Nita Jain
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Nita Jain
@nitajain.bsky.social
· Aug 19
Research updates, August 19 - The Sick Times
A new preprint from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) RECOVER study found that COVID reinfections may increase the risk of Long COVID by about 35%.
thesicktimes.org
NEW PREPRINT OUT: COVID reinfections may increase the risk of Long COVID by about 35%.
Our study assessed the electronic health records of 424,616 people and found an 11.1% cumulative rate of new Long COVID cases following reinfection.
thesicktimes.org/2025/08/19/r...
Our study assessed the electronic health records of 424,616 people and found an 11.1% cumulative rate of new Long COVID cases following reinfection.
thesicktimes.org/2025/08/19/r...
Let's hope this ACA discharge petition has some legs 🤞
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Let's hope this ACA discharge petition has some legs 🤞
The storied choice between socialism and barbarism was made exquisitely clear a good many years ago in the United States, and both major parties chose barbarism.
Mamdani seemed a small glimmering break in the wall of all that.
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Mamdani seemed a small glimmering break in the wall of all that.
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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The storied choice between socialism and barbarism was made exquisitely clear a good many years ago in the United States, and both major parties chose barbarism.
Mamdani seemed a small glimmering break in the wall of all that.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Mamdani seemed a small glimmering break in the wall of all that.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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"Taken together, these findings suggest that Georgia's work requirements have so far undermined well established coverage gains that typically occur with Medicaid expansion without producing increases in employment..."
#MedSky
#healthpolicy
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
#MedSky
#healthpolicy
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
October 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
"Taken together, these findings suggest that Georgia's work requirements have so far undermined well established coverage gains that typically occur with Medicaid expansion without producing increases in employment..."
#MedSky
#healthpolicy
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
#MedSky
#healthpolicy
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
The new recommendations appear to be based on the precautionary principle, but acetaminophen remains one of the safest medications for fever and pain during pregnancy
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When it comes to Tylenol, what are parents to do?
The science on Tylenol and autism isn't clear, despite President Trump's claims. Here's what parents need to know to make their own decisions about acetaminophen.
www.npr.org
September 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The new recommendations appear to be based on the precautionary principle, but acetaminophen remains one of the safest medications for fever and pain during pregnancy
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Have you ever experienced acute hyperacusis and tinnitus after an MRI? Did it ever resolve?
September 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Have you ever experienced acute hyperacusis and tinnitus after an MRI? Did it ever resolve?
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#Medsky🧪 #IDsky In the study highlights the risks of misinterpreting AMGs due to reliance on automated bioinformatics tools and a lack of experimental evidence. AMGs are non-essential viral genes that are thought to manipulate host metabolism to boost viral fitness
New paper alert! We suggest caution in the analyses of viral auxiliary metabolic genes and propose a new overarching term - 'auxiliary viral genes' (AVGs) to describe different types of such genes. @simrouxvirus.bsky.social #phagesky #Microsky www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A call for caution in the biological interpretation of viral auxiliary metabolic genes - Nature Microbiology
This Perspective discusses virus-encoded auxiliary metabolic genes and provides a framework for the biological interpretation of these genes.
www.nature.com
September 2, 2025 at 6:34 AM
I love how when I talk about the negative effects of industry influence in public health, I’m written off as a heretical conspiracy theorist,
but when a white man with letters behind his name does it, he’s heralded as a hero.
but when a white man with letters behind his name does it, he’s heralded as a hero.
August 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I love how when I talk about the negative effects of industry influence in public health, I’m written off as a heretical conspiracy theorist,
but when a white man with letters behind his name does it, he’s heralded as a hero.
but when a white man with letters behind his name does it, he’s heralded as a hero.
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"Despite the increasing recognition of Long COVID as a condition, many patients still face dismissal by medical professionals, misattribution of their symptoms to psychological causes, or simply being left to fend for themselves."
Source: www.surrey.ac.uk/news/patient...
Source: www.surrey.ac.uk/news/patient...
August 22, 2025 at 7:37 AM
"Despite the increasing recognition of Long COVID as a condition, many patients still face dismissal by medical professionals, misattribution of their symptoms to psychological causes, or simply being left to fend for themselves."
Source: www.surrey.ac.uk/news/patient...
Source: www.surrey.ac.uk/news/patient...
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"COVID reinfection may raise risk of persistent symptoms by 35%"
"U.S. adults reinfected with SARS-CoV-2 may be at a 35% greater risk for long COVID than those with one-time infections"
#LongCOVID #COVIDisNotOVER #COVIDisAIRBORNE
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...
"U.S. adults reinfected with SARS-CoV-2 may be at a 35% greater risk for long COVID than those with one-time infections"
#LongCOVID #COVIDisNotOVER #COVIDisAIRBORNE
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...
COVID reinfection may raise risk of persistent symptoms by 35%
www.cidrap.umn.edu
August 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"COVID reinfection may raise risk of persistent symptoms by 35%"
"U.S. adults reinfected with SARS-CoV-2 may be at a 35% greater risk for long COVID than those with one-time infections"
#LongCOVID #COVIDisNotOVER #COVIDisAIRBORNE
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...
"U.S. adults reinfected with SARS-CoV-2 may be at a 35% greater risk for long COVID than those with one-time infections"
#LongCOVID #COVIDisNotOVER #COVIDisAIRBORNE
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...
NEW PREPRINT OUT: COVID reinfections may increase the risk of Long COVID by about 35%.
Our study assessed the electronic health records of 424,616 people and found an 11.1% cumulative rate of new Long COVID cases following reinfection.
thesicktimes.org/2025/08/19/r...
Our study assessed the electronic health records of 424,616 people and found an 11.1% cumulative rate of new Long COVID cases following reinfection.
thesicktimes.org/2025/08/19/r...
Research updates, August 19 - The Sick Times
A new preprint from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) RECOVER study found that COVID reinfections may increase the risk of Long COVID by about 35%.
thesicktimes.org
August 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
NEW PREPRINT OUT: COVID reinfections may increase the risk of Long COVID by about 35%.
Our study assessed the electronic health records of 424,616 people and found an 11.1% cumulative rate of new Long COVID cases following reinfection.
thesicktimes.org/2025/08/19/r...
Our study assessed the electronic health records of 424,616 people and found an 11.1% cumulative rate of new Long COVID cases following reinfection.
thesicktimes.org/2025/08/19/r...
If someone doesn't believe in the inalienable rights of human beings by their eighth decade of life, they never will.
July 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
If someone doesn't believe in the inalienable rights of human beings by their eighth decade of life, they never will.
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Floating around with mum!
June 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Floating around with mum!
"If this was spurred by Cowboy Carter, all we can say is yeehaw, y’all."
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Beyoncé Won Best Country Album. Now the Award Doesn’t Exist.
The timing is suspicious, but the move is long overdue.
www.texasmonthly.com
June 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"If this was spurred by Cowboy Carter, all we can say is yeehaw, y’all."
www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...
www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...
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This piece in Open Mind discusses how the adherents of CBT/GET for ME have sought to extend their purview to Long Covid, with the same sort of shifty methodological maneuvers:
www.openmindmag.org/articles/goi...
www.openmindmag.org/articles/goi...
Chronic Denial
A debunked theory about chronic fatigue syndrome is being recycled to explain Long Covid—with troubling results.
www.openmindmag.org
May 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This piece in Open Mind discusses how the adherents of CBT/GET for ME have sought to extend their purview to Long Covid, with the same sort of shifty methodological maneuvers:
www.openmindmag.org/articles/goi...
www.openmindmag.org/articles/goi...
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Germany's central medical library, ZBMed, is building an alternative to PubMed. It will be open source, based on MeSH & associated data standards, built to be sustainable in case PubMed becomes unreliable - with APIs & MeSH maintenance. Open meeting called! 1/2 www.heise.de/news/Wegen-T... #MedLibs
Wegen Trump: Zentralbibliothek Medizin baut Alternative zu US-Datenbank auf
Ein deutsches Informationszentrum will eine Alternative zur PubMed-Datenbank in den USA entwickeln, um die Informationsversorgung in der Biomedizin zu sichern.
www.heise.de
May 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Germany's central medical library, ZBMed, is building an alternative to PubMed. It will be open source, based on MeSH & associated data standards, built to be sustainable in case PubMed becomes unreliable - with APIs & MeSH maintenance. Open meeting called! 1/2 www.heise.de/news/Wegen-T... #MedLibs
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Hey, Blueskyverse!
Join me in commemorating
today's 107th anniversary of
the birth of Richard Feynman!
He was one of the most brilliant
physicists in the history of the field,
and one of the all-time greatest
popularizers of the scientific method.
Join me in commemorating
today's 107th anniversary of
the birth of Richard Feynman!
He was one of the most brilliant
physicists in the history of the field,
and one of the all-time greatest
popularizers of the scientific method.
May 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Hey, Blueskyverse!
Join me in commemorating
today's 107th anniversary of
the birth of Richard Feynman!
He was one of the most brilliant
physicists in the history of the field,
and one of the all-time greatest
popularizers of the scientific method.
Join me in commemorating
today's 107th anniversary of
the birth of Richard Feynman!
He was one of the most brilliant
physicists in the history of the field,
and one of the all-time greatest
popularizers of the scientific method.
Teacher appreciation day should be everyday
May 7, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Teacher appreciation day should be everyday
Jamal Roberts Sings "Heal" by Tom Odell on American Idol
YouTube video by American Idol
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April 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
β-glucan is best-known TI inducers. β-glucan is a particle polysaccharide defined as β-(1 → 3)/(1 → 6) – glucan, originally obtained from the cell wall of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. However, β-glucan particles cannot be systemically administered to patients due to their large size.
#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #immunosky #publichealth #Trainedimmunity-based mucosal #immunotherapies for the prevention of respiratory infections
Nonspecific properties of #vaccines extend protection beyond the targeted diseases. These effects, mediated by trained immunity – a memory process …
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Nonspecific properties of #vaccines extend protection beyond the targeted diseases. These effects, mediated by trained immunity – a memory process …
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Trained immunity-based mucosal immunotherapies for the prevention of respiratory infections
The devastating impact of respiratory infections demonstrates the critical need for
novel prophylactic vaccines. In this opinion article, we advocate for bacterial immunotherapies
as a complementary t...
dlvr.it
April 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
β-glucan is best-known TI inducers. β-glucan is a particle polysaccharide defined as β-(1 → 3)/(1 → 6) – glucan, originally obtained from the cell wall of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. However, β-glucan particles cannot be systemically administered to patients due to their large size.
“We found that the unusual chemical features of the Borrelia burgdorferi peptidoglycan is what makes it able to persist,” Jutras said. “It looks like the liver is acting as a sink for these unusual pieces of peptidoglycan.”
www.statnews.com/2025/04/23/l... via @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2025/04/23/l... via @statnews.com
Studies zoom in on clues to why Lyme disease persists and which antibiotic to prescribe
A new study on Lyme disease sheds light on the persistence of symptoms; another new study points to an antibiotic that may be more effective.
www.statnews.com
April 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“We found that the unusual chemical features of the Borrelia burgdorferi peptidoglycan is what makes it able to persist,” Jutras said. “It looks like the liver is acting as a sink for these unusual pieces of peptidoglycan.”
www.statnews.com/2025/04/23/l... via @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2025/04/23/l... via @statnews.com
The fatigue, dizziness, and muscle weakness after my latest COVID reinfection has been extreme. Can't move much and barely have enough energy for breathing.
My usual tricks — NAD+, GSH, Mg, Zn, B vitamins, MDPs — aren't helping, either. Any ideas?
My usual tricks — NAD+, GSH, Mg, Zn, B vitamins, MDPs — aren't helping, either. Any ideas?
April 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The fatigue, dizziness, and muscle weakness after my latest COVID reinfection has been extreme. Can't move much and barely have enough energy for breathing.
My usual tricks — NAD+, GSH, Mg, Zn, B vitamins, MDPs — aren't helping, either. Any ideas?
My usual tricks — NAD+, GSH, Mg, Zn, B vitamins, MDPs — aren't helping, either. Any ideas?
Excited to finally share our paper on overlap between long COVID/PASC and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), with dyspnea, fatigue, and cognitive impairment emerging as the most predictive symptoms for both conditions.
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Identifying commonalities and differences between EHR representations of PASC and ME/CFS in the RECOVER EHR cohort
Communications Medicine - Powers et al. investigate commonalities and differences between electronic health record patterns associated with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection and myalgic...
rdcu.be
April 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Excited to finally share our paper on overlap between long COVID/PASC and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), with dyspnea, fatigue, and cognitive impairment emerging as the most predictive symptoms for both conditions.
rdcu.be/ehhSr
rdcu.be/ehhSr
Hospitalized again with COVID this past week 😷
April 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Hospitalized again with COVID this past week 😷
Another sleepless night with the most excruciating pain and urgency...over 10 years of this 24/7...i'm exhausted
March 31, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Another sleepless night with the most excruciating pain and urgency...over 10 years of this 24/7...i'm exhausted