Dr Satoshi Akima, FRACP

“Death in Hamburg” by Sir Richard J Evans. A book written in 1987 for our COVID age. The title is a reference to Thomas Mann's novella "Death in Venice", also set in a cholera epidemic. This is a review of one of the best books I've ever read. 5/5 stars. 🧵 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/294784...

NSW Health has paused wastewater reporting. They are updating sampling, lab processing, and analysis methods. This major overhaul strongly indicates they are preparing to integrate with the upcoming ACDC National Wastewater Surveillance Program rollout. Source: www.cdc.gov.au/diseases/sur...

🧵(1/3) NSW respiratory surveillance reports: 22 October 2026 Week ending 17 October 2026 🔸COVID positivity rate: 2.4% (-0.1%) 🔸Number of laboratories reporting COVID: 3 out of 4 🔹COVID: 513 (+11.8%)⚠️ 🔹Influenza: 3,422 (-8.3%) 🔹RSV: 436 (-20.0%) Source: health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...

The iPhone Duo, one of Apple's biggest new products in years, is drawing a growing number of complaints from customers who say the foldable display cracked after just hours or days of use.

Wow Ghana has reduced malaria related mortality by 98% Vaccines, nets, educations - throwing everything at it consistently is helping www.gavi.org/vaccineswork... #malaria #idsky

The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks are Japanese baseball's most dominant force, making the certainty of them winning the Japan Series fall somewhere between death and taxes. 👉 ebx.sh/qSROlN

Here’s the latest picture of the Influenza wave in Australia. The delayed 2026 wave appears to have peaked, and case rates are in sharp decline. 🧵

Low protein diet associated with....more kidney failure, from Korea in @jamanetworkopen.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #KidneyWk late breaking studies

RFK Jr’s unethical experiment on African babies is officially canned, thanks to public backlash driven by Stand Up For Science 🎉 ✊️ 🧵 🧪

In new study, we show that SARS-CoV-2 has evolved decreased inherent antigenicity in humans, as quantified by a ~3-fold decrease in the number of naïve human B cells that can bind the spike RBD. doi.org/10.64898/202...

"Australians were getting this vaccine for free. Now they could pay up to $180" "Australians could now pay anywhere up to $180 for a COVID-19 vaccination, depending on which pharmacy they attend, with one retailer telling SBS News it was unlikely to stock it at all."

#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #publichealth #Vaccinesmatter The emerging #COVID sub-variant PJ.2.1 is a highly mutated strain first detected in May 2026 that has achieved rapid intercontinental spread.

For better or for worse, China is stepping to fill the leadership void left by the US

China nominates health official Song Li as WHO head https://asia.nikkei.com/politics/international-relations/china-nominates-health-official-song-li-as-who-head

🧵(1/3) NSW respiratory surveillance reports: 24 September 2026 Week ending 19 September 2026 🔸COVID positivity rate: 2.2% (-0.5%) 🔸Number of laboratories reporting COVID: 3 out of 4 🔹COVID: 596 (-15.2%) 🔹Influenza: 5,425 (-6.9%) 🔹RSV: 848 (-12.9%) Source: health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...

But is it mild if you have no underlying illnesses and how soon before it becomes endemic? www.dw.com/en/frankfurt...

Australian luxury bootmaker RM Williams' next step is Japan https://asia.nikkei.com/business/retail/australian-luxury-bootmaker-rm-williams-next-step-is-japan

1/10 #NephJC #TenPostNephJC Validation of an AI model is difficult. 🤖 Enter the REFINe trial (Reasoning Enhancement With Feedback From a Generative AI in Nephrology), a RCT of large language model (LLM) -assisted diagnostic accuracy in nephrology. www.kireports.org/article/S246...

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Now I know why everyone left Twitter... What an awful place to try and shared science and help people... @toshiakima.bsky.social you were right!

Australia reached a "devastating" bird flu milestone. What comes next?

"Covid-19: 40% of affected healthcare workers had long covid, and a quarter still had symptoms after a year" Published: 20 August 2026 Source: www.bmj.com/content/394/...

Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern?

There’s a huge change coming to COVID vaccine access policy in Australia. From 1 October, many people will no longer be eligible for a free vaccine. Terrible policy 😡 www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...

AUSTRALIA Weekly COVID Update: 21 August 2026 🔹TAS: ⬆️ (+51.1%) 🔹SA: ⬆️ (+40.6%) 🔹QLD: ⬆️ (+14.2%) 25 in hospital 🔹NSW: ⬆️ (+4.6%) 🔹VIC: ⬆️ (+4.0%) 🔹WA: ⬆️ (+3.9%) 39/day in hospital 🔸ACT: ⬇️ (-3.0%) 🔹Aged Care: The government ended weekly reporting

"Numerous studies have shown that Covid-19 vaccines are safe during pregnancy, but influencers have recently stirred up false and misleading claims that are now spreading on social media." www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

"Long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with more advanced coronary atherosclerosis, including greater plaque burden and obstructive coronary artery disease." cardiovascularbusiness.com/topics/preve...

"We're again in the midst of a growing summer surge of COVID here in the United States. Most of us hope that it had faded away, but nationally we're seeing it ticking up pretty much everywhere and people are still dying from it." www.npr.org/2026/08/14/n...

🧵(1/3) NSW respiratory surveillance reports: 13 August 2026 Week ending 8 August 2026: 🔸COVID positivity rate: 3.6% (+0.2%) 🔸Number of laboratories reporting COVID: 2 out of 4 🔹COVID: 926 (+6.1%) 🔹Influenza: 4,306 (+38.2%) 🔹RSV: 1,534 (-10.9%) Source: health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...

AUSTRALIA Weekly COVID Update: 14 August 2026 🔹ACT: ⬆️(+44.4%) 🔹QLD: ⬆️(+8.8%) 21 in hospital 🔹NSW: ⬆️(+6.1%) 🔸SA: ⬇️(-26.4%) 🔸WA: ⬇️(-8.2%) 45/day in hospital 🔹TAS: Next update: 21 August 🔹VIC: Next update: 21 August 🔹Aged Care: The government ended weekly reporting

Australian Respiratory Surveillance Report – 14 August 2026 Reported cases in the last fortnight (27 July to 9 August 2026) 🔸COVID: 4,148 (+15.9%) 🔸Influenza: 13,685 (+58.4%) 🔸RSV: 10,100 (-15.3%) Source: www.cdc.gov.au/resources/pu...

PolyBio is supporting research that investigates the bone marrow as a potential long-term SARS-CoV-2 reservoir site. Bone marrow-derived cells, including megakaryocytes and the platelets they produce, have previously been shown to contain SCV2 double-stranded RNA in Long COVID patients’ samples— 1/

1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

World Health Organization Surveillance Dashboard Reporting Period: 27 July 2026 – 2 August 2026 Latest SARS-CoV-2 Test Positivity Rates (Week 31) 1. Netherlands: 71.4% 2. Venezuela: 40.0% 3. El Salvador: 33.3% 4. Guatemala: 14.2% 5. Cayman Islands: 13.6% Source: app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrI...

🧵(1/3) NSW respiratory surveillance reports: 6 August 2026 Week ending 1 August 2026: 🔸COVID positivity rate: 3.5% (+0.5%) 🔸Number of laboratories reporting COVID: 2 out of 4 🔹COVID: 873 (+13.4%) 🔹Influenza: 3,116 (+24.2%) 🔹RSV: 1,722 (-6.8%) Source: health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...

🚨Can we use standard D‑dimer thresholds in postpartum patients? How should we manage suspected PE during the postpartum period? Our JTH Research Recap dives into this topic! 📰Read the paper: www.jthjournal.org/article/S1538-7836(26)00333-8/fulltext 📽️Watch the recap: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6-p...

This looks interesting. COVID has revolutionised our appreciation of viruses as molecular effectors of disease, and we will never look at cardiovascular inflammation in the same light again. na.eventscloud.com/website/97098/

A severe bout of COVID-19 can wake up an army of dormant viruses hiding inside the body go.nature.com/4fDUY9w

Platelet-activating antibodies against platelet factor 4 cause highly prothrombotic disorders with reduced platelet counts, including heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis. Learn more: https://nej.md/4fskK0r

Less protein, more lifespan! A comprehensive review of the merits of protein restriction for healthy aging A flip from the proteinmaxxing craze cell.com/cell-press-b...

I am so triggered by RJK Jr's comment about ICU's being empty during #COVID. I re-read what I wrote after one of the surges. How do others forget. The trauma was--and is--real.

Introducing the NextGen Covid Vax Tracker! vaxtracker.wordpress.com/2026/07/29/i... A monthly update on vaccine progress, featured vaccines, analyses, plus lots of background info. #Vaccines #Covid #Covid19

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

Among patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery, perioperative #dapagliflozin reduced postoperative #AcuteKidneyInjury compared with placebo over 7 days. ja.ma/4w8UXPZ