"The Australian Government has made a decision to no longer publish data about COVID-19 cases in Australian residential aged care facilities on a weekly basis." @healthgovau.bsky.social @markbutlermp.bsky.social

Nebulized aerosol therapy is used for treating respiratory diseases, including those caused by #SARSCoV2. During pandemics some guidelines recommend avoiding nebulizers. Authors reviewed the evidence on risk of cross-infection linked to nebulizer use in healthcare settings 🧪https://ow.ly/OG9I50XZNf3

I couldn’t find a simple app to help people measure blood pressure correctly, so I created one with Perplexity and Gemini: bloodpressure-app.netlify.app. Bookmark or share menu adds to Home Screen. For educational purposes only. Covers proper positioning, cuff placement, timing, and common mistakes.

Case report of ANCA-associated vasculitis (a systemic autoimmune disease affecting blood vessels), newly diagnosed one month after COVID-19 infection #LongCovid link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Here's the latest variant picture with a global scope, to late December. BA.3.2.* "Cicada" showed a growth advantage of 5% per day (35% per week) over XFG.* "Stratus". The low sample sizes for late-December make this even more uncertain than usual. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Global #BA_3_2 #Cicada 🧵

particularly in high risk groups to guide personalized therapeutic interventions for mitigating the long term consequences of #COVID or #LongCovid sequelas . www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"Most of the adults who got vaccinated did so because they felt a strong sense of duty to get the vaccination, not just to protect themselves but to protect their community. When they know that they're making a difference, it matters." abcnews.go.com/Health/measl...

USA pilot trial with 43 adults found that home use of near-infrared brain stimulation (itPBM) showed small but significant cognitive improvements in long COVID brain fog, especially in those under 45. www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...

A real “tell your parents” paper (since everyone on Bsky is canonically 38). Review of 21 studies of ppl over 50: • Shingles vax associated w/47% lower risk of Alzheimer’s, 24% lower risk of any dementia • Pneumonia vax had 36% lower risk of Alzheimer's • Tdap had 33% lower risk of any dementia

Mini Review by Angelique Savelberg et al: Management of Chronic Hyponatremia in the Outpatient Setting bit.ly/3Jjsa8S #OpenAccess

Factor Xa inhibitors in dialysis patients reduce intracranial haemorrhage by RR -60% vs VKAs

Beautiful study coordinated by @resiapretorius.bsky.social Open Access here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New important publication in #LongCovid & #MECFS! After a viral infection, cells lining our blood vessels can become damaged and enter senescence, similar to accelerated aging. These cells are not healthy, but they also don’t disappear. Instead, they send out constant stress & inflammatory signals.

A rare case study published in #JCEMCR details the first known instance of a decades-dormant hormonal disorder, Cyclic #Cushing Syndrome, relapsing after a patient contracted #COVID19 and received standard glucocorticoid treatment. #EndoSky endocrinenews.endocrine.org/covid-19-inf...

Up next 1/27/25 POTCAST, Increasing the Potassium Level in Patients at High Risk for Ventricular Arrhythmias www.nejm.org/doi/ful...

University of Basel researchers found that B cells can capture myelin in the brain but usually self-destruct. If they express an Epstein-Barr virus protein called LMP1, they survive and trigger demyelination like that seen in multiple sclerosis. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

NSW Parliament currently has an inquiry into indoor air quality .I’d also encourage everyone to send a submission, closing date is the end of January. parliament.nsw.gov.au/committees/Pag…

"We have already had pediatric deaths. We have had thousands of children hospitalized. In the midst of the worst flu season in 30 years, changing the recommendation to make it seem as if the flu vaccine is optional sends a confusing message, and is really dangerous." www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Sickness, Disability, and Death in NHS England Staff The three graphs that *every person* needs to see. The question that every single person needs to ask their government: What are you doing to protect me from Covid infection?

Sadly the government never did anything about the bots on X spreading misinformation on COVID. www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/covid-1...

Moderna COVID vaccine 53% effective against adult hospitalization in 2024-25 season, data suggest www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/mod...

Our letter to WHO, signed by over 2,300, calls for respirator use in healthcare to protect patients and staff. Covered by Kat Lay in The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Eating first, asking questions later in Bangkok https://asia.nikkei.com/life-arts/life/eat-drink/eating-first-asking-questions-later-in-bangkok

#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #publichealth Estimating Vaccine Effectiveness Against Symptomatic Infection From Its Effectiveness Against Asymptomatic Infection @cidjournal.bsky.social academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...

"You may be wondering whether getting a flu vaccine will still help or even if getting the vaccine might be riskier than getting sick. It will help, and the flu is far riskier — but misinformation about vaccines is almost as rampant as the germs they protect against." www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/h...

SURGICAL MASKS DO NOT PROTECT So encouraging to see the sheer strength of feeling amongst so many highly-respected scientists & medical practitioners from across the world making representations to WHO This letter from World Health Network is a must-read tinyurl.com/WHN-Letter-t...

Among adults 60 years of age or older, the RSVpreF vaccine reduced the incidence of hospitalization for RSV-related respiratory tract disease @nejm.org www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

"It Feels like Everyone is sick" Please help me continue my efforts to: 1. Raise Awareness for Covid and Long Covid. 2. Provide advocacy assistance. 3. Advocate for education, mitigation, and air filtration. gofund.me/c4dae9171

I worked at a healthcare facility last July - I told them I wouldn't go back as the ventilation was so poor (the dip was me going outside for a break). So they've increased the fresh air intake, put 2 HEPA filters in the rooms and the staff are wearing N95s We'll get there 😷👍

On the brink of new forever wars?

NEW article by me! We can now visualize pathogens down to atoms; design vaccines in weeks; manufacture them in microbial factories; engineer them more precise than ever before. We're living through a golden age of vaccine development, but only if we continue to invest in them.

Read it here!

What is the association between preoperative #GLP-1 receptor agonist use and periop #respiratory complications in #T2DM patients? Read the full article here: https://www.bjanaesthesia.org.uk/article/S0007-0912(25)00531-8/abstract

This is purpura fulminans, a severe complication of meningitis (which as of today is no longer on our universal vaccine schedule) Micro clots & bleeding into the skin cause skin & tissue death. It’s more common in kids & associated with 20-70% mortality. Those who survive often lose limbs.

Newborn with respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia who is post intubation CXR shows tip of endotracheal tube to be in right mainstem bronchus. There is hyperaeration of right lung #NICU #Neonatology #radiology #pediatrics #radiologia #medstudent #medicalstudent #radiologie #paediatrics #pediatria

It's 2026!🎉 We will be counting down the Top Ten Nephrology Stories of 2025 on 1/6/26 at 9 pm EST. Join us on TWITTER (it will always be Twitter to us). Come on by #NephJC faithful for a lively discussion! You picked & we're count'em down. www.nephjc.com/news/2025/1/3/top-stories-in-nephrology-2025

Any pediatrician who has practiced long enough has seen this. The worst death I ever was involved in was a previously healthy child who was otherwise immunized. No one was antivax, family just hadn’t gotten around to getting the flu vaccine that year. Absolutely tragic.

“Our biggest hit of the year, Nick Tsergas ’s fascinating piece on “immunity theft” or why what we think we know about the lockdowns of the covid-19 pandemic reducing our immunity to other diseases is possibly wrong. “ Mun-Keat Looi (BMJ: International news and features editor) on Linked In

Happy New Year to everyone. May your 2026 bring health and prosperity

Happy New Year to everyone. May your 2026 bring health and prosperity

People with type 2 #diabetes are likely to be more susceptible to adverse health effects from PM2·5, which further amplifies #pollution-related #cardiovascular risk www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #T2D #AirPollution #CardioMetabolicHealth #MedSky #EndoSky

In patients with type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, tirzepatide was noninferior to dulaglutide with respect to major cardiovascular events. Full SURPASS-CVOT trial results and Research Summary: nej.md/4qd5rLx  #MedSky #EndoSky #CardioSky

“This trial shows that this intranasal, shelf-stable H5N1 vaccine could play a major role in pandemic preparedness, offering a practical and scalable way to help protect people from evolving strains of the virus.”

Some people may not realize that Tamiflu isn’t the only option. Other flu treatments are available in the United States. These alternatives sometimes fly under the radar. www.cnn.com/2025/12/26/h...

Amazing that this review paper from 2021 just became my most cited paper of my 30+ yr career. I am honored to have been the lead first co-corresponding author with @ChiaWang8. COVID is indeed airborne--as are most other respiratory viruses. @ucsandiego.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Merry Christmas all! It struck me today that this is the first Xmas since the 2021 Omicron wave that I have had zero COVID inpatients. The lull isn’t expected to last. x.com/jpweiland/st...

76 % höhere Wahrscheinlichkeit, innerhalb von 30 Tagen an COVID zu sterben im Vergleich zu Influenza - Daten Populationsstudie Süd Korea 2022/23 Das ist das #milde Omicron SARS-Cov-2 🖕🏻 dass ihr jährlich bekommt anstatt Influenza alle 5 bis 8 Jahre www.ijidonline.com/article/S120...

"Study finds that despite broad COVID vaccine availability, COVID still deadlier than flu in hospitalized patients" Korean health data on 15 million cases found COVID had 76% higher odds of death within 30 days among hospitalised patients than influenza (2022–23) www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...