1. #Flu activity in the US is really starting to pick up — just in time for the multi-generational gatherings at Christmas, Hanukkah & over the new year. Map on the left shows activity for the week ending Dec. 7. Look at the change in the following week (right). www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...

BREAKING: The Scottish government has announced the two-child benefit limit - blamed for trapping children in poverty “will be scrapped" Finance Secretary Shona Robison said eradicating child poverty was a "top priority"👏 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

🔴NEW: Firms who supplied unusable PPE are still raking in cash from NHS contracts. During the pandemic 17 firms supplied £119m worth of PPE that was deemed unusable in the NHS. Since the start of 2024, they’ve made £83.6m. goodlawproject.org/firms-who-su...

#SpotTheScammer @robert3318.bsky.social - using pics of Javier Fernandez Casanova, stolen from www.instagram.com/javiermco

The SARS-CoV-2 spike protein can persist in the brain—in the skull bone marrow and meninges—to induce neurologic damage www.cell.com/cell-host-mi... open-access

Jeez. This is an outrageous post from Elon Musk. If anyone was in any doubt about where his sentiments will lie at the next UK general election look no further than this. The Prime Minister, every cabinet member & Labour MP need to join @bsky.app now

England 28th November - 7 days data New Cases 1,159 - w/e 20th November (⬇️-94 on last report ) New Deaths 164 - w/e 15th November Admissions No Data #COVID19

Can we get this shared 1,000 times for the NHS?? 💙 go.bsky.app/QSu8Fdi

Please help the Bylines Network get over 50K! Follow @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social … and share. Thank you. 🙏🏻

Schools closed again tomorrow. #CLIMATECHANGE

Long list of RFK Jr’s health misinformation and outright lies.

Jacqueline Carey, "In March 2020 40% of 111 calls went unanswered, and by September 2021, 25% of NHS 111 calls were abandoned" Sajid Javid, "Yes' Surreal that this is what the Conservatives did to the NHS 111 service

How much more evidence do we need, after 29 failures, that the climate COPs are not fit for purpose? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. There have been many proposals for a process that would actually work, but all are ignored. The talks are MEANT to fail.

Complicated subjects often mean that previously stated opinions will change in the light of newly released data (as here) or the identification of error underpinning a previous calculation. Twice today I have seen professionals highlight previous opinions and explain changes That IS “PROFESSIONAL”

Wind and rain in Wiltshire causing havoc.

On the streets of Liverpool, there is a humanitarian crisis A perfect storm of problems means more and more people are finding themselves homeless & sleeping rough & it’s getting worse - it’s a situation playing out across the country A difficult 🧵 on what I’ve found reporting on this situation

You couldn't make it up. The New York Times, so active in getting people repeatedly infected, slips out a quiet little article saying that Covid infections can raise the risk of heart problems for years. Can we please stop pretending? archive.md/eNWvM

@brazz59.bsky.social followed me - this is a British MAGAt. Be careful who you follow back.

Trump is a chaos agent. And when there's chaos there's looting. And all of it will be done by his billionaire friends.

Anyone from any country can take part in this survey about Long Covid. It’s looking for opinions on recommending aerobic exercise for Long Covid patients. Try not to swear in the comments…

BREAKING: Downing Street has said the government would fulfill its legal obligations in relation to the ICC after they issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu

#SpotTheScammer @ivanvolodymrr.bsky.social - this ghoul is using a stolen pic of a Ukrainian former TV presenter, Daniel Salem, who is now in the armed forces, fighting against Russia. Report and block.

Rise in babies are being born with heart defects. This isn’t lockdowns, obviously, they didn’t even exist then! It’s obviously not school closures. And it’s obviously not masks. So can we start tackling the root cause now? COVID. #SARSCoV2 #LongCovidKids www.news-medical.net/news/2024111...

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner rocking it at #PMQs 👏

A message from a REAL farmer who hasn’t been brainwashed by the Tories, wealthy landowners and the right wing media👇🏽 #FarmersProtest

"Bird flu in Canada may have mutated to become more transmissible to humans" Tick tick tock tock www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

It’s happening

What a treat for 🦋 We are getting his fascinating 🧵 on materials, energy and politics/ economics. Make sure you follow & buckle up for the stories 👇👇

You can literally see the German number plates. Because Einstein here has used a photo of a GERMAN protest in 2023. 838 people have shared it.

I wouldn’t care… if he wasn’t so influential. Deeply disrespectful to the millions that died worldwide. You probably know my family were on the frontlines and died in prolific numbers. 10 lost in the first two years. But worse… so much worse… These words of Elon’s will kill more.

In these dangerous times it is even MORE imperative that the UK rejoins the EU. if you agree sign to send a clear message to Keir Starmer. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Notable that some of the leading online voices among the 'No Farmers No Food' lot are big 'twitter' and sm names that have pivoted from the anti-15-minute city, anti-vax and anti-lockdown movements to farming. I see too that a lot of the Spiked/RCP tendency are involved.

NHS privatisation is expensive, inefficient, and leads to poorer patient outcomes www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... go.bsky.app/QSu8Fdi

💥 NEWS! 💥 Delighted to announce that we have TWO new Presidents at European Movement UK: Caroline Lucas and Dominic Grieve Our former President, Michael Heseltine stepped down at the AGM this weekend. Onwards and definitely upwards! www.europeanmovement.co.uk/new-european...

Huge cohort A total of 11,010,764 births before & 7,060,626 births during the pandemic were analysed. The number of births with a congenital heart condition increased from 56.5 per 100k births pre pandemic to 65.4 per 100k births after pandemic year 1 - a 16% increase.

Evacuations underway in Laure Abajo neighbourhood in San Lorenzo, Honduras due to flooding from Tropical storm Sara....

Oh my gosh, here's Caroline Lucas! @carolinelucas.bsky.social Happy days.

Good morning, Bluesky. Today’s #GoodMorningNews: a trial at Washington University’s school of medicine has shown great results for a vaccine that would prevent recurrence for a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. It’s a small trial, but 3 years later 16/18 participants remain cancer free

💡BOOSTER PREVENTS LONG COVID—"...researchers found that essential workers who received a third COVID-19 monovalent mRNA vaccine dose had lower odds of long-COVID–related gastrointestinal, neurologic, and other symptoms than unvaccinated participants, by 63%, 44%, and 52%,respectively".

Just horrendous. Between them, Trump and Netanyahu seem determined to wipe the Palestinians off the face of the Earth. It was terrible under Biden. It'll be even worse now. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

Ed Davey :On making our economy and security Trump proof “I think millions of people in the UK and elsewhere are just really worried and quite scared. And they’re particularly scared about what it’s going to mean for our security and our economy.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Wow. It's actually a great article on what Covid can do to your skin. I know people with examples of all five of these during or post-covid rashes: www.today.com/health/coron...

Brace yourselves...

Here we go... Measles on the rise again High vaccination uptake in Ireland won't matter if uptake globally is down Last year some 107,000 ppl died from measles around the world, most of whom were kids less than 5 yrs old

Here's a useful tool for Bluesky Type your account name in and activate It will come up with a list of the accounts followed by the people you follow.. If you type in your password it will give that list with an optional follow button to make life easy. Try it 💙💙 bsky-follow-finder.theo.io

Study: “The COVID-19 group had a significantly higher rates of bacterial infections, influenza virus infections, and mycoplasma infections” Just like Spanish Flu, Covid is increasing the risk of bacterial infections. #MycoplasmaPneumonia #Pneumonia #LongCovid www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Can we get this save our NHS starter pack followed by all? Please share like mad! We MUST save our NHS 💙 go.bsky.app/QSu8Fdi