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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 11h

Medical Republic: “Reinfection doubles kids’ risk of long covid”

‘Repeat infections in children and adolescents are linked to a rise in long-term complications, including heart and respiratory problems.’

www.medicalrepublic.com.au/reinfection-...

Reinfection doubles kids’ risk of long covid - Medical Republic

Repeat infections in children and adolescents are linked to a rise in long-term complications, including heart and respiratory problems.

www.medicalrepublic.com.au

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Astrid Meyer-Knutsen @astridmeyerknutsen.bsky.social · 3d

- Judith Bruchfeld betonar att det idag saknas en fungerande vårdkedja för patientgruppen med postcovid – som nu utgör omkring tre procent av befolkningen.

www.tv4.se/artikel/7wFR...

Fler yngre kvinnor får hjärtrubbningar av postcovid

Hjärtat slår onormalt snabbt • Yngre kvinnor mer riskutsatta • Många får inte rätt hjälp

www.tv4.se

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Dick Zoutman @dickzoutman.bsky.social · 3d

Air Purifier Intervention for Respiratory Viral Exposure in Elementary Schools url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Air Purifier Intervention for Respiratory Viral Exposure in Elementary Schools

This secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial examines the association of HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) filters with respiratory viral exposure in elementary school classrooms.

jamanetwork.com

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Dick Zoutman @dickzoutman.bsky.social · 3d

Enduring Outcomes of COVID-19 Work Absences on the US Labor Market url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Enduring Outcomes of COVID-19 Work Absences on the US Labor Market

This cohort study examines the extent to which COVID-19 continues to generate work absences and decrease labor force participation beyond the pandemic period in the US.

jamanetwork.com

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 4d

Waning immunity. A significant Covid wave in England. No new variant.
Thanks Prof Pagel for highlighting and contextualizing

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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 4d

Nature: 'First proposed blood test for chronic fatigue syndrome: what scientists think'

'A blood test has achieved 96% accuracy in diagnosing the condition in a small study of individuals. What does the test detect, and is it a biomarker of the condition?'

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

First proposed blood test for chronic fatigue syndrome: what scientists think

A blood test has achieved 96% accuracy in diagnosing the condition in a small study of individuals. What does the test detect, and is it a biomarker of the condition?

www.nature.com

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 4d

According to a new study
conducted in a hospital
“Airborne SARS-CoV-2
may transmit infection
after more than 4 hours,”
so the question
you must ask yourself
is not if you are in a hospital,
but if you are somewhere
that someone was exhaling
SARS-CoV-2
in the last 4 or 5 hours.

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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 5d

🧸 Risk of LC doubled in children following SARS-C0V-2 reinfection

🩸 Researchers may have found a biomarker & treatment target for cognitive dysfunction in LC

💉 Clinical trial recruiting to test the GLP-1 agonist drug Liraglutide for LC

This week's #LongCOVID research updates: bit.ly/48j2kMt

🧸 A new study that found the risk of Long COVID doubled in children following SARS-C0V-2 reinfection made mainstream headlines this week. As part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) RECOVER program, researchers assessed health records from over 460,000 participants under the age of 21 across 40 hospital systems and found that the risk of developing Long COVID may be cumulative with each infection. The authors stated the findings aligned with studies on adults and emerging evidence on immune waning post-infection. “The new evidence that reinfections can trigger or worsen this chronic condition suggests that the societal burden is set to grow,” researcher Danilo Buonsenso (who was not involved with the study) wrote in an editorial about it.

🩸 Researchers in Japan may have found a potential biomarker and treatment target for cognitive dysfunction in Long COVID. The small study, published in Brain Communications, assessed 30 participants with the disease and compared them to 80 controls using advanced brain imaging. They discovered a significantly increased density of AMPA receptors in people with Long COVID; these are learning and memory receptors found in the brain and spinal cord. Based on their findings, the researchers suggested future clinical trials on drugs that target AMPA receptors, like perampanel, which is used to treat some types of epilepsy.

💉 A new phase 1 clinical trial is currently recruiting to test the GLP-1 agonist drug Liraglutide for Long COVID, multiple sclerosis, and acute leukemia. The small study plans to recruit 30 participants with a body mass index over 27 at its study site in Chicago, Illinois. Researchers will measure how the drug affects a disease marker called Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF). The NIH’s RECOVER-Treating Long COVID initiative is also planning a clinical trial for Long COVID using another GLP-1 agonist drug (the exact drug has not been officially announced). Study contact: cancerclinicaltrials@bsd.uchicago.edu.

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Astrid Meyer-Knutsen @astridmeyerknutsen.bsky.social · 6d

Norges ME-forening, Rogaland Fylkeslag har dratt i gang denne spleisen til inntekt for en klinisk ME-studie ved Haukeland universitetssykehus.

Gi gjerne et bidrag om du kan og/eller del videre.

www.spleis.no/project/451742

ResetME - ME-studie på immunmedisinen Daratumumab

Alt som blir samlet inn går til finansiering av behandlingstudien på immunmedisinen Daratumumab. Forskningsteamet på Haukeland universitetssykehus som står bak forskningen har lang erfaring og høy ko...

www.spleis.no

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 6d

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

www.theguardian.com

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David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 6d

Berkeley's fall crowdfunder for Trial By Error is now up!
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768

David Tuller's Trial by Error Fall 2025

Help UC Berkeley raise $68,000 for the project: David Tuller's Trial by Error Fall 2025. Your gift will make a difference!

crowdfund.berkeley.edu

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World Health Network @thewhn.bsky.social · 7d

WHN is hosting a Clean Air Panel Discussion tomorrow (10am–12pm EDT | 4pm–6pm CET)!

Join leading experts Dr. William Bahnfleth, Jim Rosenthal, Dr. Joe Vipond, and Aaron Collins for an engaging conversation on the importance of clean air, its role in protecting communities, (...)

Promotional graphic from whn.global announcing a “Clean Air Panel Discussion.” The background shows a blue sky with light clouds.

Text at the top inside a green and blue gradient box:
“Oct 8th | 10AM – Noon ET | 4PM – 6PM CET.”

Main description text:
“Discover the fundamentals of clean air and why it is essential for a safe and healthy future.”

Section header: “Featuring leading experts:”
Below are four circular headshots with names underneath:

Dr. William Bahnfleth

Jim Rosenthal

Dr. Joe Vipond

Aaron Collins (wearing a mask)

At the bottom inside a bordered box:
“Join us for insights + live Q&A.”

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Astrid Meyer-Knutsen @astridmeyerknutsen.bsky.social · 7d

- "It is important to know that POTS can be detected with inexpensive, simple tests that are available at all levels of healthcare," senior author Judith Bruchfeld, PhD

CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 7d

Nearly 1 in 3 adults with severe long #COVID have rare heart-rhythm disorder, data suggest

In contrast, the condition affected less than 1% of the Swedish population before the pandemic.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

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Julia Doubleday @juliadoubleday.bsky.social · 8d

Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest:

www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...

When Will the Lion Concern Himself

Joking memes make light of the uncomfortable reality: everyone's got a little of that post-COVID brain damage these days

www.thegauntlet.news

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Science for ME online forum @scienceforme.bsky.social · 8d

Our latest News in Brief post has headlines and links to further reading for #MECFS and #LongCovid news, advocacy and research for the week of Sep 29-Oct 5.

Topics:
News, advocacy and articles
Coming events
Research news and commentary
& Published research

www.s4me.info/threads/news...

News in Brief - October 2025

This thread has a Science for ME 'News in Brief' post for each week in October 2025 by a team including @Trish, @Kalliope, @ahimsa and @SNT Gatchaman. Scroll down to see this week's news.

www.s4me.info

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Astrid Meyer-Knutsen @astridmeyerknutsen.bsky.social · 8d

Ja, vi er heldige som har ham og et par andre som gjør research-jobben og følger temaet over tid. Måtte de bli flere og flere. Her er nok av stoff for alle som er opptatt av folkehelsa og av at samfunnshjula skal gå rundt.

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Astrid Meyer-Knutsen @astridmeyerknutsen.bsky.social · 8d

Jeg blir helt svimmel av den logikken. Meanwhile viser forskning at risiko for kronisk sykdom etter Covid øker med antall infeksjoner. Men så lenge FHI ikke har parametre på dette, så finnes det visst ikke på radaren engang som problemstilling.

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Astrid Meyer-Knutsen @astridmeyerknutsen.bsky.social · 8d

Preben Aavitsland fra FHI mener derimot det ikke er faglig grunnlag for å subsidiere Covid-vaksine utenfor risikogruppene:

– Det er faren for alvorleg akutt covid-19 som tel i våre tilrådingar til departementet om vaksinasjonsprogrammet.

(åpen lenke)
www.dagogtid.no/samfunn/trur...

(+) Trur vinsten av vaksinering er liten

Vi veit ikkje om vaksinering av folket no vil ha nokon innverknad på sjukmeldingstala, skriv Preben Aavitsland i FHI.

www.dagogtid.no

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Astrid Meyer-Knutsen @astridmeyerknutsen.bsky.social · 8d

Professor Jörn Klein:

– Når Nav peikar på covid og lang-covid som ei viktig årsak til sjukefravær, er det dårleg samfunnsøkonomi å gjere vaksinen dyr.

(åpen lenke)
www.dagogtid.no/samfunn/ei-k...

(+) Ei kostbar koronaforsikring

No må folk flest betale over tusen kroner for covid-vaksine. Er det bra for folkehelsa?

www.dagogtid.no

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 9d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 9d

On LBC, callers Ann and Annie told Natasha Devon that the rise in long-term sickness is linked to long Covid — and compared the lack of support to what people with #MECFS have faced for decades (10 mins)

youtu.be/BoVpKmsTNFY?...

Natasha Devon - Long-term sickness call in

YouTube video by Broken Battery

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forskning.no @forskning.bsky.social · 10d

Om virus er en faktor bak noen av våre mest fryktede sykdommer, kan det endre hele forståelsen av dem, mener norske forskere.

Forskere vil finne ut om virus står bak sykdommer i hjernen

Om virus er en faktor bak noen av våre mest fryktede sykdommer, kan det endre hele forståelsen av dem, mener norske forskere.

www.forskning.no

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Astrid Meyer-Knutsen @astridmeyerknutsen.bsky.social · 11d

Fysioterapeut Sigmund Børresen om viktigheten av å ta ny kunnskap i bruk om Lang Covid og ME for å sikre forsvarlig og trygg helsehjelp.

www.fysioterapeuten.no/covid-19-fys...

Hva har vi lært om senfølger etter covid-19?

Har den økende kunnskapen medført at vi må tenke annerledes om rehabilitering for denne pasientgruppen?

www.fysioterapeuten.no

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Astrid Meyer-Knutsen @astridmeyerknutsen.bsky.social · 11d

Lege Lisa Norén har skrevet denne viktige artikkelen for Läkartidningen. Måtte den bli lest av mange kolleger!

- Jag är en av de minst trehundratusen i Sverige som har någon typ av covidutlöst sjukdom som ryms under paraplybegreppet »postcovid«.

lakartidningen.se/kultur/nya-s...

Nya sportkompisar i covidpandemins svans

Gåfotboll och AI. Reflektioner från en medicinhistoria i realtid.

lakartidningen.se

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LET'S AIR @nousaerons.bsky.social · 11d

The new West Lincoln Memorial Hospital was designed during the COVID-19 pandemic, so this was very top-of-mind. Its HVAC system plays a critical role in preventing airborne diseases by controlling how air moves, is filtered and exchanged in the building.
www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/share/sustai...

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