More than 6 years after the pandemic started, people with long covid and myalgic encephalomyelitis are still struggling to cope with their physical disabilities as well as the stigmatisation and psychologisation, while research, healthcare and support are inadequate. www.rts.ch/info/sante/2...

Six ans après la pandémie, que deviennent les malades du Covid long ?

Le 19 février dernier, un jeune Autrichien de 22 ans, Samuel, fait appel au suicide assisté pour mettre fin à sa "souffrance inimaginable" causée par le Covid long. Plus de six ans après le début de l...

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State of the Gironde fires at 09:00 French time. They are extending.

My word of the day - akimbo which came to mind looking at how my dog was sitting. Surprised to see that it’s etymology is Middle English meaning sharp angle.

Does the (live) shingles vaccine protect against dementia? Fergus Hamilton and colleagues provide important evidence in a new preprint using hospital data from the whole of England in a regression discontinuity design from which we *don't* show evidence of a meaningful protective effect /cont

Does anyone care?

OFID: Preparing for the Next Pandemic: Learning From COVID-19 to Build What Comes Next by Maria Van Kerkhove @mvankerkhove.bsky.social bit.ly/4phW8uw

Preparing for the Next Pandemic: Learning From COVID-19 to Build What Comes Next

Abstract. WHO's efforts to strengthen pandemic preparedness—grounded in what the world learned during COVID-19 and what today's outbreaks of avian influenz

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So little coverage of Arthur Fery’s progress at Wimbledon. Imagine if it had been Raducanu into the quarter finals…

@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social researchers have secured £12.7 million in funding from the UK’s @aria-research.bsky.social to develop new ways to protect people from respiratory viruses. www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article...

Imperial secures £12.7m from ARIA to develop broad protection against respiratory viruses

Imperial researchers have secured £12.7 million in funding from the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), to develop new wa...

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If you have #LongCovid how can you tell if you've fully recovered? 6 yrs of evidence & collective lived experience show us this is not an easy question to answer, yet reaching consensus on the definition of recovery is essential for research & care. Our piece @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/393/...

What does it mean to recover from long covid?

Defining recovery is essential for research, clinical care, and patient experience, say Charlie Dennis and Nisreen A Alwan If you have long covid, how can you tell if you have fully recovered? Six y...

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📣Our team is growing! We are looking for 5 new people to help us expand the work we are doing to support community engagement and involvement in translational research. Visit the Imperial College Jobs website and apply: tinyurl.com/3k7vmxzu

This study shows an association between low emission zones and cardiovascular & all cause hospital admissions. If this is a causal effect the mechanism may not only be through air pollution but could be active travel behaviour through less noise, feeling safer etc www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Emergency hospital admissions fell after introduction of London’s T-charge and Ulez, study suggests

Imperial College scientists analysed health records before and after introduction of air pollution reduction zones

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A proper spaniel walk - retrieving the ball, chasing stick, ‘find-it’ games (working dogs love it). And she found the only muddy water in the park of course…

We are hiring 5 new posts for @imperialperc.bsky.social Posts are on the Imperial College Jobs website under Faculty of Medicine/ School of Public Health www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

We are hiring! 5 new posts in the Patient Experience Research Centre at Imperial College London to expand the work we are doing to support community engagement and involvement in translational… | Pro...

We are hiring! 5 new posts in the Patient Experience Research Centre at Imperial College London to expand the work we are doing to support community engagement and involvement in translational resear...

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We are hiring 5 new posts for @imperialperc.bsky.social Posts are on the Imperial College Jobs website under Faculty of Medicine/ School of Public Health www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

We are hiring! 5 new posts in the Patient Experience Research Centre at Imperial College London to expand the work we are doing to support community engagement and involvement in translational… | Pro...

We are hiring! 5 new posts in the Patient Experience Research Centre at Imperial College London to expand the work we are doing to support community engagement and involvement in translational resear...

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All the professional organisations still on X, get off it now! What are you still doing there? Stop putting your head in the sand pretending it’s keep calm and carry on mode still. It’s not. Time to make a stand, otherwise you’re signalling that you just don’t care!

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David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 2mo ago

You want to see Norway men’s national football team’s official photo for World Cup 2026 www.nytimes.com/athletic/733...

Please retweet.

A new initiative in partnership with our REACT study to help speed up demential trials. www.itv.com/watch/news/u...

This painting, "Sidekicks II" by Michele Poirier-Mozzone, is an oil on canvas from her Massachusetts-based "Fractured Light" series, exploring water and sunlight's effects on humans. It depicts an underwater perspective looking up.

Finally!! www.thetimes.com/article/5e62...

Publishers go paperback-first as readers shun bulky books

Hardback titles remain profitable, yet fewer readers favour the format

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So proud of the work of my PhD student, @sarindiary.bsky.social for her inspiring work addressing racism in maternity care, alongside community partners like Phayza Fudlalla, pictured with Sarindi in this report, who works with @imperialperc.bsky.social. www.imperial.ac.uk/stories/sari...

Advocating against racism in maternity care

#CelebratingEngagement with Sarindi Aryasinghe

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A lobbyist who worked directly for Peter Mandelson, on the Palantir board, and on the board of *four* NHS trusts. Lobbying the NHS to hand over even more patient data to Palantir. This absolutely stinks. Get Palantir out of the NHS. Sign my petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

One of the more interesting headlines of the day www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Man in Sicily trained his dog to illegally dump rubbish, say police

City of Catania calls ruse to avoid CCTV cameras installed to stop fly-tipping ‘as cunning as it is doubly wrong’

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👇🏼 the reality for tens of thousands of people with Long COVID

Nikki Smith@nikki-s.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📣 6 years ago I had my first Covid-19 symptoms. Despite various debilitating symptoms still impacting my life, I was discharged from my #LongCovid service in 2024. Like thousands of others with chronic illness, I have no ongoing care. Take a look at my video ⬇️ #CureLongCovid

Epstein and his male buddies unmasked. Christ, what a sordid lot they are. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club

Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services

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Astounding words and performance. Take 2 mins to listen to it.

Omg. WTF is Happening?@lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Absolutely needs to happen…why was Mandelson organising unminuted meetings with #Palantir & the PM

Mandelson’s links with US tech firm Palantir must be fully exposed, campaigners warn

Government faces call for transparency on former peer’s involvement amid fears he may have leaked more sensitive information

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While we’re all distracted by ICE, Greenland & other Trump political theater, US quietly leaves WHO & in true Trump character reneges on $270 million debt, breaking the law.. abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/u...

US officially exits World Health Organization, accusing agency of straying 'from its core mission'

The U.S. has officially completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, HHS and the Department of State announced on Thursday.

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Thank you, @jeremyfaust.bsky.social, for this public service; we have all wanted to see the protocol of this deeply unethical trial being funded by RFK Jr in Guinea-Bissau, I’m grateful you obtained it and have published it insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...

Scoop: The leaked protocol of the CDC-funded Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. “This is another Tuskegee.”

The protocol reveals that the trial will withhold the Hepatitis B birth dose from thousands—without placebos, without universal maternal screening, and with endpoints critics call indefensible.

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