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Updated Evidence for Covid-19, RSV, and Influenza Vaccines for 2025–2026 | NEJM Changes in the vaccine advisory process in the United States have disrupted immunization guidance, which reinforces the need for independent evidence review to inform decisions regarding immunizati...

In case you were hesitating:
"Ongoing peer-reviewed evidence supports the safety and effectiveness of immunizations against Covid-19, RSV, and influenza during the 2025–2026 season."

Covid in pregnancy tied to autism, developmental issues, study says A study published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology analyzed more than 18,100 births in Massachusetts of children born to women who contracted the virus starting in the early months of the pand...

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"Children born to mothers infected with #COVID during pregnancy faced a higher risk of autism, along with other neurological differences such as delays in speech & motor development" -

Via @joffirphd.bsky.social

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

🧬 New Lancet Infectious Diseases study: children face >2x higher risk of Long COVID after reinfection.
Even mild reinfections matter — prevention & monitoring remain key.
At ERINHA, we support research that strengthens global preparedness. 🌍

https://thelancet.pulse.ly/ys4eabkfp0

COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years - npj Dementia npj Dementia - COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years

Covid-19 roughly doubled the risk of vascular dementia in adults 50+ and for those with pre-existing mental illness the risk rose ~5x.

A similar signal appears after other viral infections - a reminder that viruses aren’t "mild" when it comes to brain health 🧠

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

As Their Numbers Grow, COVID-19 “Long Haulers” Stump Experts This Medical News article discusses the puzzling phenomenon of “long-haulers,” patients who haven’t returned to full health weeks or even months after what sometimes is a mild case of COVID-19.

September 2020, JAMA: ‘As Their Numbers Grow, COVID-19 “Long Haulers” Stump Experts’

‘Lockman and many other long haulers describe their most debilitating persistent symptom as impaired memory and concentration, often with extreme fatigue.’

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Brain Microstructural Alterations in Children Post‐COVID‐19 Infection Through VBM, SBM, and Structural Covariance Network Analysis Background Children represent a particularly vulnerable group to the long-term consequences of COVID-19 due to their ongoing neurodevelopment. This study aimed to identify transient and persistent s...

2022 Nachweis chronischer Lungen Schäden, jetzt:

MRT STUDIE:
"COVID-19 Kinder, können strukturelle Hirnveränderungen & Störungen der Netzwerkkonnektivität aufweisen, von denen einige ...FORTBESTEHEN."

Betroffen:
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Gedächtnis
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Israel has violated ceasefire 47 times and killed 38 Palestinians, says Gaza media office Authorities urge UN to intervene ‘to protect unarmed civilian populations’ after attack on bus that killed 11 Gaza’s media office has accused Israel of violating the ceasefire with Hamas 47 times since the truce came into effect in early October, killing 38 Palestinians and wounding another 143. “These violations have included crimes of direct gunfire against civilians, deliberate shelling and targeting, and the arrest of a number of civilians, reflecting the occupation’s continued policy of aggression despite the declared end of the war,” reads the statement. Continue reading...

Israel has violated ceasefire 47 times and killed 38 Palestinians, says Gaza media office

Alberta’s education system has become the latest front in a growing political and ideological struggle. Journalist @melwoods.me investigates how far-right movements mirroring those found in the US have made their way into classrooms north of the border: thewalrus.ca/the-battle-brewi...

How far-right groups brought the culture war to Alberta schools | Xtra Magazine Many of the most vocal groups in developing Alberta’s school policies have no affiliation to kids or the education system

Alberta schools are at the centre of the growing culture war, and the book bans and school pronoun policies can be traced back to far-right activist groups.

Muppet looking person & flu shot sign

Just walked by a pharmacy & spur of moment went in and asked about the new Covid vax - got it & the flu shot - too get - so fast so free. Get vaxed & live your life. 💉

Lyra’s last story – exclusive extract from Philip Pullman’s final instalment in The Book of Dust trilogy Thirty years ago, The Northern Lights introduced the world to Lyra Belacqua. Now, Pullman completes her story in The Rose Field – plus listen to an audiobook extract read by Michael Sheen

Lyra’s last story – exclusive extract from Philip Pullman’s final instalment in The Book of Dust trilogy

COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between? Immune dysfunction and systemic effects in HIV and SARS-CoV-2 infections are distinct, but share relevant similarities and downstream consequences. We…

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"While SARS-CoV-2 does not cause HIV/AIDS, its ability to induce immune dysfunction—including T cell depletion and dysfunction, increased susceptibility to infection... and systemic damage provide parallels..." #COVID

Alterations of the amygdala in post-COVID olfactory dysfunction - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Alterations of the amygdala in post-COVID olfactory dysfunction

University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, 61 adults about 8 months after COVID were scanned by MRI.

Those with persistent smell loss showed structural changes in the amygdala linked to smell and emotion, along with higher anxiety and depression scores.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This was a known risk about the original SARS-CoV-1 virus, from a medical study in 2010. Everyone just chose to ignore it a decade later. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20337995/

COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between? Immune dysfunction and systemic effects in HIV and SARS-CoV-2 infections are distinct, but share relevant similarities and downstream consequences. We…

"While SARS-CoV-2 does not cause HIV/AIDS, its ability to induce immune dysfunction—including T cell depletion and dysfunction, increased susceptibility to infection including opportunistic, accelerated biological aging, neurological, and systemic damage provide parallels in terms of AIDS."

Respiratory viral infections awaken metastatic breast cancer cells in lungs - Nature Mouse models show that respiratory infections from viruses such as influenza and SARS-CoV-2 can trigger metastasis of dormant breast cancer cells in the lungs, a finding supported by epidemiological d...

Dormant cancers can be reawakened by flu, Covid

Findings indicate that increased risk of cancer death is greatest in the first few months after a Covid infection.

"Together, the data indicate a markedly increased risk of death from cancer for cancer survivors who contract a SARS-CoV-2 infection."

A call for compassion for Toronto’s unhoused We should look beyond the tents in our public spaces and see that the unhoused deserving of compassion and dignity.

From lawsuits against shelters to growing encampments, Toronto’s housing crisis exposes deep cracks in public empathy. #housingcrisis

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CO2 from wildfires increases by 9% as climate crisis supercharges infernos Greenhouse gases from wildfires at sixth highest level on record after blazes in large areas of the Americas and Africa Carbon emissions from extreme wildfires increased by 9% last year to reach the sixth highest level on record. Intense fast-spreading fires devastated huge swathes of South America’s rainforests, dry forests and wetlands and decimated Canada’s northern forests, pushing up the levels of damaging greenhouse gases. Continue reading...

CO2 from wildfires increases by 9% as climate crisis supercharges infernos

The other word for objections to diversity, equity, and inclusion is "racism"

Here's the link
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Get your COVID-19 booster or at least mask up. Get the shingles vaccine too if you can.

How Mark Carney is complicating Canada’s climate progress | The Narwhal From cancelling the carbon tax to pausing the EV mandate, Mark Carney’s government is making sweeping changes to Canada’s environmental rules

From cancelling the carbon tax to pausing the electric vehicle mandate, Prime Minister Mark Carney is making sweeping changes to Canada’s environmental rules — and complicating Canada’s progress on climate change. thenarwhal.ca/mark-carney-...

After 10 years, only 14 of 94 Truth and Reconciliation calls to action have been completed After 10 years, many of the 94 Calls to Action issued by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission have either stalled or have not been started.

40% of TRC Calls to Action remain untouched a decade later.

#NDTR, #TruthAndReconciliation #OrangeShirtDay

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Is reconciliation losing momentum? Depends on who you ask Thousands of people attended events on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30. Is reconciliation losing its meaning?

It has been ten years since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its final report and some feel the initiative is losing momentum.

A rare October 2025 harvest moon will rise over Ontario skies soon. Here’s when to catch it — and why it will look massive October’s full moon is a supermoon, so it will appear big and bright. Here’s when to look out for it.

A rare October 2025 harvest moon will rise over Ontario skies soon. Here’s when to catch it — and why it will look massive

My petty gripe: not only am I losing my livelihood to AI – now it’s stealing my em dashes too The humble em dash is being used as a tell that something is written by a large language model. But it’s James Shackell’s favourite piece of punctuation, and he’s not ready to lose it

My petty gripe: not only am I losing my livelihood to AI – now it’s stealing my em dashes too

Count down to “Young men keep writing things on ammo and shooting people, are women not making enough room for men in the crafting space?”

Watch this, knowing that Banting and Best never wanted to commercialize insulin, and it'll make you cry to see how far the prevaling logic of capitlist greed has dragged us from the light.

www.facebook.com/watch/?v=798...

Carney’s Liberals are cowards. But we knew that already.

👀 Just put this on my TBR list! “weaving together a classic North American noir detective story, Irish mythology, gothic-style horror and frontier-town adventure, all against the backdrop of an early-20th-century mining town.“

Israel cuts funding for national film awards after Palestinian story wins top prize ‘The Sea’, which follows a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, won several awards at the Ophirs

A Palestinian film about a little boy won an award and Israel cut off the funds immediately.
Meanwhile we are subjected to whiny articles about how unfair it is to boycott Israeli films, academics, artists.
This is about standing up to genocide.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...