I helped advise the US government on the next likely pandemic. What I learned is alarming | Devi Sridhar
The 100-day challenge, to be able to contain a virus while a vaccine is approved, manufactured and delivered, looks ever more remoteFour years on from the first Covid lockdown, life feels to be largely back to normal, although legacies of the pandemic remain. Collective amnesia seems to have set in. Politicians seem eager to move forward and not relive the decisions, delays and deaths that characterised public policy and press briefings. Yet we can ’t forget such a brutal event, when Covid is estimated to have killednearly 16 million people worldwide in 2020 and 2021, and caused life expectancy to decline in 84% of count...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 25, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Devi Sridhar Tags: Vaccines and immunisation Coronavirus Science World news Infectious diseases Health UK news US news Source Type: news
X pledges $300K to pay legal fees for Canadian doctor who bucked COVID vaccination mandates
A Canadian doctor with a fast-approaching deadline to pay a $300,000 court judgment in a legal battle over lockdowns and vaccine mandates, received some help from the social media platform X, which offered to cover the cost. Dr. Kulvinder Kaur Gill is a physician in Ontario, Canada who specializes…#kulvinderkaurgill #ontario #billmaher #foxnewsdigital #kulvinderkaur #elonmusk (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Advances in Breast Cancer Treatment; Stroke After COVID Vaccination
(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - March 24, 2024 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
Japanese Preprint Calls For mRNA VaccinesTo Be Suspended Over Blood Bank Contamination Concerns
Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Receiving blood transfusion from COVID-19-vaccinated individuals could pose a medical risk to unvaccinated recipients since numerous…#vaccinestobe #naveenathrappully #epochtimes #astrazeneca #fazlmosque #southfields #contrary #repeated #newzealand #davesidhu (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What ’s Next for the Coronavirus?
Scientists studying the virus ’s continuing evolution, and the body’s immune responses, hope to head off a resurgence and to better understand long Covid. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: your-feed-science Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Disease Rates Vaccination and Immunization Immune System Hospitals Evolution (Biology) Coronavirus Omicron Variant Chronic Condition (Health) Influenza Sewers and Sewage Source Type: news
New Monoclonal Authorized to Prevent COVID in Immunocompromised People
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for pemivibart (Pemgarda) as COVID-19 pre-exposure prophylaxis in immunocompromised individuals who are unlikely to mount a sufficient immune response following vaccination... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 22, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Joni Mitchell ’s Classic Catalog Back on Spotify After Neil Young’s Return to Service
A week after her old friend Neil Young‘s return to Spotify, Joni Mitchell‘s catalog has been restored to the streaming service. Mitchell pulled her music from Spotify in early 2022 in solidarity with Young over their concerns about the vaccine and COVID-19 misinformation being spread on the…#neilyoungs #spotify #jonimitchells #joerogan #neilyoung #archives #apple #amazon #youngspostread #rogan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Final NIH budget for 2024 is essentially flat
Congress has given the National Institutes of Health (NIH) a 0.6% increase, to $47.1 billion, in a final 2024 spending bill that lawmakers are expected to approve in time to avert a partial government shutdown this weekend. And several policy directives opposed by researchers have been stripped from the legislation.
The tiny, $300 million bump is only one-third of the $920 million increase requested by President Joe Biden, who has promised to sign the $1.2 trillion package covering six federal agencies, and it comes after years of generous increases for NIH. But it was no surprise: Once the president and Congress agr...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 21, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
RNA deserves its own massive counterpart to the human genome project, researchers argue
This report is very much modeled on the
NASEM report
that initiated the Human Genome Project,
”
completed in 2003,
says Cheung, who wasn’t involved in the new report’s drafting. But as the report notes,
“The RNome is much more complex
”
than a genome.
For one thing, frequent modifications to RNA mean there will be no fixed, reference sequence like the one researchers produced for the human genome. For a given RNA molecule, researchers will have to document
“not only the sequence, but also the type and location of the modifica...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 21, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Immunomodulators Do Not Affect COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy Immunomodulators Do Not Affect COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy
A study suggested that immunomodulatory medications do not increase the risk for COVID-19 related hospitalizations in patients who have received the COVID-19 vaccine.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - March 21, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Dermatology Source Type: news
Who Really 'Died Suddenly'? Anabolic Steroid Users.
(MedPage Today) -- During the initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout, a rare complication called myocarditis was detected, primarily in young males. The incidence of this problem was low and most of the cases were mild. Still, even for people in the... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - March 21, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
No Elevated Risk for Stroke Seen After COVID-19 Bivalent Vaccine Receipt
WEDNESDAY, March 20, 2024 -- For Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years and older, there is no evidence of elevated stroke risk immediately after vaccination with either brand of the COVID-19 bivalent vaccine, according to a study published in the... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 20, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
After earnings plunge, BioNTech pins hopes on cancer drug launches
Germany's BioNTech, whose COVID-19 vaccine in partnership with Pfizer was widely used during the pandemic, reported on Wednesday a plunge in 2023 revenue and earnings as its focus shifts towards cancer drug development. The Mainz-based company posted revenues of 3.819 billion euros ($4.14…#pfizer #partnerpfizer (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
BioNTech shifts focus toward cancer drug development after earnings, revenue plunge
Germany’s BioNTech BNTX-Q, whose COVID-19 vaccine in partnership with Pfizer PFE-N was widely used during the pandemic, reported on Wednesday a plunge in 2023 revenue and earnings as its focus shifts towards cancer drug development. The Mainz-based company posted revenues of €3.819-billion…#bntx #pfizerpfen #partnerpfizer (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Getting Reluctant Patients to'Yes' on COVID Vaccination Getting Reluctant Patients to'Yes' on COVID Vaccination
Five useful tips for helping the vax-hesitant people get past their objections.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - March 20, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
