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Dr. Carol Pak-Teng MD (@cpaktengmd) on Threads Long Covid ended my ER doctor career at 38 years old!!! I became completely bed bound and now still 3 years later cycle in and out of barely being able to live a “normal” life. Please listen to her on...

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Toxic Fumes Are Leaking Into Airplanes, Sickening Crews and Passengers Doctors compare brain effects to concussions in NFL players. A Wall Street Journal investigation shows such incidents are increasingly common.

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This is disturbing. I'm considering adding a respirator with activated carbon to my travel kit.

1+ million people (US) reported rationing their insulin in the past year due to cost, farmers are going bankrupt, in August 2025 total foreclosure filings were up 18.1% compared to August 2024…

But Trump and his family are making billions. *heavy sigh*

The grift machine is working OT.

Dr. King wearing a high quality mask while chairing the meeting 👏👏👏

There’s a historic indoor clean air high level event at the UN today.

@drbronking.bsky.social is of course leading by example wearing a high quality mask while chairing the meeting 👏👏👏

#Seaweed farms are a dual solution for climate change & sustainable energy.
- don't require freshwater, fertilizer, or arable land to grow, making it one of the most eco-friendly resources
- naturally absorbs massive amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis helping
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Can’t even leave for work in peace.
It’s disheartening to witness the increasing harassment and intimidation faced by individuals in the minority community across Washington, D.C.

Minnesota assassination suspect Vance Boelter seems to be associated with the authoritarian, charismatic Christian right.

2 months ago, The Christ for The Nations Institute (CFNI) honored Cindy Jacobs, a top apostle and prophet in the theocratic New Apostolic Reformation movement.

RFK Jr. names some vaccine critics to key CDC committee after ousting entire panel The new members will join the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

🚨🚨RFK Jr. names some vaccine critics to key CDC committee after ousting entire panel

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Thank you. Still mostly on the Xitter so will try to cross post more

New moment of “WTF”:

-pt with rare infection (so rare will leave unnamed, as could reveal identity)
-nl times: reach out to CDC for testing
-now: “they confirmed they are not currently accepting specimens for serology…they suggested we could reach out to Canada National Reference Center”

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Thailand reports over 53,000 new Covid-19 cases in a week, school shifts to online learning - VnExpress International Thailand recorded 53,563 Covid-19 cases with five deaths from May 18 to 24, according the Department of Disease Control under the Thai Ministry of Public Health.

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ondering how this year’s measles outbreaks compare to previous years? This chart shows that 2025 (dark purple) is already about 4x higher than this time last year (light purple), which was itself a sharp increase over 2023. The trend is alarming. Prevention—including vaccination—is critical.

Thank you for looking at it. I am very concerned that if h5n1 takes off that artificial distances between ppl might be advocated as was done with Covid and these may not be very protective.

Transmission of bovine H5N1 virus in a hamster model | Journal of Virology Transmission among mammals of bovine highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 viruses, which have caused outbreaks in US dairy cattle (1–3), has been demonstrated in ferrets by our group (4, 5) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (6). These studies showed that these viruses can be transmitted among ferrets via respiratory droplets, albeit with lower efficiency than seasonal human influenza viruses. In contrast, bovine HPAI H5N1 viruses spread easily among ferrets through direct contact (3 of 3 [100%] ferrets) (6). Although ferrets are frequently used for influenza virus transmission (7–9) and vaccine efficacy (10, 11) studies, they demand considerable housing space and personnel and can be difficult to handle. Here, we investigated the transmissibility of the bovine HPAI H5N1 virus A/Texas/37/2024 (TX/37), which was 100% lethal in ferrets inoculated with as little as 10 plaque-forming units (PFUs) (5) by using a hamster model. Six-week-old Syrian hamsters were anesthetized and intranasally infected with 103 PFU of TX/37. To study respiratory droplet transmission, we placed an infected animal in one chamber of a transmission cage that had two wire mesh partitions 5 cm apart to prevent direct and indirect contact between animals (Fig. 1A) and placed a naïve hamster in the other chamber in 24 h post-infection (four pairs). To study direct contact transmission, we cohoused an infected hamster with a naïve hamster (Fig. 1B) at 24 h post-infection (five pairs). Nasal washes (NWs) with 400 µL of phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) were collected every other day starting on day 2 post-infection or post-exposure (Fig. 1C), and virus titers were quantified by performing plaque assays in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. The NW of the exposed hamsters was also tested by using a rapid diagnostic kit (ESPLINE Influenza A&B-N, FUJIREBIO, Japan), and if positive, the hamsters were euthanized, and their nasal turbinates, lungs, and brains were collected for virus titration.

Just wondering if you have any thoughts on this hamster study in contrast to the ferret influenza study you published last year . journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Mike Hoerger, PhD MSCR MBA on X: "PMC Dashboard, Mar 24, 2025 (U.S.) 🧵5/5 Please edit, improve, and share this information across platforms. 🎉👏👏👏 Find the complete dashboard at https://t.co/sYT5KNi9WZ https://t.co/O4Et1ZaDzX" / X PMC Dashboard, Mar 24, 2025 (U.S.) 🧵5/5 Please edit, improve, and share this information across platforms. 🎉👏👏👏 Find the complete dashboard at https://t.co/sYT5KNi9WZ https://t.co/O4Et1ZaDzX

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Experimental analysis to quantify inactivation of microorganisms by Far-UVC irradiation in indoor environments. Far-UVC irradiation at a 222 nm wavelength is a promising technology for inactivating microorganisms in indoor environments to mitigate transmission o…

🧪Our new paper measuring the bio inactivation by Far UVC is out. We look at ventilation rate, two bacteria (S aureus, P aeruginosa) and some initial tests on distance www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer walks Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to his motorcade after their meeting in Number 10

Kennedy Jr backtracks and says US measles outbreak is now a ‘top priority’ for health department Health secretary earlier said outbreak was ‘not unusual’ but with first US measles death in decade steps up response

Kennedy Jr backtracks and says US measles outbreak is now a ‘top priority’ for health department www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Denis - The COVID info guy - on X: "New MRI Study Uncovers Hidden Lung Abnormalities in Children With Long COVID. "The study found reduced blood flow in the lungs, correlating with severe fatigue and breathing issues." Study: https://t.co/6N3UX3f7U7 https://t.co/rXYVrKWeBZ" / X New MRI Study Uncovers Hidden Lung Abnormalities in Children With Long COVID. "The study found reduced blood flow in the lungs, correlating with severe fatigue and breathing issues." Study: https://t.co/6N3UX3f7U7 https://t.co/rXYVrKWeBZ

Screening children for Long Covid with MRI
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I ask because similar issues happen under various economic systems as human nature does not change. It seems to me the Scandinavian alternatives of regulated capitalism w a strong social safety net allows for economic growth &societal support. VAT tax on luxury goods & revised income tax can do it.

Plenty of men speak to women this way no matter their rank AND I agree with your analysis that Biden and Obama would not have done it.

Brown had to go - he was serving his country while black.

What is your proposed alternative?

We NEED EVERY medical journal and every media publication to do this.

𝕏 is a cesspool and BlueSky needs a chance.

Way to go @kidneymed.bsky.social
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#medsky #nephsky

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One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

We're rallying at the Treasury building NOW to stop Elon Musk's billionaire takeover. Tune in:
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