Lygia Navarro (she/ella) ♿️ + 🏳️🌈 💜 🏳️⚧️
@lygianavarro.com
indie journalist
Signal: Lygia.65
(editor, producer, en ES & EN)
cover: Latine, LGBTQ+, health stories +more #DisabilityJustice.
disabled. queer. #LongCovid + #ME.
lygianavarro.com
contributing writer @discojourno.bsky.social & @thesicktimes.bsky.social
Signal: Lygia.65
(editor, producer, en ES & EN)
cover: Latine, LGBTQ+, health stories +more #DisabilityJustice.
disabled. queer. #LongCovid + #ME.
lygianavarro.com
contributing writer @discojourno.bsky.social & @thesicktimes.bsky.social
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I'm reporting on #H5N1 #BirdFlu (#AvianInfluenza #HPAI) for @thesicktimes.bsky.social, & want to talk to farmworkers or people who work with them re impacts of H5N1 on farmworkers. I'm especially interested in hearing re human cases since Feb 2025. Sources can be anonymous! (1/4)
I'm reporting on #H5N1 #BirdFlu (#AvianInfluenza #HPAI) for @thesicktimes.bsky.social, & want to talk to farmworkers or people who work with them re impacts of H5N1 on farmworkers. I'm especially interested in hearing re human cases since Feb 2025. Sources can be anonymous! (1/4)
Great job opp! @narrativegigs.bsky.social @berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social
Are you a driven science journalist with a passion for infectious diseases? Join the CIDRAP News team and a great work environment.
We are hiring a general-assignment writer/editor and an investigative reporter. Apply today
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We are hiring a general-assignment writer/editor and an investigative reporter. Apply today
hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/...
hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/...
September 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Great job opp! @narrativegigs.bsky.social @berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social
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Tell Instar, the private equity company that owns Windmill mushrooms, to recognize the union their workers elected.
Sign the petition today and boycott the hell out of Windmill mushrooms! act.seiu.org/a/windmill_i... #BoycottWindmillMushrooms
Sign the petition today and boycott the hell out of Windmill mushrooms! act.seiu.org/a/windmill_i... #BoycottWindmillMushrooms
September 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Tell Instar, the private equity company that owns Windmill mushrooms, to recognize the union their workers elected.
Sign the petition today and boycott the hell out of Windmill mushrooms! act.seiu.org/a/windmill_i... #BoycottWindmillMushrooms
Sign the petition today and boycott the hell out of Windmill mushrooms! act.seiu.org/a/windmill_i... #BoycottWindmillMushrooms
This amazingly brave LGBTQ+ refugee and her baby arrived in Canada today, and will need lots of financial help to get trauma treatment and settled in. Please donate!!!
Friends are helping/sponsoring a trauma-survivor queer Cameroonian refugee moving to Montreal shortly with her child. She has really been through torture fleeing through numerous countries to reach Canada. PLEASE donate if you can.
Donate to Help an LGBTQ Refugee and Her Son Get Started in Canada!, organized by Anne Raeff
Help an LGBTQ refugee and her son get started in Canada!
We… Anne Raeff needs your support for Help an LGBTQ Refugee and Her Son Get Started in Canada!
www.gofundme.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This amazingly brave LGBTQ+ refugee and her baby arrived in Canada today, and will need lots of financial help to get trauma treatment and settled in. Please donate!!!
Reposted by Lygia Navarro (she/ella) ♿️ + 🏳️🌈 💜 🏳️⚧️
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I'm reporting on #H5N1 #BirdFlu (#AvianInfluenza #HPAI) for @thesicktimes.bsky.social, & want to talk to farmworkers or people who work with them re impacts of H5N1 on farmworkers. I'm especially interested in hearing re human cases since Feb 2025. Sources can be anonymous! (1/4)
I'm reporting on #H5N1 #BirdFlu (#AvianInfluenza #HPAI) for @thesicktimes.bsky.social, & want to talk to farmworkers or people who work with them re impacts of H5N1 on farmworkers. I'm especially interested in hearing re human cases since Feb 2025. Sources can be anonymous! (1/4)
September 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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This piece is our first in a series on the impacts of H5N1 on humans — especially Latine farmworkers. If you have professional expertise or hands-on knowledge about any aspect of H5N1 to share with our reporter, please email her at [info at lygianavarro dot com].
September 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This piece is our first in a series on the impacts of H5N1 on humans — especially Latine farmworkers. If you have professional expertise or hands-on knowledge about any aspect of H5N1 to share with our reporter, please email her at [info at lygianavarro dot com].
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The flurry of 70 human infections over the course of 11 months, followed by an abrupt halt, makes scientists wonder how many people may have had H5N1 since February without the public being informed.
Read more from @lygianavarro.com: bit.ly/45NqwF8
Read more from @lygianavarro.com: bit.ly/45NqwF8
September 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The flurry of 70 human infections over the course of 11 months, followed by an abrupt halt, makes scientists wonder how many people may have had H5N1 since February without the public being informed.
Read more from @lygianavarro.com: bit.ly/45NqwF8
Read more from @lygianavarro.com: bit.ly/45NqwF8
Friends are helping/sponsoring a trauma-survivor queer Cameroonian refugee moving to Montreal shortly with her child. She has really been through torture fleeing through numerous countries to reach Canada. PLEASE donate if you can.
Donate to Help an LGBTQ Refugee and Her Son Get Started in Canada!, organized by Anne Raeff
Help an LGBTQ refugee and her son get started in Canada!
We… Anne Raeff needs your support for Help an LGBTQ Refugee and Her Son Get Started in Canada!
www.gofundme.com
August 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Friends are helping/sponsoring a trauma-survivor queer Cameroonian refugee moving to Montreal shortly with her child. She has really been through torture fleeing through numerous countries to reach Canada. PLEASE donate if you can.
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Covid numbers are rising and we trying to get the word out. Here are the first two billboards so far this summer and I’ll be working to keep putting them out well into the fall.
If you want to help me continue the campaign any help is appreciated.
gofund.me/fc751c58
If you want to help me continue the campaign any help is appreciated.
gofund.me/fc751c58
August 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Covid numbers are rising and we trying to get the word out. Here are the first two billboards so far this summer and I’ll be working to keep putting them out well into the fall.
If you want to help me continue the campaign any help is appreciated.
gofund.me/fc751c58
If you want to help me continue the campaign any help is appreciated.
gofund.me/fc751c58
Reposted by Lygia Navarro (she/ella) ♿️ + 🏳️🌈 💜 🏳️⚧️
THURSDAY: Whether you're a current freelancer, considering adding or transitioning to freelancing work, or have an interest in hiring and working w/freelancers, come say hello at the member social hosted by volunteers Jennifer Huber + Ellen Kuwana.
Join the August 7 Event: www.nasw.org/events/...
Join the August 7 Event: www.nasw.org/events/...
Networking social: Freelancer meetup
Virtual networking social: Freelancer meetup Presented by the NASW Freelance Committee Date: Thursday, August 7 Start time: 1 p.m. Eastern / 10 a.m. Pacific Event access link: https://www.nasw.org/virtual-events-auditorium (NASW member login required)
www.nasw.org
August 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
THURSDAY: Whether you're a current freelancer, considering adding or transitioning to freelancing work, or have an interest in hiring and working w/freelancers, come say hello at the member social hosted by volunteers Jennifer Huber + Ellen Kuwana.
Join the August 7 Event: www.nasw.org/events/...
Join the August 7 Event: www.nasw.org/events/...
Reposted by Lygia Navarro (she/ella) ♿️ + 🏳️🌈 💜 🏳️⚧️
These CA tomato pickers make 86¢ per bucket. The worker runs back to try and make as many buckets as they can. Because of the hot weather they often only work 4 to 5 hours a day, so every bucket counts towards paying their bills. #WeFeedYou
August 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
These CA tomato pickers make 86¢ per bucket. The worker runs back to try and make as many buckets as they can. Because of the hot weather they often only work 4 to 5 hours a day, so every bucket counts towards paying their bills. #WeFeedYou
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Anyone in So Cal know a solar panel vendor you liked?
August 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Anyone in So Cal know a solar panel vendor you liked?
Reposted by Lygia Navarro (she/ella) ♿️ + 🏳️🌈 💜 🏳️⚧️
This is some of the most exciting observational research into post-viral illness. At the end, @virusesimmunity.bsky.social says that positive results would lead them to try to pursue trials with immunotherapies like FcRn inhibitors, B cell targeting therapies, and IVIg.
Solve ME: 'Probing Functional Autoantibodies in Patients with ME/CFS'
'Dr. Akiko Iwasaki (Sterling Professor of Immunobiology and Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at Yale University) is the first recipient of Solve’s ME/CFS Catalyst Award..'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ar0...
'Dr. Akiko Iwasaki (Sterling Professor of Immunobiology and Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at Yale University) is the first recipient of Solve’s ME/CFS Catalyst Award..'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ar0...
Probing Functional Autoantibodies in Patients with ME/CFS
YouTube video by SolveME
www.youtube.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This is some of the most exciting observational research into post-viral illness. At the end, @virusesimmunity.bsky.social says that positive results would lead them to try to pursue trials with immunotherapies like FcRn inhibitors, B cell targeting therapies, and IVIg.
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July 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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It’s not too late to start masking.
You don’t have to do it alone. You won’t be the lone masker.
There’s an engaged Covid cautious and disability community who will help you.
There’s local mask blocs who provide respirators to those who can’t afford them.
Covid is still here, and masks work!
You don’t have to do it alone. You won’t be the lone masker.
There’s an engaged Covid cautious and disability community who will help you.
There’s local mask blocs who provide respirators to those who can’t afford them.
Covid is still here, and masks work!
July 31, 2025 at 5:44 AM
It’s not too late to start masking.
You don’t have to do it alone. You won’t be the lone masker.
There’s an engaged Covid cautious and disability community who will help you.
There’s local mask blocs who provide respirators to those who can’t afford them.
Covid is still here, and masks work!
You don’t have to do it alone. You won’t be the lone masker.
There’s an engaged Covid cautious and disability community who will help you.
There’s local mask blocs who provide respirators to those who can’t afford them.
Covid is still here, and masks work!
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Over 6 months, our Public Health Reporting fellows @tedalcorn.bsky.social, Jamal Jordan, @eleanorklib.bsky.social, @lygianavarro.com & Amanda Seitz explored underreported public health challenges.
Watch highlights from their ambitious reporting projects:
www.pressclubinstitute.org/event/public...
Watch highlights from their ambitious reporting projects:
www.pressclubinstitute.org/event/public...
Video & Highlights: Lessons from our inaugural Public Health Journalism Fellowship cohort - Journalism Institute
As the inaugural Public Health Reporting Fellowship comes to a close, the 2025 cohort will share details from their ambitious reporting projects.
www.pressclubinstitute.org
July 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Over 6 months, our Public Health Reporting fellows @tedalcorn.bsky.social, Jamal Jordan, @eleanorklib.bsky.social, @lygianavarro.com & Amanda Seitz explored underreported public health challenges.
Watch highlights from their ambitious reporting projects:
www.pressclubinstitute.org/event/public...
Watch highlights from their ambitious reporting projects:
www.pressclubinstitute.org/event/public...
The amount of people chilling outside during what used to be called summer (now known as "wildfire season" in Canada) just rawdogging heavily polluted air ... not thinking about the future.
NEW RESEARCH: breathing polluted air in midlife (45-60 yo) can accelerate cognitive aging decades later. Even low levels of pollutants harm memory and processing speed.
Your reminder that dementia is projected to triple by midcentury. Also we’re cutting Medicaid.
www.newsweek.com/this-age-ran...
Your reminder that dementia is projected to triple by midcentury. Also we’re cutting Medicaid.
www.newsweek.com/this-age-ran...
This is the age range when air pollution starts damaging your brain
Air pollution damages the brain. Here's when it starts.
www.newsweek.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The amount of people chilling outside during what used to be called summer (now known as "wildfire season" in Canada) just rawdogging heavily polluted air ... not thinking about the future.
This is deeply disturbing but sadly unsurprising. The govt is trying by all means it can to access personal information about those it wants to get rid of -- including threatening and harassing a Latine educator.
Vermont school superintendent detained after trip to Nicaragua
Wilmer Chavarria, the superintendent of the Winooski School District, was held by U.S. Customs and Border Protection while returning to the country after visiting family.
www.wmtw.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is deeply disturbing but sadly unsurprising. The govt is trying by all means it can to access personal information about those it wants to get rid of -- including threatening and harassing a Latine educator.
#DisabilityStudies teaching job in Winnipeg for people with a PhD -- open to all applicants, it seems, but Canadian citizens and permanent residents given priority
Probationary Instructor III in Disability Studies, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies and Disability Studies Program
www.northstarats.com
July 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
#DisabilityStudies teaching job in Winnipeg for people with a PhD -- open to all applicants, it seems, but Canadian citizens and permanent residents given priority
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Marginalized people are at much higher risk of #LongCovid, which is why (at least in my city), I often see BIPOC, working class folks wearing masks more often than the rest of the general public. They know firsthand the threat they face. #MaskUp, folks.
Respiratory Therapy: 'Economically Disadvantaged Patients at Greater Risk for Long COVID'
'Patients with financial hardship, food insecurity, less than a college education, and healthcare access challenges were at higher risk for developing long COVID.'
respiratory-therapy.com/disorders-di...
'Patients with financial hardship, food insecurity, less than a college education, and healthcare access challenges were at higher risk for developing long COVID.'
respiratory-therapy.com/disorders-di...
Economically Disadvantaged Patients at Greater Risk for Long COVID
Patients with financial hardship, food insecurity, and healthcare access challenges had higher risk of long COVID.
respiratory-therapy.com
July 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Marginalized people are at much higher risk of #LongCovid, which is why (at least in my city), I often see BIPOC, working class folks wearing masks more often than the rest of the general public. They know firsthand the threat they face. #MaskUp, folks.
Join us tomorrow!
Tomorrow: Hear from our Public Health Reporting fellows @tedalcorn.bsky.social, Jamal Jordan, @eleanorklib.bsky.social, @lygianavarro.com, Amanda Seitz.
They'll share a behind-the-scenes look at their ambitious reporting projects and top lessons learned.
www.pressclubinstitute.org/event/public...
They'll share a behind-the-scenes look at their ambitious reporting projects and top lessons learned.
www.pressclubinstitute.org/event/public...
Public Health Journalism: Lessons from our inaugural journalism fellowship cohort - Journalism Institute
As the inaugural Public Health Reporting Fellowship comes to a close, the 2025 cohort will share details from their ambitious reporting projects.
www.pressclubinstitute.org
July 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Join us tomorrow!
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We have a great MEpedia update for you!
- Our articles have been viewed 55+ million times!
- We recently created German & Spanish versions of our TEN most popular pages.
Check it out: me-pedia.org
More info: www.meaction.net/2025/07/22/m...
#pwME #MECFS #wiki #myalgicE #longCovid
- Our articles have been viewed 55+ million times!
- We recently created German & Spanish versions of our TEN most popular pages.
Check it out: me-pedia.org
More info: www.meaction.net/2025/07/22/m...
#pwME #MECFS #wiki #myalgicE #longCovid
July 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
We have a great MEpedia update for you!
- Our articles have been viewed 55+ million times!
- We recently created German & Spanish versions of our TEN most popular pages.
Check it out: me-pedia.org
More info: www.meaction.net/2025/07/22/m...
#pwME #MECFS #wiki #myalgicE #longCovid
- Our articles have been viewed 55+ million times!
- We recently created German & Spanish versions of our TEN most popular pages.
Check it out: me-pedia.org
More info: www.meaction.net/2025/07/22/m...
#pwME #MECFS #wiki #myalgicE #longCovid
How can the rest of the world be going about our lives?!?
‘We faced hunger before, but never like this’: skeletal children fill hospital wards as starvation grips Gaza
For months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
How can the rest of the world be going about our lives?!?
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I'm reporting on #H5N1 #BirdFlu (#AvianInfluenza #HPAI) for @thesicktimes.bsky.social, & want to talk to farmworkers or people who work with them re impacts of H5N1 on farmworkers. I'm especially interested in hearing re human cases since Feb 2025. Sources can be anonymous! (1/4)
I'm reporting on #H5N1 #BirdFlu (#AvianInfluenza #HPAI) for @thesicktimes.bsky.social, & want to talk to farmworkers or people who work with them re impacts of H5N1 on farmworkers. I'm especially interested in hearing re human cases since Feb 2025. Sources can be anonymous! (1/4)
July 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM