Astrid Iversen

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Controversial Danish vaccine research group faces new allegations Researchers say they couldn’t find complete data for 10 trials that together enrolled tens of thousands of children in Guinea-Bissau

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I agree with Kristian. The Danish childhood vaccination schedule needs updating.

Great to see Jens' comment that chickenpox vacc is being considered (will protect against acute illness- & prevent shingles & likely decrease dementia risk).

These vaccines benefit children - for their whole life!

There's a lot I agree with and, as always, @profjlundgren.bsky.social speaks from experience.

That said, I don't buy the idea of "vaccination fatigue" linked to the number of individual shots (as opposed to doctor visits) - especially when it comes to key vaccines, incl. rota, RSV, chickenpox, etc.

Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew

Vaccination can benefit older adults too - interesting summary of what we know so far - it is a public health benefit worth consideration

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This is figure 4, which shows proteomic differences between LC and CC groups in the 2020–2021 cohort.

A study in Nature Immunology shows that Long COVID is characterized by persistent activation of chronic inflammatory pathways and T cell exhaustion. The findings suggest new therapeutic targets and potential biomarkers of disease. go.nature.com/4oU0kib #immunosky #medsky 🧪

‘She has no expertise’: the US medical community girds for Tracy Beth Høeg’s tenure at the FDA The Danish American who doubted Covid shots is meant to lead drug regulation – but has focused on vaccines

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Magical thinking will not prevent future pandemics or improve public health For much of human history, infectious diseases were the main causes of morbidity and mortality. The sciences of public health, epidemiology, microbiology, and vaccine and drug development have dramati...

Magical thinking will not prevent future pandemics or improve public health | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Chickenpox vaccines for children on NHS starts across UK For the first time, children will be offered vaccination on the NHS against the common infection which, in rare cases, can be very serious.

Det er en rigtig god ide at vaccinere mod skoldkopper - udover at beskytte børn mod skoldkopper vil det at undgå infektion med VZV virus også forhindre helvedsild senere i livet - og sandsynligvis nedsætte risikoen for demens.
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Science editors pick 2025’s stories that stood out From ancient humans to modern woes, these are the stories that stuck with our News editors this year

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CDC funds controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in African newborns Scientists question the value of the proposed study, which will investigate a vaccine long known to be efficacious and safe

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Pandemic security needs national leadership In a world facing escalating risks from conflict, climate change, and emerging infectious diseases, health systems are the first line of defense for protecting people, economies, and stability. Althou...

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The lingering shadow of epidemics: post-acute sequelae across history The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has drawn global attention to post-acute infection syndromes (PAIS), with millions affected by post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC, or Long COVID). While Long COVID is newly ...

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Societal restraint of behavior during the pre-vaccine pandemic saved working-age men but not women Forcing working-age Scandinavians to reduce risky behavior during the early COVID-19 pandemic saved men but not women.

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Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

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How the yellow fever mosquito conquered the world Aedes aegypti further adapted to life around humans when it arrived in the Americas, study of hundreds of mosquito genomes reveals

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Regionsbilledet - OBS Nordjylland, men højt alle steder

I sidste uge blev der målt den højeste konc. af corona i spildevand siden juni 2024 - dvs de sidste 15 mdr. (det tager 1 uge at analyse data)
Vi er kun i september- & vaccinationerne starter først i oktober- husk at udluftning, ventilation, HEPA-filtre- & masker mindsker smitten

Learning the natural history of human disease with generative transformers - Nature Delphi-2M forecasts a person’s future health, covering more than 1,000 diseases, provides insights into co-morbidity dynamics and generates synthetic data for the training of AI models that have never...

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New AI tool can predict a person’s risk of more than 1,000 diseases, say experts Delphi-2M uses diagnoses, ‘medical events’ and lifestyle factors to create forecasts for next decade and beyond

Built from data from 0.4 million UK Biobank participants and 1.9 million Danes.

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Mosquito-borne viruses surge in a warming Europe Chikungunya cases break records in France; West Nile virus appears near Rome

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Why Covid Is Spreading Again This Summer

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Corona konc. i spildevand fortsætter med at vokse- hvilket er forventeligt når folk kommer hjem fra ferie, samfundet starter op igen & nye(re) varianter vokser op -& vi ikke minder om vigtigheden af udluftning, ventilation, HEPA filtre, bliv hjemme v. sygdom- & masker til sårbare

Corona koncentrationen i spildevand ser ud til at fortsætte sin stigning- det passer med mønstret fra tidligere år når sommerferien slutter & folk er tilbage på arbejdet & børnene i skole osv
En af varianterne giver (ud over alle de andre kendte corona symptomer og risici) hæshed

With Drones and ‘Elephant Mosquitoes,’ China Wages All-Out War on a Virus

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Here's the latest variant picture for the "Global - Other" countries, to mid-July.

The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant remained dominant, but fell to finish at 49%.

XFG.* "Stratus" grew strongly to 36%.

#COVID19 #GlobalOther #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus
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Corona koncentrationen i spildevand er desværre i stigning.

Full-body scans of 100,000 people could change way diseases are detected and treated UK Biobank project to share 1bn images of organs, blood vessels and bones to help study ageing and ill health

Full-body scans of 100,000 people could change way diseases are detected and treated

Medical Societies Sue Kennedy and H.H.S. Over Vaccine Advice

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The spatiotemporal distribution of human pathogens in ancient Eurasia Nature - Screening shotgun-sequencing data from ancient humans covering 37,000 years of Eurasian history uncovers the widespread presence of ancient bacterial, viral and parasite DNA and...

I am very grateful for this exciting and inspiring collaboration, and delighted to share our paper, describing the infectious challenges humans have encountered over the last 12,000+ years in Eurasia, the interplay between lifestyle & pathogenic exposures, & the rise of zoonoses

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