Hilda Bastian

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Hilda Bastian
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Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https://hildabastian.wordpress.com/ #MetaScience #SystematicReviews #Epidemiology #ClinicalTrials #Grief #Vaccines #Wikipedia #History #HistSci #Science #OpenScience #OpenSocialWeb Living With Evidence (via Mastodon follow): nostr:npub1hc570avkgajuk63zk8dqf2h6nlxgld7n3zq4xyv553c9tt3fdu8sppwv4r Verified by PressCheck.org: https://www.presscheck.org/journalists/hilda-bastian Linktree: https://linktr.ee/hildabastian Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hildabast
A major milestone for next generation Covid vax: The first clinical trial for a pancoronavirus formulation of an existing vaccine was registered. There are more clinical trial results for a vax for people with immunocompromise, & news on mucosal vax trials. Plus 12 preclinical reports. In my monthly update @PLOS :verified:
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Major Milestone for Pancoronavirus Vaccines and More (Next Generation Covid Vax Update No 36) - Absolutely Maybe
This month, the first clinical trial for a pancoronavirus formulation of an existing Covid vaccine was registered. Although it’s just on the&...
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More progress internationally on next generation Covid vaccines – with a setback in the US: - More good news on the vaccine for people with immunosuppression - Progress in intranasal vaccine trials in France & the US - Approval application for first nextgen vaccine in the US shelved because of new regulations Plus clinical & preclinical results in my update this month @PLOS :verified: now online
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More Progress on Next Generation Covid Vaccines, and a Setback in the US (Update No 35) - Absolutely Maybe
Last month’s update ran long, so this one covers less than a month – but there’s still a lot of news. There…
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A Bumper Month for Covid Vaccines and More It's been an eventful few weeks for Covid vaccines – mostly good, some very bad. Let's start with the good news. Novavax has transferred marketing of its protein subunit Covid vaccine in the EU and US to a major pharmaceutical company, Sanofi. Here's hoping that leads to wider availability and economies of scale. Sanofi will also be able to use Novavax's patented adjuvant in new vaccines.
A Bumper Month for Covid Vaccines and More – Living With Evidence
My latest update on nextgen Covid vaccines is a whopper, in part thanks to catching up with a new vax tracker: - Clinical trial results for 2 vaxes - 3 new clinical trials, incl a phase 2 intranasal vax trial in the US – and a pancoronavirus version of a vaccine that's already been rolled out - 26 preclinical reports, with more showing prevention of transmission &/or durability - a shelf-stable mucosal vax Now @PLOS :verified:
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A Bumper Update on Next Generation Covid Vaccines (No 34) - Absolutely Maybe
This was always going to be a big month, with results from clinical trials of 2 vaccines, as well as 3 new…
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Have you been noticing the flurries of new or returning people leaving Bluesky due to recent controversies? It got me thinking about how a real Bluesky exodus would play out, and digging into the studies of the 2022 Mastodon migration from Twitter. I found 14 studies. TLDR; a Bluesky flight would be different. Here's my new post @PLOS :verified: :
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A Mastodon Migration From Bluesky Would Be Different - Absolutely Maybe
The Mastodon migration from Twitter in 2022 was massive for the non-commercial community network: The number of accounts swelled with more than&hel...
A big month for progress on mucosal Covid vaccines! - A 35th mucosal vax in clinical trial - Encouraging preclinical results for intranasal self-amplifying mRNA vax from Spain - News on progress with the Covid infection studies laying the groundwork for testing mucosal vax in human challenge studies Plus more clinical results for self-amplifying mRNA vax & fascinating pandemic preparedness news from Singapore Nextgen Covid vax update @PLOS :verified:
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A Big Month for Progress on Mucosal Covid Vaccination (NextGen Vax Update 33) - Absolutely Maybe
It was a bumper month for mucosal Covid vaccines. There were some phase 1 results for an intranasal vaccine from China: It’s…
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Want to be able to start micro-editing on Wikipedia in a few minutes – and know why you could be very glad you did? Then my new post @PLOS :verified: is just what you need!
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Wikipedia Is Vital: Channeling Energy Into Micro-Edits Is a Win-Win-Win - Absolutely Maybe
Wikipedia is, “without exaggeration, the digital world’s factual foundation,” wrote Josh Dzieza recently. It’s a target bec...
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My next generation Covid vaccine update this month includes a surprise new phase 1 trial funded by US Project NextGen, & some trial results. Plus 10 new preclinical reports, mostly for mucosal vaccines. Now out @PLOS :verified: :
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More New Covid Vaccine Candidates, Trials, and Preclinical Studies (NextGen Update 32) - Absolutely Maybe
This month, there was unexpected Project NextGen news: A new phase 1 clinical trial started, for an exosome vaccine. There was also…
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