libera/##covid-19/ Friday, 2023-06-16

BrainstormNew from WebMD: FDA Panel Backs New COVID Booster Focusing Only on Variants: The committee voted 21-0 that a new vaccine should focus on just one strain of the virus, and not be a bivalent shot as before. Any new vaccine should target one of three now prevalent in the [... want %more?] → https://www.webmd.com/covid/news/20230615/fda-panel-backs-new-covid-booster-focusing-only-on-variants00:08
BrainstormNew from Science-Based Medicine: A Letter to My Critics:  To Refute Me, Stand Up For Your Own Words: Calling me a "lockerdowner" generates likes and retweets from "free-thinkers", but it doesn't refute anything I wrote. Since you obviously need help, I'd like to give you a clear roadmap to refute my ideas.  All you have to do is [... want %more?] → https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/refuteme/09:31
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Virtually the same? Examining the impact of the COVID-19 related shift to virtual lung cancer multidisciplinary team meetings in the UK National Health Service: a mixed methods study: Objectives To evaluate the impact of the shift to virtual lung cancer multidisciplinary team meetings (MDTMs) in [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/13/6/e06549410:42
BrainstormNew from BMJ: In response to the call for black blood donors: I am a Nigerian doctor who, before moving to the UK, donated blood twice a year. I donated blood in Birmingham in March 2021 and received a letter with a stern warning, asking me to refrain from donating for the “foreseeable” future.I had my eligibility for [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/381/bmj.p1350.short11:03
BrainstormNew from ECDC: Data on testing for COVID-19 by week and country: Data in multiple file formats with information about testing volume for COVID-19, sorted by week and country, and updated on a weekly basis. → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/covid-19-testing12:39
ublxDerek Lowe on long covid and metformin (June 9th): https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/long-covid-shows-card13:53
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: Mpox vaccines extended after spike in cases in London: Gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in London are advised to have the vaccine. → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6592970814:17
BrainstormNew from ECDC: Communicable disease threats report, June 2023, week 24: This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 11-17 June 2023 and includes updates on COVID-19, West Nile virus, chikungunya and dengue, avian influenza, measles, [... want %more?] → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/communicable-disease-threats-report-june-2023-week-2416:50
BrainstormNew from BBC Health: (news): Covid inquiry: UK's public services were 'depleted' when Covid hit → https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-6592951617:47
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: Breakthrough in Chikungunya Prevention: VLA1553 Vaccine Induces Robust Immune Response: The vaccine induced seroprotective chikungunya virus neutralizing antibodies in 98.9% of participants, regardless of age, and levels were [... want %more?] → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/breakthrough-in-chikungunya-prevention-vla1553-vaccine-induces-robust-immune-response18:44
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: CDC: Increase in Meningococcal Disease Among Persons with HIV: The federal agency explains this increase in 2022 was substantial compared to previous years, and recommends this population be up-to-date on vaccines for it. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/cdc-increase-in-meningococcal-disease-among-persons-with-hiv20:00
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: The Future of COVID-19 Vaccines, and Other Top Stories This Week: This week, the FDA’s vaccine advisory committee unanimously voted the next generation of COVID-19 vaccines should be updated to a monovalent XBB strain. Read all about this and other [... want %more?] → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/the-future-of-covid-19-vaccines-and-other-top-stories-this-week21:35

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