Tom
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Tom
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The pandemic isn’t over just because you’re over it
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$9.5 billion of biomedical research support, 2,100 grants, have already been terminated at NIH
www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/n...
A Harvard scientist built a database of 2,100 NIH grant terminations. Then his own funding was cut
Harvard's Scott Delaney helped build a database of NIH grant terminations that is being used in litigation against the Trump administration.
www.statnews.com
May 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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A new long COVID study of over 1,000 children—472 under age 2 and 539 aged 3–5—found that 41% of toddlers and 45% of preschoolers who had COVID had at least one lasting symptom. It’s the first study of its kind in this age range.

Source: archive.md/PlMqk
May 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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What about pregnant woman? #COVID infection in pregnancy is shown to impact fetal brain development via maternal and placental immune activation. Several adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes have been reported. #NeuroCovid #LongCovidKids
www.cell.com/trends/molec...
May 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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"Data revealed novel evidence that previously infected students exhibited distinct prefrontal haemodynamic patterns during cognitive engagement, reminiscent of those observed in adults four decades older, and this appeared to be especially true if they reported experiencing brain fog due to #COVID
May 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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India: 50% of heart attack cases since 2020 among adults below 40.

“Heart attacks used to be a disease of the elderly, but in the last 4-5 years, cases among young adults have increased significantly.”
50% of heart attack cases since 2020 among adults below 40
NEW DELHI: In his early 30s, Rahul Srivastava was at the peak of his career—juggling deadlines, late-night work calls, and a fast-paced lifestyle—until one even
www.newindianexpress.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Generational ass beating right here
February 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Neurologic Impacts of Long COVID, an Autoimmune Syndrome: Igor Koralnik, MD

"We believe Long COVID is a new autoimmune syndrome, which occurs when the immune system becomes confused by the virus and begins to attack the body as though something abnormal is present."
Neurologic Impacts of Long COVID, an Autoimmune Syndrome: Igor Koralnik, MD
The chief of neuroinfectious diseases and global neurology at Northwestern Medicine talked about a relatively new autoimmune condition, marked by mitochondrial dysfunction. [WATCH TIME: 2 minutes]
www.neurologylive.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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The 'Quad-Demic' is here (FLU, COVID, RSV, Norovirus). We want hospitals with clean air!
Thank you for speaking out
@evonnetcurran.bsky.social and @cvcev.bsky.social
"Safe healthcare should be a basic expectation."
inews.co.uk/news/health/...
January 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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This
January 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Clip of the video for those behind the paywall. Brain shrinkage is observed even in mild or asymptomatic cases of Covid and impact cognition. #NeuroCovid
December 30, 2024 at 4:08 AM
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@who.int Director-General's remarks at a media briefing on 10 December 2024:

"We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense. It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills.

The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to."
December 11, 2024 at 7:33 PM
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Does anyone know which video games the former UHC CEO played that might have radicalized him to deny essential healthcare to millions of people?
December 11, 2024 at 12:10 AM
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In 2021, COVID was shown to be fully airborne. Yet for years, hospitals have failed to upgrade infection control measures. Bodies like the WHO and CDC are leaving HCW and patients in danger by failing to match recommendations to the science.

My latest:

www.thegauntlet.news/p/cdc-infect...
CDC infection control body rejects the science on airborne transmission
HICPAC continues to stonewall efforts to evolve infection control guidance to match updated information about COVID and other common viruses.
www.thegauntlet.news
December 6, 2024 at 10:56 PM
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Sometimes im genuinely like is it ableist for me to mock him
he literally built a robot to compliment him because everyone else thinks he’s a loser, like how does this man not die from cringe every day
November 25, 2024 at 5:40 AM
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Every game should have a pause button if there’s action this is for us IBS warriors
November 23, 2024 at 11:45 PM