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Persistent neurological sequelae in children and adolescents after SARS-CoV-2: a scoping review - PubMed Our results demonstrate a considerable burden of COVID-19-related persistent neurological signs/symptoms in children and adolescents, which should be taken into consideration in healthcare decision-making.

‘The global prevalence of long COVID-19 neurological signs/symptoms was estimated between 0.4% and 34% based on online questionnaire; while it varied between 1.8 and 83.14% based on patient assessment. Long-C-related neuro symptoms more common in 11-16 yr olds.’
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Last night while we were giving out candy, a girl asked "are you people from covid?" thinking our n95s were costumes. We said no, we just don't want to catch anything. She paused and said "You guys are really smart. I'm in middle school. I can't avoid it." Kinda broke my heart.

Here's info about enrolling in this trial: longcovid.scripps.edu?utm_source=l...

SNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for more Journalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong.

“70% of wage-earning adults who rely on government programs like SNAP and Medicaid work full-time, many at hugely profitable companies like Walmart and McDonald’s whose low wages are effectively subsidized by tax dollars without any of the blame or paternalistic lectures.”

Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief

We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
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COVID in Pregnancy Linked to Kids' Risk of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Findings build on broader research linking maternal infection and neurodevelopmental outcomes

All the more reason to get your updated COVID 19 booster, especially if you’re planning to get pregnant.

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Review: Human H5N1 avian flu cases can be asymptomatic, and the virus likely spreads among people

😬 "believed to have been infected through human-to-human spread"...

Meanwhile our homicidally negligent public health and infection control leaders are still lying to the public about the need for proper protections against aerosol transmission, to cover up their last lethal "very big mistake".

Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending' A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...

A Nature poll found that 75% of U.S. researchers are considering leaving the country.

Guyz, even the *historians* are leaving or contemplating / likely to go. Including, at least 3 historians that I know of in my subfield. 😢

humanity doesn't need to be educated into people

they already have it

it is the inhumanity of the civilised rational actor that must be taught

and it takes the rewards of privilege to motivate acceptance of membership of that elite class

More than 47 million Americans — including one in five children — don’t have reliable, affordable access to nutritious food. And as the cost of living skyrockets, more families are depending on SNAP benefits, or food stamps, to put food on the table.

NASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say "There is just a general acknowledgement that a lot of what is happening is illegal…"

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, where I worked for NASA. is in real trouble--and it's all because of the Trump regime.

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New coronavirus subspecies with SARS-CoV-2–like mutation discovered in Brazilian bat The bat harbored the BRZ batCoV virus, which the researchers say has likely been silently circulating in Latin America for some time.

Not now, Brazilian bat, not now.

New coronavirus subspecies with SARS-CoV-2–like mutation discovered in Brazilian bat

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I think that it's telling that the model use case for all this tech is just slavery, or a replication of slavery, from aesthetics to the possibility of labour without rights.

The most frightening thing happening today is that 42 million people, including 16 million children, will be losing access to food assistance from the US government.

The “Invasion” Invention: The Far Right’s Long Legal Battle to Make Immigrants the Enemy The Trump administration is using the claim that immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process. A faction of the f...

In remarks to a private audience in 2023, Russell Vought, who is Trump’s budget chief and the intellectual force behind Trump’s unprecedented power grab, said he championed the term “invasion” because it “unlocked” extraordinary presidential powers.

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Trump orders Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons 'immediately' The U.S. voluntarily halted nuclear explosive testing in 1992, though it has the ability to resume tests at a site in Nevada.

BREAKING: Trump orders the Pentagon to start testing nuclear weapons for the first time since 1992.

An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.

Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.

Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.

Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.

The maritime military strikes off Venezuela and CECOT detention make it clear that mere deportation of immigrants is not the end game, the goal is to criminalize and dehumanize non-whiteness throughout the hemisphere.

You know it’s serious when corporates begin to complain.

$DAL

Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

Unless I'm missing something, this seems pretty straightforwardly unconstitutional.

“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...

Pay attention: Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state. @dougbockclark.bsky.social

Many Kentuckians to pay hundreds or even thousands more for health insurance next year Kentucky Public Radio analyzed quotes from the state’s health insurance marketplace and found premium increases ranging from 60% to 600% compared to 2025.

With federal subsidies set to expire unless Congress acts quickly, Kentucky Public Radio analyzed quotes from the state’s health insurance marketplace and found premium increases ranging from 60% to 600% compared to 2025. From @justinhicks.lpm.org

Democratic leaders sue Trump administration for stopping food aid during the shutdown Democratic leaders are suing the Trump administration for ending food aid programs during the shutdown. They argue, despite the administration's claims, there are emergency funds available.

On NPR this morning: www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...

"...hunting people to try to purge people from the rolls who are lawfully registered, and they are doing it by looking at unreliable, outdated data,” Short said.

DHS Agreement Reveals Risks of Using Social Security Data for Voter Citizenship Checks A recently released agreement gives the Department of Homeland Security access to hundreds of millions of Americans’ Social Security data. It contains alarmingly few provisions to ensure accuracy and privacy, experts say.

NEW: DHS used to only have information on immigrants who’d had contact with the agency.

Under a new data-sharing agreement, the system added information — including full Social Security numbers — on millions of Americans not in DHS databases.

in Demolition Man, Sylvester Stallone plays a supercop from the violent 1990s frozen in time and sent to the future. He winds up fighting a group of terrorists until he realizes they're just trying to steal food, at which point he refuses to continue attacking them

40% of households relying on SNAP have kids

People are quick to blame the parents

It’s not the parent’s fault that 1 in 8 Americans are forced to rely on SNAP

It’s a systemic failure

Blaming the parents is just a different way of saying you’re fine if kids starve