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Becky Ancira Robertson

@ancirabecky.bsky.social
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Survivor. Proud mother. Teacher. Activist. Trying to make a difference. #PatientAdvocate #longcovidawareness #LCDC #March15 #ValueCognition #WHN Interview with @theWHN : youtu.be/YUgcqJ-m7C0

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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 21h
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Pathogen Report: 10-3-2026
New SARS-CoV-2 variant report. Mumps? Lab leak of the pneumonic plague?
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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Post-Exertional Malaise in Long COVID and Post-Vaccine Syndrome: Why “Exercise More” Is the Wrong Answer drpierrekory.com/blog/post-ex... Pity that there is only one reference to ME/CFS in the (long) article Screenshot from October AMMES newsletter #LongCovid #PostExertionalMalaise #PEM
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Post-Exertional Malaise in Long COVID and Post-Vaccine Syndrome: Why “Exercise More” Is the Wrong Answer 
  
A walk around the block, a few hours of focused work, a social event, or a workout you thought you were finally ready for. It didn’t feel excessive at the time.

Then, 12 to 72 hours later, something happened that has no parallel in “normal” human experience. Not tiredness. Not soreness. A complete systemic collapse, with fatigue so profound it feels neurological, brain fog that makes thinking feel like wading through quicksand, muscle pain, sensory sensitivity, and a return of every symptom you thought you’d been making progress on.

This is post-exertional malaise. And if you have Long COVID or Post-Vaccine Syndrome, you’ve almost certainly experienced it.

What you may not have received is an honest clinical explanation of what it actually is, why it happens, and why the treatment most clinicians prescribe — pushing through, gradually increasing activity, “deconditioning” management — is not just ineffective but genuinely harmful.
Read more here>>
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World Health Network @thewhn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We shouldn’t have to wait for a COVID surge to start protecting ourselves. Layered prevention helps reduce transmission before cases climb and hospitals become overwhelmed. Masking, cleaner indoor air, vaccination, testing, and staying home when sick all work together to reduce (...)
World Health Network graphic on a dark background with orange accents. At the top are the “whn.global” logo and the text “World Health Network — Science for a safer, healthier world.” Large text reads: “We should not need a COVID surge to care about prevention.” The words “COVID surge” are highlighted in orange. Below a horizontal line, smaller text reads: “Masking, clean air, vaccination, testing and staying home when sick work before hospitals become overwhelmed.”
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Measles outbreaks could leave thousands vulnerable to infectious diseases for years
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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ICYMI: all 5 US measles deaths = unvaccinated, Ebola exceeds 8,000 cases, 13th US Covid surge continues, Covid elevated in UK, Iran urges masks, Phase 3 begins for promising #LongCovid drug, Clean Air Inside the Actors' Studio, risk levels by location, and more: www.patreon.com/violetblue/p...
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Pandemic Roundup: October 1, 2026 | Threat Model
This newsletter is an inclusive, curated selection of new findings and fresh perspectives on Covid-19, dedicated to finding the highest qual
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Marushka-T @marushka-t.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#COVID #longCOVID #pediatrics #childhealth #cleanair #publichealth
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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NHS plea as flu and Covid-19 vaccine programme begins
A free flu and Covid-19 vaccination programme starts across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yikes. 😬
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Growing up with Long COVID—Risk factors and school impacts
Findings from RECOVER’s pediatric observational study show that Long COVID can affect children’s health and daily lives in different ways. During the September 15, 2026, RECOVER Research Review (R3) S...
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🇨🇦Ian - #RLessThanOne @simpson-ian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"So much goes by with only the occasional mention, the failure to implement effective IPC in healthcare settings, the impact of Long Covid on health and the economy, clean air in public buildings, vaccine production capability, surveillance and test and trace."
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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A mechanism, at last: new phase-II data show how low-dose rapamycin may work in ME/CFS
A new paper in the Journal of Translational Medicine (Gile, Roy et al., 2026) is one of the most mechanistically detailed pieces of evidence yet for a treatment I’ve been building into the pharmacolog...
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/min...
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Could preventing mini-strokes help lower dementia risk?
About one in five people who experienced a mini-stroke later received a dementia diagnosis, a new study has found.
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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JJ Kogburne (@panaccindex)
This compilation of peer-reviewed studies about the impacts of COVID-19 on children has been updated.
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Bezisterim - the Best Long COVID Drug Trial Yet? BioVie Aims for a Big, Phase III Trial - Health Rising
Bezisterim produces moderate and broad treatment effects in several different long COVID subsets. BioVie, the drug manufacturer, hopes to move forward with a big phase III trial.
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Jeff Gilchrist @jeffgilchrist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
From Sept 2025 to Present, adults 75+ had the highest rate of COVID hospital admissions, followed by age 65-74 and then age 0-4 in third place. Young children 0-4 had hospitalization rates almost twice as high as fourth place group age 50-64. 3/
This side-by-side bar chart displays the rate of hospital admissions per 100,000 population in Ontario for the past year. The graph breaks down the data across six age groups, illustrating a clear progressive trend where hospital admission rates increase significantly with age, peaking sharply in the 75+ demographic except for children age 0-4 which have the third highest rate.
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Daily Global Pathogen Briefing - 9-26-2026
New wastewater update, SARS-CoV-2 rising again.
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Dwight Williams 🇨🇦 @dewline.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
SARS-CoV-2 is not done with any of us yet. At all. #COVID #COVID19 #LongCOVID #CovidIsNotOver #CleanAir #MaskUp
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
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Public health advocates express concern about nominee to lead the FDA
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Long Covid UK @longcoviduk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Back in May this year, the House of Commons Library shared a new briefing on Long Covid, sharing information on a range of issues. Why not take a read? The briefing is available here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri... #LongCovid #ResearchBriefing #HouseOfCommons
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VirusSucks.com @virussucks.com · 25/09/2026
COVID infections have deadly consequence. People are dying from cardiac and stroke outcomes that often creep up in a year or two after acute infections. www.nature.com/articles/s41... COVID-19 and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with pre-existing hypertension. #LongCOVID #fatigue
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COVID-19 and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with pre-existing hypertension - Journal of Human Hypertension
Journal of Human Hypertension - COVID-19 and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with pre-existing hypertension
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Long Covid Journey @longcovidjourney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Exhausted all day. Wide awake at night. Then you wake up exhausted and do it all again. Long COVID can turn sleep into a vicious cycle. Why does this happen and what can you do? 👇 longcovidjourney.com/sleep-proble...
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Long Covid Sleep Problems: Why You Feel Exhausted But Cannot Sleep
Long Covid sleep problems can affect sleep quality, fatigue, PEM, dysautonomia and recovery...
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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NEWS RELEASE 23-SEP-2026 UTHealth Houston database fills gap in Long COVID surveillance www.eurekalert.org/news-release... #LongCovid #PASC
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UTHealth Houston database fills gap in Long COVID surveillance
UTHealth Houston researchers have found that Long COVID diagnoses varied significantly across populations and variant periods over a two-year period, revealing patterns that could help public health a...
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Heart health: Inflammation could increase risk of stroke, heart attack
A recent study has found that higher glycoprotein acetyls (GlycA) levels, a marker of inflammation, are linked with an increased risk of heart problems, including heart attack, heart failure, and stro...
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Dangerously outdated health policies, Preventing the next pandemic, Oh yeah Covid still isn’t over, and more
Bonus Vaccines were a success!
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Country music star rushed to hospital after passing ‘around 25 blood clots’
The singer shared the scary situation on social media.
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/meas...
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Measles outbreak in Chicago shelter cost nearly $9 million, CDC estimates
The response was one of the most resource-intensive in the United States since measles was eliminated in 2000.
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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More than 1 in 10 US healthcare workers report ongoing long-COVID symptoms, study finds
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Few people with the flu isolate for the recommended period
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betsy ladyzhets 😷 @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Today @thesicktimes.org: We republished a recent piece by Julia Doubleday at The Gauntlet, pushing back on a much-derided ableist article in The Telegraph. "The state and its media allies are working desperately to sever the connection between COVID-19 and its consequences."
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COVID-19 — not TikTok — is disabling young women - The Sick Times
The Telegraph published an article titled, “How having a disability became cool." This article shores up the government narrative that rising rates of disability are being driven, not by the ongoing a...
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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From Australia Comparative Analysis of Circulating Cytokines & Adrenergic Autoantibodies in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, Postacute Sequelae of SARS‐CoV‐2, & Healthy Controls www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/... Screenshot from latest Science for ME weekly update #LongCovid #POTS
Comparative Analysis of Circulating Cytokines and Adrenergic Autoantibodies in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, Postacute Sequelae of SARS‐CoV‐2, and Healthy Controls — Seeley et al
"we observed attenuated interleukin-2 with elevated interleukin-8 and TNF-α, while autoantibody activation measures did not reliably discriminate groups." "even subthreshold autonomic abnormalities in PASC were clinically meaningful and may represent evolving or underrecognized autonomic disease."
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Jon Douglas @atranscendedman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
UTHealth Houston, 15.3 million insured Texans. Long COVID claims followed COVID ED waves by 2 to 3 weeks. Rates were highest in adults over 70 and Medicare patients, with rural Texas also carrying a higher documented burden. www.ijidonline.com/article/S120...
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Temporal, demographic, and geographic patterns of long COVID incidence in relation to SARS-CoV-2 variant emergence: Insights from the Texas all-payer claims database (TX-APCD)
Long COVID, characterized by the persistence of symptoms beyond the acute phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection, affects an estimated 10-30% of individuals with COVID-19, representing around 400 million peopl...
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Your eyes remember: a new Nature Communications study strengthens the case for Long COVID as an immune-mediated disease
A study just published in Nature Communications (Moustardas, Lagali et al., 2026) gives us one of the cleanest pieces of evidence yet that post-COVID syndromes are not “in people’s heads,” not functio...
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@housegecko44 @housegecko44.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There is also a virulent, nasty strain of rhinovirus going around. My mom almost died from it this week, 2 other family member's have caught it 2x, it's DANGEROUS, as bad or worse than covid. Mask up people!
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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World’s most contagious virus hits major US airport as officials warn of possible exposure
Philadelphia International Airport reports a second possible measles exposure across multiple terminals. Health officials urge travelers to check MMR vaccine status.
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Contaminated Glutathione Injections Sicken Dozens in U.S.
More than two dozen people across four states have become sick, CDC says
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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For some Americans, vaccines aren’t about science but faith
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Analysis finds that teens who receive injectable HIV treatment manage the condition better
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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How a Single Viral Protein Hijacks Immune Cells to Supercharge COVID-19 Infection
A new discovery reveals how a SARS-CoV-2 protein reprograms immune cells to accelerate viral spread—and points to a new strategy for therapeutic intervention.
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Unreal. #LongCovidAwareness
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Identifying EEG biomarkers of fatigue and brain fog in long COVID: insights from rest and movement-related brain activity - PubMed
Both the lower PMBR and slower alpha CF suggest impaired inhibitory control and reduced excitability in the sensorimotor cortex of LC individuals. Together, these features, which were associated with fatigue and brain fog, highlight altered dynamics in the sensorimotor cortex of LC individuals. Thes …
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Multiomic and Spatial Profiling of Colorectal Tissue Reveals Viral Persistence and Immune Dysregulation in Long COVID
Long COVID (LC) – a chronic condition characterized by persistent, debilitating symptoms following SARS-CoV-2 infection – has emerged as a major public health challenge. Although many interrelated mec...
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Haptoglobin Phenotypes Stratify Post-Exertional Cognitive Dysfunction Associated with Altered Cerebral Oxygenation and Metabolic Signatures in Long COVID - PubMed
Long COVID (LC) is a heterogeneous post-infectious syndrome characterized by persistent symptoms, yet the biological basis underlying its interindividual variability remains poorly understood. Given the clinical overlap between LC and myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), and prior demonstration that hapt …
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Issues You May Know, 18 September 2026.
A list of things you might want to know about - or write your reps about.
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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What's it to you if I mask?, Covid & new health conditions, Deaths underreported, Telegraph takedown, and more
Bonus 13th Covid wave!
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The Left Independent ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 @left-indy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Some Unexpected Surprises In The Covid Data This Week!! #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Pandemic #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #H5N1 #Measles #WhoopingCough #RSV #Norovirus #Tuberculosis #Polio #Mpox #MaskUp #N95 #KeepMasksInHealthcare www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz55...
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Some Unexpected Surprises In The Covid Data This Week!!
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/exp...
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Flu, COVID, RSV season: Medical bodies clarify vaccine guidance
Four top medical bodies have issued consolidated vaccine guidance ahead of the viral infections season. Experts explain.
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Love their sources. Thank you. #LongCovidAwareness
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Covid-19 vaccines delayed for about half of US children as access through federal program stalls | CNN
The federal government approved updated Covid-19 vaccines for the 2026-27 respiratory virus season last month, but the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not yet made these vaccines ava...
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Fiji declares HIV emergency. One in 60 people now have the virus as drug crisis fuels outbreak | CNN
The small Pacific nation of Fiji has declared a national HIV emergency as it grapples with surging case numbers, partly driven by a growing methamphetamine problem.
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