Tinker Ready
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Story argues Long COVID clinics offer poor advice about exercise, while dismissing harms. thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
Less than 20% of Long COVID trials involving exercise even mention post-exertional malaise - The Sick Times
An analysis by The Sick Times find that less than 15% of Long COVID clinical trials testing the benefits of exercise or cardiopulmonary rehabilitation measured post-exertional malaise, according to th...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Story argues Long COVID clinics offer poor advice about exercise, while dismissing harms. thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
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"At this time, I suggest the general public avoid the CDC website." --epidemiologist @kkjetelina.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
One of CDC’s final blows. And what it means for you.
Where to find trusted health information now?
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November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"At this time, I suggest the general public avoid the CDC website." --epidemiologist @kkjetelina.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
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Gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted infection, is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics
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More countries report rising levels of drug-resistant gonorrhoea, warns WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that gonorrhoea, a sexually transmitted infection, is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, according to new data from its Enhanced Gonococcal Antim...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted infection, is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics
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New #WTHealth podcast up: @joannekenen.bsky.social, @shefali.bsky.social and Paige Cunningham on what the GOP really wants on health care, how the D's may well have won the shutdown, and an interview with @avik.bsky.social on possibilities for bipartisanship...
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The GOP Circles the Wagons on ACA - KFF Health News
Republicans are solidifying their opposition to extending pandemic-era subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans and seem to be coalescing around giving money directly to consumers to spend on health ca...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
New #WTHealth podcast up: @joannekenen.bsky.social, @shefali.bsky.social and Paige Cunningham on what the GOP really wants on health care, how the D's may well have won the shutdown, and an interview with @avik.bsky.social on possibilities for bipartisanship...
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The CDC website has been lobotomized. Where it once presented the decades of evidence debunking the false claims of a link between vaccines and autism, that has now been replaced with junk science.
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The CDC website has been lobotomized. Where it once presented the decades of evidence debunking the false claims of a link between vaccines and autism, that has now been replaced with junk science.
Despite near-universal health insurance coverage, more than 1 in 8 Massachusetts residents carries family medical debt. www.chiamass.gov/massachusett...
Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey
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November 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Despite near-universal health insurance coverage, more than 1 in 8 Massachusetts residents carries family medical debt. www.chiamass.gov/massachusett...
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The CDC’s website now says: The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.
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Autism and Vaccines
Answers to common questions about vaccine safety and autism.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The CDC’s website now says: The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.
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Facing mounting financial pressures, insurance companies are changing the prescription drug coverage available to many consumers in Medicare Part D.
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Rising Costs, Fewer Choices: What’s Up with Medicare Drug Plans?
Facing mounting financial pressures, insurance companies are changing the prescription drug coverage available to many consumers in Medicare Part D.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Facing mounting financial pressures, insurance companies are changing the prescription drug coverage available to many consumers in Medicare Part D.
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The US may be headed for a rough flu season, with a virus that causes more severe symptoms than the one last year and seems to be spreading more rapidly and earlier than usual.
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Early Signs Point to a Harsh Flu Season in the U.S.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The US may be headed for a rough flu season, with a virus that causes more severe symptoms than the one last year and seems to be spreading more rapidly and earlier than usual.
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“Larry Summers has demonstrated that he cannot be trusted. Period. That includes no trust for the advice he gives or for teaching students anywhere,” (Sen.)Warren told the Globe.
Larry Summers tells Harvard students he wants to continue teaching - The Boston Globe
Late Tuesday, Harvard announced it was opening a new investigation into all ties between university affiliates and Epstein.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“Larry Summers has demonstrated that he cannot be trusted. Period. That includes no trust for the advice he gives or for teaching students anywhere,” (Sen.)Warren told the Globe.
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We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
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A tiny tick bite exposes a big flaw in the health care system: Insurance companies invoke prior authorization to avoid paying for services of all kinds, even when they are minor and medically necessary. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Ticked Off Over Preauthorization: Walk-In Patient Avoided Lyme Disease but Not a Surprise Bill - KFF Health News
A Maine woman sought care at a clinic for a tick bite, then paid full price after her insurer denied coverage. Its reason? She didn't have preapproval for the walk-in visit, even though testing later ...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A tiny tick bite exposes a big flaw in the health care system: Insurance companies invoke prior authorization to avoid paying for services of all kinds, even when they are minor and medically necessary. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles.
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C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time
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November 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles.
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How Trump's patent office appointees are delaying low-cost drugs
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How Trump's patent office appointees are delaying low-cost drugs
The president talks a lot about lowering drug prices. But when it comes to action, his appointees are doing just the opposite.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
How Trump's patent office appointees are delaying low-cost drugs
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More revenge of the chemophobes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/h...
What the Air You Breathe May Be Doing to Your Brain
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November 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
More revenge of the chemophobes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/h...
More history. www.zinnedproject.org
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November 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
More history. www.zinnedproject.org
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As usual, @thesicktimes.org is live blogging today's PolyBio Fall 2025 Symposium, where leading Long COVID and IACC researchers will share updates on their work. Check this article throughout the day for our summaries of the presentations. thesicktimes.org/2025/11/14/l...
Live blog: PolyBio’s Fall 2025 Symposium shares Long COVID and related disease research updates - The Sick Times
Leading Long COVID and related disease researchers are set to present updates to their work today at the PolyBio Research Foundation’s Fall 2025 Symposium. PolyBio supports some of the most highly-ant...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
As usual, @thesicktimes.org is live blogging today's PolyBio Fall 2025 Symposium, where leading Long COVID and IACC researchers will share updates on their work. Check this article throughout the day for our summaries of the presentations. thesicktimes.org/2025/11/14/l...
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GLP-1s are being studied for a wide range of conditions. Now, scientists will test whether their anti-inflammatory properties can help alleviate symptoms of long Covid. www.wired.com/story/weight...
Weight-Loss Drug Zepbound Is Being Tested as a Treatment for Long Covid
GLP-1s are being studied for a wide range of conditions. Now, scientists will test whether their anti-inflammatory properties can help alleviate symptoms of long Covid.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
GLP-1s are being studied for a wide range of conditions. Now, scientists will test whether their anti-inflammatory properties can help alleviate symptoms of long Covid. www.wired.com/story/weight...
The Trump administration is dismantling efforts to fight the next pandemic | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The Trump administration is dismantling efforts to fight the next pandemic | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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The president of the Boston University College Republicans recently posted on X that he had been “calling ICE for months on end” to raid an Allston car wash and “detain these criminals.”
President of BU College Republicans said he called ICE about Allston car wash for ‘months on end’ - The Boston Globe
“This week they finally responded to my request,” Zac Segal wrote on Nov. 8. “As someone who lives in the neighborhood, I’ve seen how American jobs are being given away to those with no right to be here.”
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November 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The president of the Boston University College Republicans recently posted on X that he had been “calling ICE for months on end” to raid an Allston car wash and “detain these criminals.”