A STAT Investigation: To avoid fines for reporting excessive hospital-acquired infections, some facilities are discouraging testing. www.statnews.com/2025/09/22/h...

Our latest News in Brief post has headlines and links to further reading for #MECFS and #LongCovid news, advocacy and research for the week of Sep 15 - 21. Topics: News, advocacy and articles Coming events Research news and commentary & Published research www.s4me.info/threads/news...

- More than 300,000 people in Switzerland are affected by Long Covid. This number is set to rise further in the years ahead, with Covid-19 still in circulation.

I am one of those GPs currently ‚lost‘ to the NHS, due to #LongCovid. How many of us are there? Nobody knows, because nobody is asking the question and gathering the data (I have approached the RCGP trying to find out - they couldn’t tell me). www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Jeg skriver om hvordan den særdeles positive omtalen av en bestemt behandlingstilnærming i VGTV-dokumentaren "Harald og sytepavene" vil påvirke tilliten vi kan ha til forskningsresultatene til et planlagt, men ikke påbegynt, klinisk studie. www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...

- The WHO emphasized that COVID continues to circulate alongside other respiratory viruses and estimated that post-COVID symptoms occur in about 6% of people who have symptomatic infections.

- Et betydelig antall arbeidstagere er blitt rammet av long covid, en hemmende og potensielt langvarig lidelse som rammer en betydelig andel av de som er blitt smittet med covid-19. Dette har bidratt til en økning i sykefraværet. www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...

CIDRAP: “Studies show mostly poor long-COVID protection for Paxlovid” ‘Two new studies find limited evidence of the usefulness of Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir-ritonavir) to prevent the development of long COVID..’ www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...

#LongCovid bjgplife.com/shaking-hand...

When you get a vaccine or a medical checkup, we expect the healthcare worker to wash their hands and wear gloves. We should think the same about wearing masks in medical settings. Viruses can spread pre-symptomatically; masks are another effective infection control measure.

Try taking the COVID competency exam yourself, and share it around! Great way to bust myths (and the person who wrote it is an epidemiologist, and well-informed, so it really does). seanmullen.com/covidcompete...

OUT NOW! In our first show back after the summer break, Compass Director Neal Lawson sat down with one of Britain's foremost progressives - @georgemonbiot.bsky.social. It's a conversation you won't want to miss. Available wherever you get your podcasts!

Our latest News in Brief post has headlines and links to further reading for #MECFS and #LongCovid news, advocacy and research for the week of Sep 8-14. Topics: News, advocacy and articles Coming events Research news and commentary & Published research www.s4me.info/threads/news...

- Amid the uncertainty surrounding eligibility for and access to the latest Covid-19 vaccine, a new study has found that a common nasal spray could help prevent infection. edition.cnn.com/2025/09/12/h...

There is mounting evidence that indicates that Long COVID is a complex condition that continues to affect the health of millions of people worldwide. Browse this collection of Long COVID research from Communications Medicine. #medsky 🧪

Ny publikasjon fra Koronastudien ved Oslo universitetssykehus finner at mange flere enn ventet har dødd de siste årene. – Overdødeligheten begynte da omikronvarianten spredte seg og regjeringen fjernet alle tiltakene, sier White. www.nrk.no/buskerud/kor...

1) Interesting interview of Prof. Ian Lipkin by David Tuller (@davidtuller1). They not only talk about Lipkin's recent study showing heightened innate immunity in ME/CFS but also about past and future studies. A brief summary 🧵

- The struggles of a farmer living with a chronic condition which leaves him exhausted for days is to feature in a photographic exhibition. #ME/CFS www.bbc.com/news/article...

Great and informative podcast interviewing dr. Peter Rowe on #LongCovid and #ME/CFS in children and adolescents. How to recognise it, and what to do. thecurbsiders.com/cribsiders-p...

9/10/25: 'David Tuller Interview with Ian Lipkin' Covers Columbia University's Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) recent ME paper on heightened innate immunity www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_ih...

Massive datasets in #ScienceAdvances confirm that higher adherence to a diet friendly to Earth and human health correlates with lower all-cause mortality. https://scim.ag/46bE644

– "Halve klassen er syke med forkjølelse og korona, men vi må på skolen for å ikke få fravær" Dette er et sitat fra en artikkel i Stavanger Aftenblad i dag om nye fraværsregler. 1/2

I'm going to try to change your perspective on COVID in under 2 minutes.

A rapidly growing body of research has consistently shown how pervasive and problematic #microplastics have become. A 2024 #ScienceReview provides an overview of this research and the progress made in understanding these pollutants. https://scim.ag/4nePO4G #ScienceMagArchives

49% of COVID infections are asymptomatic according to Yale School of Public Health. Yale advises layered protection: N95 masks, HEPA filters, good ventilation, vaccines, rapid tests and wastewater monitoring. Source: pdflink.to/yale-covid-1...

The Irish health service has initiated a process to develop a clinical guideline for ME (#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis). I am honoured to be part of its Steering Group The process so far has been extremely progressive I am hugely optimistic that a world-leading guideline will be produced #pwME #MECFS

#MedSky No. Your exposure in the community is not as hazardous as your exposure at work if you are seeing patients with infectious diseases. Frequency. Pathogens. Proximity. Procedures. Use PPE at work… for you, and your patients. #Respie Don’t catch it all, and definitely don’t spread it all.

- Foreningen af Kroniske Smerteramte og Pårørende, efterlyser en mere inkluderende sundhedsdebat, hvor både faglighed og patienternes virkelighed får plads. sundhedspolitisktidsskrift.dk/debat/10577-...

Norway heads to the polls in highly polarised ‘Maga-fication’ election

Our latest News in Brief post has headlines and links to further reading for #MECFS and #LongCovid news, advocacy and research for the week of Sep 1 - 7. Topics: News, advocacy and articles Coming events Research news and commentary & Published research www.s4me.info/threads/news...

Very grateful to @mecfsskeptic.bsky.social for this summary breaking down a new immunology ME/CFS study for us.

"We are all within the scope of its [ #LongCOVID's] effects (if we have ever had Covid-19)" - Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly @zalaly.bsky.social Via @bhanlon15.bsky.social www.koreabiomed.com/news/article...

Estimating the precise number of US healthcare workers affected by long COVID is challenging. But several new studies suggest the toll of long COVID has affected healthcare workers in the US more than other Americans who are currently living with long COVID. ms.spr.ly/63322sedh0

- “I think that there is a stigma associated with healthcare workers admitting that they have an unmanaged chronic condition,” Putrino said.

Long Covid has more than 200 potential symptoms. Selective gullibility is one of mine

New La Trobe Uni [Australia] press release: "Long COVID could hold key to ME/CFS, MS" www.latrobe.edu.au/news/article... The Post-Acute Viral Infection diseases Group (PAVING) Centre of Research Excellence will be launched with $3 million in Federal funding from NHMRC. #MEcfs #LongCovid #MS

Hvorfor ikke heller forebygge smitte? Den beste infeksjonen er den du aldri får. www.tv2.no/nyheter/inne...

Ian Lipkin, MD: - “While what gives rise to ME/CFS remains obscure, understanding the ways it disrupts the body’s various biological processes on the molecular level is revealing biomarkers for specific ME/CFS subtypes that may inform clinical research and lead to targeted interventions,”

Australian-led trial shows nasal spray reduces COVID-19 risk in cancer patients www.petermac.org/about-us/new...

The biopsychosocial model of medicine was meant to be holistic. Biology🩻 + psychology🧠 + social context🏘️ In theory: It's treating patients as whole human beings. In practice? It's weaponised against patients with conditions that doctors find "too hard". 🧵 #NEISvoid #MedEd

interesting to hear an immunologist's take on two important and recent studies on #ME/CFS

- Jonas Bergquist and his research group have identified biomarkers of inflammation in both cerebrospinal fluid and blood in patients with long-term problems following infections. #ME/CFS #LongCovid www.uu.se/en/news/2025...

Our latest News in Brief post has headlines and links to further reading for #MECFS and #LongCovid news, advocacy and research for the week of Aug. 18 - 24. Topics: News, advocacy and articles Coming events Research news and commentary & Published research www.s4me.info/threads/news...

Do heatwaves, wildfires and travel costs signal the end of the holiday abroad?

Can science crack the mystery of ME? – podcast

New publication (preprint) by @raubreywhite.bsky.social et al titled "Excess primary healthcare consultations in Norway in 2025 compared to pre-COVID-19-pandemic baseline trends". www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7... 1/4

“What had once felt like a rare or niche diagnosis now seemed to be everywhere, impossible to ignore.” - Brittany Adler, MD, of Johns Hopkins, re post-infectious chronic illness that goes by many names but has no dedicated medical specialty. #POTS #MECFS www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Medscape: Where Is the Medical Home for Postinfectious Illness? "COVID pandemic brought a surge of more patients with POTS & infection-associated chronic illness. What had once felt like a rare or niche diagnosis now seemed to be everywhere, impossible to ignore" www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Grundig artikkel fra Forskningno om DecodeME-studien: www.forskning.no/me-sykdommer...