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#COVID is not just a respiratory illness but a spectrum of distinct epigenetic syndromes. The identification of 32 "novel" severity-associated genes provides a potential roadmap for developing new biomarkers to predict which patients are at the highest risk for long-term neurological complications.

The link between obesity and early-onset cancer. A nationwide study of 6.3 million people, age 20-39, with no prior cancer, by BMI and waist circumference, with 11 year follow-up, in South Korea acpjournals.org/doi/full/10....

MedPage Today: 'Low-Dose Naltrexone Linked to Some Long COVID Improvements' — But study's observational design and lack of a control group limit the findings' impact www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...

Low-dose naltrexone (4mg) shows promise for Long COVID. A Stanford study of 230 patients found fewer symptoms and improvements in fatigue, brain fog, sleep and post-exertional crashes after 3+ months. Promising results, but without a comparison group, benefits remain unproven.

Republicans are the party of rape.

Lock 🔒 him up forever.

Last day to register for next week’s NIH RECOVER-TLC workshop! 🧬🦠🔬 Attend November 4-5 in Bethesda or virtually as researchers, clinicians, and patients work to move Long COVID treatments forward. Hope to see you there! fnih.org/our-programs...

It’s almost like when government doesn’t care about health and science, diseases win 🤷🏻‍♂️

We really need to start talking about the need for criminal prosecutions of public health and infection control leaders spreading misinformation about life critical respiratory protections. They are no different than those spreading anti-vaccine misinformation and must be treated accordingly.

Peking University researchers analyzed over 1,000 blood samples and found that COVID variant BA.3.2.2 evades antibodies common in children but remains vulnerable to those shaped by earlier vaccination. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

University of Perugia researchers reviewed evidence linking persistent JAK/STAT signaling to inflammation, autoimmunity, and dysautonomia in Long COVID. JAK inhibitors show early promise, but larger trials are needed. www.frontiersin.org/journals/pha...

Solar power is where energy is today! Fossil fuels are obsolete! @mark-carney.bsky.social get with the program!

Canada’s air quality reality has changed. Workplace protections haven’t www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/19/o...

'It’s The Best-Studied Vaccine In Human History': Former CDC Adviser Busts Common Myths About COVID Vaccines • Why Are People Still Getting COVID After Vaccination? • COVID Vaccine’s Side Effects • How Long Were mRNA COVID Vaccines Tested? • Do Benefits Of COVID Vaccines Still Outweigh The Risks?

🚨🧵by Dr. @harryspoelstra.bsky.social: "Impact of COVID-19 on gastrointestinal disease in vaxxed & unvaxxed individuals: a population-based cohort study in England 🚨C19 leaves a years-long GI scar, even after mild cases, far worse after hospitalisation..." 🧵 threadreaderapp.com/thread/21146...

🚨🧵by Zdenek Vrozina on XTwitter: "An unseen tsunami. In German insurance claims data, people with a coded post-COVID diagnosis had on average 26.5 more sick-leave days in the first year (46 vs 20) and 6.9 more outpatient doctor visits than..." 15-tweet🧵 threadreaderapp.com/thread/21146...

Study: Evaluation of Potential Prognostic Biomarkers for Identifying Adults Hospitalised with COVID-19 at Increased Risk of Adverse Clinical Outcomes. Published: 25 October 2026 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A Swedish study of over 1.2 million adults found that non-hospitalised people with diagnosed long COVID had a 14% higher risk of developing high blood pressure than those without long COVID. Researchers highlight the importance of cardiovascular follow-up and regular blood pressure monitoring.

Johns Hopkins researchers found persistent brain inflammation and memory loss in female mice after COVID, driven by increased TLR7 signaling. Blocking TLR7 prevented these effects, revealing a potential Long COVID treatment target. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

There is something really concerning (and disappointing) going on in the US right now. A dangerous and preventable situation. Let me explain. nextstrain.org/avian-flu/h5... 1/

New research involving 378 hospitalised COVID-19 patients found that elevated levels of IL-6, an inflammatory signalling molecule, and neutrophils together in a blood test identified patients with a 14-fold higher risk of death. The test could improve risk prediction, but further research is needed.

Too good to be true? Antimicrobial Drug Candidate MXB-22,510: → extremely broad spectrum anti-infective, effective against hundreds of tested pathogenic bacteria, fungi and biofilms → broadly effective against influenza → relief from #LongCOVID? maxwellbiosciences.com/pipeline

I know that everyone is focused on Trump's attacks in California and Alaska. My team is fighting in court in both places. But understand the fight for free and fair elections is much broader. Elias Law Group is currently litigating 92 voting and election cases in 42 states plus DC.

I was chatting with my elderly neighbor recently (in his 70s) I asked if he got his Covid and flu boosters for this year He replied that he is taking a break because of all the negative things he is hearing about vaccines This is exactly how disinformation works

Why are all of your journal links broken?

Nuvaxovid: Effectiveness and Immunocompromised People This is part 4 of 7 from @jeffgilchrist.bsky.social and my document compiling available information setting out some of the main differences between #Nuvaxovid and the more common mRNA based #COVID vaccines.🧪🧵1/ (formerly #Novavax)

Reactogenicity of Nuvaxovid This is part 5 of 7 from @paulseaman.bsky.social and my document compiling available information setting out some of the main differences between #Nuvaxovid and the more common mRNA based #COVID vaccines.🧪🧵 (formerly #Novavax)

Nuvaxovid: Durability of Nuvaxovid/Spike Spacing These are parts 6-7 of 7 from @jeffgilchrist.bsky.social and my document compiling available information setting out some of the main differences between #Nuvaxovid and the more common mRNA based #COVID vaccines.🧪🧵 (formerly #Novavax)

University of New Hampshire researchers analyzed insurance records from over 1 million adults and found that people with Long COVID and other disabling conditions had roughly 2x more primary care visits, 2-5x more ER visits, and 4-6x more hospital stays. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Postural Tachycardia Syndrome #PoTS is an abnormality of the autonomic nervous system, which controls all bodily functions that we don’t have to think about. Individuals experience orthostatic intolerance, which means that they mostly experience symptoms when in an upright position. #LongCOVID

2.7.8 ✨EXPERIMENTER BIAS✨ Most often unintentional, this is when the researcher indicates to the subjects in some way the desired result. This is why blinding and double-blinding is so important. Let's delve into that a little more deeply. #SundayStats

🚨🧵 by Vipin M. Vashishtha aka @vipintukur on XTwitter: "1️⃣ #LongCOVID may leave a lasting ocular footprint. Nearly 3 years after COVID-19 hospitalization, 61.5% of 26 patients reported persistent or new eye symptoms, including burning, itching and..." Short🧵 threadreaderapp.com/thread/21140...

🚨🧵by Dr. @harryspoelstra.bsky.social on XTwitter: "🚨Every new COVID-19 (re)infection elevates your cardiovascular risk profile. Even mild cases can raise the odds of a heart attack, stroke, heart failure, and other CV events for months to years afterward..." 🧵 threadreaderapp.com/thread/21143...

At this point, the science (& engineering) to mitigate infections from airborne pathogens is well established. We know what works well, what works okay (either because we need more research or because the mitigations can be challenging to implement correctly), and what doesn't work. #IAQ #Science

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving his construction crew to work when an ICE officer shot and killed him in Houston. He wasn’t even the person ICE was looking for. Now Texas voters are leaving their “I Voted” stickers at his memorial. #BlueWaveIn10Days

Sorry, paywalled: "As La Rose heads to trial, what’s being tested may be more than federal climate policy. It may be whether Canadians can hold government accountable in ways Parliament has so far failed to do." www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

I can gift-link the article. www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

Short #MECFS explainer for children from German TV. Includes an explanation of post-exertional malaise (PEM), the worsening of symptoms after activity. Note: People can recover. Older studies suggest around 5–10% of adults make a full recovery.

It's not even exaggerating that content produced about ME/CFS and Long Covid by people with no medical knowledge, here a kids' TV show, is generally better than what experts produce. This is a choice. A choice no reasonable, competent person would make, and yet here we are.

Study: Crowded Spaces, Contagious Risks: Comparing COVID-19 Incidence After Outdoor Concerts Among University Members and the Community, Republic of Korea, 2022 Published: Aug 12, 2025 jkms.org/DOIx.php?id=...

Repeat after me: Hand sanitizer will not stop you from catching an airborne virus.

🤬🤬 Thank you, My Friend 😇🙏🏻

You do a good job of winnowing the fire hose of research down. It's much appreciated. I worked through some of the proteomics stuff awhile back. Fascinating stuff. COVID is just a human wrecking ball.

No questions about it's capacity for GBH... As for LC? I've not seen anything quite like it in 40 years. We have HIV and MECFS as comparable disorders... Yet this stands alone A novel virus... Available on demand for repeated inoculations 😔

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#covid #halloweentombstones # 88 Scroll up…wayyyy up… i.imgflip.com/a9mnwx.jpg

Perspective by P. Jarrett et al.: No Mastery without the Machine — Medical Education in the Age of Clinical AI https://nejm.ai/4ybNSiw #MedEd #AIinMedicine

Link didn't work; this one does: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...