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Sam, RN
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« There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. » - Elie Wiesel
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lizhighleyman.bsky.social
Noteworthy because NIH news releases have resumed -- first one since Trump's inauguration. Announcing a @niaidnews.bsky.social Phase 2 infectious disease trial at Johns Hopkins & University of Vermont. So I guess that's optimistic...

www.nih.gov/news-events/...
NIH-funded clinical trial will evaluate new dengue therapeutic
Dengue virus sickens as many as 400 million people each year, primarily in tropical and subtropical parts of the world.
www.nih.gov
February 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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lizhighleyman.bsky.social
Another @NIH news release this morning -- a broadly neutralizing antibody for H5N1 bird flu in monkeys "lays groundwork for future studies in people."
Doesn't suggest plans to give infectious diseases "a break" for 8 years as per RFK Jr.
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Single dose of broadly neutralizing antibody protects macaques from H5N1 influenza
NIH science lays groundwork for future studies in people.
www.nih.gov
February 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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usofdisaster.bsky.social
Please join:
Open Forum on Emergency Management in America.

Thursday evening at 7pm eastern time--hosted by Disaster Researchers for Justice. Respond to this post and I will send meeting details. Hope to see many people there.
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Disaster Researchers for Justice
www.disasterresearchersforjustice.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
Another reminder:

Respiratory infections spread mainly through the air. That’s why they affect the lungs.

Masks, worn correctly and consistently, reduce the spread of respiratory infections.

Respirators work better than masks.

Washing hands isn’t wrong, but it won’t stop airborne transmission.
December 10, 2024 at 9:56 AM
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erinbiba.bsky.social
We need to be relentlessly hostile to any politician supporting anti-trans laws or even giving the tiniest hint that they will go along with them in order to win. We need to make it absolutely impossible for them to get away with this. So far, the cis community has failed miserably at that.
December 3, 2024 at 9:23 PM
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madhupai.bsky.social

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December 4, 2024 at 9:21 AM
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stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social
We strongly endorse the naming of 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘺𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘦 in honor of Fanny Angelina Hesse

Corrado Nai had highlighted her remarkable achievements here > schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2... #MicroSky
A published (but rarely seen) illustration by Angelina Hesse from a 1884 publication from Walther Hesse about quantifying microbes in the air showing colonies of fungi and bacteria on solid media. Plate XI from source https://www.digi-hub.de/viewer/image/1504089803336/194/LOG_0017/
December 3, 2024 at 9:47 AM
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trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
Reproducing my thread from the Other Place on our Lancet paper 'Long COVID - a clinical update'. Coauthors Manoj Sivan, Alice Perlowski, Janko Nikolich. 1/

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...?
Long COVID: a clinical update
Post-COVID-19 condition (also known as long COVID) is generally defined as symptoms persisting for 3 months or more after acute COVID-19. Long COVID can affect multiple organ systems and lead to sever...
www.thelancet.com
November 24, 2024 at 11:06 AM
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madhupai.bsky.social
👏🏽👏🏽

No cervical cancer cases detected in vaccinated women following HPV immunisation

publichealthscotland.scot/news/2024/ja...
November 17, 2024 at 9:37 AM
saminalberta.bsky.social
When I open up about my own experience with long Covid, I’m invariably met by others who have experienced similar long-term effects. Colleagues, friends, family members, fellow students - they are silently struggling with ongoing issues after Covid infections 😢
November 23, 2024 at 3:14 PM
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a man in a red suit and blue tie is holding a piece of paper in his hand .
Alt: Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy raises a conch to his lips and blows on it
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November 23, 2024 at 12:47 PM
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thosenerdygirls.bsky.social
In this post, we break down everything you need to know about blood tests for #Alzheimer’s disease, why they are important, and what information we still need before these tests will be ready for prime time in the U.S.
thosenerdygirls.org/blood-test-a...
Can a blood test detect Alzheimer's disease?
In this post, we break down everything you need to know about blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease, why they are important, and what information we still
thosenerdygirls.org
November 23, 2024 at 2:47 PM
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1goodtern.bsky.social
Very moving paper tracking the lived experiences of people suffering Long Covid.
There are people trying to erase this history:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
October 2, 2023 at 12:45 PM
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October 2, 2023 at 1:44 PM
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followingmybody.bsky.social
Just gonna forward this along to anyone who is unmasked around pregnant people because “it’s just a cold”
October 2, 2023 at 2:29 AM
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Katalin Karikó was the daughter of a butcher. She wanted to be a scientist, although she had never met one. She immigrated to the US in her 20s, but for decades never found a permanent position, receiving little support from the scientific establishment. Now she’s a Nobel winner!
Katalin Karikó on the phone receiving news about winning the Nobel Prize
October 2, 2023 at 10:51 AM
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tomkindlon.bsky.social
Carotid stiffness, intima–media thickness and aortic augmentation index among adults with #SARSCoV2

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“This cross-sectional analysis revealed higher carotid artery stiffness and aortic stiffness among young adults with SARS-CoV-2”

#COVIDー19 #COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #novid
Carotid stiffness, intima–media thickness and aortic augmentation index among adults with SARS‐C...
New Findings What is the central question of this study? We sought to investigate whether carotid stiffness, carotid intima–media thickness and the aortic augmentation index are altered in young ad...
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October 2, 2023 at 6:23 PM
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idea-alchemist.bsky.social
'We discovered significant damage and scarring of arterial walls - less than 2 years after COVID-19 infection in a healthy, 35 year old male'

Extensive fibrosis, accumulation of fibromyxoid material was found within the walls of a femoral arterial biopsy

shorturl.at/crCIV

#SARSCov2 MedSky 🧪🛟
September 26, 2023 at 8:03 PM
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yngmelkor.bsky.social
"I’m going to be completely blunt Dean Cozier and say the public health community has effed over high risk, immunocompromised, older, and disabled people."
September 25, 2023 at 8:19 PM
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susankiddie.bsky.social
The Japanese Ministry of Health found "about 10 to 20 percent of adults infected with the coronavirus had after-effects, including cough and fatigue, for more than two months after infection."

www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
Survey: 10 to 20% of Japan's adult COVID patients had post-infection symptoms | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
A Japanese government survey has found that about 10 to 20 percent of adults infected with the coronavirus had aftereffects, including cough and fatigue, for more than two months after infection.
www3.nhk.or.jp
September 23, 2023 at 7:52 PM
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sodiumcontent.bsky.social
Going to post this incredible website for anyone who may find it useful.

It lists a series of research articles which outline the health effects of COVID.

www.panaccindex.info/p/what-sars-...
What SARS-CoV-2 Does to the Body (2nd Edition, July 2023)
An Incomplete and Growing Resource
www.panaccindex.info
September 23, 2023 at 6:42 AM