Platelet-activating antibodies against platelet factor 4 cause highly prothrombotic disorders with reduced platelet counts, including heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis. Learn more: https://nej.md/4fskK0r

Politicians are back to building political strategy on COVID. Here we go again — 2020. And it's triggering frontline healthcare workers to post photos of themselves from back then — in masks, in plastic gowns, in trash bags.

Less protein, more lifespan! A comprehensive review of the merits of protein restriction for healthy aging A flip from the proteinmaxxing craze cell.com/cell-press-b...

I am so triggered by RJK Jr's comment about ICU's being empty during #COVID. I re-read what I wrote after one of the surges. How do others forget. The trauma was--and is--real.

I'm An ICU Doctor. I’m Haunted By What I’ve Seen During The Recent COVID-19 Surge.

“I can’t stop thinking about the 40-something man who told me, ‘I can’t die like this. I just got engaged and have a 6-month-old baby.’ I encouraged him to be positive, but that didn’t stop him from d...

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Introducing the NextGen Covid Vax Tracker! vaxtracker.wordpress.com/2026/07/29/i... A monthly update on vaccine progress, featured vaccines, analyses, plus lots of background info. #Vaccines #Covid #Covid19

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

Among patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery, perioperative #dapagliflozin reduced postoperative #AcuteKidneyInjury compared with placebo over 7 days. ja.ma/4w8UXPZ

7 mo into Covid-19 after grueling 24hr caring for child with the disease, who survived. Showered at hosp, returned to office & informed staff, wasn't retiring the next mo, as had planned. Photo of that moment. This is my "diary". Nobody can change the reality of pandemic for those who lived it...

Iran war drives Asia EV boost but China slowdown weighs on overall sales Sales have doubled in Australia, India, South Korea and Vietnam since start of conflict trib.al/pNVEIvZ

Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency

David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”

The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.

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The risk of acute kidney injury following elective cardiac surgery was largely reduced with a short course of SGLT2 inhibitor therapy, a Dutch trial found. https://www.medpagetoday.com/cardiology/prevention/122443

Dapagliflozin Makes Good on Preventing Cardiac Surgery-Associated AKI

4 days of the SGLT2 inhibitor lowered the incidence of AKI substantially

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Studies are increasingly finding that bilingual people, who have native command of two languages, or multilinguals, who are able to speak more than two languages, are able to maintain their brains younger and healthier for longer. www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/can...

Speaking several languages protects the aging brain: Here's how

Bilinguals and multilinguals may stay younger for longer and have more agile brains. This Special Feature shows just how language proficiency protects the brain.

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Urea vs. tolvaptan for hospitalized patients with SIADH. academic.oup.com/ndt/advance-...

IL-6 also has anti-inflammatory and regenerative functions, despite its primary reputation as a classic pro-inflammatory acute-phase cytokine.  Classical signaling is associated with regenerative and anti-inflammatory functions, while trans-signaling is linked to pro-inflammatory functions

Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦@hswapnil.medsky.social · 4d ago

ZEUS thunderbolt does not land uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/novo-no... Need to see full data at #KidneyWk - treating just inflammation likely doesn’t make sense

1/🧵 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR AUSTRALIANS SEEKING NUVAXOVID (NOVAVAX). Today I received a Nuvaxovid (Novavax) vaccination - my first COVID-19 vaccination in more than three years.

Quantitative serological detection of NELL1 autoantibodies in membranous nephropathy doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2026.05.017 #MedSky #NephSky #OpenAccess #membranousnephropathy #nephroticsyndrome

Ooh @kidneyint.bsky.social goes there Fast www.kidney-international.org/article/S008... Slow www.kidney-international.org/article/S008... Hyponatremia controversies #NephSky

For those interested in my obsessions and concerns with respect to Cøvid... Here's a link to talk, @andrewewing11.bsky.social and I presented at the Kirby Institute at the invitation of Prof Raina MacIntyre 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 youtu.be/qg15z_88Q48?...

Prof Andrew Ewing & Dr David Joffe — COVID-related Neurological Sequelae: From Delphi to Dopamine

YouTube video by Kirby Institute

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Person: I’m very sorry, I’ve got seven members of the team off sick with the flu. We are unable to do the job. Me: That’s why I wear this.

A hospital pediatrician who has treated children severely ill with measles says: “The child is hunched over, mouth open, drooling, crying, maybe not even producing tears, because they’re so dehydrated." kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...

‘The Child Is Terrified’: Doctors on the Front Lines of a Measles Comeback Speak Out - KFF Health News

Hear from six pediatricians in measles hot spot Utah as the U.S. faces infection levels not seen in over three decades and prepares to lose its status as a country that eliminated the dangerous diseas...

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#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #Obsky #pedsky #publichealth #vaccinesmatter #Vaccines are essential for safeguarding young lives and preventing potentially severe neurological complications from infection. Although vertical transmission of #SARSCoV2 from mother to fetus is rare, www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The decimation of our federal agencies has upended the lives of thousands of workers. These are the people who oversee food safety, public health, and much more. The squalor of this moment is bringing us back to basics — and reminding us of what our priorities should be. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]

@airspotrob.bsky.social so cool to see this ready for hire at my local library

"Study uncovers molecular connections between COVID-19 and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)." COVID-19 can damage blood vessels in the lungs, causing inflammation. These changes resemble pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a serious disease affecting the arteries that supply the lungs.

Study uncovers molecular connections between COVID-19, PAH

Researchers have identified shared molecular connections between COVID-19 and PAH that may explain common disease features, a study reports.

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Look at the impact of the pandemic on type 2 diabetes incidence 👀

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology@thelancetendo.bsky.social · 2w ago

Published in @lancetrh-europe.bsky.social Trends in type 2 #diabetes incidence and #BMI at diagnosis by age, sex, and ethnicity, 2011–2024: a population-based analysis of the English National Diabetes Audit www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #OpenAccess #MedSky #EndoSky

Published in @lancetrh-europe.bsky.social Trends in type 2 #diabetes incidence and #BMI at diagnosis by age, sex, and ethnicity, 2011–2024: a population-based analysis of the English National Diabetes Audit www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #OpenAccess #MedSky #EndoSky

Trends in type 2 diabetes incidence and BMI at diagnosis by age, sex, and ethnicity, 2011–2024: a population-based analysis of the English National Diabetes Audit

Since 2011, incidence of type 2 diabetes has risen significantly in young adults across most ethnicity and sex subgroups (especially females) despite minimal changes or declining rates at older ages. ...

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Among adults with #CKD due to glomerular diseases, finerenone slowed eGFR decline, reduced albuminuria, and lowered risk of kidney failure, with consistent benefits across disease subtypes and in those using #SGLT2 inhibitors. ja.ma/4fezkIJ

India approves its first dengue vaccine, from Japan's Takeda https://asia.nikkei.com/business/pharmaceuticals/india-approves-its-first-dengue-vaccine-from-japan-s-takeda

India approves its first dengue vaccine, from Japan's Takeda

South Asian country grapples with sharp rise in cases over recent years

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Second the motion!

Dr Satoshi Akima, FRACP@toshiakima.bsky.social · 3w ago

The surgical mask shown in this article will do almost nothing to reduce particulate inhalation because it's just a splash guard. Wear a well-fitted respirator N95 or better

Things that aren't good for your 🫀 www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...

Cardiac Arrhythmias and Autonomic Dysfunction Associated With COVID-19: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association | Circulation

Cardiac arrhythmias are commonly noted in patients during infections with and recovery from COVID-19. Arrhythmic manifestations span the spectrum of innocuous and benign to life-threatening and deadly...

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