libera/##covid-19/ Friday, 2023-08-11

BrainstormNew from Science Daily: COVID-19 causes mitochondrial dysfunction in heart and other organs, researchers find: Researchers have found that the genes of the mitochondria, the energy producers of our cells, can be negatively impacted by the virus, leading to dysfunction in multiple organs beyond the lungs. These [... want %more?] → https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230810180123.htm02:19
BrainstormNew from This Week In Virology: TWiV Special: Toppling the anti-vaxxer pyramid with "flu-shot cheerleader" Desiree Townsend: Vincent speaks with Desirée Townsend about how she felt used and indoctrinated by the anti-vaxx movement, the science surrounding her autoimmune disorder, and why she is no longer the “flu shot [... want %more?] → https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-special-townsend/06:21
BrainstormNew from StatNews: In the Lab: Bird flu researchers turn to Finland’s mink farms, tracking a virus with pandemic potential → https://www.statnews.com/2023/08/11/bird-flu-researchers-finland-mink-farms/10:38
BrainstormNew from ProPublica: Why Some Wisconsin Lawmakers and Local Officials Have Changed Their Minds About Letting Undocumented Immigrants Drive: by Melissa Sanchez ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches , a newsletter that [... want %more?] → https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-immigration-driving-licenses-dairy-farms-politics12:04
BrainstormNew from PubMed: The association between farm-level antimicrobial usage and resistance of Staphylococcus spp. , as the major genus isolated from aerosol samples, in Japanese piggeries: Bacteria are the dominant particulate matter in livestock houses and can threaten animal and public health. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a [... want %more?] → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37565078/12:42
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Does medical education reform change who is selected? A national cross-sectional survey from China: Objectives Approximately 10 years ago, China introduced an education plan to improve the overall quality of medical education and to better serve the population’s health needs. Many medical schools [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/13/8/e07023917:00
BrainstormNew from ECDC: Communicable disease threats report, 6 - 12 August 2023, week 32: This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 6 - 12 August 2023 and includes updates on measles, COVID-19, swine flu, mpox, diphtheria, West Nile [... want %more?] → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/communicable-disease-threats-report-6-12-august-2023-week-3217:09
BrainstormNew from EMA: What's new: Medicine: Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Comirnaty, tozinameran,riltozinameran and tozinameran,famtozinameran and tozinameran,COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine (nucleoside modified), COVID-19 virus infection, Date of authorisation: 21/12/2020, Revision: 43, Status: Authorised → https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/comirnaty17:29
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Kim Kardashian sparks debate on the benefits of full-body MRI scans: Kim Kardashian’s Instagram post this week about Prenuvo, which sells full-body MRI scans, has renewed a long-running debate about whether the tests are actually valuable. → https://www.statnews.com/2023/08/11/kim-kardashian-full-body-mri-scans/18:18
LjLAny clue if the EU/EMA has decided to go with an XBB vaccine like the US, or considering they just updated https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/comirnaty we're probably getting the good old stuff again?19:01
BrainstormNew from Retraction Watch: Author of paper on COVID-19 and jade amulets sues employer for ‘mental anguish,’ discrimination: A professor at the University of Pittsburgh is suing the institution and two administrators, alleging they [... want %more?] → https://retractionwatch.com/2023/08/11/author-of-paper-on-covid-19-and-jade-amulets-sues-employer-for-mental-anguish-discrimination/19:33

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