Tag: influenza
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Can acute COVID-19 awaken dormant cancer cells?
Yes, according to this study, which was the talk of the summer. In short: In mice experimental lung infection with SARS-CoV-2 and influenza reactivated dormant breast cancer cells, rapidly leading to metastatic disease accompanied by an inflammatory response resembling acute COVID-19 infection in humans. And when translated from mice to…
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In times of isolationism, patients remain best served by cross-border scientific collaboration
What if avian H5N1 starts spreading from human to human?
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Patient Zero: Has the next pandemic begun?
The world is ablaze with various crises, yet all seems quiet on the infectious diseases front. We find ourselves in the inter-pandemic phase: recovering from the last crisis, while figuring out how best to prepare for the next. Even so, our new government has decided to terminate all planned activities…
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Control yourself: the self-controlled case series
Does influenza increase the risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI)? Do bivalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccines cause acute ischemic stroke? Relevant questions, but difficult to answer. Incidences of both outcomes are low, precluding an answer from randomised trials (in case of vaccination) and analyses from observational studies will be flawed by…
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Comparing COVID-19 and influenza
Last week, this paper in Lancet ID generated heated (and mostly negative) discussions on X, but I suspect that selection bias may have had a role in that. What was (and was not) investigated? And how?