Long COVID is more than fatigue. Our new study suggests its impact is similar to a stroke or Parkinson’s Published: August 25, 2025 6.10am AEST

Long COVID is more than fatigue. Our new study suggests its impact is similar to a stroke or Parkinson’s

Mounting evidence shows long COVID is real and serious. Studies confirm it reduces quality of life to levels seen in chronic fatigue syndrome, stroke, arthritis and Parkinson’s

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If 4.9 million kids with asthma is a national health priority, what does it mean when 5.8 million have Long Covid?

Why is the #1 chronic condition in children being ignored?

And in case you were under the impression it’s over, last month an average of 350 people per week died of #COVID in the US.

Study Reveals Symptoms Of Long COVID In Young Kids – Here's What To Look Out For The authors say it’s proof a “one-size-fits-all” approach doesn’t work with this condition.

In a sample of 472 children under 2 years, and 539 children aged 3-5 years, over 40% of those who were reported by their parents to have had Covid presented with at least one prolonged symptom. This suggests #LongCovid being common in young children

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Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

Watch out, y’all. We may be the closest thing the CDC has to a Comms team right now. 🙀

Have some good work you want to highlight? Know something that needs to get out? Contact us on Signal at altcdc.99

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Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Other C.E.O.s Join Trump at U.S.-Saudi Lunch Many of the executives — including representatives of four of the 10 biggest U.S. companies by market value — are seeking business from Saudi investors and a chance to lobby top Trump officials.

Let's not forget for a second that AI is now overwhelmingly an oligarchic project.

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US Weekly COVID update: May 5, 2025

🔸1 in 170 People Currently Infected
🔸281,000 New Daily Infections
🔸1,967,000 New Weekly Infections
🔸98,000 to 393,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases
🔸700 to 1,200 Weekly Excess Deaths

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Stuck in the Middle with Masking: Playing the Long Game in a Short-Sighted Age - WHN by Sean Mullen, PhD “Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right…” That line plays in my head more often than it should—especially when I’m the only one walking into a conference ballroom, faculty m...

So… I did a thing I'm proud of. Grateful to @thewhn.bsky.social for publishing my piece on masking at work, long-term health, and staying grounded in a chaotic world. If you’ve ever felt stuck between clowns and jokers… you’ll get it. whn.global/stuck-in-the...

My autistic adult daughter just said, "The only difference between Asperger's and autism was how well you functioned under capitalism. That's why billionaires still cling to the term."

179 experts. 28 countries. 1 message:

Long COVID is real, multi-systemic, and devastating. It affects over 400 million people. And we're not prepared.

New global consensus just dropped.

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Many autistic people have so-called “spiky profiles," as in the same person can have both pronounced abilities & disabilities—whether or not they need full-time support. Also, the same person can require high or low support at different times in their life.

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They had lawyers, trials, most were given pretrial release, allowed to testify in their own defense, got discovery, could call witnesses, could cross-examine witnesses, could present mitigation at sentencing, and had a right to appeal.

Keep up the pressure!

😮 Ours is only a few years old but it is blooming now too! Last year it only had one bloom but this year so many.

If you’re changing the definition of human rights, it means you plan on violating people’s human rights.

Fixed it for you, @NYTimes. Oh, and by the way, @ChrisVanHollen — he's NOT coming back.

The White House just posted this on X.

IN EL SALVADOR: Senator Van Hollen says Trump is in violation of court orders — and is paying El Salvador to imprison an innocent man. (And #KilmarÁbregoGarcía is not the only one)

He Is Not Just a “Nazi”: Why It Matters It’s not name-calling. It’s not theoretical.

There is a systematic effort to make the word “Nazi” seem like just another insult wielded by oversensitive libs.

But Elon Musk is not just a Nazi. He’s Dylann Roof in the West Wing hacking America to be more white, patriarchal & violent.

Why it matters.
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What’s to stop the Trump regime from arresting American citizens who support any cause the regime doesn’t like?

Where, may I ask, are the “First Amendment absolutists” these days?

Where are all the Republicans who for years have accused liberals of “cancelling” their views?

A Clearer Picture of Covid’s Lasting Effects on the Body. Five years on, scientists are starting to understand how the virus can lead to long-term, sometimes invisible changes.

A Clearer Picture of Covid’s Lasting Effects on the Body.

5 years on, scientists are starting to understand how the virus can lead to long-term, sometimes invisible changes.

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Here’s How Gen Z and Gen Alpha Are Actually Using ChatGPT at School Use of AI for schoolwork is on the rise.

“Google's f**ked right now," a NYC-based teacher says. "You open it up and the first thing is an AI overview. Kids have always been skimming the reading, but now they're skimming something that's already four-degrees removed from any primary source.”

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US COVID update: Mar 10, 2025

🔸1 in 110 people currently infected
🔸436,000 new daily infections
🔸3,052,000 new weekly infections
🔸153,000 to 610,000 Weekly Long COVID cases

"There is more transmission today than during 43.7% of the pandemic"

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'It drives sales': Amidst DEI dismantling, Hyundai maintains multicultural marketing, spend commitments In light of changes to corporate and federal diversity, equity and inclusion policies, Hyundai says its multicultural marketing efforts and budget commitments will remain in place.

✅ DEI Employer of the Day™

Hyundai

"Hyundai joins the likes of Costco, Apple, Delta Airlines and other corporations, who have either maintained or publicly defended their DEI policies"

"It drives sales." - Director of experiential and multicultural marketing, Hyundai

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Social media post by Rep. Jason Crow (@RepJasonCrow ) posted recently, with the text: 'Incredible energy at my town hall in Aurora. Thank you to the over 1,300 folks who have come to hear how we’re fighting back against President Trump’s executive orders and budget.' The post includes a photo of a crowded town hall in Aurora, showing Rep. Jason Crow speaking on stage in front of a large audience seated in an auditorium with a brick wall, large windows, and a screen displaying 'Welcome to Townhall' with his image.

Call your rep. Demand a town hall. If they’re GOP and won’t give one, invite a Dem to your district in their place. Congressional switchboard: (202) 224-3121

Zelensky is a wartime leader watching his people suffer and die under Russian attacks every day. To be lectured and lied to by Trump and Vance, as they defend the war criminal dictator committing these atrocities, is unimaginable agony. An everlasting shame for America.

In a meeting, staged by and for the Kremlin, Trump today proved he is truly the useful idiot for Russia that we all suspected. He is breaking America for the benefit of Russia.

We are under attack terrorist attack and he and Vance are leading it.

I feel as if we're capable of acknowledging that a one-day boycott is mostly symbolic without becoming contemptuous and dismissive of people finding a little meaning and comfort in such a symbol. The scorn seems petty.

A Team of Female Founders Is Launching Cloud Security Tech That Could Overhaul AI Protection Cloud “container” defenses have inconsistencies that can give attackers too much access. A new company, Edera, is taking on that challenge and the problem of the male-dominated startup world.

Cloud “container” defenses have inconsistencies that can give attackers too much access. A new company, Edera, is taking on that challenge and the problem of the male-dominated startup world.

A BBC study just found that generative AI can't even generate news story synopses with any consistent accuracy, and here we are happily pretending it's a symmetrical replacement for education and experience