New article on wildfire smoke in the Canadian Medical Association Journal 🍁 "Relying on people to protect themselves is not enough & top-down strategies such as building measures to ensure quality of indoor air & legislation to protect outdoor workers are needed" www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...

Wildfire smoke air pollution: new approaches needed to protect people affected

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Analysis: Many Black US patients with long COVID being missed. A new study suggests that a diagnostic disparity exists between Black and White patients, despite having similar long-COVID symptom profiles. Read more: https://bit.ly/4yDq9tb

Hey @wired.com, how about interviewing neuroscientists who are really studying the brains of people with #LongCovid? "When the brain gets stuck in a feedback loop of fight or flight" What does that even mean? Patients deserve explanations grounded in biology, not vague buzzwords. #Pseudoscience

WIRED@wired.com · 2mo ago

Six years since the height of the pandemic, the scientific community remains baffled by long Covid. But there might finally be a way forward for long Covid treatment—if only you were allowed to talk about it.

Long Covid is not "baffling" at all. There are thousands of publications which show multi-system pathology across all body systems, including extensive evidence of organ damage. The scientific and clinical evidence is undeniable and should be reported about accurately #LongCovid

WIRED@wired.com · 2mo ago

Six years since the height of the pandemic, the scientific community remains baffled by long Covid. But there might finally be a way forward for long Covid treatment—if only you were allowed to talk about it.

What happens when you write a letter to an ethics board about concerns over a Long COVID trial? The ethics committee sends a response to an entirely different group of people and tells you to contact them to get a response! My commentary for @thesicktimes.org thesicktimes.org/2026/06/02/r... 1/n

New study: Long COVID may affect 1️⃣ in 6 infected patients. That number is far higher than official estimates. Read more on the findings: ow.ly/ZctI50Z6gMH

I’m finally graduating! It was a difficult journey doing a MA degree with #LongCOVID. My thesis examined the biopolitics of pandemic & Long COVID reporting in Canadian newspapers over time. I examined discourses of “vulnerability” and risk, and shared patient-informed reccs to improve LC reporting!

sfucmns@sfucmns.bsky.social · 2mo ago

After a life-changing infection with COVID-19 one semester into her graduate degree, Kayli Jamieson dedicated her research to Long COVID studies and community advocacy. Now graduating this month, Kayli will be continuing her research here at SFU! Read the full story: www.sfu.ca/communicatio...

OUR NEW BMJ editorial: Andes virus should reset WHO’s default approach to airborne risk. 🧵 1/ For severe pathogens with person-to-person transmission, the starting point should be precautionary airborne protections — not waiting for definitive proof after spread occurs. www.bmj.com/content/393/...

Hantavirus outbreak should reset WHO's default approach to airborne risk 👏🏼 great op-ed by Milton, @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social , @dfisman.bsky.social et al www.bmj.com/content/393/...

healthydebate.ca/2026/05/topi... @jvipondmd.bsky.social @kashprime.bsky.social @dickzoutman.bsky.social Usual stellar commentary. Experto crede!

Hantavirus outbreak shows we haven’t learned the lesson of SARS-1 or COVID-19 - Healthy Debate

It’s happening again. Not a global pandemic but the minimizing of airborne precautions for transmission of a deadly respiratory virus.

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❗️My research team's next project will be working to advance #LongCOVID awareness & education in emergency / urgent care settings in BC. We want to connect with people living with LC who work(ed) in ED/UPCC settings in the Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health regions www.sfu.ca/fhs/news-eve...

FHS researchers seek to improve Long COVID education in urgent, emergent care settings in BC

FHS adjunct professor Julia Smith and FHS research associate Kayli Jamieson are leading a team of investigators to develop tools to improve recognition of Long Covid in urgent primary care centres and...

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"Don't worry this won't be anything like Covid" Well I AM worried because the common running theme is to deny airborne transmission & fail to advise respirators. What I'm worried about is that we've learned nothing & what this means for all pathogens down the road

Our new paper is here: Current status and future perspectives on the mechanistic and pathophysiological understanding of long COVID www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Current status and future perspectives on the mechanistic and pathophysiological understanding of long COVID - Communications Medicine

Faghy et al., review the current literature on Long COVID pathophysiology, linking immune dysregulation, viral persistence, and vascular injury to enduring symptoms. They highlight evidence to guide f...

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Some great vaccine news Canada. Nuvaxovid is going to be available again!! (I have no conflicts of interest. Other than, you know, wanting every Canadian to be well protected against the vasculitic disease that COVID-19 is.) Also please wear a respirator mask. www.newswire.ca/news-release...

“Cumulative SARS-CoV-2 burden was strongly associated with pandemic-era iGAS incidence. Cumulative streptococcal exposure did not support the immunity debt hypothesis.” Once more: “did not support the immunity debt hypothesis.”

David Fisman.@dfisman.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Sars-cov-2 and the late pandemic surge in invasive group A streptococcal disease www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...

"SARS-CoV-2 was associated with a 3–4-fold higher population mortality burden than seasonal influenza A despite available countermeasures. Post-PHEIC data suggest that the burden of respiratory virus mortality, including for influenza, has not returned to pre-pandemic levels."

David Fisman.@dfisman.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Sars-cov-2 and influenza: attributable fractions of all cause mortality in Ontario www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...

Op-ed out today in @thesicktimes.org from PLRC co-lead @leticiasaurus.bsky.social and @jencurtinmd.bsky.social on the #LongCovid Treatment Guide! “Too often, people with Long COVID hear… not much can be done for them at this point. We… believe it is a fallacy that hinders access to care”

A new aid in the doctor’s office: Introducing the Long COVID Treatment Guide - The Sick Times

Too often, people with Long COVID hear that since clinical research is still underway, not much can be done for them at this point. We at the Patient-Led Research Collaborative and RTHM Clinic reject ...

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An estimated that 2.1M Canadians are living with #LongCOVID and 600k are missing work or school as a result. Most have no access to trials. Only 38 are enrolling in Canada with less than 4.5k total participants. For #LongCOVIDAwarenessDay, I looked at funding and trials.

Despite the cold, people with Long COVID, doctors, and allies gathered across Canada for #LongCOVIDawarenessday Great to see familiar faces like @robertderosa.bsky.social and Dr. Angela Cheung from @longcovidweb.bsky.social

CBC has done ample coverage on our Long COVID awareness day events across Canada this week! Here’s a video from the BC events: @cancovsoc.bsky.social @longcovidcan-co.bsky.social @museumofvan.bsky.social @emilyvanartist.bsky.social

Still COVIDing Canada@stillcovidingca.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Video | Doctors, patients raise awareness on Long COVID Awareness Day CBC News BC March 15, 2026 stillcoviding.ca/en/news/vide... #COVID #LongCovid #ILCAD2026 #LongCovidAwareness #Vancouver #BC

Can't believe how pretty my province is right now all lit for Long Covid. A powerful reminder that this issue is far from gone 🩵 Photo credits: 📸 Long Covid Foundation BC Parliament Science World/BC Place Canada Sails of Light With thanks to @cancovsoc.bsky.social #LongCovidAwarenessDay

Happily, CBC News did a great report on today's Long Covid Awareness Day events! www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5hD... #longcovid #disability #art #artist #canadianartist

Doctors, patients raise awareness on Long COVID Awareness Day

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For #LongCovid Awareness Day, we’re releasing the 2026 Long Covid Fact Sheet! This is a list of key statistics about LC, using recent data to reflect contemporary risks. We hope this will be useful for journalists, policymakers, patients, & others! /1

On #LongCovidAwarenessDay — I think the most important thing to understand is that it’s still happening: “I got COVID for a 3rd time in 2025 (I'm vaxed, boosted & took paxlovid)... Boom #LongCovid. Can't climb due to PEM. I haven't climbed in almost a year.” “COVID… is still causing disability.“

Great speakers today at Vancouver’s International Long Covid Awareness Day event! @cancovsoc.bsky.social @protectbc.bsky.social @donoharmbc.bsky.social #LongCovid #ILCAD2026 #LongCovidAwareness

#LongCOVIDAwarenessDay Vancouver! Long COVID continues to break our hearts, over 6 years on. Thank you organizers and @cancovsoc.bsky.social for marking today with rallies in 4 different cities across Canada @longcovidcan-co.bsky.social

For International Long COVID Awareness Day, I would like to highlight my new edited book ‘Long COVID and Society’. Scroll down to read my introduction chapter, which is free to read for all link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Long COVID and Society

This is the first book to bring together academics and activists living with Long COVID to explore the social impacts of the new complex chronic condition.

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This #LongCOVIDAwarenessMonth, we’re excited to announce that our new oral history website is live! Featuring 100+ hours of interviews of people living with #LongCOVID. We’re building a living history of Long COVID, and bringing voices from the margins to the center. ListeningForTheLongHaul.org

Renowned researcher @zalaly.bsky.social joins B.C. family physician Dr. Susan Kuo for a conversation about Long Covid, covering what we know, research into mechanisms and treatments, and much more. Watch the full interview: covidsociety.ca/priorities/l... #LongCovid #ILCAD2026 #LongCovidAwareness

On March 15th, we invite you to join us for International Long Covid Awareness Day at events in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal. #LongCovid #ILCAD2026 #LongCovidAwareness 1/2