libera/##covid-19/ Friday, 2023-11-10

BrainstormNew from The Lancet (Online): [Correspondence] Omicron BA.2.86 cross-neutralising activity in community sera from the UK: WHO recommends that SARS-CoV-2 vaccine antigens should target circulating variants.1 The emergent Omicron BA.2.86 variant displays 61 amino acid mutations relative to [... want %more?] → https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)02397-8/fulltext00:35
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Association of COVID-19 with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in children aged 0–5 years in the USA in 2022: a multicentre retrospective cohort study → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/17rr8a9/association_of_covid19_with_respiratory_syncytial/01:24
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: FDA Approves First Vaccine to Prevent Chikungunya Virus: Valneva’s VLA1553 (Ixchiq) vaccine was shown to met its preliminary endpoint, with 98.9% of participants reaching protective levels of chikungunya virus neutralizing antibodies 1 months after vaccination. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/fda-approves-first-vaccine-to-prevent-chikungunya-virus02:50
Brainstorm(Matrix) <R​af> Hello everyone02:55
Brainstorm(Matrix) <L​jL> hi Raf02:59
LjLI think we've had Chikungunya clusters...03:13
LjLhttps://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/chikungunya/threats-and-outbreaks/chikungunya-fever-eueea03:13
LjLSo I wouldn't mind a vaccine. Not in a huge hurry to get it, either, but good it's there.03:14
Brainstorm(Matrix) <R​af> Have you guys seen evescape.org ?04:05
Brainstorm(Matrix) <R​af> Assume it was listed at some point in here. Just found it yesterday04:05
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: Mucosal Adenoviral-vectored Vaccine Boosting Durably Prevents XBB.1.16 Infection in Nonhuman Primates → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/17rv0z8/mucosal_adenoviralvectored_vaccine_boosting/04:36
BrainstormNew from Il Sole 24 Ore: (translated) Chikungunya, FDA approves the first vaccine: It is called Ixchiq and is produced by the European Valneva. The virus, transmitted by mosquitoes, is widespread especially in tropical and subtropical regions → https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/chikungunya-fda-approva-primo-vaccino-AFxpj4ZB08:59
BrainstormNew from StatNews: How pharmacy deserts are putting the health of Black and Latino Americans at risk: Lack of access to a nearby pharmacy can have major health consequences by impeding people's ability to get vaccinations and keep up with prescriptions. → https://www.statnews.com/2023/11/10/cvs-rite-aid-walgreens-pharmacy-deserts/10:36
BrainstormNew from PubMed: Applied Bionics And Biomechanics: Retracted: Advanced Computing Approach for Modeling and Prediction COVID-19 Pandemic → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37946842/12:51
BrainstormNew from r/Science: science: Researchers formally report the results of the COVID Moonshot project, a fully open-science, patent-free drug discovery campaign to identify, synthesize, and test inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2 main protease, a key antiviral target. This campaign [... want %more?] → https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/17s2osn/researchers_formally_report_the_results_of_the/14:09
BrainstormNew from ECDC: Communicable disease threats report, 5 - 11 November 2023, week 45: This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 5 - 11 November 2023 and includes updates on SARS-CoV-2 variants, an overview of respiratory [... want %more?] → https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/communicable-disease-threats-report-5-11-november-2023-week-4514:38
BrainstormNew from StatNews: Pharma: STAT+: Pharmalittle: Novo Nordisk to spend $6 billion to boost production; FDA okays world’s first vaccine for chikungunya → https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2023/11/10/novo-lilly-weight-obesity-wegovy-ozempic-mounjaro-vaccine-teva-sandoz-diabetes-fda-takeda-hpv-amgen-ftc-antitrust/15:27
BrainstormNew from StatNews: The first vaccine for the increasingly prevalent chikungunya virus is here: Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Today we have two FDA approvals, preview [... want %more?] → https://www.statnews.com/2023/11/10/biotech-news-zepbound-valneva-chikungunya-vaccine-aha-cargo-mirati/15:36
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: COVID, flu vaccine uptake in US healthcare workers lacking → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/17s5u0p/covid_flu_vaccine_uptake_in_us_healthcare_workers/16:05
BrainstormNew from r/Coronavirus: Coronavirus: The level of criminal incompetence exposed by recent witnesses to the UK COVID-19 Inquiry, chaired by Baroness Heather Hallett, has proven that many, if not most, of over 230 000 deaths were preventable. → https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/17s6mgf/the_level_of_criminal_incompetence_exposed_by/16:52
BrainstormNew from BMJ Open: Systematic review of the effect of metabolic syndrome on outcomes due to acute respiratory distress syndrome: a protocol: Introduction Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening condition commonly seen in the intensive care unit. COVID-19 has dramatically increased the incidence [... want %more?] → http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/13/11/e07603617:22
BrainstormNew from BMJ: Covid inquiry: What we learnt this week: Chickenpox was not a helpful analogueGiving evidence on 8 November,1 Mark Sedwill, the former cabinet secretary and head of the civil service, apologised for proposing in private that a “chickenpox party” approach, to deliberately exposed people to SARS-CoV-2, might be [... want %more?] → http://www.bmj.com/content/383/bmj.p2652.short18:38
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: This Week's Biggest Infectious Disease News: This week read about virus testing, the dosing of one of the COVID-19 vaccines in the pediatric population, HAI grades in hospitals, and live biotherapeutic products in preventing recurrent CDI in older adults with comorbidities. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/this-week-s-biggest-infectious-disease-news19:26
BrainstormNew from StatNews: U.K. recommendation could lead to world’s first use of meningitis vaccine to curb gonorrhea: An expert panel that advises the United Kingdom on vaccine policy has recommended using a meningitis B vaccine to try to bring down [... want %more?] → https://www.statnews.com/2023/11/10/u-k-recommendation-could-lead-to-worlds-first-use-of-meningitis-vaccine-to-curb-gonorrhea/21:49
BrainstormNew from Contagion Live: FDA Clears Way for Marketing First OTC COVID-19 Antigen Test: ACON Laboratories’ Flowflex COVID-19 Antigen Home Test completed the premarket review pathway and is the first test indicated for use in children under 18. → https://www.contagionlive.com/view/fda-clears-way-for-marketing-first-otc-covid-19-antigen-test22:36
BrainstormNew from r/COVID19: COVID19: B-cell and antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2: infection, vaccination, and hybrid immunity → https://old.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/17semgy/bcell_and_antibody_responses_to_sarscov2/22:46

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