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Screenshot of a CIDRAP article titled “Report underscores death toll of health care-related infections.” Subheading shows “News brief | February 21, 2026” by Laine Bergeson, with topic listed as Healthcare-Associated Infections. Below the headline is an image of a patient’s hand in a hospital setting with an IV cannula inserted and secured with medical tape, tubing visible, suggesting clinical care and infection risk context.

Spain: Healthcare-Associated Infections Kill 3× More People Than Car Accidents Each Year.

Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) cause about 6,774 deaths a year in Spain — Over 3× more than car accidents — showing a serious but often overlooked health risk.

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Dysautonomia, Coxiella, and ME/CFS Coxiella burnetii (the bacterium that causes Q fever) naturally infects farm animals, such as goats, sheep, and cows. In humans, it is suggested that it could contribute to post-infectious syndromes such as ME/CFS. According to researchers based in Serbia, dysautonomia (autonomic nervous system dysfunction) may play a role in chronic Coxiella-related disease. Methods: 100 participants (35 with ME/CFS) who demonstrated specific IgM antibodies to Coxiella burnetii, plus 56 healthy age- and sex-matched controls, were evaluated for autonomic function. Key finding: Dysautonomia was significantly more prevalent in the Coxiella group than in the control group. The researchers suggest "Coxiella burnetii infection may trigger persistent autonomic dysfunction, potentially contributing to the development of ME/CFS..." Miloyanoyi6, B.et al (2025). Autonomic Dysfunction in Patients with gra SEARCH Acute Infection with Coxiella burnetii. Pathogens, [online] RE UK INFORM. INFLUENCE. INVEST. SCO36942

From ME Research UK:

Researchers suggest that coxiella bacteria, commonly found in farm animals, may contribute towards the development of dysautonomia and ME/CFS: tinyurl.com/yvvd5mmr

#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME #qfever

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

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The mass infection of an entire generation of children during the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19 is an unforgivable instance of deliberate negligence on the part of adults who have carelessly abandoned their moral obligation to shield children from harm.

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👇Listen to one of the few doctors who’s doing the right thing—instead of going along w/ the vast majority who aren’t.

“We thought that a comfortable untruth was better for your health… than actual good health.

We thought you’d prefer to believe in the tooth fairy version of the pandemic.” #COVID

Scientists Discover How To “Switch Off” Cancer Genes for Good A new study shows that targeting key epigenetic proteins may permanently switch off cancer genes. Scientists at Monash University, working with Harvard University, report they have found a way to perm...

Oh, my goodness, this is a huge breakthrough in cancer research. This is another example of why it is crucially important to fund basic scientific research.
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#COVID survivors may be at higher risk for obstructive sleep apnea for up to 4.5 years post-infection

Hospitalized and non-hospitalized COVID patients were 41% and 33%, respectively, more likely to be diagnosed as having apnea than uninfected controls.

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Epstein is the biggest cover up by the US government ever.

Period.

WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being.

There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.

If this doesn’t deep-six his Presidency I don’t know what will.

This is vile. This is ugly.

This perpetrator must be held accountable.

No longer is this right versus left.

It’s about right versus wrong.

America’s morality will be tested like never before in nearly 250 years.

Impeach, arrest, and prosecute them all. Anything less is being complicit.

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

Elmo @elmo · 1h That Bunny was AMAZING. Elmo thinks he should be called Good Bunny! Elmo loves you, Mr. Good Bunny! ❤️🎶🐰 Based Yankee @thebasedyankee You and Bad Bunny should be deported

It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."

Dems are worthless in the fight against fascism.

They spend no time actually fighting fascism, help build fascist infrastructure, alienate their own base to appease fascists in elections, and then act ouraged about things their actions made inevitable & that they no longer have the power to do...

YouTube video by NMCB | Nederlandse MECVS Cohort en Biobank Felipe Correa da Silva

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'Zombie' Remnants of COVID-19 Hunt In Packs And Kill Our Immune Cells 'Zombie' coronavirus fragments not only help drive inflammation in long-COVID, but also destroy our immune cells.

'Zombie' Remnants of COVID-19 Hunt In Packs And Kill Our Immune Cells

Study by 30+ authors shows how the destruction of the virus within our body leaves dangerous protein fragments that target immune cells, helping explain debilitating long COVID symptoms affecting millions worldwide.

Square graphic with “whn.global” in the top-left on a dark charcoal background. Large green headline reads: “It’s not ‘flu season.’ It’s stacked transmission.” Below, white text says: “Multiple respiratory pathogens are spreading at the same time— flu, COVID, RSV, measles, and more.” Under the text is a photo of a person in a black baseball cap holding a tissue to their nose/sneezing. Footer in small white text: “The World Health Network is a network devoted to global compassion—working together to inspire collective action through science for a safer, healthier world.”

Square text-only graphic on a dark charcoal background with “whn.global” in the top-left. Large green headline reads: “When illnesses overlap, harm doesn’t just add up — it multiplies.” Below in white text: “More strain on healthcare. More missed work + school. More long-term health impact. More confusion and burnout.” Then: “And eventually… we start treating preventable harm as inevitable.” (with “preventable harm” and “inevitable.” highlighted in green). Footer in small white text: “The World Health Network is a network devoted to global compassion—working together to inspire collective action through science for a safer, healthier world.”

Square graphic on a dark charcoal background with “whn.global” in the top-left. Large green headline reads: “Prevention exists, and it works.” Below, white paragraph text says: “Respirator-grade masks provide respiratory protection against inhalation of airborne pathogens. Masking is one tool among several, alongside ventilation, filtration, testing, and isolation protocols.” Beneath the text is a photo of a white respirator-style mask (N95-type) lying on a wooden tabletop with bright yellow straps. Footer in small white text: “The World Health Network is a network devoted to global compassion—working together to inspire collective action through science for a safer, healthier world.”

This isn’t just “flu season.” It’s multiple pathogens circulating at once — and the harm adds up fast.

Respirator-grade masks provide respiratory protection against inhalation of airborne pathogens. Layered prevention works: masking + ventilation + filtration + testing + isolation protocols.

You know who’s not in the Epstein files?

Undocumented immigrants
Drag queens
Trans people
The poor, unhoused, marginalized and disabled

The people you’ve been taught to hate weren’t involved in the sex trafficking ring.

The billionaires were. The wealthy. The ruling class.

So many people with ME have died in the past few months, it’s unbearable.

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour WATCH: Philadelphia lawmakers introduce 'ICE Out' legislation to restrict federal operations in city

The City of Philadelphia has introduced legislation to limited ICE in the city. The Federal Agents can not be masked, must have ID visible, must have arrested warrants signed by federal judges. They can't attack people. If they can't do this, they will be arrested.
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The Pandemic Never Ended. We Only Pretend it Did Six years into COVID-19, the world has moved on while the virus continues to disable millions. An examination of the ongoing pandemic, long COVID, and our collective failure to prevent a mass disablin...

“There are a group of people who are trying to shake everyone else awake—urgently trying to inform us that COVID-19 is ongoing. That COVID-19 is an existential threat. I want to listen to them.”
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@schoolsweek.bsky.social Covid is causing neurological problems, these are well documented now with MRI scans also but are never included in the narrative on mental health. Totally unscientific to leave out a key reason for the increase!

One of the key issues is that asymptomatic is being equated as mild but you can still get long covid & blood clots from asymptomatic infections and risk is still adding up!

K. Johnstone 4d Making sense of ME/CFS "You'd get better if you just...." is bullying and we don't deserve it. People with ME, Long Covid, and other chronic diseases are bombarded with messages that our illness can be treated 'holistically,' using a 'mind-body' approach. We just need to 'calm our nervous systems'. We need to 'reprogram our nervous systems'. The treatment you're supposed to do, the one magic trick that will 'cure' you, keeps changing. Yoga. Breathwork. Mindfulness. No, a different kind of mindfulness. Massage. Positive thinking. No, a different kind of positive thinking. It's exhausting. But more than that, it belittles us. It dismisses us. The people who insist on saying "You'd get better if you just did this one particular type of therapy," see themselves as compassionate, but they are bullies.

Short blog post by K. Johnstone @kjohnstone.bsky.social :

"'You'd get better if you just....' is bullying and we don't deserve it."

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#MEcfs #chronicillness #hiddenillness #invisibleillness #ChronicIllnesses #LongCovid #ChronicPain

I appreciate those out there protesting at great risk to their lives however i think the nation needs to grind this economy to a dead stop.
It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities.
I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.

YouTube video by Imani Barbarin Dems treated both viruses the same.

Dems treated both viruses, covid and fascism, the exact same way.

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🇨🇦PM Carney just schooled our cowardly European leaders at #Davos. This speech was clearly aimed at them:

"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."

"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)