Pharmacy Times: 'New Research Sheds Light on Link Between Leukocyte Count and Long COVID Symptom Severity' New research findings, published in Menopause, shed light into the mechanisms behind the sustained COVID symptoms many patients experience in..long COVID www.pharmacytimes.com/view/new-res...

New Research Sheds Light on Link Between Leukocyte Count and Long COVID Symptom Severity

In older postmenopausal women, leukocyte count was found to be an independent predictor of long COVID symptom severity, highlighting its potential for use as a novel symptom biomarker.

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#chronicillness #chronicillnessmemes #chronicillnesscommunity #spoonie #spooniememes #spooniesky #medsky

Being an asshole has consequences.

Cardiologists seeing more cases of POTS since the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic. "Dr Hong said the condition can be debilitating, with symptoms like dizziness, fainting, brain fog, shortness of breath and even gastrointestinal issues."

Cardiologists seeing more cases of POTS since the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic

POTS is a condition that disrupts the body's ability to regulate blood flow while changing positions. Dr. Charles Hong says they have seen a sharp rise since COVID.

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March 10, 2025 - Five years ago today - On the Eve of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the World Had No Idea What Was Coming... (A graphic I saved from that day...) Today we have over 777 million cases and over 7 million deaths, and the COVID-19 pandemic is still not over.

It’s Long Covid Awareness Week, and we need governments to make long Covid a priority. So we’re asking YOU to send a letter to your federal and provincial/territorial representatives, urging them to fund long Covid awareness, research, and support. #ILCAD2025 #LongCovidAwarenessDay 1/2

“Children are increasingly starting primary school struggling to talk” Well it can’t be lockdowns - many of the kids that started school last September weren’t even born! So can we start addressing the elephant in the room: Covid brain damage. #LongCovidKids www.independent.co.uk/news/educati...

Children are starting primary school struggling to communicate, teachers have warned

Warnings over declining language skills come as early years organisations publish list of things a child should be able to do before they start reception

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It's official: The lunatics are now running the asylum.

MPR News: Osterholm predicted a pandemic for years. Then the battle against COVID-19 became personal 'So many people simultaneously experiencing long COVID, Osterholm said..new effort being made to understand these immune system responses that are just out of whack" www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

Osterholm predicted a pandemic for years. Then the battle against COVID-19 became personal

Five years ago, news of a fast-spreading respiratory virus was making headlines in the United States. In Minnesota, public health expert Michael Osterholm was keeping close tabs.

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Climate change.

Tyler K. Stroud@stroudarian.bsky.social · 2y ago

‘They got COVID-19 five years ago, and they don’t know why they’re still sick' Gansler, an academic advisor at Michigan State University: “I struggled to find support in the medical community, and I had to do a lot of my own research." #LongCovid www.mlive.com/news/2025/03...

They got COVID-19 five years ago, and they don’t know why they’re still sick

Two long-haulers share insights on managing post-COVID conditions, emphasizing gradual improvement and self-care strategies.

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Michigan Live: 'They got COVID-19 five years ago, and they don’t know why they’re still sick' Gansler, an academic advisor at Michigan State University: “I struggled to find support in the medical community, and I had to do a lot of my own research." www.mlive.com/news/2025/03...

They got COVID-19 five years ago, and they don’t know why they’re still sick

Two long-haulers share insights on managing post-COVID conditions, emphasizing gradual improvement and self-care strategies.

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The demand for the measles vaccine is so high in Texas that they are now RUNNING OUT of them. I have always said it would come to this. Science will always exist. Politics will never usurp it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Texas cities run short of MMR vaccine as measles outbreak drives demand

Pharmacies are struggling with supplies as fatal outbreak expands and health secretary sows disinformation

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More Measles Maryland reports a new case linked to international travel—not connected to the Texas/New Mexico outbreak. Potential exposures: - Dulles International Airport (arrivals baggage claim) - Johns Hopkins Howard County Pediatric ER health.maryland.gov/newsroom/Pag...

Infectious Diseases@infectiousdz.bsky.social · 2y ago

More measles. Florida has joined the chat 1 Student, Miami Palmetto Senior High School in Pinecrest Meanwhile, Texas alone has 163 cases, including 4 outside West Texas -2 Harris -1 Rockwall -1 Austin, Travis - infant, intl travel www.wdhn.com/news/first-f... www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...

Happy International Women's Day especially to the amazing women in the Long Covid and chronic illness community. A special thought for the patient advocates/researchers who are doing so much heavy lifting for LC recognition, sometimes with little help or recognition. Thanks 🌸

“Five years on from COVID, one survivor reflects on having to fight for his life” “He knows that he will live with the long-term health complications from COVID for the rest of his life” www.coastfm.co.uk/news/uk/five...

Five years on from COVID, one survivor reflects on having to fight for his life

Mark Hammersley is a survivor. Standing in the Welsh sun, smiling broadly with an outreaching hand to welcome me, he looks the picture of good health. 

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Kids keep getting sicker as evidence for COVID immune damage builds by @juliadoubleday.bsky.social www.thegauntlet.news/p/kids-keep-...

Kids keep getting sicker as evidence for COVID immune damage builds

As the press pushes "immunity debt" past the breaking point of believability, are parents ready to wake up to the illness crisis?

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Please don’t have “measles parties.” Even for kids who fully recover, measles is a miserable experience. And a substantial number will have complications. Just get vaccinated instead.

To the men who spent today mansplaining, harassing & talking down to me… thanks for showing us WHY we still need an International Women’s Day. If you’re coming into the posts of women sharing their experiences & advocating for equality just to demean and agitate… you’re 100% part of the problem.

Telling a disabled person who can’t work that they will be punished with if they don’t work… is like saying to an average non-disabled person they will have their pay withheld if they can’t run a 4 minute mile… Utterly meaningless and impossible to achieve.

Kids keep getting sicker as evidence for COVID immune damage builds “As the press pushes "immunity debt" past the breaking point of believability, are parents ready to wake up to the illness crisis?”

Kids keep getting sicker as evidence for COVID immune damage builds

As the press pushes "immunity debt" past the breaking point of believability, are parents ready to wake up to the illness crisis?

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"She would say that her brain felt as if a part of it was missing and asked me to check her skull for indentations." The lasting trauma of measles encephalitis. www.voicesforvaccines.org/measles-and-...

Measles and My Sister

At the end of February 1960, my sister, a precocious, healthy child was halfway through the fourth grade in Rockland County when she contracted measles from one of her classmates who lived right down…

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Cathie from Canada's blog: Yes, the Annexing Canada talk is serious now. Deadly serious. cathiefromcanada.blogspot.com/2025/03/yes-...

Yes, the Annexing Canada talk is serious now. Deadly serious.

"Do not go gentle into that good night. Blog, blog against the dying of the light"

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Scientists Have Discovered Shocking Amounts of Microplastics in the Brain - And It Could Be Increasing Our Risk of Dementia ->SciTechDaily | #Microplastic #Science | More info from EcoSearch

Scientists Have Discovered Shocking Amounts of Microplastics in the Brain - And It Could Be Increasing Our Risk of Dementia

The brain has higher concentrations of plastic particles compared to other organs, with increased levels found in dementia patients. In a comprehensive commentary published in Brain Medicine, researchers highlight alarming new evidence of microplastic accumulation in human brain tissue, offering...

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Disabled women are more likely to experience abuse than their non disabled peers We’re often trapped with caregivers who treat us badly & lack the support to leave Many disability benefits are cut if you marry, forcing dependence We need a universal basic income so we can have autonomy #IWD2025

The Sunday edition of the virus update with the latest news and data of the day and my weekly look at Covid and other viruses in wastewater. Covid Is Not Over, As It Still Shows Up In Wastewater Everywhere! youtu.be/NnYytw_EDRo?... via @YouTube