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Thread: Wednesday news round-up

1. End of the Ebola outbreak in Uganda https://t.co/MypCGfHhzC

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4. Excess deaths in the UK https://t.co/Z1iSA2S5XH

[Alasdair Munro @apsmunro]

The issue with excess deaths in the UK is very serious

A very clear and concise look at the issue here by @robertcuffe and @rachelschraer

Very likely related to healthcare failing under immense pressures, and possible after effects of covid infections

https://t.co/aPgwKhaiyT

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Thread: Wednesday news round-up

1. End of the Ebola outbreak in Uganda https://t.co/MypCGfHhzC

[CEPI @CEPIvaccines]

📢 Today @MinofHealthUG and @WHO announced an end to the #SudanEbolavirus (SUDV) outbreak in Uganda – <4 months since first case was confirmed

https://t.co/XmbH3nglwc

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3. The continued climate extremes https://t.co/aHeVtCFvXz

[Zeke Hausfather @hausfath]

The past 8 years have been the 8 warmest years on record for the Earth's surface in the @CopernicusECMWF dataset. Other groups like NASA, NOAA, Hadley, and @BerkeleyEarth will report our findings on January 12th. https://t.co/WUlIglSbyX

[Jeremy Faust MD MS (ER physician) @jeremyfaust]

Inside Medicine -- Fun with OpenAI, medical charting, and diagnostics. (Also: I just got lied to by a bot). https://t.co/nyD0s79P52

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Thread: Monday news round-up

1. Updated booster efficacy https://t.co/mKeHzw6ROh

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3. The XBB.1.5 variant https://t.co/PFex4tN8c6

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

What the XBB.1.5 variant is telling us.
And what we can do about it.
My oped @washingtonpost
https://t.co/k6ymRyUE6f @PostOpinions

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Thread: Monday news round-up

1. Updated booster efficacy https://t.co/mKeHzw6ROh

[Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH Archived @AshishKJha46]

So evidence for bivalent vaccines keeps getting stronger

Latest from Israel

Compared to vaccinated folks who had NOT gotten bivalent

Older folks who got the bivalent had

81% reduction in hospitalizations

86% reduction in deaths

Pretty stunning stuff

https://t.co/lLbUqgPhAL

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2. Ozone layer improvement https://t.co/GEN8jKjObn

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4. AI potential in healthcare https://t.co/Zwk83OwVkc

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

Extraordinary new paper from Google on medicine & AI: When Google tuned a AI chatbot to answer common medical questions, doctors judged 92.6% of its answers right … compared to 92.9% of answers given by other doctors.

And look at the pace of improvement! https://t.co/2Tc2YTUR6E

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Thread: Wednesday news round-up

1. About Paxlovid https://t.co/0GWGYF168A

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Why hasn't Paxlovid implementation lived up to its expectations?
Prescribed for only 13% in the US & 0.5% in the UK despite it working well against all variants to date, including XBB.1.5 [we've shown rebound is ~10% via systematic assessment]
https://t.co/UEODG36Aza @maxdkozlov

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3. Effect of C difficile & MRSA https://t.co/G8jDkwjCMb

[CIDRAP @CIDRAP]

Report estimates deaths, costs from #Cdiff, #MRSA infections in Canada

Infections caused by C difficile and MRSA resulted in 1,743 premature deaths in Canada in 2019 and cost hospitals more than $91 million (USD)

https://t.co/7RXB6fMREC

#AMR #AntibioticStewardship @CIDRAP_ASP

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@sama https://t.co/WEAiJnVK5F

[Hugh Pym @BBCHughPym]

Base editing: Revolutionary therapy clears girl's incurable cancer https://t.co/J8C6ZmdJ92

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3. DNA base editing https://t.co/WEAiJocN7F

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Base editing: Revolutionary therapy clears girl's incurable cancer https://t.co/J8C6ZmdJ92

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Thread: Monday news round-up

1. Fauci's message to the next generation of scientists https://t.co/52Yf95tG52

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2. Fusion experiment results https://t.co/ZH4ZDvFHY7

[Tom Wilson @thomas_m_wilson]

SCOOP: Net energy gain in a fusion reaction has been a holy grail in science for decades. Now I’m told US scientists have done it. A massive breakthrough with revolutionary potential for clean power. US Energy Secretary to hold a press conference Tuesday https://t.co/aiyyRU3ehO