sectional study: Introduction Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease with high [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/13/12/e07496805:21
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Malaysia and Singapore put guard up as COVID cases surge → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/18o699r/malaysia_and_singapore_put_guard_up_as_covid/06:46
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: COVID-19 rates are rising again — What you need to know → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/18o8c7p/covid19_rates_are_rising_again_what_you_need_to/10:08
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Junior doctors: Health secretary urges leaders to call off strikes and re-enter talks: England’s health and social care secretary, Victoria Atkins, has urged junior doctors’ leaders to call off their latest round of strikes and re-enter talks with the government as the long running pay dispute between the two [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/383/bmj.p2979.short10:57
BrainstormNew from PubMed: Immuno-SPR biosensor for the detection of Brucella abortus: A proof of principle biosensor for the Brucella abortus recognition onsite is presented. The system is based on a plasmonic optical fiber probe functionalized with an oriented antibody layer immobilized on a short polyethyleneglycol (PEG) interface through [... want %more?] → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38129569/11:07
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (translated) (**news): As comes also still **eens #near that he lies, they have it new serum **getest, for a lot longer, also or the safeguard offer, and how it hears in all stages, to and with stage 3 and in a **RCT. → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11162378875435085612:25
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BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): That the vaccines work in the population, e.g. the elderly, has again, been independently shown. https:// x.com/Marc_Veld/status/1736684 534958088436 Unfortunately, the uptake of the new vaccine under at-risk groups has been poor. And yes, they have been tested in randomized [... want %more?] → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11162388671400050512:45
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Scientists have succeeded in identifying mechanisms that protect people from an Epstein-Barr virus-induced autoimmune reaction and thus potentially from multiple sclerosis (MS). The study suggests possible targets for the development of a vaccine to [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/18od2te/scientists_have_succeeded_in_identifying/13:05
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: (news): Vaccine Working Party (VWP) work plan 2022-2024 → https://www.ema.europa.eu/system/files/documents/other/consolidated-3-year-work-plan-vaccine-working-party_en.pdf13:44
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: COVID test supplier received billions in pandemic contracts after submitting edited results → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/18odvg3/covid_test_supplier_received_billions_in_pandemic/13:54
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: (news): Follow-up reply to Members of the European Parliament regarding mRNA COVID-19 vaccines → https://www.ema.europa.eu/system/files/documents/other/2023-12-22-reply-letter-mep-marcel-de-graaff-covid-19-vaccines_12-2023_redacted_en.pdf14:24
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Covid map shows hospitalizations doubled in a month as JN.1 variant surges → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/18of8by/covid_map_shows_hospitalizations_doubled_in_a/15:22
BrainstormNew from StatNews: The clock is ticking, and cytokinetics is running out of December: Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Hello, everyone. Damian here with the final edition of… → https://www.statnews.com/2023/12/22/biotech-news-bristol-myers-squibb-karuna-allovir-sarepta-cytokinetics/16:11
BrainstormNew from Eric Topol on Mastodon: LongCovid: The JN.1 variant has taken over in the US.  It may not result in a spike of hospitalizations, but it's definitely adding a significant burden of infections and subsequent risk of # LongCovid . Luckily, the XBB.1.5 booster helps protect against JN.1 → https://mstdn.social/@erictopol/11162473388758478716:21
BrainstormNew from ECDC: Communicable disease threats report, 17-23 December 2023, week 51: This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 17-23 December 2023 and includes updates on cholera, SARS-CoV-2 variant classification, avian [... want %more?] → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/communicable-disease-threats-report-17-23-december-2023-week-5117:01
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Identifying Post-Viral Syndromes Such as Long COVID: United Kingdom-based Virax Biolabs is a biotech company that is focused on the detection and diagnosis of viral diseases, with a particular interest in the enigmatic, Long COVID. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/identifying-post-viral-syndromes-such-as-long-covid18:01
BrainstormNew from WebMD: Alone Time vs. Loneliness: What’s a Good Balance?: What's a good balance between having "me time" – being alone – and loneliness, which is already at epidemic levels? Here's how to find the sweet spot. → https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20231222/alone-time-vs-loneliness-whats-a-good-balance19:10
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Para-infectious brain injury in COVID-19 persists at follow-up despite attenuated cytokine and autoantibody responses → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/18olpgm/parainfectious_brain_injury_in_covid19_persists/19:40
BrainstormNew from Marc Veldhoen on Mastodon: (news): On these samples, 2 rounds of nested PCR were performed (amplified products were amplified, which were amplified again!!). Why you would need to go to this length of amplification is baffling, to conclude from this even more. Yet, they do... → https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/11162566789659030820:19
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: She fought off online attacks as the face of Canada's COVID-19 response. Now, Theresa Tam reveals just what kind of toll that took on her → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/18on0ey/she_fought_off_online_attacks_as_the_face_of/21:45
BrainstormNew from Eric Topol on Mastodon: (news): Shedding of SARS-Co-V2 and infecting others is inversely related to the level of spike-specific secretory-IgA antibodies and how quickly they rise,  emphasizing why mucosal immunity/nasal vaccines are essential to block spread → https://mstdn.social/@erictopol/11162636411254321023:21

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