libera/##covid-19/ Thursday, 2024-02-01

BrainstormNew from BBC Health: BRCA tests to be offered to Jewish people to detect cancer risk: NHS England says it wants to test 30,000 Jewish people over the next two years for faulty BRCA genes. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6815704403:22
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Spike N354 glycosylation augments SARS-CoV-2 fitness for human adaptation through multiple mechanisms → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1ag186j/spike_n354_glycosylation_augments_sarscov2/04:31
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Study shows compounded effects of racism on mental distress, alcohol use and firearm purchases among Asian Americans during COVID-19 → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1ag72ce/study_shows_compounded_effects_of_racism_on/10:34
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): CoronavirusUK: Uks first private pharmacy covid 19 vaccine service launched today → https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/comments/1ag7c5l/uks_first_private_pharmacy_covid_19_vaccine/11:03
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: (news): Orphan designation: Humanised IgG1 monoclonal antibody against TfR1 conjugated to exon 44 specific phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligonucleotide via a non-cleavable linker Treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, 13/10/2023 Positive → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/orphan-designations/eu-3-23-283812:14
BrainstormNew from Reddit (test): COVID19_Pandemic: Gregory Travis on Twitter: "Already more people have died of COVID in January of 2024 than normally die of influenza in an entire year" → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Pandemic/comments/1ag8u8x/gregory_travis_on_twitter_already_more_people/13:05
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Fungi: not to be overlooked in future research on pathogens in coffee machines: Walker and colleagues explored whether coffee makers are a source of nosocomial pathogens.1 While acknowledging the importance of the raised matter, I would like to draw attention to important points that should be considered in future [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/384/bmj.q251.short13:35
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: Monthly Scientific Discussion Thread - February 2024: This monthly thread is for scientific discussion pertaining to COVID-19. Please post questions about the science of this virus and disease here to collect them for others and clear up post space for [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1agag2m/monthly_scientific_discussion_thread_february_2024/14:05
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: (news): Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Spikevax (previously COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna), COVID-19 mRNA vaccine,elasomeran,elasomeran / imelasomeran,elasomeran / davesomeran,andusomeran, Date of authorisation: 06/01/2021, [... want %more?] → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/spikevax-previously-covid-19-vaccine-moderna15:16
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Novavax is on thin ice, and the latest update isn’t exactly encouraging: Novavax, the company whose corporate missteps repeatedly sidelined an effective Covid-19 vaccine, is relying on demand for booster doses to remain solvent. And the latest [... want %more?] → https://www.statnews.com/2024/02/01/biotech-news-novavax-merck-bluebird-bio-xbi-thermo-fisher-scientific/15:46
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Breathing room: Why parents and experts are calling for a clean-air revolution in schools → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1agg35s/breathing_room_why_parents_and_experts_are/18:19
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Updated Covid vaccine has 54% effectiveness, new data suggest: New data released Thursday by the CDC suggest that the most recent Covid-19 booster offers about 54% percent protection against infection with the virus. → https://www.statnews.com/2024/02/01/updated-covid-vaccine-effectiveness/19:09
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BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Early Estimates of Updated 2023–2024 (Monovalent XBB.1.5) COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Against Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection Attributable to Co-Circulating Omicron Variants Among Immunocompetent Adults — Increasing Community Access to [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/1aghjz0/early_estimates_of_updated_20232024_monovalent/19:19
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: Among SARS-CoV-2 variants, Beta had highest death rate, meta-analysis suggests: Beta was followed by Gamma, Alpha, Delta, and Omicron, with variant-specific case-fatality rates ranging from 1% to 4%. → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/among-sars-cov-2-variants-beta-had-highest-death-rate-meta-analysis-suggests19:29
BrainstormNew from Eric Topol on Mastodon: (news): The XBB.1.5 "updated" Covid vaccine booster provided ~54% increased protection *against symptomatic infections* (including vs. JN.1 variant) compared with not getting it. → https://mstdn.social/@erictopol/11185802405701243121:10
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Eric Topol: Release of 8 new genomes of a new lineage of SARS-CoV-2 with > 100 mutations → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1agkw7g/eric_topol_release_of_8_new_genomes_of_a_new/21:39
BrainstormNew from CIDRAP: (news): New estimates show latest COVID vaccine cuts risk of symptomatic infection → https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/new-estimates-show-latest-covid-vaccine-cuts-risk-symptomatic-infection21:59
BrainstormNew from NIH Director's blog: Findings in Tuberculosis Immunity Point Toward New Approaches to Treatment and Prevention: Tuberculosis, caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), took 1.3 million lives in 2022, making it the [... want %more?] → https://directorsblog.nih.gov/2024/02/01/findings-in-tuberculosis-immunity-point-toward-new-approaches-to-treatment-and-prevention/22:39
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: Newest COVID shots are 54 percent effective in preventing symptoms, CDC finds → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1agnmac/newest_covid_shots_are_54_percent_effective_in/23:37

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