Sarah Cowley
@profsarahcowley.bsky.social
Former health visitor; academic at King’s College London, retired 2012. DBE 2013 for services to health visiting. Care about babies, families, inequalities, public health and NHS.
Personal account. #FBPE Pro-EU. With
@WCountryVoices
Personal account. #FBPE Pro-EU. With
@WCountryVoices
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In today’s hearing before the Bundestag’s Covid-pandemic inquiry commission, patient associations demanded more funding for research, better medical care and clearer support systems for people and children suffering from #LongCOVID #MECFS and #PostVac
www.aerzteblatt.de/news/long-co...
www.aerzteblatt.de/news/long-co...
Long COVID: Mehr Therapieforschung und Unterstützung gefordert – Deutsches Ärzteblatt
www.aerzteblatt.de
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
In today’s hearing before the Bundestag’s Covid-pandemic inquiry commission, patient associations demanded more funding for research, better medical care and clearer support systems for people and children suffering from #LongCOVID #MECFS and #PostVac
www.aerzteblatt.de/news/long-co...
www.aerzteblatt.de/news/long-co...
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Large science & public health accounts are sounding alarms over Canada losing measles-elimination status - good.
But the silence from them on long COVID has been striking.
Building trust as an infectious disease expert should mean caring about preventing all viral-induced illness
But the silence from them on long COVID has been striking.
Building trust as an infectious disease expert should mean caring about preventing all viral-induced illness
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Large science & public health accounts are sounding alarms over Canada losing measles-elimination status - good.
But the silence from them on long COVID has been striking.
Building trust as an infectious disease expert should mean caring about preventing all viral-induced illness
But the silence from them on long COVID has been striking.
Building trust as an infectious disease expert should mean caring about preventing all viral-induced illness
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and not a single mention of covid or long covid. you know, the pandemic virus that causes neurological damage🙃🙃🙃
Cognitive disability might be on the rise in the U.S., particularly among younger adults
Cognitive disability might be on the rise in the U.S., particularly among younger adults
Over the past decade, self-reported cognitive disability has climbed significantly among American adults. A new analysis finds this trend is most pronounced in younger adults, whose reported prevalence has nearly doubled.
www.psypost.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
and not a single mention of covid or long covid. you know, the pandemic virus that causes neurological damage🙃🙃🙃
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Join us Tues, Nov 11 | 1 PM MST for BHC’s Online Support Group:
Denial, Resistance & Gaslighting — Coping with Others’ Unhelpful Reactions
Let’s talk about communication, boundaries & advocacy in chronic illness.
🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4npZ4Ud
#MECFS #LongCOVID #IACCs
Denial, Resistance & Gaslighting — Coping with Others’ Unhelpful Reactions
Let’s talk about communication, boundaries & advocacy in chronic illness.
🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4npZ4Ud
#MECFS #LongCOVID #IACCs
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Join us Tues, Nov 11 | 1 PM MST for BHC’s Online Support Group:
Denial, Resistance & Gaslighting — Coping with Others’ Unhelpful Reactions
Let’s talk about communication, boundaries & advocacy in chronic illness.
🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4npZ4Ud
#MECFS #LongCOVID #IACCs
Denial, Resistance & Gaslighting — Coping with Others’ Unhelpful Reactions
Let’s talk about communication, boundaries & advocacy in chronic illness.
🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4npZ4Ud
#MECFS #LongCOVID #IACCs
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With the RECOVER-NEURO clinical trial study results published today, looking forward to these RECOVER pathology studies planned for publication in 2026-2027
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
With the RECOVER-NEURO clinical trial study results published today, looking forward to these RECOVER pathology studies planned for publication in 2026-2027
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Here’s a tip: if you’re travelling with a cowbell and laptop adaptors in hand luggage, don’t put the adaptors inside the cowbell because that looks suspicious.
And an extra tip from my cousin Charlotte - be careful about travelling with a pack of polenta too. Also looks dodgy.
And an extra tip from my cousin Charlotte - be careful about travelling with a pack of polenta too. Also looks dodgy.
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Here’s a tip: if you’re travelling with a cowbell and laptop adaptors in hand luggage, don’t put the adaptors inside the cowbell because that looks suspicious.
And an extra tip from my cousin Charlotte - be careful about travelling with a pack of polenta too. Also looks dodgy.
And an extra tip from my cousin Charlotte - be careful about travelling with a pack of polenta too. Also looks dodgy.
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My baby was finally discharged from the NICU after six weeks, we spent just over a week at home before he was readmitted with bronchiolitis, collapsed lung & suspected sepsis.
He’s in the PICU and is really poorly & all I can say is that RSV is a horror and if you’re pregnant please get vaccinated
He’s in the PICU and is really poorly & all I can say is that RSV is a horror and if you’re pregnant please get vaccinated
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
My baby was finally discharged from the NICU after six weeks, we spent just over a week at home before he was readmitted with bronchiolitis, collapsed lung & suspected sepsis.
He’s in the PICU and is really poorly & all I can say is that RSV is a horror and if you’re pregnant please get vaccinated
He’s in the PICU and is really poorly & all I can say is that RSV is a horror and if you’re pregnant please get vaccinated
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PHEW
November 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
PHEW
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2 #LongCovid randomized trials published today
—Online cognitive training, negative
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
—Resistance training, modest benefit
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
—Online cognitive training, negative
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
—Resistance training, modest benefit
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
November 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
2 #LongCovid randomized trials published today
—Online cognitive training, negative
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
—Resistance training, modest benefit
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
—Online cognitive training, negative
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
—Resistance training, modest benefit
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Honest and helpful summary of the recent study: all too many news outlets focused only the vaccine risk, omitting the far higher risk from Covid infection.
Heart complications risk in children ‘greater after Covid infection than vaccination’ www.nursinginpractice.com/clinical/pae...
Heart complications risk in children ‘greater after Covid infection than vaccination’ www.nursinginpractice.com/clinical/pae...
Heart complications risk in children ‘greater after Covid infection than vaccination’
The risk of rare heart, vascular, or inflammatory complications in children is higher after Covid-19 infection than after Covid vaccination.
www.nursinginpractice.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Honest and helpful summary of the recent study: all too many news outlets focused only the vaccine risk, omitting the far higher risk from Covid infection.
Heart complications risk in children ‘greater after Covid infection than vaccination’ www.nursinginpractice.com/clinical/pae...
Heart complications risk in children ‘greater after Covid infection than vaccination’ www.nursinginpractice.com/clinical/pae...
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Got this? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Reassessing Discovery: Rosalind Franklin, Scientific Visualization, and the Structure of DNA | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core
Reassessing Discovery: Rosalind Franklin, Scientific Visualization, and the Structure of DNA - Volume 79 Issue 1
www.cambridge.org
November 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Got this? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Worryingly low 'flu vaccine uptake.
Latest NHS England data:
🙋🏾♂️28.9% Clinically Vulnerable <65s
🤰29.7% pregnant
🥼HCWs 30.9%
🧓65+ 61.5%
If we can’t reach our 'flu targets in a concerning epidemic, what hope for the private Covid protection model?
- Vulnerable lives at risk!
Latest NHS England data:
🙋🏾♂️28.9% Clinically Vulnerable <65s
🤰29.7% pregnant
🥼HCWs 30.9%
🧓65+ 61.5%
If we can’t reach our 'flu targets in a concerning epidemic, what hope for the private Covid protection model?
- Vulnerable lives at risk!
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Worryingly low 'flu vaccine uptake.
Latest NHS England data:
🙋🏾♂️28.9% Clinically Vulnerable <65s
🤰29.7% pregnant
🥼HCWs 30.9%
🧓65+ 61.5%
If we can’t reach our 'flu targets in a concerning epidemic, what hope for the private Covid protection model?
- Vulnerable lives at risk!
Latest NHS England data:
🙋🏾♂️28.9% Clinically Vulnerable <65s
🤰29.7% pregnant
🥼HCWs 30.9%
🧓65+ 61.5%
If we can’t reach our 'flu targets in a concerning epidemic, what hope for the private Covid protection model?
- Vulnerable lives at risk!
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Turns out the figure was not accurate. Incorrect fraud accusations were not 3% but 46%! www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Turns out the figure was not accurate. Incorrect fraud accusations were not 3% but 46%! www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Marine biologist son sends pictures of annual coral spawning in his adopted country. Fiji. Family loyalty divided as 🏴 prepare to play 🇫🇯 in rugby tomorrow.
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Marine biologist son sends pictures of annual coral spawning in his adopted country. Fiji. Family loyalty divided as 🏴 prepare to play 🇫🇯 in rugby tomorrow.
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I just donated. Oxford people, join if you can.
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I just donated. Oxford people, join if you can.
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Definitely worth paying for a flu jab this year, about £15 at pharmacies!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Definitely worth paying for a flu jab this year, about £15 at pharmacies!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Does your toddler call every animal a dog? Or call the moon a ball?
Both are examples of a perfectly normal toddler behavior known as overextension.
Thread 🧵
Both are examples of a perfectly normal toddler behavior known as overextension.
Thread 🧵
November 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Does your toddler call every animal a dog? Or call the moon a ball?
Both are examples of a perfectly normal toddler behavior known as overextension.
Thread 🧵
Both are examples of a perfectly normal toddler behavior known as overextension.
Thread 🧵
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Press release:
www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/202...
Paper:
Integrated immune, hormonal, and transcriptomic profiling reveals sex-specific dysregulation in long COVID patients with ME/CFS
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
#LongCovid #cfs
Press release:
www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/202...
Paper:
Integrated immune, hormonal, and transcriptomic profiling reveals sex-specific dysregulation in long COVID patients with ME/CFS
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
#LongCovid #cfs
November 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Press release:
www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/202...
Paper:
Integrated immune, hormonal, and transcriptomic profiling reveals sex-specific dysregulation in long COVID patients with ME/CFS
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
#LongCovid #cfs
Press release:
www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/202...
Paper:
Integrated immune, hormonal, and transcriptomic profiling reveals sex-specific dysregulation in long COVID patients with ME/CFS
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
#LongCovid #cfs
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New Canadian research
"Women are three times more likely than men to get severe long COVID: Here’s why. New U of A research reveals underlying mechanisms of how long COVID affects women and men differently"
#LongCovid #MEcfs
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New Canadian research
"Women are three times more likely than men to get severe long COVID: Here’s why. New U of A research reveals underlying mechanisms of how long COVID affects women and men differently"
#LongCovid #MEcfs
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November 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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New Canadian research
"Women are three times more likely than men to get severe long COVID: Here’s why. New U of A research reveals underlying mechanisms of how long COVID affects women and men differently"
#LongCovid #MEcfs
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New Canadian research
"Women are three times more likely than men to get severe long COVID: Here’s why. New U of A research reveals underlying mechanisms of how long COVID affects women and men differently"
#LongCovid #MEcfs
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So judgy.
Especially from such a filthy sign.
Especially from such a filthy sign.
November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
So judgy.
Especially from such a filthy sign.
Especially from such a filthy sign.
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21st century phrenology for the AI age. And likely just as racist and real-world stupid to use as phrenology.
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 AM
21st century phrenology for the AI age. And likely just as racist and real-world stupid to use as phrenology.
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iHV Members - join us for the next iHV Insights webinar on 20 November: 'Good Level of Development', where we will explore the Government’s Opportunity Mission to raise the healthiest generation of children ever.
Find out more & book: buff.ly/yDVSgyI #HealthVisiting
Find out more & book: buff.ly/yDVSgyI #HealthVisiting
November 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
iHV Members - join us for the next iHV Insights webinar on 20 November: 'Good Level of Development', where we will explore the Government’s Opportunity Mission to raise the healthiest generation of children ever.
Find out more & book: buff.ly/yDVSgyI #HealthVisiting
Find out more & book: buff.ly/yDVSgyI #HealthVisiting
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Read gr8 Voices blog by Prof Monica Lakhanpaul @UCLGreatOrmondStreetInstituteOfChildHealth & Prof Nadia Svirydzenka @dmuleicester on an NIHR-funded project to gather insights on offering culturally-responsive support for families seeking refuge and asylum in the UK.
ihv.org.uk/news-and-vie...
ihv.org.uk/news-and-vie...
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Read gr8 Voices blog by Prof Monica Lakhanpaul @UCLGreatOrmondStreetInstituteOfChildHealth & Prof Nadia Svirydzenka @dmuleicester on an NIHR-funded project to gather insights on offering culturally-responsive support for families seeking refuge and asylum in the UK.
ihv.org.uk/news-and-vie...
ihv.org.uk/news-and-vie...
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'Risk of rare heart complications in children higher after COVID-19 infection than after vaccination.' @lancetchildadol.bsky.social
Led by scientists at @cam.ac.uk, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, and @ucl.ac.uk, with support from bhfdatasciencecentre.org HDR UK.
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Led by scientists at @cam.ac.uk, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, and @ucl.ac.uk, with support from bhfdatasciencecentre.org HDR UK.
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Risk of rare heart complications in children higher after COVID-19 infection than after vaccination
Children and young people faced long-lasting and higher risks of rare heart and inflammatory complications after COVID-19 infection, compared to before or
www.cam.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
'Risk of rare heart complications in children higher after COVID-19 infection than after vaccination.' @lancetchildadol.bsky.social
Led by scientists at @cam.ac.uk, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, and @ucl.ac.uk, with support from bhfdatasciencecentre.org HDR UK.
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Led by scientists at @cam.ac.uk, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, and @ucl.ac.uk, with support from bhfdatasciencecentre.org HDR UK.
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...