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Ontario hospitals warn of massive spike in ICU admissions for influenza globalnews.ca/news/115802…
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Preclinical immunogenicity of the LP.8.1-adapted BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine www.biorxiv.org/content/1…
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Long COVID involves activation of proinflammatory and immune exhaustion pathways www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Long COVID involves activation of proinflammatory and immune exhaustion pathways - Nature Immunology
Long COVID (LC) involves a spectrum of chronic symptoms after resolution of acute severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. Barouch and colleagues show that LC is characterized by per...
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This isn't surprising given how the work culture in healthcare encourages presenteeism. What's concerning is that those who practice presenteeism are also less likely to be vaccinated.
#IPSky
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Presenteeism Among Health Care Personnel With COVID-19
This cohort study evaluates the frequency of presenteeism among health care personnel with symptomatic COVID-19.
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“employees who received Paxlovid had 5% fewer workday absences, 17% fewer STD days, and 27% fewer LTD days per patient per month than untreated employees” www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-….
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Paxlovid linked to fewer lost workdays, disability claims in employees at high-risk for severe COVID
Employees who took the antiviral drug had 5% fewer workday absences.
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“results provide solid evidence..that in-person school plays a crucial role in kids’ wellbeing.. lessons for future public health emergencies..provide insight into why mental health worsened for children during the pandemic” www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-….
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COVID lockdowns may have slowed toddler development, while reopenings tied to better mental health in older kids
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“several explanations for why presenteeism has trended upward since the onset of the pandemic, including greater population-wide immunity, milder disease with later variants, shorter suggested isolation windows,& expanded options for remote or hybrid work” www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-….
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Presenteeism among health workers with COVID rose steadily last year, study suggests
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"In a November memo, Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH,... told his colleagues that the agency's "career staff have found that at least 10 children have died after and because of... COVID-19 vaccination."
That is false, Inside Medicine has learned."
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Opinion | FDA Vax Chief Jumped the Gun on Claims of Kid Deaths From COVID Shots
Vinay Prasad's conclusions overshot what the agency's analysts ultimately found
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#Presenteeism among health workers with #COVID rose steadily last year, study suggests
Working while sick increased over time, from less than 2% in 2020 to 15% in 2024.
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Makary walks back talk of Covid-19 vaccine risk amid internal FDA debate - endpoints.news/makary-walks...
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Makary walks back talk of Covid-19 vaccine risk amid internal FDA debate
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary offered a softer version of the FDA's view of Covid-19 vaccines than emerged in a recent internal memo, saying that the agency wasn't planning to add its most severe warn...
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The Trump administration has changed policies around access to COVID-19 shots for pregnant women multiple times. As of today, pregnant women can get COVID-19 shots with "shared decision making," or a conversation with a health care provider. The shots cut the risk of hospitalization for mom and baby
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Pregnant women vaccinated against #COVID19 less likely to be hospitalized or deliver prematurely, new data show The study confirms the safety and benefits for pregnant women at a time when federal officials raise doubts about the safety of immunizations www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
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Apparently Prof. Harvey Rich, promoter of the myth that covid vaccines cause turbo cancer and working for a company that sells ivermectin as a cancer treatment, was appointed chair of the President’s cancer panel, overseeing the National cancer program. www.wired.com/story/risch-...
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New Head of Trump’s Cancer Panel Speculated About Links Between Vaccines and Cancer
Yale epidemiologist Harvey Risch, who has entertained a connection between Covid vaccines and “turbo cancer” and promoted ivermectin, says he'll chair the President's Cancer Panel.
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FDA Has No Plans to Put Black Box Warning on Covid Vaccines, Commissioner Says
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FDA Has No Plans to Put Black Box Warning on Covid Vaccines, Commissioner Says
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1/ Happy Tuesday! #Respiratoryseason is in full swing, and today we're talking all things infectious disease. Here’s what you need to know about flu, Covid-19, and measles as winter ramps up 👇
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Well, *that's* not good.
"As well as lending credibility to unproven treatments for Covid-19 like hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin—he promoted the former in congressional testimony—Risch has more recently wondered whether the Covid-19 vaccines cause “turbo...
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New Head of Trump’s Cancer Panel Speculated About Links Between Vaccines and Cancer
Yale epidemiologist Harvey Risch, who has entertained a connection between Covid vaccines and “turbo cancer” and promoted ivermectin, says he'll chair the President's Cancer Panel.
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Discussed here:
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After a couple of weeks of uneven increases, COVID-19 spread is now clearly going up in the U.S. across most major metrics and most regions. We have also passed the CDC’s threshold for flu season.
Read @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social's full COVID-19 trends report: bit.ly/4qfBlqJ
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The news that the FDA was considering black box labels for COVID vaccines was widely condemned. Black box warnings are considered the most serious designation from the FDA. Such warnings are placed on opioid medication, for example, to warn users about the risks of addiction, overdose, and death.
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FDA Opts Out of Widely Condemned Plan for “Black Box” Warnings on COVID Shots
Officials said they were considering such a move last week, but the plan was widely condemned by health experts.
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Pfizer faces challenging years on fading COVID sales, margin pressure reut.rs/4akSomz
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Pfizer faces challenging years on fading COVID sales, margin pressure
Pfizer said on Tuesday the next few years will be bumpy, beginning with 2026, due to lower sales of its COVID vaccine and treatment, price cuts promised to the U.S. government, and the expiration of patents on key drugs.
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No black box warning for COVID vaccines. The quacks and cranks are mad. What happened at the FDA to make Prasad and Makary act reasonable, for once?
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#Paxlovid linked to fewer lost workdays, disability claims in employees at high-risk for severe COVID
Employees who took the antiviral drug had 5% fewer workday absences.
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