Kate Yandell

science writer @factcheckdotorg | she/her

[MIT Technology Review @techreview]

How covid conspiracies led to an alarming resurgence in AIDS denialism https://t.co/zLJY3Hjoea

[Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD, FASCO @fumikochino]

Words cannot describe how profoundly sad I am to share the news of Dr. Shekinah Elmore's death this week.

Shekinah was a SPECTACULAR human with profound wisdom, an incredible generosity of spirit, & a heart of kindness that lifted us all up.

https://t.co/qGTSYfi8kk

[Kate Yandell @KateYandell]

“We didn’t do a good job sharing vaccines with partners,” a senior U.S. military officer directly involved in the campaign in Southeast Asia told Reuters. “So what was left to us was to throw shade on China’s.”
https://t.co/EB6X4Znixz

[Alex Wayne @aawayne]

NEWS: If bird flu turns into the next pandemic, we might not know it for the same reason covid snuck up on us: We're not doing enough testing. Deja vu all over again.

By @amymaxmen + @ArthurAllen202

https://t.co/cOj9HJlWa1

[Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape]

„The easily determined truth, however, is that nearly all of that money went to NIH branches, not to individuals.“
My colleague @sciencecohen setting the record straight on some prominent misinformation.

[Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @HelenBranswell]

Over the past 27 years, #H5N1 #birdflu has repeatedly defied #flu dogma, doing things scientists thought #influenza viruses couldn't or didn't do. We would be foolhardy to assume it doesn't have more tricks up its sleeve. https://t.co/onm8tr6HUG

[Kate Yandell @KateYandell]

Some great info on the history of pasteurization in this article by @RachelNuwer. https://t.co/UMUxEZDbll

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

NEW: At a smaller dose, Amgen’s cancer pill may work just as well — and without as many nasty side effects. But that would cut the company’s revenue by millions.

@ArthurAllen202 reports. ⤵️ https://t.co/SUV1xJx4cx

[Kate Yandell @KateYandell]

@kakape @DefraGovUK Well, this website features a recipe for colostrum pudding (cooked): https://t.co/omQfaud1ea

[Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @HelenBranswell]

It's starting to look like pasteurization inactivates #H5N1 #birdflu viruses in milk. But people who drink raw milk are playing with fire right now. https://t.co/gzZ8CU3CKt

[Kate Yandell @KateYandell]

Always nice when some new evidence emerges on a topic you've covered. This study, from earlier this month, is reassuring on the topic of acetaminophen in pregnancy and autism/ADHD in children: https://t.co/vwDqdhO3n5
https://t.co/BJcaGlsMUj

[Kate Yandell @KateYandell]

What a line: "That sample is still in Webby’s fridge at home. He used it to make dinner earlier this week. 'I’m not concerned about it all,' he said." https://t.co/nJNisZ1M5Q

[Camille Nelson Kotton @KottonNelson]

Happy to talk with ⁦@KateYandell⁩ about updated information on Reducing COVID-19 Risk for Elderly, Immunocompromised - https://t.co/8846WvsALD https://t.co/eGM5Fnrojq

[Benjy Renton @bhrenton]

The free at-home COVID-19 test program will end this Friday, March 8. Since last November, households have been able to place an order for 4 at-home tests to be delivered to their home address.
https://t.co/UWcWXmaBeI

[Katelyn Jetelina @dr_kkjetelina]

Anddddd the @CDCgov finally has a useful wastewater dashboard. Now we are talking! And just in time for exponential growth in Covid-19 🫤

Link: https://t.co/NZhDnJ9FRC

National and regional trends.

[FDA Biologics @FDACBER]

FDA is investigating reports of T-cell malignancies, including chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) positive lymphoma, in patients who received treatment with BCMA- or CD19-directed autologous CAR T-cell immunotherapies. https://t.co/M5zfophyUW

[Florian Krammer @florian_krammer]

Ali Ellebedy and I wrote a little commentary on updated COVID-19 vaccines. I hope its useful. https://t.co/tpJMZfx6LG

[Kate Yandell @KateYandell]

Records describing the badly failed RSV vaccine trials in the 1960s refer to two toddlers who died. Now we know more about their stories. And medical racism is tragically, infuriatingly, and unsurprisingly involved. Read this. https://t.co/nxnxvfG8gt

[Kate Yandell @KateYandell]

"In individuals with multiple infections, second infections were cleared more quickly than first infections. Furthermore, one’s relative speed of clearing infection roughly persisted across infections." https://t.co/TKLDCZB2fL