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I appreciate this response from Ed Yong on why he requests that people mask at his events. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...

submitted 23 hours ago • 36 comments

Better not call it a “vaccine” or it might not get approved. Maybe market it as a recreational drug.

submitted 2 days ago • 867 comments

1/ 🧵 Armut & fehlende Wahlfreiheit Früher, vor meiner Armutserfahrung, als ich meine Privilegien als normal, selbstverständlich ansah, war mir der Unterschied zwischen z.B. Second Hand Kleidung als Wahl und als einzige Option nie bewusst.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Es wäre wirklich ein guter Moment. Aber: wir müssen ja "sparen".

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

"These early results appear to be reassuring for active monitoring as a safe approach to the management of low-risk DCIS." Read the Editorial. ja.ma/3XaFSi5 #MedSky

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

WHO has reported an unidentified illness in Democratic Republic of Congo's Equateur Province, according to Xinhua. 431 cases and 45 deaths (at 15 Feb) across 2 clusters (Bolombo & Basankusu health zones). Rapid disease progression upon symptom onset. Ebola and Marburg apparently ruled out. 1/2

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

In einem @thelancet.bsky.social Kommentar fordern renommierte Forschende, darunter Prof. Gülşah Gabriel @leibnizliv.bsky.social @leibnizpandemic.bsky.social, ein nachhaltiges europäisches Netzwerk für die Influenza-Forschung in Europa. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Great update on the latest for nasal and inhaled vaccines in States from @erictopol.bsky.social . These are also known as mucosal vaccines and because they target the places where bugs get in/try to live there is hope (and evidence) they will give more durable immunity. 🧪 🧵

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

Auch diese Woche zeigen die Sentineldaten eine unverändert hohe #Influenzaaktivität. Leider mitunter auch sehr schwere Erkrankungen. Im Vergleich zu den Vorwochen sehen wir jetzt deutlich mehr Influenza B und A(H3N2) Fälle, während A(H1N1)pdm zurückgegangen ist Die RSV-Fälle steigen langsam an

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Some great news: the FDA just approved a new chikungunya vaccine for people aged 12 and older.

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

"This is not a fight we can afford to lose." No, because losing literally means millions of dead people. My fellow Americans, it is time to muster your courage and speak up.

submitted 9 days ago • 5 comments

Characterising the asynchronous resurgence of common respiratory viruses following the COVID-19 pandemic www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Wastewater from airplane toilets? We introduce a global Aircraft-Based Wastewater Surveillance Network (WWSN) for pandemic monitoring in Nature Medicine 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415... Aircraft-based wastewater surveillance allows for real-time, non-invasive monitoring of global pathogen spread Short 🧵

submitted 11 days ago • 5 comments

How the sudden and severe cuts to NIH funding will devastate the US biomedical industry — especially red state institutions. Also Elon Musk’s claims about “overhead” numbers were off by about a factor of two. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/o...

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Green light by FDA for another Covid nasal vaccine Phase 1 trial, one that is already approved in India, derived from WashU IP scitechdaily.com/fda-greenlig... This adds to the "shots on goal" of 2 other nasal vaccine programs to block infections, supported by Project NextGen

submitted 12 days ago • 19 comments

It's not "Breaking News" now, since it was announced by NIH yesterday. But it is breaking....... washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

submitted 15 days ago • 41 comments

It would be high time for the EU to understand that we could compensate for financial cuts for US scientists and agencies like the FDA by European funds. This would bring a major boost for science and Pharma in Europe, immensely further the EU, its world standing and its economy. #vision ?

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Eine große dänische Studie verglich die Zahl der stationären Aufnahmen sowie der Todesfälle innerhalb von 30d wegen der #Influenza mit der von #COVID19. Die Grippe ist nicht harmlos, COVID-19 erst recht nicht. Selbst bei Omikron. allcoronavirusesarebastards.digitalpress.blog/ist-covid-19...

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the state is temporarily shutting down all live bird markets in New York City and Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk counties through February 14 after inspectors discovered seven cases of bird flu in poultry through routine inspections

submitted 16 days ago • 55 comments

New study in Nature finds no such thing as natural immunity to covid after the arrival of omicron. Pre omicron, infection provided 80% protection against re-infection one year later. This falls to under 5% at one year with omicron

submitted 16 days ago • 23 comments

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submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

1/1 "Am Höhepunkt der jüngsten Welle wurden im Oktober innerhalb einer Woche bundesweit fast 1.000 Covid-Kranke hospitalisiert. 4 - 5 % davon landeten diese Saison auf Intensivstationen." Sagt mit Arschang Valipour ein Pneumologe, Internist, Intensivmediziner: www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

This is a thoughtful story by an American flight attendant recounting how Gander, Newfoundland (pop 10,400) took in 10,500 passengers from 53 airplanes when the USA closed its airspace on 9/11. Neighbours look after neighbours 🇨🇦🇺🇸 annlaemmlenlewis.com/2015/09/10/f...

submitted 21 days ago • 6 comments

Prof. Schieffer: „wenn man die ganze Bandbreite [..] betrachtet dann haben wir sicher 1 Mio LongCOVID Patienten. … die unangenehmste Realität dabei ist mit jeder Welle [..] bekommen wir wieder 6-8 % neue Fälle, ohne dass wir die alten schon abgearbeitet haben beziehungsweise die genesen sind.“

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

📣 From today, all #ClinicalTrials in the #EU are governed by the Clinical Trials Regulation. The Clinical Trials Information System (#CTIS) now supports submission, assessment and oversight of all trials in the EU. Read more: www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/clin...

submitted 23 days ago • 3 comments

ACHTUNG -Redet mit euren Kindern TikTok "Paracetamol-Challenge». Dabei fordern sich Jugendliche gegenseitig heraus, hohe Dosen des Schmerzmittels Paracetamol einzunehmen" Überdosierungen führen zu irreversibelen Leberschäden - einzige Therapie Transplantation www.suedostschweiz.ch/politik/laus...

submitted 24 days ago • 31 comments

Five areas where I start with the assumption that every single research paper I see is wrong or actively fraudulent, and work forwards from there: (1) microRNAs (2) phytomedicine (3) construction materials esp. material science crossover (4) machine learning (5) dietary supplements

submitted 24 days ago • 6 comments

Anyway, concerning the claim that COVID-19 vaccines don’t affect transmission: science says that’s incorrect

submitted 25 days ago • 8 comments

Still more deadly than flu or RSV jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

submitted 27 days ago • 21 comments

Kognitive Verzerrung, der Suvivorship Bias „Der Survivorship Bias – die Tendenz, sich nur auf diejenigen zu konzentrieren, die es scheinbar „geschafft“ haben – hat die Art und Weise geprägt, wie wir über Covid-19 sprechen, und er verzerrt die Wahrheit.“ Danke 🙏🏼 @david.notesforfriends.com.

submitted 28 days ago • 8 comments

Da sich seit Wochen die Fälle häufen, die sich an uns wenden weil verzweifelt und ich diese Situation zu gut kenne: wenn ihr bei Behörden/ Institutionen arbeitet, dann bitte, bitte sensibilisiert euer Umfeld dort in Bezug auf Überbrückung/abwarten. Warum? 1/12

submitted 28 days ago • 4 comments

STUDY finds people have a 2x higher risk of a new chronic condition after #COVID19 infection: "Participants reporting a SARS-CoV-2 infection were more likely to be diagnosed with a new chronic condition compared to those who did not report an infection ([aOR] = 2.15)." www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/22...

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

In 2024, we recommended the highest number of new #medicines in fifteen years: 114 human medicines. From new #vaccines and #antibiotics to the first medicine to treat early #Alzheimer's disease, check out last year’s highlights. www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/huma...

submitted 29 days ago • 8 comments

Die Influenzaaktivität in Österreich ist diese Woche weiter angestiegen KW4 📈 Es zirkulieren Influenza A(H1N1)pdm, B(Victoria) sowie A(H3N2) etwa ~60:30:10 Entsprechend der Jahreszeit zunehmend Infektionen mit humanen Metapneumoviren Nur vereinzelt RSV Nachweise #DINÖ #MoniRedlberger #Sentinelsystem

submitted 30 days ago • 7 comments

Hey, nice to meet you! We’re the European Medicines Agency or simply EMA, and we make sure medicines in Europe are safe and effective. We talk about new medicines in the EU, latest health advancements, public and animal health news and much more. Follow us #health www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJl-...

submitted 30 days ago • 151 comments

Long COVID affects up to 48M in the US, costing $5K-$11.6K per case. Total losses could top $6.5B yearly, with major impacts on health and productivity. Costs rise with more COVID cases. academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

Excited to be in Bern today to launch the Center for Pathogen Bioinformatics (CPB) - a great collaboration of SIB, @tanjastadler.bsky.social & Niko Beerenwinkel @ethzurich.bsky.social, @neher.io @unibas.ch & myself @swisstph.ch, to better tackle known & novel pathogens - introduced by SIB director!

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment