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Case series of 3 more people with long COVID found rapid, dramatic recovery after monoclonal antibodies, though a 36-person trial showed no overall benefit, suggesting potential in select patients.
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/12...
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/12...
Three Long-term Long COVID Patients - Three Rapid Recoveries: The Monoclonal Antibodies Strike Again! - Health Rising
Check out 3 long COVID patients who recovered after receiving a monoclonal antibody (mAB) and the state of the mAB field today in long COVID and ME/CFS.
www.healthrising.org
December 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Case series of 3 more people with long COVID found rapid, dramatic recovery after monoclonal antibodies, though a 36-person trial showed no overall benefit, suggesting potential in select patients.
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/12...
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/12...
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Huge thanks to @mikehoney.bsky.social for all the valuable COVID data he tracks. His work has become incredibly important for scientists and health professionals, and with so little data available now, it really matters for people who want to stay safe and informed.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Scientists rely on this COVID-19 data. It's made by a volunteer in Melbourne
Meet the Melbourne IT specialist who tracks "incredibly valuable" COVID-19 data in his spare time.
www.sbs.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Huge thanks to @mikehoney.bsky.social for all the valuable COVID data he tracks. His work has become incredibly important for scientists and health professionals, and with so little data available now, it really matters for people who want to stay safe and informed.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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it's actually kinda funny in a way to get to the finish line of curing cancer and having the government go eh you know what. never mind
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
December 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
it's actually kinda funny in a way to get to the finish line of curing cancer and having the government go eh you know what. never mind
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"Researchers have found long COVID patients exhibit swelling in an area of the brain linked to memory problems, poor concentration and delayed responses during conversations."
Study: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Study: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Long COVID patients show brain swelling linked to memory problems, study finds
Brain scans shows patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) share similar issues in a part of the brain known as the hippocampus.
www.abc.net.au
February 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"Researchers have found long COVID patients exhibit swelling in an area of the brain linked to memory problems, poor concentration and delayed responses during conversations."
Study: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Study: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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WTAF this is nuts. Papers being held from being published in case they contain ‘forbidden terms’ Even removing demographic data because they don’t know how to interpret the crazy trump edicts 🧪 open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
WTAF this is nuts. Papers being held from being published in case they contain ‘forbidden terms’ Even removing demographic data because they don’t know how to interpret the crazy trump edicts 🧪 open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
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I could accept everyone becoming dumber if we were also becoming nicer (golden retriever-fication) instead of getting more evil
January 24, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I could accept everyone becoming dumber if we were also becoming nicer (golden retriever-fication) instead of getting more evil
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🗞️ Article investigating the systemic, political & medical causes of inappropriate social services intervention in #longcovidkids
The trauma for families in a time of crisis can not be underestimated...
The trauma for families in a time of crisis can not be underestimated...
January 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🗞️ Article investigating the systemic, political & medical causes of inappropriate social services intervention in #longcovidkids
The trauma for families in a time of crisis can not be underestimated...
The trauma for families in a time of crisis can not be underestimated...
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What fraction of people not understanding what I say when I'm masked is just people being jerks?
January 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
What fraction of people not understanding what I say when I'm masked is just people being jerks?
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The internet had the potential to make humans so much smarter and interconnected. Instead, it's dumbing us down and siloing us off. A real tragedy.
January 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The internet had the potential to make humans so much smarter and interconnected. Instead, it's dumbing us down and siloing us off. A real tragedy.
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Question: Does COVID-19 damage the brain?
Answer: "We now know that, unfortunately, COVID can damage the brain in many ways."
Harvard Health.
And people keep ignoring the truth hoping it will go away.
www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-moo...
Answer: "We now know that, unfortunately, COVID can damage the brain in many ways."
Harvard Health.
And people keep ignoring the truth hoping it will go away.
www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-moo...
Does COVID-19 damage the brain? - Harvard Health
Most people who get COVID-19 don't suffer damage to the brain. But some do, and even people who initially get just mild COVID symptoms are vulnerable. COVID's potential to damage the brain is anoth...
www.health.harvard.edu
January 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Question: Does COVID-19 damage the brain?
Answer: "We now know that, unfortunately, COVID can damage the brain in many ways."
Harvard Health.
And people keep ignoring the truth hoping it will go away.
www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-moo...
Answer: "We now know that, unfortunately, COVID can damage the brain in many ways."
Harvard Health.
And people keep ignoring the truth hoping it will go away.
www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-moo...
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Do you realize how ridiculous this entire situation is? Imagine if everyone believed there was no such thing as cancer, and only cancer patients, and their families had to prove that their disease exists to the entire world. #LongCovid #MECFS
December 3, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Do you realize how ridiculous this entire situation is? Imagine if everyone believed there was no such thing as cancer, and only cancer patients, and their families had to prove that their disease exists to the entire world. #LongCovid #MECFS
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High quality advocacy from Matt
✊💙
"If we’re only focused on individual change and not on the systemic issues that actually have a larger impact on health, like poverty and lack of access to medical care, then what we’re doing is not really about health."
www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
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"If we’re only focused on individual change and not on the systemic issues that actually have a larger impact on health, like poverty and lack of access to medical care, then what we’re doing is not really about health."
www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
‘I was in denial about it’: actor Matt McGorry on having long Covid
Orange Is the New Black and How to Get Away With Murder star speaks about the disease and another way of looking at health
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 5:30 PM
High quality advocacy from Matt
✊💙
"If we’re only focused on individual change and not on the systemic issues that actually have a larger impact on health, like poverty and lack of access to medical care, then what we’re doing is not really about health."
www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
✊💙
"If we’re only focused on individual change and not on the systemic issues that actually have a larger impact on health, like poverty and lack of access to medical care, then what we’re doing is not really about health."
www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
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An excellent account to follow for current COVID data and discussions.
In our first video essay for The Sick Times, drag artist Taipei talks about how #LongCOVID impacts her work as a performer and how many spaces are inaccessible for disabled performers due to a lack of COVID-19 precautions. bit.ly/4i4Iw1x
November 25, 2024 at 3:24 PM
An excellent account to follow for current COVID data and discussions.
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I wore this yesterday.
I wore this today.
I'm going to wear this tomorrow.
I wore this today.
I'm going to wear this tomorrow.
November 6, 2024 at 6:33 PM
I wore this yesterday.
I wore this today.
I'm going to wear this tomorrow.
I wore this today.
I'm going to wear this tomorrow.
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Matt McGorry’s second video on living with Long Covid is excellent!
He addresses his prior activism, disparities in treatment and risk factor based on various factors like being marginalized, person of colour, LGBTQ+ and more.
This part really hit home. We all WANTED COVID to be temporary /1 🧵
He addresses his prior activism, disparities in treatment and risk factor based on various factors like being marginalized, person of colour, LGBTQ+ and more.
This part really hit home. We all WANTED COVID to be temporary /1 🧵
November 4, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Matt McGorry’s second video on living with Long Covid is excellent!
He addresses his prior activism, disparities in treatment and risk factor based on various factors like being marginalized, person of colour, LGBTQ+ and more.
This part really hit home. We all WANTED COVID to be temporary /1 🧵
He addresses his prior activism, disparities in treatment and risk factor based on various factors like being marginalized, person of colour, LGBTQ+ and more.
This part really hit home. We all WANTED COVID to be temporary /1 🧵
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London Canada: Mumps and measles on the rise in the region, travel and vaccine hesitancy to blame.
london.ctvnews.ca/mumps-and-me...
london.ctvnews.ca/mumps-and-me...
Mumps and measles on the rise in the region, travel and vaccine hesitancy to blame
Officials with Southwestern Public Health say parents should make sure their kids' vaccinations are updated. They say they're monitoring recent cases of mumps and measles across Elgin and Oxford count...
london.ctvnews.ca
October 31, 2024 at 2:10 PM
London Canada: Mumps and measles on the rise in the region, travel and vaccine hesitancy to blame.
london.ctvnews.ca/mumps-and-me...
london.ctvnews.ca/mumps-and-me...
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Febrile kids cough in my face from less than a foot away at times.
I have no patience with people that tell me respirators don’t work.
Of course they work!
I have no patience with people that tell me respirators don’t work.
Of course they work!
October 28, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Febrile kids cough in my face from less than a foot away at times.
I have no patience with people that tell me respirators don’t work.
Of course they work!
I have no patience with people that tell me respirators don’t work.
Of course they work!
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Pandemic deaths attributed to natural causes may have actually been due to Covid www.the-independent.com/news/health/...
Pandemic deaths attributed to natural causes may have actually been due to Covid
More than 1.2 million deaths have been reported across the US with Covid as the contributing cause
www.the-independent.com
October 27, 2024 at 2:51 AM
Pandemic deaths attributed to natural causes may have actually been due to Covid www.the-independent.com/news/health/...
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“A major study finds that COVID-19 triples the risk of hearing loss in young adults, highlighting an urgent need to investigate the long-term effects of the virus on auditory health amid concerning new evidence of sudden sensorineural hearing loss among those infected.”
x.com/covid19_dise...
x.com/covid19_dise...
x.com
x.com
October 26, 2024 at 5:34 AM
“A major study finds that COVID-19 triples the risk of hearing loss in young adults, highlighting an urgent need to investigate the long-term effects of the virus on auditory health amid concerning new evidence of sudden sensorineural hearing loss among those infected.”
x.com/covid19_dise...
x.com/covid19_dise...
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"Politicians understandably want COVID-19 to go away. So does an exhausted public. But wishful thinking shouldn’t drive public health"
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
October 27, 2024 at 12:20 AM
"Politicians understandably want COVID-19 to go away. So does an exhausted public. But wishful thinking shouldn’t drive public health"
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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This big study in Okinawa on School age children across a variety of children from Kindergarten up has a bunch of interesting findings. The first is that masking as a measure to avoid secondary infections really worked, it dropped secondary infections down to ~0.43.
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
SARS-CoV-2 Infection in School Settings, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, 2021–2022
SARS-CoV-2 Infection in School Settings, Japan
wwwnc.cdc.gov
October 25, 2024 at 12:42 AM
This big study in Okinawa on School age children across a variety of children from Kindergarten up has a bunch of interesting findings. The first is that masking as a measure to avoid secondary infections really worked, it dropped secondary infections down to ~0.43.
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
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Public health’s game is to hide info, remove “the tools”, misinform, gaslight, and generate apathy towards Covid infection while simultaneously “meeting people where they’re at”.
What is their purpose again?
What is their purpose again?
October 24, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Public health’s game is to hide info, remove “the tools”, misinform, gaslight, and generate apathy towards Covid infection while simultaneously “meeting people where they’re at”.
What is their purpose again?
What is their purpose again?