Antonio Regalado
Progress in science depends on new techniques, new discoveries and new ideas, probably in that order - {Sydney Brenner}. I write about biotech @techreview
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Opinion: Cancelling Halloween is an act of ghoulish politics
This year has played nasty tricks on us. Isn’t it time for public health officials and governments to offer up some treats?
One doctor’s campaign to stop a covid-19 vaccine being rushed through before Election Day
After being released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on October 5, US President Donald Trump praised the doctors who treated him for covid-19 and promised that the public would soon have a vaccine against the deadly coronavirus....
Antonio Regalado
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Plotting a scientific path to counter COVID-19
In a global online forum Tuesday night, scientific leaders from companies developing vaccines, therapies and diagnostics to address the COVID-19 outbreak discussed opportunities for collaboration, highlighted challenges, and called for sustained...
Coronavírus no Amazonas - D24AM
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Coronavirus in Amazonias state, capital Manaus.
Charts are log scale.
source: d24am.com/coronavirus-no… pic.twitter.com/Ka8yc5QQOx
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EmTech MIT 2020
MIT Technology Review's flagship event presenting the innovations reshaping the world in which we work and live and the people driving them forward
Antonio Regalado
Annual EmTech conference of @techreview begins tomorrow. Covid highlights as follows
Seth Berkeley, GAVI: global vaccines
Ajay Nirula, VP Immunology, Eli Lilly: antibodies
Michael Farzan, Scripps: mutating virus
Stacey Gabriel, Broad: big time testing
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Early approval of a COVID-19 vaccine could stymie the hunt for better ones
Ethical dilemmas will abound for efficacy trials that continue after one vaccine proves itself
Christie Says He Was ‘Wrong’ Not to Wear Masks at White House
Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor who was hospitalized as he battled the coronavirus, urged people to follow C.D.C. guidelines in public.
Antonio Regalado
buried in this story > former NJ gov Chris Christie was given Eli Lilly experimental antibody treatment > was he ineligible for a trial? > or do we have another compassionate-use-for-important people scenario
#righttotry #ifyoudaguy
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Satellites could soon map every tree on Earth
Individual tree canopies pinpointed over a large area of West Africa.
Workday
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New York Times *Opinion* page hiring a science and health editor, including for pandemic opinion. Quite a role.
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First, a Vaccine Approval. Then ‘Chaos and Confusion.’
Come spring, Americans may have their choice of several so-so coronavirus vaccines — with no way of knowing which one is best.
Antonio Regalado
Most important vaccine article. The way things are set up, we won't know which vaccine the best. Therefore, American public will not know if it is getting what it paid for.
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U.S. Virus Cases Climb Toward a Third Peak
Cases are surging again after falling from a summer peak. And the spread to new areas of the country suggests the outbreak is far from over.
Use of convalescent serum reduces severity of COVID-19 in nonhuman primates
Passive transfer of convalescent plasma or serum is a time-honored strategy for treating infectious diseases. Human convalescent plasma containing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 is currently being used to treat COVID-19 patients. However, most...
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High-titer convalescent plasma reduced Covid-19 symptom severity in green monkeys, if given early in course of disease.
Get the right plasma and get it early.
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Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
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"Do you have a question?"
Highlight of informative Bloomberg interview with FDA commissioner @SteveFDA is when reporter tries (but fails) to ask if FDA defied the White House on vaccine EUAs.
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ProPublica to Launch New Regional Units in the South and Southwest; ProPublica Illinois to Expand to Midwest Regional Newsroom
Nonprofit Newsroom Also Launches Distinguished Fellows Program to Support Local Investigative Journalism
Facebook Bans Ads Discouraging Vaccines, In Latest Misinformation Crackdown
The move is a reversal of Facebook's longstanding reluctance to block problematic content. Critics say public health misinformation has flourished on the social network.
An Ethics Assessment of COVID-19 Vaccine Programs | Charlotte Lozier Institute
Antonio Regalado
Similarly, the @LozierInstitute last May said it believed programs using HEK293T cell line were "unethical"..."even if the cells have been propagated years in the laboratory." ...a line can be drawn to taking of a "human life."
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Abortion opponents protest COVID-19 vaccines’ use of fetal cells
Two candidates on White House short list will receive up to $1.7 billion
Antonio Regalado
According to this June report from @scienceinsider, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops believed then that taking a vaccine produced in a fetal-derived cell line would be a "violation of conscience."
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