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Nandini

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🇨🇦🍁Mother Healthcare Professional | Advancing Pediatric post-COVID Strategy | Founder, Children’s Long COVID Network (CLCN) Outspoken views on Children's Long Covid/Post Covid Illness, research, care, and treatment.

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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Link to the Long COVID in Children webinar is now available: covidsociety.ca/priorities/l... Thank you for hosting @cancovsoc.bsky.social @cmadocs.bsky.social @cfpc-cmfc.bsky.social @longcovidadvoc.com @longcovidfam.bsky.social @longcovid-adri.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/nand...
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International Long Covid Awareness Month 2026 - Canadian Covid Society
International Long Covid Awareness Month March 2026 Join us to raise awareness and show support for the Long Covid community this March. Schedule of Events This March, we are taking a special ...
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
🚩Don't let the "Long COVID Cure" headlines fool you. This is a physiological crisis, not a mental health deficit. You are pushing a dangerous narrative. It gives docs reasons to stop looking for physical answers. @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social share.google/U4rJ90jxOb58...
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Common antidepressant can treat long COVID fatigue symptoms: study
A common and low-cost antidepressant can successfully treat fatigue associated with long COVID, according to a new study.
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
1/ Functional limitations are what a child can't do due to illness—not what we decide is “all in their mind.” When clinicians default to psych explanations, they risk missing Long COVID–related disability and delaying appropriate accommodations at school and in care. wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
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Functional Limitations and Illness-Related Absenteeism among School-Aged Children with and without Long COVID, United States, 2022–2023
Limitations among Children with Long COVID
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
A recent deep dive by The Tyee highlights a critical failure in our public health language. While this sounds like a technicality, the human cost—especially for our children—is immense. The Human Cost of Failing to Name COVID ‘Airborne’ | The Tyee share.google/EPC55PmiHNj6...
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The Human Cost of Failing to Name COVID ‘Airborne’ | The Tyee
Safety laws are being sidestepped. One doctor’s nightmare shows how health-care workers pay the price.
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
🩵 March is Long COVID Awareness Month. From March 23-31, we turn our focus on Pediatric Long COVID, centering conversations and shining a light on our Canadian children and youth living with this illness.
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International Long Covid Awareness Month 2026 - Canadian Covid Society
International Long Covid Awareness Month March 2026 Join us to raise awareness and show support for the Long Covid community this March. Schedule of Events This March, we are taking a special ...
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
🩵 Pediatric Long COVID Awareness: March 23-31, 2026 Please join me, Dr. Susan Kuo, Dr. Rachel Gross, and Dr. Alexandra Yonts for a webinar on Long COVID in Children, hosted by @cancovsoc.bsky.social, as we honor Children living with LC/Post COVID Illness covidsociety.ca/priorities/l...
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International Long Covid Awareness Month 2026 - Canadian Covid Society
International Long Covid Awareness Month March 2026 Join us to raise awareness and show support for the Long Covid community this March. Schedule of Events This March, we are taking a special ...
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
🩵 March marks Long COVID Awareness Month this year Children are living with Long COVID — affecting their health, learning, and futures. Recognition, research, and real supports can’t wait. Join us to raise awareness & show support for our community: covidsociety.ca/priorities/l...
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International Long Covid Awareness Month 2026 - Canadian Covid Society
International Long Covid Awareness Month March 2026 Join us to raise awareness and show support for the Long Covid community this March. Schedule of Events This March, we are taking a spec...
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Forward Canada @forwardcanada.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
ALBERTA: Bill 11 makes healthcare more expensive for everyone by introducing a two-tier system ⚠️ It lets doctors mix public and private work, giving faster access to people who pay while everyone else waits longer. Visit NoTwoTier.ca to advocate against this and FOR Universal Public Healthcare.
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URGENT – Stop Premier Danielle Smith’s Plan to End Universal Healthcare
Alberta Premier Smith has used the Notwithstanding Clause to pass laws that erase rights and silence the courts.
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
@cmadocs.bsky.social @cfpc-cmfc.bsky.social @royalcollege.bsky.social @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social @canadahealthwatch.ca @childhealthcan.bsky.social whn.global/scientific/l...
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Long COVID in Children: What the Science Shows and How to Protect Them - WHN
Authors: Yaneer Bar-Yam, Stephane Bilodeau, Špela Šalamon, Greta Fox, Sunil K Raina, Andrew Ewing Long COVID in Children: Science, Precautions, and Protection For years, many parents, doctors, and pol...
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
1/ This may look like “just one story” to many, not a dataset, but it crystallizes a pattern that far too many families are bumping into: when the system cannot explain a young person's symptoms, it downgrades them to lifestyle, instead of upgrading the level of curiosity. www.ad.nl/binnenland/m...
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‘Mam, ik ga toch niet dood?’: het waren de laatste woorden van Mayke (22)
Met het vwo-diploma op zak volgt Mayke Koopman (net 22) haar passie: schilderen. Bij het toekennen van een internationale kunstprijs wordt haar talent geroemd. Een broze gezondheid sloopt een carrière...
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Germany just did the thing everyone else keeps pretending is "impossible" or "does not exist". @cmadocs.bsky.social @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
On this Giving Tuesday, CLCN is showing up for the children with LC who continue to be overlooked. Giving attention, giving voice, and giving our children the recognition they deserve. #GivingTuesdayCanada #LongCOVIDChildren #CLCN #DriveRecognition #StrengthenCare#LCDiagnosis
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
❣️A small gesture from CLCN for Canadian Children with Long COVID with warmth: 1/ As CLCN moves into 2026, our focus remains clear: Keep showing up for Canadian children in every space while driving recognition for Pediatric LC & pushing for biomedical research and treatments for long term recovery
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
@jamapediatrics.com Publishing lifestyle-based pediatric reviews without considering children affected by COVID Infections- including those living unknowingly with Long COVID- it creates an incomplete and potentially unsafe narrative. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Lifestyle Interventions Addressing Blood Pressure in Children
This systematic review assesses the effectiveness of school- or community-based lifestyle interventions to reduce high blood pressure in children and identifies components that support effectiveness.
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Canadian based. For all Canadian clinicians, researchers. @cmadocs.bsky.social @cfpc-cmfc.bsky.social @royalcollege.bsky.social healthlinksed.ca?product=long...
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Long Covid: The Parallel Pandemic – Health Links Education
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Alberta’s public health care is under attack. Premier Smith wants doctors in both public and private systems — a fast lane for the wealthy, longer waits for everyone else. Our system is already strained. Sign the petition. 💙 notwotier.ca/directmessag...
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URGENT – Stop Alberta's government from overriding the Charter of Rights
Alberta Premier Smith plans to use the Notwithstanding Clause to pass laws that erase rights and silence the courts.
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Further to CLCN's communication with the CBC Ombudsman re: Oct interview w Gill Deacon, I am sharing our response back to CBC. To all my fellow Canadian parents know that CLCN will not let this go unresolved.
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Why did CBC’s Feb 2025 segment on rising school absenteeism not mention COVID once?@mattgalloway.bsky.social Interviewed the Canadian School Attendance Partnership: grp led by psychologists/psychotherapists who continue to frame a medical crisis in kids as a mental-health issue.
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
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Dr. Kelly Alhooie | Business Coach for Healthcare Providers on Instagram: "For decades, female pain has been rebranded as personality; dismissed, minimized, or pathologized instead of understood. And...
The video discusses the systemic bias against women's pain in healthcare, where their experiences are dismissed and minimized. Dr. Kelly Alhooie shares a personal story about a patient's experience an...
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
🚩This was recently shared with us by a parent and it's deeply disturbing. It appears that this hospital has a troubling pattern in its approach to children living with complex illnesses. Also reportedly being separated from parents for extended questioning- serious ethical & safeguarding concerns.
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
To my fellow Canadian parents with children living with Long COVID: the Children's Long COVID Network submitted a complaint to the CBC Ombudsman. Please consider sending your own personal letters to CBC to amplify our collective voice.
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
@cbcnews.ca @cbcnews-mirror.bsky.social Canadians living w Long COVID, especially children, deserve responsible journalism, not "braining training" pseudoscience on National TV. Whoever endorsed this should be ashamed. Appalling, @ianhanomansing.bsky.social. Complaint escalated to the CBC Ombudsman
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Strong & credible study. Issue is when national outlets like @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social keep turning to @isaacbogoch.bsky.social as the "default expert" even outside his field. This catch-all authority flattens complex science and sidelines those with real expertise. www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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Study compares heart risks of COVID-19 infection and vaccination, and the results may surprise you
The risk of children developing rare but serious heart complications is higher after a COVID-19 infection than after vaccination, according to a new study.
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
@spichaksimon.bsky.social thank you for holding @ianhanomansing.bsky.social CBC accountable on this. They have a lot to answer on this. It's deeply disappointing when a National broadcaster watched by millions undermines its own credibility.
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
@carriemcginn.bsky.social @sabrinapoirier.bsky.social @icancmeresearch.bsky.social On Jan 15th, 2026. ow.ly/Fnhy50XiObM
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: From Mystery to Measurable: The Science Behind the New ME/CFS Blood Test. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar...
Scientists have developed a simple, accurate blood test that can potentially identify Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) — a long-term, debilitating condition that affects m...
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Powerful piece by a pediatrician reminding us of a truth often neglected by Canadian school systems: accommodations aren't privileges-they are rights. Equity means meeting children where they are- but for those with complex illnesses like Long COVID, it often isn't. kevinmd.com/2025/08/why-...
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Why accommodations aren't special treatment but essential for equity
Disabled students and professionals continue to face systemic discrimination and exclusion, especially in education and medicine, where outdated attitudes and resistance to accommodations hinder equit...
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Day3 reflection: "Keeping up with Long COVID and ME/CFS patients means keeping up with the emerging science of Complex Chronic illnesses"- adopting new ways of continuous monitoring, testing. Thank you @icancmeresearch.bsky.social for hosting a groundbreaking conference every clinician should hear.
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Day 2 reflections: "Who is driving and who is the passenger"- Symptoms don't exist in isolation; they collide, overlap, and amplify each other. For those living with ME/CFS, LC, managing life is about navigating the unpredictable system when the "driver" role constantly shifts
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
1/A new report on children and youth. The alarming part is not in the absolute numbers - its the pattern! Persistent vascular & inflammatory injury in a pediatric population following a virus that many still claim is mild in kids. 📢Major public health red flag www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Vascular and inflammatory diseases after COVID-19 infection and vaccination in children and young people in England: a retrospective, population-based cohort study using linked electronic health recor...
Children and young people have higher risks of rare vascular and inflammatory diseases up to 12 months after a first COVID-19 diagnosis and higher risk of rare myocarditis or pericarditis up to 4 week...
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
This is not just a conference. It's a meeting of scientific minds who are genuinely bridging the gap between lived experience & scientific inquiry. Thank you @icancmeresearch.bsky.social for hosting such an incredible virtual conference. @chiefscican.bsky.social @thewhn.bsky.social
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Phenomenal Canadian scientific conference on the emerging research on Long COVID & ME/CFS.
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
1. @ianhanomansing.bsky.social platformed the Lightening Process as Long COVID "recovery" on National Television -No evidence, No biomedical context, & Huge policy risks. Long COVID is biological. Children deserves science, not illusion.
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CBC’s Flagship Program Platforms “Quackery” for Long COVID
CBC's national broadcast aired an interview with Gill Deacon about her Long COVID recovery. Deacon used an unproven program called the Lightning Process that's been criticized for exploiting patients ...
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Recent data showing that re-infections increase the risk of Long COVID and serious complications in children. 🚩Profound fatigue, PEM, and cognitive challenges www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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Long COVID in Kids: What Pediatricians Need to Know
New research suggests that children and teens who get COVID a second time face twice the risk for developing long COVID.
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
@gilldeacon.bsky.social Framing Long COVID as psychological is propaganda! It misleads the public and harms patients- especially children (our future generation) still suffering without biomedical care. Please stop spreading this dangerous misinformation! Who is promoting you to spread this?
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
@gilldeacon.bsky.social Respecting your courage in speaking on your Long COVID journey, but promoting a "recovery" narrative based on psychological and mind-body interventions in your CBC interview of Oct 26th gravely misrepresented Long COVID in public discourse.
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The power of patient agency- physicians bring expertise, patients bring agency, lived experience, and questions. True partnership is key! An insightful and timely read - kevinmd.com/2025/07/why-...
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Why agency and partnership are vital in modern health care
Effective health care requires agency, responsibility, advocacy, and partnership to ensure humane, personal, and positive outcomes for patients and providers alike.
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Canada lacks data on children & youth with Long COVID, unlike the 6M in the USA. This insightful and timely article shows how multi-site pediatric data sharing works with consent, governance, and secure systems. ped-rheum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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A roadmap for navigating child health research data sharing across Canada and beyond – building on UCAN CAN-DU - Pediatric Rheumatology
Sharing health data within and across jurisdictions is important for research and improving healthcare quality; however, researchers, governments and funders must balance the benefits of data sharing ...
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Being punished for being sick. Marked truant. Denied support. Misdiagnosed by our system. New report out on how schools are failing a generation. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Long Covid Is Real -- And It's Changing an Entire Generation
Long Covid is affecting hundreds of thousands of kids in America, and many doctors and schools refuse to recognize their illness.
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
4 years ago I took my daughter to Germany - she tested positive for microclots. I brought the results back to Canada hoping our peds docs would help- no! they refused to even dabble into the unknown. Time for change! Sign the CLCN petition - c.org/m9pRcrhMBX
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Demand Federal Action on Biomedical Care for Children Living with Long COVID
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
When bias becomes a diagnosis, care disappears! Stigmatizing language in medical records can mean the difference between care & neglect. For Children with #LongCOVID, these labels replace investigation with dismissal. Sign & share the Petition: chng.it/7ZSzLXnp5n
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Demand Federal Action on Biomedical Care for Children Living with Long COVID
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
How do we create a culture clinicians feel safe recognizing complex symptoms - and believe their young Long COVID patients instead of dismissing them? It's time to act. Sign & share the CLCN Petition calling for safe evidence -based biomedical care: chng.it/7ZSzLXnp5n
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Demand Federal Action on Biomedical Care for Children Living with Long COVID
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
A parent's intuition is often a child's silent voice. It's time Our health care system starts listening. Sign the petition: chng.it/T4yHRxPX6S kevinmd.com/2025/07/why-...
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Why listening to parents’ intuition can save lives in pediatric care
The article explores how clinicians can integrate intuition, particularly that of parents, with scientific reasoning to improve diagnostic care and strengthen human connection in medical practice.
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Which is exactly why we stand united to bring to the forefront issues like Long COVID in children & youth that is NOT a mental health issue but a biomedical one. @cmadocs.bsky.social will be held accountable to respond. If you are with me- pls sign & share: chng.it/T4yHRxPX6S
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Demand Federal Action on Biomedical Care for Children Living with Long COVID
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
This is what I thought it was going to be. Sadly, it was a political agenda that was directed instead of listening to the public. I am ashamed to see @cmadocs.bsky.social who claim to be the Docs speaking in the interest of the people,instead taking orders from the minister.
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
@cochranecanada.bsky.social @cfpc-cmfc.bsky.social @cmadocs.bsky.social @doctorsofbc.bsky.social www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
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Prevalence and Clinical Impact of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome in Highly Symptomatic Long COVID | Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
BACKGROUND: The incidence of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) in long COVID has been a growing concern since the first cases were reported in 2021. The aim of this study was to assess ...
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
October is #DysautonomiaAwarenessMonth💙 Many children with #LongCOVID live with Dysautonomia- a complex, disabling illness. The CLCN Petition launches are the perfect time, calling for safe, evidence-based biomedical care across Canada. Sign & Share: chng.it/7ZSzLXnp5n #CLCN #AdvocacyMeetsResearch
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Demand Federal Action on Biomedical Care for Children Living with Long COVID
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
An important read! Our future generation is now suffering because of this. When opinions are not grounded in science and assumptions are made because 'they are just kids and they bounce back' ... bioengineer.org/new-study-in...
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New Study Indicates Children’s Risk of Long COVID Could Double Following
A groundbreaking new study, published in the prestigious journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases, has unveiled compelling evidence regarding the increased risk of long COVID in children and adolescents
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
CMA Town Hall: A Conversation with the Health Minister - a virtual discussion on Oct. 2nd at 6:30 pm ET An important opportunity to raise awareness and advocate for Children living with Long COVID. events.cma.ca/ereg/index.p...
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CMA town hall: A conversation with the health minister
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Bliss Pro Light;">Please email us at <a href="mailto:registration@cma.ca?subject=CMA%20town%
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Nandini @nandini0306.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
@cmadocs.bsky.social @cpas-official.bsky.social @cfpc-cmfc.bsky.social @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social
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Canadian Covid Society @covidsociety.ca · 01/10/2025
The beginning of Fall is back to school – but children with long Covid face missed classes & ongoing symptoms. Their voices drive research & care. CLCN needs 500 signatures to bring this Petition to Parliament. Sign now: chng.it/7ZSzLXnp5n #LongCovidChildren #CLCN #ActNow
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Text reads: "Back to school... but not for all children. The Children’s Long Covid Network (CLCN) honors the voices of children living with long Covid and demands urgent awareness, care and action. Join them by signing the CLCN petition calling for immediate biomedical evaluation and equitable care for children across Canada."

An inset image of a tablet with the petition is in the lower right corner.
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