Reposted by Gunhild Alvik NyborgBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit. 15568916518162
Reposted by Gunhild Alvik NyborgAstrid Meyer-Knutsen @astridmeyerknutsen.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Viktig kronikk fra @raubreywhite.bsky.social @ganyborg.bsky.social , Arne Søraas og Anders B. Nygaard som viser at å redusere risikoen for helseskade fra Covid er fullt mulig og tiden for å gjøre det er nå! www.utdanningsnytt.no/covid-luftfi...utdanningsnytt.noHvordan beskytte lærere mot long covid?Debatt: – Heldigvis kan luftbårne virus forebygges ved å rense inneluften. 094
Gunhild Alvik Nyborg @ganyborg.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Here’s the site where Trump & his comrades explain how they calculated the tariffs. The absurdity knows no limits. They really are so stupid!!! that they have been fooled (by who?) into believing that this utter, complete gibberish makes some kind of sense 😵💫🤯🫠ustr.govReciprocal Tariff CalculationsExecutive Summary Reciprocal tariffs are calculated as the tariff rate necessary to balance bilateral trade deficits between the U.S. and each of our trading partners. This calculation assumes that pe... 210
Reposted by Gunhild Alvik NyborgGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Let’s be clear what this is: a political purge. And given the reassignments for staff, it is also punishment. This is worthy of the Soviets. www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/h...cnn.com‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies | CNNA massive wave of job cuts got underway at US health agencies Tuesday, with some employees receiving early-morning emails saying their jobs were eliminated and some unable to access the building when ... 10331140
Reposted by Gunhild Alvik NyborgNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 02/04/2025This is, in large part, pandemic revenge. As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do. They can't keep spewing carbon. They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying. They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit. 183135664628
Gunhild Alvik Nyborg @ganyborg.bsky.social · 02/04/2025‘One of the darkest days’ Jay Bhattacharya, one of three founders of the far right disinfo alibi “Great Barrington Declaration” is now leader of NIH While 20,000 staff + four directors are laid off & billions of $ in research grants incl for COVID research terminated www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.com‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffsIn shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts. 044
Reposted by Gunhild Alvik NyborgMichael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 29/03/2025I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity. 10934311312000
Reposted by Gunhild Alvik NyborgMiles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 28/03/2025🚨 BREAKING: Long COVID research grants rescinded earlier this week have been restored, according to researchers & patient reps. Advocates organized quickly yesterday in response to the news, helping reverse the decision. Exclusive in @thesicktimes.bsky.social thesicktimes.org/2025/03/28/u...thesicktimes.orgUPDATE: RECOVER Long COVID pathobiology grants restored - The Sick TimesLong COVID research grants from the National Institutes of Health’s RECOVER program will be restored following news stories about their abrupt cancellations and advocacy to restore the funding, accord... 562046606
Reposted by Gunhild Alvik NyborgEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Gee, I wonder what that study on vaccines and autism will show www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/... "Geier and his father, Mark Geier, have published papers claiming vaccines increase the risk of autism, a theory that has been studied for decades and scientifically debunked." 36837200
Reposted by Gunhild Alvik NyborgProf Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 18/03/20251/We analysed GP Patient Survey data from>750K people in England: Around 1 in 20 people had #LongCovid & nearly 1 in 10 were not sure if they have it. We did adjusted analysis by social & demographic attributes to find out who's more likely to have LC or is uncertain about it. Here's what we found🧵 412473
Gunhild Alvik Nyborg @ganyborg.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Virkelig sterk og bevegende lesning. www.nrk.no/ytring/livet...nrk.noLivet i skyggeneJeg er flyktningen som mistet meg selv. 051
Gunhild Alvik Nyborg @ganyborg.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Thanks to @covidforening.bsky.social for arranging webinar on the long-term consequences of COVID-19 for #LongCovidAwareness Day 15. March. Thanks also for inviting me to speak alongside Arne Søraas and Richard A. White. The recording is now available here: covidforeningen.no/Nyheter/ID/4...covidforeningen.noOpptak av Webinar: Konsekvensene av Covid-19 og long covidI anledning Long Covid Awareness Month, og i samarbeid med alle de nordiske covidforeningene, inviterte vi til webinar om konsekvensene av COVID-19 og Long Covid. Opptak av webinaret er nå klart. ... 1102
Reposted by Gunhild Alvik NyborgMarit Stafseth @justmarit.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Jeg skriver på vegne av @covidforening.bsky.social om den viktige rapporten fra NordForsk om long covid. Takk til @ganyborg.bsky.social og Arne Søraas for et grundig og seriøst arbeid. www.aftenbladet.no/meninger/deb...aftenbladet.noFersk rapport gir long covid-pasienter nytt håpDet er kommet en ny rapport om langvarig covid-sykdom – long covid. Den bør regjeringen lese. 083
Reposted by Gunhild Alvik NyborgChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/03/2025The ability to control mass party opinion this directly is unlike anything I’ve really seen in my time covering politics. 1793251874602
Gunhild Alvik Nyborg @ganyborg.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Deler denne, om å trene etter sykdom. Nederst i artikkelen gis fornuftige råd om hvordan begynne trening etter covid-19. Dette er i tråd med mine anbefalinger. Merk at for noen betyr dette at det kan ta ganske lang tid før man er helt i gang igjen. Tålmodighet vil ofte likevel lønne seg i lengden.aftenposten.noKan man trene når man er småsyk?Her går grensen, ifølge ekspertene. 020
Reposted by Gunhild Alvik NyborgPolyBio Research Foundation @polybiorf.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Dr. Petter Brodin is leading a project investigating the genetic determinants of Long Covid. “We’re currently looking for genetic variants that could explain why [Long Covid patients] have what we think is impaired antiviral immunity, leading to viral persistence.” 1338
Gunhild Alvik Nyborg @ganyborg.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Let's let Trump and Putin travel to Mars along with Elon Musk. As the very first humans! A great honour. There they can build the dream society - no immigrants! - while the rest of us continue to try live in peace down here on earth. #MakeMarsGreatAgain 021
Gunhild Alvik Nyborg @ganyborg.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Check out our NordForsk policy paper on Long Covid research ⬇️ And again, on behalf of the Nordic expert group and organizers, thanks so much to @zalaly.bsky.social for a truly inspiring keynote lecture at our Nordic conference on Long Covid research in Stockholm last Nov! 041
Reposted by Gunhild Alvik NyborgStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/02/2025Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence 289114565402
Reposted by Gunhild Alvik NyborgTrish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Our new paper, led by @oohgpwales.bsky.social: Muscle weakness post-COVID: a practical guide for primary care TL;DR: patients with muscle weakness after COVID-19 infection may have myelopathy, nerve damage or other organic pathology. Not always due to 'deconditioning'! bjgp.org/content/74/7...bjgp.orgMuscle weakness post-COVID: a practical guide for primary careSince the earliest stages of the pandemic, muscle weakness has been a key symptom described by patients post-COVID infection. Estimated to affect up to 60% of those with long COVID, it can have a prof... 22335149
Reposted by Gunhild Alvik NyborgInstitute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 03/03/2025NEW: Recent Russian official statements in response to the proposed US-Ukraine mineral deal indicate that the Kremlin is trying to sabotage the deal through narratives targeting Ukrainian and American audiences. (1/3) isw.pub/UkrWar030225 9387113
Gunhild Alvik Nyborg @ganyborg.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Out in Rheumatology "A ‘chasm of misunderstanding and miscommunication’ is often experienced between clinicians and patients,leading to autoimmune diseases such as lupus and vasculitis being wrongly diagnosed as psychiatric or psychosomatic conditions, with a profound and lasting impact on patients"cam.ac.ukChronic diseases misdiagnosed as psychosomatic can lead to long term damageA ‘chasm of misunderstanding and miscommunication’ is often experienced between clinicians and patients, leading to autoimmune diseases such as lupus and 181
Reposted by Gunhild Alvik NyborgEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 02/03/2025The long-term, multi-system complications after Covid hospitalization among ~64,000 cases and 310,000 matched controls. Excess of Type 2 diabetes, kidney, lung and neurological disorders. Replicates prior work by @zalaly.bsky.social and colleagues www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 13529167
Gunhild Alvik Nyborg @ganyborg.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Opprop fra ledende økonomer "ved å gi Ukraina det landet trenger for å motstå overmakten, gjør vi nettopp det handlingsregelen var ment å gjøre: Bidra til å sikre et godt liv for våre etterkommere. Vi oppfordrer derfor Stortinget og regjeringen til å foreta en kraftig økning i støtten til Ukraina." 071
Gunhild Alvik Nyborg @ganyborg.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Study: Cardiovascular MRI of 75 young (median age 22 yrs) physically fit male patients without comorbidities or smoking after recovery from COVID, w/control group. 25% of patients had possible COVID related myocardial injury, incl definitive/possible myocarditis (5.3%). www.aaem.pl/Cardiovascul...aaem.plCardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Physically Fit Young Patients Sans Comorbidities Who Recently Recovered from Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)Introduction and objective: Multiple studies showed that patients with a severe course of COVID-19 may develop cardiovascular complications. Assessment of the incidence of myocardial injury in young,... 142
Gunhild Alvik Nyborg @ganyborg.bsky.social · 28/02/2025I tried telling this to the producers of #Dax18 when invited to discuss pandemic matters: please invite someone with knowledge to debate with me. But they couldn’t find an expert who disagreed. And that was all they wanted. So instead they, knowingly, invited an “expert” with no clue, who disagreed. 2167
Gunhild Alvik Nyborg @ganyborg.bsky.social · 25/02/2025THERE IS HOPE. 📢📢📢⬇️⬇️⬇️youtu.beJacob Collier, John Legend & Tori Kelly - Bridge Over Troubled Water (Live at The Greek Theatre)YouTube video by Jacob Collier 010
Gunhild Alvik Nyborg @ganyborg.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Study tested effect of bivalent mRNA vs Novavax given as 4th booster in healthy adults Results Novavax effect lasts longer Both have similar cell mediated immunity Novavax has potentially broader protection, has less side effects & is well suited as booster www.journalofinfection.com/article/S016...journalofinfection.comThe immunogenicity, reactogenicity, and safety of a bivalent mRNA or protein COVID-19 vaccine given as a fourth doseWe conducted a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to compare immunogenicity, reactogenicity and safety one month after a fourth COVID-19 mRNA or protein vaccine dose. 0101
Gunhild Alvik Nyborg @ganyborg.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Listen to Bacchus Guitar Quartet (Tobias Backman, Astrid Nyborg Berg, Timmy Hantoft, Cecilia Bergman) perform Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F Major, arranged for guitar quartet by my dearest daughter Astrid, at The Royal Danish Academy of Music (start at 1:24:30) 🤩 www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-KG... 030
Gunhild Alvik Nyborg @ganyborg.bsky.social · 22/02/2025As member of a Nordic expert group on Post-Covid Condition we’ve developed a policy paper in collaboration with other #longcovid researchers. The work was initiated by Nordforsk on behalf of the Nordic Council of Ministers. It is our hope that it will be read by policymakers throughout the Nordics.nordforsk.orgKnowledge development post-COVID-19New policy paper highlights lessons to be learnt from the emergence of post-Covid condition (PCC). 0151
Gunhild Alvik Nyborg @ganyborg.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Vi har skrevet kommentar til Reme/Jacobsen i Psykologtidsskriftet Av: Fra Koronastudien forskere Gunhild Nyborg og Anders Nygaard, prosjektleder @arsoraas.bsky.social, psykolog/PhD-stipdendiat Sofie Buer, samt professor i psykologi @kunstjonas.bsky.social psykologtidsskriftet.no/artikkelkomm...psykologtidsskriftet.noFeilaktig fremstilling av kunnskapsgrunnlaget for post-covid condition (long covid)En overveldende mengde forskning viser at long covid er en multi-organ-, systemisk sykdom. Mind-Body ReprogrammeringsTerapi alene kan neppe kurere en slik tilstand. 3255
Gunhild Alvik Nyborg @ganyborg.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Preprint from FHI (NIPH) out today: Fully vaccinated had lower mortality than unvaccinated in Norway 2021-23 Adjusted IRR of death: - 18-44 years 0.42 (95% CI 0.38-0.47) - 45-64 years 0.39 (95% CI 0.37-0.41) - 65 years+ 0.42 (95% CI 0.41-0.43) COVID vaccines protect medrxiv.org/content/10.1...medrxiv.org 020
Gunhild Alvik Nyborg @ganyborg.bsky.social · 30/11/2024For å liksom komplettere introduksjonen her på Bluesky, vil jeg gjerne promotere min sønn Magnus (aka Magnus & Venner, Makrell i tomat) sin podcast, #KnudsenogLudsen. To nesten ferdige psykologer løser verdensproblemer, ikke minst gutta sine, og synger om det. open.spotify.com/show/64miWHx...open.spotify.comKnudsen og LudsenPodcast · Lyder Produksjoner · To menn løser verdensproblemer med sang! Med Magnus Berg og Simen Juul Hansen.linktr.ee/knudsenogludsen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 110
Gunhild Alvik Nyborg @ganyborg.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Back from an amazing weekend at Malmö guitar festival in honour of Ida Presti,one of history's best classical guitarists who died tragically only 42 years old. Behind the idea & "festival-general" was my daughter Astrid Nyborg Berg, herself classical guitarist. Congrats Astrid for this achievement! 220
Gunhild Alvik Nyborg @ganyborg.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Nevø Mads Nyborg Støstad og hans kolleger i NRK vant Forskningsrådets innovasjonspris med forsker ved NINA Zander Venter for det banebrytande samarbeidet sitt mellom forskning og journalistikk i prosjektet «Norge i rødt, hvitt og grått». Gratulerer! kommunikasjon.ntb.no/pressemeldin...kommunikasjon.ntb.noForskar Zander Venter og eit journalistteam i NRK vinn Forskingsrådets innovasjonspris | ForskningsrådetSeniorforskar Zander Venter ved Norsk institutt for naturforsking (NINA) og NRK-journalistane Mads Støstad, Ruben Solvang, Anne Linn Kumano-Ensby og Su Thet Mon får prisen for det banebrytande samarbe... 010