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#UniteToFight2024 Summary and Quotes

I wrote a 2-page summary of the conference followed by a quite long list of speakers' quotes which could be used as a basis for your press release UniteToFight2024 or just shared with anyone interested if anyone wishes to use it.

WHO prequalifies new dengue vaccine who.int/news/item/15-0…

Bridging anatomical gaps between brain and immune system
dlvr.it/T70BBJ

Huge congratulations to the outstanding #immunologists announced as new The Royal Society Fellows in recognition of their outstanding contributions to #immunology 👏

⭐ Prof Sir Andrew Pollard Andrew Pollard
⭐ Prof Lorraine Symington Microbiology & Immunology at Columbia University

Read more 👉bit.ly/3V42HTY

Brain abnormalities in survivors of COVID-19 after 2-year recovery: a functional MRI study - The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific thelancet.com/journals/lanwp…

Study using rs-fMRI reported brain function changes in various regions that could be contributing to the persistent and long-term cognitive complaints experienced by #LongCovid patients - 2 years after infection

msn.com/en-gb/health/o…

An updated framework for SARS-CoV-2 variants reflects the unpredictability of viral evolution.

Comment from Lorenzo Subissi Maria Van Kerkhove and colleagues World Health Organization (WHO)

nature.com/articles/s4159…

The first pan-coronavirus ('universal') vaccine Phase 1 clinical trial results are encouraging for eliciting broad sarbecovirus, #SARSCoV2 variant immune response
thelancet.com/journals/lanmi… The Lancet Microbe

Amazing power of HPV vaccination to prevent cervical cancer. Look forward to similar impact in reducing HPV-associated head and neck cancer in men. Proud to have contributed to epidemiological studies which informed the use of the HPV vaccine.

HPV vaccine stops 90% of cervical cancer cases bbc.com/news/articles/…

The connection between #SARSCoV2 and neurodegeneration
thelancet.com/journals/laneu… The Lancet Neurology
Quotes below:
1. SARS-CoV-2 infection should be considered as a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, even though the distinction between causation versus disease acceleration is not

An outstanding Science Magazine feature on the inflamed brain
science.org/content/articl… open-access, by Richard Stone

A new highly contagious coronavirus variant is spreading rapidly throughout the UK with the number of cases rising

“Recognising Covid-19 symptoms can be tricky as they are very similar to that of the flu'

It's not flu season. Assume it is #covid and TEST
mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/heal…

The AZ vaccine to protect against COVID 19 saved millions. The legacy should not be forgotten. There is no conspiracy as to why it’s being withdrawn- it’s just outdated now. Written with the brilliant Prof. Christina Pagel going through the data & me the immunology!
newstatesman.com/spotlight/heal…

Prof Prof Sheena Cruickshank (she/her) & I wrote an article for The New Statesman about the withdrawal of the Covid AstraZeneca vaccine and why it's not a sign of anything bad going on.
Sheena's immunology explanations are on point!
newstatesman.com/spotlight/heal…

Serological evidence of zoonotic filovirus exposure among bushmeat hunters in Guinea

New paper from our group + collaborators. Out now in Nature Communications

nature.com/articles/s4146…

Daniel Kahneman obituary: psychologist who revolutionized the way we think about thinking nature.com/articles/d4158…

Prof. Iwasaki (Prof. Akiko Iwasaki ): 'Unite to Fight is bringing it to a global scale' - Prof. Iwasaki's comment on the united efforts to make further progress
#UniteToFight2024

Great talk and not messed up at all. We like the sneak preview of the next slide and text