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Prof. Rob McLeod @robscot.bsky.social · 4d

Prevention matters... New research confirms that young people who have been affected with COVID-19 twice, are twice as likely to develop Long-COVID...

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Repeat COVID-19 Infections Could Double Your Risk of Long COVID

The latest study shows that getting repeat COVID-19 infections can come at a high health cost.

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 3d

💼 Long-term impact of COVID-19 on work

A study of 158 million US workers found health-related absences remain 13% higher than before the pandemic, reducing labour force participation.

🔗 doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.36635

#SciComm #COVID19 🧪

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.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3d

The Trump administration has promoted the anti-vax, anti-science movement which has now produced an epidemic www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 5d

Also, if you're "in bed with flu", it's almost certainly Covid.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 5d

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 5d

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

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 5d

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you for your urgent support! 🙏

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Labour MPs Call for Covid Vaccine Access for Clinically Vulnerable People

After months of tireless campaigning, writing to MPs, briefing the media, and speaking up at the UK Covid Inquiry - our community may finally be seeing progress.We have received confirmation that some...

www.clinicallyvulnerable.org

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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 4d

Please read our blog and email your MP to #KeepCovidBoosters

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christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 4d

⚠️Prof @chrischirp.bsky.social Pagel reports on "significant Covid wave" in her substack
(🔗 on nxt)

"The last time we had more recorded Covid hospitalisations was two years ago, and this wave isn’t over yet."

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 5d

‘Little lungs are paying’: why the #Dieselgate scandal is still running hot

- Car makers accused of cheating air pollution rules have largely avoided punishment for a decade but a historic trial brought by 1.8 million UK motorists is about to begin

Story by me
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‘Little lungs are paying’: why the Dieselgate scandal is still running hot

Carmakers accused of cheating air pollution rules have faced little punishment but trial brought by 1.8m UK motorists is about to begin

www.theguardian.com

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The Safer Air Project @saferairproject.bsky.social · 7d

Early bird registration for our landmark conference Safer shared air: Making the invisible visible ends tomorrow - don’t miss out!

🗓 Thursday 6th November
📍 Parliament House, Canberra & online
🎟 Learn more and register: bit.ly/ssa-2025

#SaferSharedAir #MakingTheInvisibleVisible #IAQ #Inclusion

Early bird registration forour landmark conference ends tomorrow – don’t miss out!

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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 7d

🚨Prof Gillean McCluskey (Expert in Education)

Shared her thoughts on barriers faced by children in Clinically Vulnerable families.

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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 7d

"Clinical Vulnerability" needs to mentioned in terms of flexibility.

It would be helpful to name that much more clearly.

It should be explicitly mentioned in connection with a proactively supportive approach on the part of schools for the child or the family.

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Al Haddrell @ukhadds.bsky.social · 10d

Many things will affect how well a student will do in school. Some you can control, others you can't

One that affects every student (and teacher), and that we can control, is indoor air quality

In this video I walk through how and offer some solutions
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https://youtu.be/CGjcvfTD5SQ

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Clean Air Classrooms #CleanAirForLife @cleanairclassrm.bsky.social · 10d

This is a WHO publication in 2022

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Clean Air Classrooms #CleanAirForLife @cleanairclassrm.bsky.social · 15d

A global call to action
UN
#HealthyIndoorAir

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Healthy Indoor Air: A Global Call to Action

Join global leaders, policymakers, scientists and health experts for Healthy Indoor Air: A Global Call to Action – the inaugural High-Level Side Event on indoor air quality, to take place on the sidel...

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Dr Satoshi Akima, FRACP @toshiakima.bsky.social · Aug 23

Australians can only access one COVID-19 vaccine right now. Experts say that's a problem
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Australians can only access one COVID-19 vaccine right now. Experts say that's a problem

Pfizer's JN.1 vaccine has been the only option available to Australians since the start of the year. Here's what happened to the other brands, and why experts say choice matters when it comes to vacci...

www.sbs.com.au

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TRAstonDrs @castltrastondrs.bsky.social · 11d

#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #immunosky #oncosky #publichealth While not a classic #oncogenicvirus, #SARSCoV2 might fuel #lungcancer through multiple indirect mechanisms, creating a pro-tumorigenic environment in t🫁 .

Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP @davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 12d

The double-edged sword: How SARS-CoV-2 might fuel lung cancer:
Investigating the potential oncogenic mechanisms of the novel coronavirus
in lung carcinogenesis

doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...

Redirecting

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Clean Air Classrooms #CleanAirForLife @cleanairclassrm.bsky.social · 14d

#CovidIsAirborne

Evidence today
🇬🇧 COVID Inquiry
Clinically Vulnerable Families
Children &
Young People's Voices
@cvcev.bsky.social

No child should ever choose between
#educationANDlives

#CleanIndoorAir
Access and equity to #SaferIndoorAir and
Safe Learning is A #Humanright

Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 14d

Today @larawong.bsky.social gives evidence at the #CovidInquiry, sharing the voices of children in Clinically Vulnerable Families.

Alongside, we launch our new report: Children & Young People in Clinically Vulnerable Families.

No child should ever choose between #educationANDlives.

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Prof Geoff Hanmer @geoff-hanmer.bsky.social · 12d

Too high. 700 ppm desirable, 800 ppm max over an hour, 1,000 ppm upper limit for no more than 5 minutes in an hour.

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Clean Air Classrooms #CleanAirForLife @cleanairclassrm.bsky.social · 11d

Note the above publication is 2022!

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 14d

184 years earlier than predicted, London has met the legal limits for toxic NO2 for the first time.

This historic milestone proves that bold action like expanding ULEZ works, protecting children’s health and giving millions cleaner air to breathe.

London Ulez reduced nitrogen dioxide to legal limit, mayor says

The mayor of London says the fall in airborne toxins is due to the Ultra low emission zone expansion.

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 14d

Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.

Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.

What, Michelle? 🧵

Rachel wearing very flimsy looking apron, mask and visor in NHS setting

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Prof Brendan Crabb AC @brendancrabb.bsky.social · 14d

“These findings add to previous evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multisystem effects and highlight the need to promote vaccination in younger populations...”

Time to reconsider our approach to kids and COVID/long COVID.

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Long COVID associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among children and adolescents in the omicron era (RECOVER-EHR): a retrospective cohort study

Children and adolescents face a significantly higher risk of various PASC outcomes after reinfection with SARS-CoV-2. These findings add to previous evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multisyst...

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Dustin Poppendieck @poppendieck.bsky.social · 20d

Nice to see @isiaq.bsky.social, ASHRAE, and American Lung Association among those organizations.

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 20d

Yesterday, history happened at the UN: For the first time hundreds of orgs signed a global pledge declaring that healthy indoor air is a human right.

Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!

People signing the Global Pledge for Healthy Indoor Air at the UN

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