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Thread: Wednesday news round-up
1. End of the Ebola outbreak in Uganda xitter.gq/CEPIvaccines/status/16…
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Thread: Wednesday news round-up
1. End of the Ebola outbreak in Uganda xitter.gq/CEPIvaccines/status/16…
📢 Today @MinofHealthUG and @WHO announced an end to the #SudanEbolavirus (SUDV) outbreak in Uganda – <4 months since first case was confirmed
afro.who.int/countries/ugand…
2. WHO suggests masks for flights given current conditions xitter.gq/Daltmann10/status/1613…
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Thread: Monday news round-up
1. Updated booster efficacy xitter.gq/AshishKJha46/status/16…
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Thread: Monday news round-up
1. Updated booster efficacy xitter.gq/AshishKJha46/status/16…
So evidence for bivalent vaccines keeps getting stronger
Latest from Israel
Compared to vaccinated folks who had NOT gotten bivalent
Older folks who got the bivalent had
81% reduction in hospitalizations
86% reduction in deaths
Pretty stunning stuff
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
Thread: Wednesday news round-up
1. About Paxlovid xitter.gq/EricTopol/status/16104…
Why hasn't Paxlovid implementation lived up to its expectations?
Prescribed for only 13% in the US & 0.5% in the UK despite it working well against all variants to date, including XBB.1.5 [we've shown rebound is ~10% via systematic assessment]
nature.com/articles/d41586-0… @maxdkozlov
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2. Measuring how vaccines or prior infection reduce transmission xitter.gq/NathanLo3579/status/16…
🧵1/N How do vaccines and/or natural infection change infectiousness of #COVID19 during #Omicron? Our new article published in @NatureMedicine measures #COVID19 infectiousness, and finds reductions from both vaccine and natural infection. nature.com/articles/s41591-0…
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Thread: Monday news round-up
1. Fauci's message to the next generation of scientists xitter.gq/paimadhu/status/160174…
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2. Fusion experiment results xitter.gq/thomas_m_wilson/status…
SCOOP: Net energy gain in a fusion reaction has been a holy grail in science for decades. Now I’m told US scientists have done it. A massive breakthrough with revolutionary potential for clean power. US Energy Secretary to hold a press conference Tuesday on.ft.com/3PgDdya
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Thread: Monday news round-up
1. Continued variant surveillance xitter.gq/george_l/status/158958…
2. Covid vaccination a tough sell at the NASCAR race xitter.gq/owermohle/status/15896…
I went to the NASCAR championship and talked to people about fast cars, freebies and Covid-19 vaccines.
“I won’t convince him, he won’t convince me. Unfortunately, it’s a personal decision. Like smoking,” said one attendee.
statnews.com/2022/11/07/free…
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Thread: Friday news round-up
1. The pandemic's legacy xitter.gq/edyong209/status/15758…
🚨I wrote about the forces that lock us in a state of perpetual pandemic failure. More new diseases will arise, and our choices leave us as vulnerable to them as we were to this one. This isn’t destiny; it’s the result of bad decisions, which we can undo.
theatlantic.com/health/archi…
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2. Ebola in Uganda xitter.gq/HelenBranswell/status/…
Uganda's #Ebola Sudan outbreak has gotten very big, very fast & is already the 16th largest recorded outbreak.
More than half of known Ebola outbreaks have ended with fewer than 50 cases. This one's now at 50 with 24 deaths. cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspect…
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Thread: Wednesday news round-up
1. How universal health coverage can help tackle pandemics xitter.gq/alexandraphelan/status…
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2. Potential new Alzheimer's drug xitter.gq/adamfeuerstein/status/…
BREAKING --> $ESALY $BIIB Alzheimer’s treatment slowed cognitive decline in closely watched clinical trial statnews.com/2022/09/27/alzh… The lecanemab results from CLARITY-AD
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Thread: Friday news round-up
1. Timing this year's flu shot xitter.gq/HelenBranswell/status/…
Thread: Friday news round-up
1. Timing this year's flu shot xitter.gq/HelenBranswell/status/…
Federal health officials are urging people to get a Covid booster and a flu shot now, at the same time.
If you don't mind making and keeping two appointments, getting a flu shot later will likely get you more flu protection. statnews.com/2022/09/09/doub…
On Covid and children xitter.gq/chrischirp/status/1568…
@ScienceMagazine have published a series of short vignettes around children and Covid today (inc one by me & @dgurdasani1 ) - here is a quick thread of the range of knowledge covered from sickness to immunity, to long covid to schools to vaccines.
science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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Thread: Wednesday news round-up
1. Estimating the extent to which children lost their caregivers due to Covid xitter.gq/meganranney/status/156…
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2. The plan for boosters going forward xitter.gq/HelenBranswell/status/…
Is this fall the first fall of the rest of your life, Covid-booster shot wise? The folks running the WH pandemic response think so. @DrewQJoseph explains. statnews.com/2022/09/06/whit…
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Thread: Wednesday news round-up
1. Plans for CDC revamp xitter.gq/HelenBranswell/status/…
Thread: Wednesday news round-up
1. Plans for CDC revamp xitter.gq/HelenBranswell/status/…
.@CDCDirector tells @CDCgov staff the agency's culture needs to change. statnews.com/2022/08/17/cdc-…
2. How policy attitudes have changed xitter.gq/PaulBisceglio/status/1…
"The virus won’t budge. Nor will Americans. So the administration is shifting its stance instead."
@KatherineJWu on the next chapter:
theatlantic.com/health/archi…
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2. FDA recommendation on rapid testing xitter.gq/davidalim/status/15577…
FDA reminding to repeat rapid antigen testing over 2-3 days — notes w/ Omicron it is important to boost accuracy, especially early in an infection.
"The FDA recommends repeat testing following a negative result whether or not you have COVID-19 symptoms."
fda.gov/medical-devices/safe…
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Thread: Wednesday news round-up
1. Monkeypox transmission research xitter.gq/Boghuma/status/1554607…
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2. On mask policies for visitors xitter.gq/DavidElfstrom/status/1…
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Thread: Friday news round-up
1. Monkeypox research xitter.gq/bmj_latest/status/1552…
NEW research published by The BMJ today identifies important differences in monkeypox symptoms between the current outbreak and previous outbreaks in endemic regions bmj.com/content/378/bmj-2022…
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2. How pandemics end xitter.gq/MarionKoopmans/status/…
The end of pandemics usually is a drawn out process, not “ the removal of the handle of the pump” (referring to John SnowS insight in a source of cholera). And not only medical, but also societal and political. Excellent piece theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Thread: Friday news round-up
1. The case for nasal vaccines xitter.gq/VirusesImmunity/status…
I am thrilled to coauthor an editorial piece for @SciImmunology with @EricTopol highlighting the need for Operation Nasal Vaccine—Lightning ⚡️ speed to counter COVID-19. Nasal spray boosters can induce local immunity to ⬇️ infection & transmission.
science.org/doi/10.1126/scii…
2. A perspective on immunity xitter.gq/acsifferlin/status/155…
Virologist @macroliter: "This current situation, where some are newly susceptible to infection while others remain protected, is no friend to nuance," but keep in mind, he writes, "There has yet to be a variant that negates the benefits of vaccines."
nytimes.com/2022/07/22/opini…
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