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Astrid Iversen @akiversen.bsky.social · 14d

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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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Astrid Iversen @akiversen.bsky.social · 19d

How the yellow fever mosquito conquered the world | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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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Astrid Iversen @akiversen.bsky.social · 21d

Regionsbilledet - OBS Nordjylland, men højt alle steder

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Astrid Iversen @akiversen.bsky.social · 21d

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

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Astrid Iversen @akiversen.bsky.social · 21d

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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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Astrid Iversen @akiversen.bsky.social · 21d

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

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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

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Astrid Iversen @akiversen.bsky.social · 27d

Mosquito-borne viruses surge in a warming Europe | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Mosquito-borne viruses surge in a warming Europe

Chikungunya cases break records in France; West Nile virus appears near Rome

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Astrid Iversen @akiversen.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Why Covid Is Spreading Again This Summer

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Astrid Iversen @akiversen.bsky.social · Aug 20

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

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Astrid Iversen @akiversen.bsky.social · Aug 19

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

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Astrid Iversen @akiversen.bsky.social · Aug 6

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

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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · Aug 3

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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Astrid Iversen @akiversen.bsky.social · Jul 25

Corona koncentrationen i spildevand er desværre i stigning.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 14

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

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Astrid Iversen @akiversen.bsky.social · Jul 10

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

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Astrid Iversen @akiversen.bsky.social · Jul 9

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

rdcu.be/evxDy

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...

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Astrid Iversen @akiversen.bsky.social · Jul 9

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Measles Cases Hit Record High, 25 Years After U.S. Eliminated the Disease

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Astrid Iversen @akiversen.bsky.social · Jul 3

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Top F.D.A. Official Overrode Scientists on Covid Shots

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Astrid Iversen @akiversen.bsky.social · Jul 2

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RFK Jr’s vaccine panel recommends new RSV treatment for infants

Move comes after health secretary replaced advisory board with ideological allies and several vaccine skeptics

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Astrid Iversen @akiversen.bsky.social · Jun 26

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New drug offers potential cure for ultra rare inherited condition

A teenage patient who helped discover a rare condition is the first to benefit from a new treatment.

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Astrid Iversen @akiversen.bsky.social · Jun 20

New approach enables body to engineer its own cells to fight cancer or autoimmunity | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

New approach enables body to engineer its own cells to fight cancer or autoimmunity

Injections of mRNA may offer a simpler, cheaper way to build powerful CAR-T cells

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Astrid Iversen @akiversen.bsky.social · Jun 18

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Opinion | I’m a Vaccine Expert. Here’s What Keeps Me Up at Night About Kennedy’s Policies.

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Astrid Iversen @akiversen.bsky.social · Jun 10

Ja, men sekventeringsaktiviteten er virkelig lav - jeg håber det er rigtigt, men det er svært at sige baseret på så få sekvenser.

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Ryan Hisner @ryanhisner.bsky.social · Jun 6

Great work by Josette documenting the NB.1.8.1 vs XFG. Huge differences by country, likely reflecting different immune histories, namely, a longer history of infection in Europe, North America, & South-Central Asia (favoring XFG) than in East Asia, New Zealand, & Australia (favoring NB.1.8.1).

Josette Schoenmakers @josetteschoenma.bsky.social · Jun 6

I have made an overview of the battle between XFG and NB.1.8.1 in the world

Samples collected on/after the 12th of May

NB.1.8.1 with a very high percentage in some SouthEast-Asian countries, and big in Oceania as well

XFG big in India/Pakistan/Bangladesh

Mixed in North America and Europe
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The Sato Lab (Kei Sato) @systemsvirology.bsky.social · Jun 7

BREAKING🔔 The 53th paper from G2P-Japan🇯🇵 is out at Lancet Infectious Diseases @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social. We elucidated the virological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 NB.1.8.1. Please repost🔥
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Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 NB.1.8.1 variant

After the spread of SARS-CoV-2 JN.1, its subvariants, such as KP.3 (JN.1.11.1.3)1 and KP.3.1.1 (JN.1.11.1.3.1.1),2 and XEC (a recombinant lineage of two JN.1 subvariants),3 emerged and rapidly spread ...

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