A large Western European study found people with long COVID were much more likely to leave the workforce and experience reduced productivity than those who recovered or were never infected. Flexible work, remote options and phased returns could help keep people employed. #LongCOVID #COVIDisNotOver

USA: Epidemic trend summary: June 26, 2026 COVID-19 As of June 23, 2026: 🔹3 states have COVID-19 infections growing or likely growing 🔹34 states have infections declining or likely declining 🔹12 states show no change Source: cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...

Harshi Peiris, Ph.D. A gut bacterium is showing up — or rather disappearing — across all three phases of COVID-19. 🦠Severely ill patients have less of it. 🦠Recovered patients get it back. 🦠Long COVID patients don't. Its name is Faecalibacterium prausnitzii. And what it does explains a lot. 👇

Diphtheria in Australia – Epidemiological update – 23 June 2026 Published: 26 June 2026 🔹In 2026, Australia has recorded 389 diphtheria cases 🔹Over the past fortnight 55 total cases were notified 🔹NT: 210 cases, WA: 167 cases, SA: 8 cases, QLD: 4 cases Source: www.cdc.gov.au/resources/pu...

AUSTRALIA Weekly COVID Update: 26 June 2026 🔹QLD: ⬆️(+3.1%) 20 in hospital 🔹TAS: ⬆️(+2.5%) 🔹ACT:⬆️ (+1.7%) ▫️VIC: ➡️(STABLE) 🔸NSW: ⬇️(-7.3%) 🔸SA: ⬇️(-4.3%) 🔸WA: ⬇️(-3.0%) Avg 35/day in hospital 🔹Aged Care: The government ended weekly reporting

Tasmania Respiratory Update: 26 June 2026 From 8 June to 21 June 2026 🔸COVID Positivity rate: 3.7% (+0.1%) 🔹COVID: 41 (+2.5%) 🔹Influenza A: 7 (+75.0%) 🔹Influenza B: 5 (+150.0%) 🔹RSV: 104 (+11.8%) Source: www.health.tas.gov.au/health-topic...

Western Australia weekly Virus Watch: 26 June 2026 Week ending 21 June 2026 🔸COVID positivity rate: 2.4% est. (-0.2%) 🔹Reported cases: 127 (-3.0%) 🔹Hospitalisation: 35 per day (-16.6%) 🔹ICU: 7-day average was 0 🔸Influenza: 239 (+71.9%) 🔸RSV: 400 (+29.0%) www.health.wa.gov.au/Articles/F_I...

ACT Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 26 June 2026 From 19 June to 25 June 2026 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 59 (+1.7%) 🔹Influenza: 8 (-27.2%) 🔹RSV: 97 (+15.4%) Source: act.gov.au/open/respira...

South Australia Weekly Respiratory Update: 20 June to 26 June 2026 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 89 (-4.3%) 🔹Flu: 46 (+6.9%) 🔹RSV: 233 (-2.1%) 🔹Pertussis: 30 (+66.6%) Reported deaths in 2026: 🔸COVID: 17 🔸Flu: 8 🔸RSV: <5 🔸Pertussis: <5 Source: www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/conn...

Victorian Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 26 June 2026 From 14 June to 20 June 2026: 🔸COVID positivity rate: 2.0% (-0.6%) 🔹COVID: 377 (Stable) 🔹Influenza A: 120 (-6%) 🔹Influenza B: 23 (-18%) 🔹RSV: 1313 (+18%) Source: health.vic.gov.au/infectious-d...

tern: "Weird how they think Fauci created the virus to kill people but also are happy to catch it over and over again." Source: x.com/1goodtern/st...

🧵(1/3) NSW respiratory surveillance reports: 25 June 2026 Week ending 20 June 2026: 🔸COVID positivity rate: 3.0% (-0.9%) 🔸Number of laboratories reporting COVID: 3 out of 4 🔹COVID: 1,021 (-7.3%) 🔹Influenza: 1,545 (+31.4%) 🔹RSV: 2,623 (+12.0%) Source: health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...

A parent’s story of Long COVID. "A Seattle family shares the challenges of parenting a child with Long COVID, from symptoms and school struggles to daily life adjustments." #LongCOVID Source: archive.md/9TS5N

"France confirms first Ebola case" "France has confirmed its first case of Ebola - a doctor who had returned from a humanitarian mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo." Source: archive.md/An4CL

"Western Australia reports third suspected positive case of bird flu." "Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis said the bird was found in the Quindalup area in the state’s south-west." #BirdFluAustralia #H5N1

USA: Epidemic trend summary: June 22, 2026 COVID-19 As of June 16, 2026: 🔹2 states have COVID-19 infections growing or likely growing 🔹36 states have infections declining or likely declining 🔹11 states show no change Source: cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...

South Australia: "Dead birds to be tested for H5N1 bird flu after washing up on remote SA coast" "Three dead seabirds have been collected and are being tested for the H5N1 bird flu virus in South Australia" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

"Risk of new-onset obstructive sleep apnea up to 4.5 years after COVID-19 in the urban population" 23 June 2026 A new study reveals that individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 face a 33% to 41% higher risk of developing OSA up to 4.5 years later, especially if the infection required hospitalisation.

"Dementia drug shows promise for long COVID symptoms, Japan-led study finds." A new study finds the dementia drug Donepezil helps treat Long COVID fatigue and depression. The virus triggers a protein that drops brain acetylcholine; donepezil restores it to clear brain inflammation and symptoms.

A blocked CDC study on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness has been published in JAMA Network Open, a well-established medical journal. The study found the COVID-19 vaccination cut winter emergency department visits and hospitalisations by around 50% Source: www.phillyvoice.com/cdc-covid-19...

Detection of bird flu in Australia "Two seabirds found in an isolated area in southern Western Australia have returned positive results for H5 avian influenza (bird flu). The current risk of bird flu to people in Australia is low." Source: www.cdc.gov.au/newsroom/new...

Thailand: COVID-19 cases have been rising for 7 consecutive weeks—jumping 660% since early May. Reported weekly cases: 🔸 Week 19: 226 🔸 Week 20: 284 🔸 Week 21: 370 🔸 Week 22: 610 🔸 Week 23: 929 🔸 Week 24: 1,231 🔸 Week 25: 1,720 Source: dvis3.ddc.moph.go.th/t/DDC_CENTER...

Queensland Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 16 June - 22 June 2026 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 266 (+3.1%) 🔹Influenza: 242 (+8.5%) 🔹RSV: 777 (-0.6%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 20 (+11.1%) 🔸Influenza: 10 (-28.5%) 🔸RSV: 63 (-17.1%) Source: www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-pra...

US Weekly COVID update: Jun 22, 2026 🔸1 in 310 Actively Infectious 🔸158,000 Daily Infections 🔸1,100,000 Infections In The Past Week 🔸81,000,000 Infections in 2026 🔸55,000 to 220,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases 🔸300 to 500 Weekly Excess Deaths Source: pmc19.com

COVID Alert❗️Biobot released their 1st COVlD report in a month, and it shows levels rising in the US after the prolonged national relative "lull" in transmission. biobot.io/risk-reports...

The Netherlands is running with only 850–900 ICU beds, well below its 1,150-beds target. An ICU doctor told the COVID inquiry the system is short 800–1,000 nurses to make it work. Capacity is lower than at the start of the pandemic, meaning there are "not even enough beds for a severe flu season"

"Two studies published this week suggest that updated COVID-19 booster vaccines continue to provide meaningful protection against major adverse outcomes, cardiovascular complications, hospitalization, and all-cause death" www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/upd...

India: "Mumbai is experiencing an increase in simultaneous cases of COVID-19, H1N1 (swine flu), other influenza A strains, and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)" "City doctors said COVID has made a quiet comeback over the past week after H1N1 dominated clinics for nearly a month" archive.md/8nbEL

"First case of deadly H5 bird flu confirmed in Australia" "The deadly H5 variant of avian influenza has been detected in a bird that washed up on a remote beach in Western Australia's south, the first time the disease has been found in mainland Australia."

Diphtheria in Australia – Epidemiological update – 15 June 2026 Published: 19 June 2026 🔹In 2026, Australia has recorded 357 diphtheria cases 🔹Over the past fortnight 46 total cases were notified 🔹NT: 197 cases, WA: 149 cases, SA: 8 cases, QLD: 3 cases Source: www.cdc.gov.au/resources/pu...

USA: The CDC wrapped up flu and RSV tracking for the 2025-2026 season on June 5, but its COVID-19 dashboard remains live. Because it wasn't updated this week, I emailed the CDC to clarify if summer tracking will continue or pause soon. I will share their response once they get back to me.

Netherlands nursing homes were left without preventive face masks for months in 2020 after experts rejected calls to supply them. A later inquiry called it a “silent disaster,” as care homes accounted for over half of all official COVID deaths that year.

New Zealand: "Several COVID-19 cases among patients at Porirua's Kenepuru Hospital" "While COVID-19 remains present in the community, it is now managed as part of our usual winter illness response, alongside other respiratory conditions and common viral infections"🤦‍♂️

Australian Respiratory Surveillance Report – 19 June 2026 Reported cases in the last fortnight (1 June to 14 June 2026) 🔸COVID: 4,335 (+2.6%) 🔸Influenza: 2,921 (+30.6%) 🔸RSV: 8,910 (+16.2%) Source: www.cdc.gov.au/resources/pu...

AUSTRALIA Weekly COVID Update: 19 June 2026 🔹WA: ⬆️(+9.1%) Avg 42/day in hospital 🔹ACT:⬆️ (+7.4%) 🔸SA: ⬇️(-30.5%) 🔸QLD: ⬇️(-10.1%) 18 in hospital 🔸NSW: ⬇️(-8.6%) ▫️TAS: Next update: 26 June ▫️VIC: Next update: 26 June 🔹Aged Care: The government ended weekly reporting

Western Australia weekly Virus Watch: 19 June 2026 Week ending 14 June 2026 🔸COVID positivity rate: 2.6% est. (+0.3%) 🔹Reported cases: 131 (+9.1%) 🔹Hospitalisation: 42 per day (-8.6%) 🔹ICU: 7-day average was 0 🔸Influenza: 139 (+47.8%) 🔸RSV: 310 (+47.6%) www.health.wa.gov.au/Articles/F_I...

ACT Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 19 June 2026 From 12 June to 18 June 2026 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 58 (+7.4%) 🔹Influenza: 11 (+175.0%) 🔹RSV: 84 (+40.0%) Source: www.act.gov.au/open/respira...

South Australia Weekly Respiratory Update: 13 June to 19 June 2026 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 93 (-30.5%) 🔹Flu: 43 (+7.5%) 🔹RSV: 238 (+43.3%) 🔹Pertussis: 18 (-30.7%) Reported deaths in 2026: 🔸COVID: 17 (+5)⚠️ 🔸Flu: 8 🔸RSV: <5 🔸Pertussis: <5 Source: www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/conn...

A study of 169 people with Long COVID found 81% showed signs of central sensitisation (CS), a condition where the nervous system becomes overly sensitive. Those affected had more headaches, fibromyalgia, anxiety, depression, autonomic symptoms and a greater drop in cerebral blood flow when standing.

"Scientists, using data from last October and this January, estimate about 13,000 baby seals from a group of 17,000 on Heard Island were killed by the H5N1 strain of bird flu since last August, more than 75% of the entire group. They also found higher than expected deaths in penguin populations."

The Point Project is creating a diagnostic tool to help doctors identify long Covid and assess patient risk. Because the illness has over 200 symptoms and no clear biomarkers, diagnosis is often delayed. The tool uses a predictive algorithm combining blood tests, medical records, and symptoms.

tern: "There are still people saying "Covid only kills older people" as if they're never going to get older." Source: x.com/1goodtern/st...

A study of 349 children and adolescents in Mexico found an 11.8% long COVID rate. Two distinct categories of lingering symptoms: 🔹Persistence Symptoms: Cough (50%) and Runny nose (15.4%) 🔹Post-COVID Conditions: Muscle pain (33.3%), weakness (26.7%), irritability (26.7%), and constipation (20%)

Different biological processes cause Long COVID. One suspected driver is an autoimmune reaction where the body produces "autoantibodies." Instead of fighting infections, these autoantibodies attack the person's own healthy tissues. Researchers have identified them in some Long COVID patients.

UK: "Nurse struck off for telling cancer patient COVID vaccine caused their illness" "4 out of 6 charges against the nurse were found proven by the tribunal, including that she had given the patient a leaflet with a link to an anti-vaccination website." Source: archive.md/MLDO1

"Long-COVID patients more likely to develop heart disease, study finds" "The study confirms that cardiovascular disease (CVD) is more common among long-COVID patients: 11.9% of those with long COVID have CVD compared with 6.8% without this diagnosis." Source: www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lon...

🧵(1/3) NSW respiratory surveillance reports: 18 June 2026 Week ending 13 June 2026: 🔸COVID positivity rate: 3.9% (-0.2%) 🔸Number of laboratories reporting COVID: 3 out of 4 🔹COVID: 1,101 (-8.6%) 🔹Influenza: 1,176 (+6.3%) 🔹RSV: 2,342 (-14.8%) Source: health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...

Queensland Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 9 June - 15 June 2026 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 258 (-10.1%) 🔹Influenza: 223 (+11.5%) 🔹RSV: 782 (+4.8%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 18 (-30.7%) 🔸Influenza: 14 (+27.2%) 🔸RSV: 76 (+26.6%) Source: www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-pra...

Daphne, a nurse in Berlin, developed Long COVID in 2022. Instead of getting support, she faced medical gaslighting, racism, and intense pressure to work in a profit-driven German health system that ignores chronic illness. Source: archive.md/TywRW

Children who develop MIS-C (a severe inflammatory illness) following COVID-19 infection are more likely to face new, long-term health problems than children who did not get diagnosed with MIS-C. Source: www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/kid...