Australian C19 Weekly Update - 1st May 2026 Note: Cases recorded are from PCR testing only. Actual cases are significantly higher. Data from: nindss.health.gov.au/pbi-dashboard/ Thanks to @angiecibisdesign for the design! 1/4

A healthy population is a strategic advantage. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

My favourite @bandcamp.com album. But you need to be a bit brave to listen to this. dell-lillinger-westergaard.bandcamp.com/album/stefan...

New GN in 10 Board Review Bonus! 🎧 Hosts @kdjhaveri.bsky.social & Dr. Koyal Jain tackle the complexities of Kidney Amyloidosis. From "mushy" microscopy to the precision of mass spectrometry, this episode is a must-listen for the global #NephTwitter community. Listen here: bit.ly/4cIvNkP

📖 This weekend don't miss our @kireports.bsky.social #ISNFridaySelection: Systematic Review of Efficacy and Safety of Avacopan in Real-World Clinical Practice https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(25)00771-5/fulltext

April 24th Update: We are at the lowest transmission levels in almost 5 years, 40% lower than our recent spring lows. This remarkable lull should last 6+more weeks. Estimates: 🔸90,000 new infections/day 🔸~1 in 750 currently reasonably infectious (5 day window)

Oh The NEJM got hoodwinked with an LLMed image www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/... (See the scale in the image) h/t Francis Deng

Australian farmers face hard choices as Iran war hits fertilizer supplies https://asia.nikkei.com/business/agriculture/australian-farmers-face-hard-choices-as-iran-war-hits-fertilizer-supplies

Generic Semaglutide arrives in Canada (Or atleast the Health Canada approval) Dr Reddy’s Lab globalnews.ca/news/1182077...

Researchers show TMPRSS2 cuts the SARS-CoV-2 spike only after it shifts shape, triggering membrane fusion and entry, while antibodies that block this cut can stop infection and inspire vaccine design. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Turns out RFK Jr loves getting that pharma money.

Something shocking and out of the ordinary is happening in the UK. While in most comparable countries, healthy life expectancy is rising, here it is plunging steeply. Q. So what marks us out? A. 47 years of extreme neoliberalism, culminating in austerity. www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...

I saw this yesterday. I love when words have multiple meanings.

« vaccines have been a victim of their own success. They made many disease outbreaks a thing of the past, and people have forgotten how terrible those outbreaks were. We are at growing risk of experiencing that misery again »

🧵1/5 A bacterium frozen in a Romanian Cave for 5000 years carries genes for resistance to colistin. A recent paper delivers the first Psychrobacter genome from cave ice www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...

NETosis-mediated immunothrombosis yet again implicated in #longCOVID pathogenesis

Mass General Hospital 84 participants study suggests long COVID may persist because spike related immune complexes overactivate neutrophils which release DNA traps that damage blood vessels and promote microclots sustaining inflammation. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Minimal viable product (MVP) for a bioimplantable kidney

Plasma exchange for severe alveolar hemorrhage in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated vasculitis: emulation of a target trial academic.oup.com/ajrccm/artic... @atscommunity.bsky.social

This is now gone from X 👏👏👏

Why Good Hospital Ventilation Can’t Always Stop Infection

The Long-COVID Crisis: No Cure, Little Attention www.medscape.com/s/viewarticl...

In February 1777 George Washington issued an order requiring that American soldiers be inoculated against smallpox. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

v1.121 is live! We've increased the quality of photos in posts by doubling the max file size to 2MB and the resolution limit to 4000x4000. Plus, posts with multiple photos now appear in a carousel so you can show off your photography in all its glory.

USA: "CDC won’t publish report showing covid shots cut likelihood of hospital visits" "The report showed that the vaccine reduced emergency department visits and hospitalizations among healthy adults by about half this past winter." Source: archive.md/E24ED

Case: 27yo previously well immunocompetant male presents with a MCA stroke due to cardioembolic stroke from disseminated aspergillosis leading to a mycotic cerebral aneurysm which ruptures causing death.

In the UK the NHS is absolutely overwhelmed, but the government has tightened the eligibility criteria for free Covid vaccination to the point that only a small minority of the population is eligible. Offering free vaccination to everyone would be an easy win here www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...

'World's first' trial of regenerative knee treatment set to begin in Japan Method uses 3D-printed tissue to repair damaged bone and cartilage trib.al/IwotWiG

Instead of submitting evidence of their disability from doctors, participants will be interviewed by an assessor, who then feeds their findings into a computer program. That algorithm will then spit out a budget to be approved or rejected by an NDIS employee www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."

Free RSV vaccine for older Australians. From 15 May, a $445.3 million investment will fund free Arexvy RSV vaccines for Australians aged 75+ and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 60+, with doses otherwise costing around $300 without NIP listing. www.health.gov.au/ministers/th...

In the phase 3 OCEANIC-STROKE trial involving patients with noncardioembolic ischemic stroke or high-risk TIA, asundexian added to antiplatelet therapy led to a lower risk of ischemic stroke without increasing major bleeding. Full trial results: nej.md/3O1O0Aj

Australian C19 Weekly Update - 10th April 2026 Note: Cases recorded are from PCR testing only. Actual cases are significantly higher. Data from: nindss.health.gov.au/pbi-dashboard/ Thanks to @angiecibisdesign for the design! 1/4

#Eurostat: Zahl gesunder Lebensjahre bei Geburt ist in SCHWEDEN von 73,3 (2019) auf 66,2 Jahre in 2023 gesunken Deutschland von 66,3 auf 62,5 EU Durchschnittlich 64,6 auf 63,1 Hat aber alles nix mit #Covid zu tun - sind nur die Nerven Quelle inkl Daten x.com/avslojar/sta...

Among patients w/ moderate or severe PTS, the addition of endovascular therapy to standard care resulted in less severe PTS and better quality of life at 6 months than standard care alone but w/ a higher risk of bleeding. Full phase 3 C-TRACT trial results: nej.md/3QsqxJ2 #SIR26TOR | @sirweb.org

I'm at LithoLink's #StoneCamp. Asplin is explaining that the first rule of stone camp is you don't talk about stone camp. I am tweeting under table. I may get kicked out.

If ASEAN had to choose between the U.S. and China, who would it pick? trib.al/U5gOrXS

Here's the latest variant picture with a global scope, to late March. XFG.* "Stratus" continued to dominate, but fell to 47% frequency. NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" grew to 29%. BA.3.2.* "Cicada" grew to 14%. 🧵

Japanese recyclers have developed methods to extract lithium, nickel, palladium and other rare metals from disused electronic devices. This helps secure steadier supplies of metals critical to manufacturers.

Malnourished Afghan minors trapped as two wars cut off supplies https://asia.nikkei.com/politics/international-relations/afghanistan-turmoil/malnourished-afghan-minors-trapped-as-two-wars-cut-off-supplies

Safety review links herb in popular cold and flu supplements with life-threatening anaphylaxis

LMU Munich researchers report EBV may help trigger MS by awakening pre existing immune cells that attack myelin, setting off brain inflammation and myelin loss years after infection. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Among patients with a preserved ejection fraction at least 1 year after myocardial infarction, stopping beta-blockers was noninferior to continuing therapy with respect to major clinical outcomes. Full SMART-DECISION trial results and Research Summary: nej.md/3NsStM6 #Cardiology

MAGA Is Winning Its War Against U.S. Science

MAGA Is Winning Its War Against U.S. Science

Australia: New COVID strain BA.3.2, otherwise known as “Cicada”, circulating in Australia as it spreads globally. 🔹NSW: 10,247 cases 🔹QLD: 6,378 cases 🔹VIC: 3,635 cases 🔹SA: 1,932 cases 🔹WA: 773 cases 🔹ACT: 225 cases 🔹TAS: 263 cases 🔹NT: 128 cases

“The last night I was a pediatric resident, a child came in with Hib and promptly died by the next day. I didn’t work for 50 years to have everything destroyed by one man.” -Dr. Kathryn Edwards, Vanderbilt University This is what RFK Jr. and the anti-vaxxers have wrought.

🚨🚧🚨🚧🚨🚧🚨🚧🚨🚧🚨🚧🚨 CATA Press Release following publication of Baroness Hallett’s report: tinyurl.com/CATA-PR-Apr-... MAJOR WINS for CATA (and true scientists everywhere!) Complete vindication (see thread below) BUT There were some major omissions (see Press Release) /1 of 23

The Inquiry recognised that reporting of HCW deaths under the RIDDOR Regulations for reporting occupational disease should be better. Sadly it didn't address the failure to report occupational infections which don’t cause deaths but leave HCWs crippled with Long-COVID. /End

Long COVID and risk of incident cardiovascular disease: a prospective cohort study using the Multimorbidity Integrated Registry Across Care Levels in Stockholm (MIRACLE-S) cohort - eClinicalMedicine www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...