#Disease

Hilda Bastian, PhD

hildabast

Preprint of the South African phase 1b/2 trial for the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is online. Primary efficacy analysis is for 2,026 people who weren't infected with HIV (there was also a

Emily's Entourage

EmilysEntourage

The @US_FDA expanded eligibility for @VertexPharma CFTR modulators to >600 ppl w/certain rare #cysticfibrosis mutations. This is BIG NEWS for 2 reasons.https://news.vrtx.com/press-release/vertex-announces-fda-approvals-trikafta-elexacaft

Ajay Major, MD, MBA

majorajay

A few highlights from the #ASH20 Blood Drop session on outpatient sickle cell disease management in adults. #threadASH guidelines recommend cognitive impairment screening with simplified questions, as well as at

Peter Daszak

PeterDaszak

More details on likely evolutionary timescales behind bat-to-human COVID emergence. Interesting work from @robertson_lab @UofGlasgow @CVRinfo suggests 1) SARS2-lineage bat-CoVs have been circulating for few decades (in bats!).....https://ww

Pete Kraft

GENES_PK

Interesting Q during discussion of @nilanjan10c's #HarvardPQG20 keynote this morning: how do we characterize uncertainty in individual disease risk estimates? /thread @bpasaniuc @amitvkhera I think there are two separate kinds

Dr David Robert Grimes

drg1985

An example of the kind of wrong-headed claims that can kill people with #cancer: (1) You cannot cure cancer with diet. Ever. (2) Spinning conventional therapy as dangerous or ineffectual

The Intercept

theintercept

PFAS compound associated with severe Covid-19 https://interc.pt/3qDFerF by @fastlerner Created by 3M, PFBA is one of a class of industrial compounds, often called “forever chemicals,” that has come to contaminate

Nick Mark MD

nickmmark

Interesting (unpublished) results from ATACC/ACTIV4/REMAP-CAP #COVID19 studies-therapeutic #anticoagulation (TA) reduced organ failure support days in non-ICU patients but had no benefit in ICU patients-no mortality reduction with TA in eit

Shane Crotty

profshanecrotty

1/ Our newest COVID-19 immunology work is online today at Cell! @ljiresearch https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(20)31235-6 2/ We aimed to better understand hospitalized COVID-19 cases by examining virus-specific immune responses

Milhouse Van Houten 😀

Milhouse_Van_Ho

Greater Toronto and Ottawa charts.#COVID19 #COVID19toronto #covid19ottawa #COVID19Ontario Greater Toronto. Greater Toronto - The proportion of cases (positive test results) resulting in death (yellow line). City of Toronto. City of

Amitava Banerjee

amibanerjee1

Clinic today done over the phone as has largely been the case since March. We have learned so much about what we can do but also about the limitations of

Karen K #FBPE

mojitoBaB

I matter if I die. Even with pre-existing conditions, I matter. I'm not less worthy of life or your care because I've been unlucky enough to inherit conditions. I had

masculinist polymaternal commune

d3l1b1d1n8r

hi, if you’re fat and you’re worried about fat and COVID mortality, try not to be afraid. fat in and of itself has a mix of effects on respiratory health

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

@JNJNews vaccine results are in! While not as efficacious as Pfizer or Moderna it’s still great news—it was 85% efficacious at preventing severe disease requiring hospitalization. Not a “knockout punch”

Zain Chagla

zchagla

Reflecting on the future1) Short term - get transmission down, doesn't have to be perfect, just buy time for vax-reduce non essential interactions-support essential workers-strengthen testing/isolation/case/contact tracing-improve commu

Paul Nuki

PaulNuki

It's been a long and rough year but ultimately the pandemic may deliver some positives. Here are five glass-half-full (of strong Negroni) predictions for 2021 and the decade beyond... #COVID19

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