Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷Pandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab @mcgillperl.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Canada has PPE in storage. Ebola responders in the DRC are running out. Dr. Joanne Liu says in the Montreal Gazette that the best way to keep Ebola out is to help contain it at the source. Read the article: montrealgazette.com/news/health/... @drejoanneliu.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.socialmontrealgazette.comHere's why Canadians shouldn't panic after Ebola-linked flight diversion to MontrealQuebec's foremost expert on pandemics is assuring Quebecers that the chance of the deadly disease reaching the province is highly unlikely. 03210
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP @davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Really nice paper for those interested in the value of Slow Wave Sleep and rinsing your brain 👍🏻 journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....journals.physiology.orgPhysiology of Glymphatic Solute Transport and Waste Clearance from the Brain | Physiology | American Physiological SocietyThis review focuses on the physiology of glymphatic solute transport and waste clearance, using evidence from experimental animal models as well as from human studies. Specific topics addressed includ... 14511
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷Astrid Meyer-Knutsen @astridmeyerknutsen.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Thank you for sharing. Glad to see some more research from Norway on negative health impacts from Covid infections. There is a lot of talk about more people becoming too sick to work or attend school after Covid's arrival, but no dots are connected. 0123
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷valebodi.bsky.social @valebodi.bsky.social · 01/06/2026remains controversial due to possible symptom exacerbation in severely affected patients [11].” So basically they admit that they made this person’s ME much worse in order to assess her energy envelope and as an excuse they use the dated and disproven controversial nature of GET for #pwME! 😱😢🤬 141
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷PH 🕊️🌱😷 @ph-ph-ph.bsky.social · 19/05/2026June 2020😳 ‘specific members of the gut microbiome were associated with severe disease &..immune markers.. elevated in severe disease.. association of these gut bacteria with the immune markers was..higher than..known risk factors of COVID severity: age & obesity’ theconversation.com/gut-reaction...theconversation.comGut reaction: How the gut microbiome may influence the severity of COVID-19The disease is more severe in people with obesity, diabetes and hypertension — all conditions linked to changes in the gut microbiome. 1122
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/05/2026NEW: Tiny footprints. A blue blanket. The autopsy reports of babies who died after not receiving a vitamin K shot at birth included heartbreaking details about how small the babies were — and what items they had with them when they died.propublica.orgWhat I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died After Not Receiving a Vitamin K ShotBabies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been. 23635191692
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.゚✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 18/05/2026One would think there’d be more discussion about numbers this bad: news.gallup.com/poll/708224/... 416128
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 18/05/2026A Review in Communications Medicine explores Long COVID — which affects more than 400 million people globally — including current knowledge, gaps and future directions for research, diagnosis and treatment. go.nature.com/4unyxtI #medsky 🧪 18935
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Genetic shifts in wastewater may reveal rises and falls in COVID-19 transmission. "To put it simply: they found that the more variation in the viral material in wastewater, the more people were infected."medicalxpress.comGenetic shifts in wastewater may reveal rises and falls in COVID-19 transmissionNew research in the journal Science by Maxwell postdoctoral scholar Dustin Hill, Professor of Public Health Dave Larsen and a team of researchers has found a strong connection between the prevalence o... 310229
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷Graceful Universe @gracefuluniverse.bsky.social · 16/05/2026#ecology #hypertension #agedcare #health #SDGs #CVD Air pollutants PM2.5, vanadium (V), iron (Fe), Nickel (Ni), oxy-PAHs, chrysene-5,6-dione, and benzo[a]pyrene-3,6-dione are significantly associated with hypertension and arterial stiffness in older adults. . www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comAcute changes in pulse pressure in relation to constituents of particulate air pollution in elderly personsAn increased pulse pressure (difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure) suggests aortic stiffening. The objective of this study was to … 011
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷Graceful Universe @gracefuluniverse.bsky.social · 18/05/2026#neurology #ecology #health #aging #Alzheimers #cells #foodsystems #SDGs #exposome #ecotoxicology #publichealth The insecticide deltamethrin induces apoptosis in brain neurons via promoting endoplasmic reticulum stress and mitochondrial dysfunction. . onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...onlinelibrary.wiley.comDeltamethrin induces apoptosis in cerebrum neurons of quail via promoting endoplasmic reticulum stress and mitochondrial dysfunctionDeltamethrin (DLM) is a widely used and highly effective insecticide. DLM exposure is harmful to animal and human. Quail, as a bird model, has been widely used in the field of toxicology. However, th... 011
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 19/05/2026New research from Yale and Johns Hopkins identifies microvascular endotheliopathy (inflammation and damage to small blood vessels) as a primary driver of long COVID brain fog. The study indicates that vascular damage from the initial infection leads to long-term neuroinflammation.healthrising.orgInflamed Blood Vessels Appear to be Causing Brain Fog in Long COVID - Health RisingYale researchers find that inflamed blood vessels are associated with cognitive declines in long COVID. 4259134
PH 🕊️🌱😷 @ph-ph-ph.bsky.social · 19/05/2026June 2020😳 ‘specific members of the gut microbiome were associated with severe disease &..immune markers.. elevated in severe disease.. association of these gut bacteria with the immune markers was..higher than..known risk factors of COVID severity: age & obesity’ theconversation.com/gut-reaction...theconversation.comGut reaction: How the gut microbiome may influence the severity of COVID-19The disease is more severe in people with obesity, diabetes and hypertension — all conditions linked to changes in the gut microbiome. 1122
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP @davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 18/05/2026🧠 Daily Feed of Brain Damage 🧠 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comVascular inflammation in neuropsychiatric long COVIDThe role of vascular inflammation in neuropsychiatric Long COVID (LC) is suspected but not well understood. This study evaluated whether vascular infl… 1299
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 19/05/2026An ongoing diphtheria outbreak in the Northern Territory has now spread across the border to Queensland and South Australia, with Health Minister Mark Butler describing it as the nation's worst "for decades".abc.net.auAustralia's worst diphtheria outbreak 'for decades' spreads to Qld, SAAn ongoing diphtheria outbreak in the Northern Territory has now spread across the border to Queensland and South Australia, with Health Minister Mark Butler describing it as the nation's worst "for decades". 063
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026By tern: "'Prolonged Close Contact' is the new 'It's not airborne'." Source: x.com/1goodtern/st... 813328
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷Larissa Waters @larissawaters.bsky.social · 12/05/2026On Budget night tonight, an exclusive group of Australia’s 1% will pay $110,000 to dine with Labor’s inner circle. The 1% pay a worker’s annual wage to sip champagne with the PM, while you read the news about NDIS cuts that pay for increased defence spending. It’s cooked. 2319589
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP @davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 06/05/2026More terrible data for kids 🤬 The queue for punching walls starts here‼️ doi.org/10.1007/s004... 14115
PH 🕊️🌱😷 @ph-ph-ph.bsky.social · 18/03/2026‘The studies showed that -chlorpyrifos- disrupts autophagy, the cellular system responsible for clearing damaged proteins from cells. When researchers restored this cleanup process or removed synuclein protein, the neurons were protected from injury.’ 131
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷PH 🕊️🌱😷 @ph-ph-ph.bsky.social · 15/02/2026‘A decrease in the relative abundance of the Lachnospiraceae family, genus Faecalibacterium and Roseburia, and species of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii and Odoribacter splanchnicus, as well as an increase in Eggerthella spp., was revealed in chronic pain patients compared to controls.’ 011
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 17/03/2026"Education is critical" says the Minister for Skills & Training in the Albanese ministry, @andrewgilesmp.bsky.social - as said Albanese Ministry denies funding for public education while pouring it into the private schools. So, when Andrew says 'education is critical', he only means for some kids. 123
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷Healthwatch Trafford @healthwatchtraff.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Cases of invasive meningococcal disease have been confirmed in Kent. It's important to know the signs of symptoms of meningitis and septicaemia. Get more info from @NHSuk nhs.uk/conditions/m... 011
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷Bean & Sprout's Mom @beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 17/03/2026WHO says meningococcal disease is airborne. It's pretty clear now that all droplets are generated with aerosols, and everything we mistook as physics-defying droplet transmission is actually aerosol transmission. #MaskUp #CleanTheAir www.who.int/teams/health... 711438
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 17/03/2026From Germany & Austria Persistent Gut-Immune Axis dysregulation in long-term Post-COVID Syndrome: Insights from a prospective, observational, cross-sectional case-control study www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Screenshot from latest Science for ME weekly update #LongCovid #PASC 1125
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/03/2026There are some 3,000 patients on dialysis machines in Cuba who are at risk of dying from a prolonged blackout. 39143551978
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 17/03/2026This image from ME/CFS South Australia refers to this useful webpage on Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM) on the ME/CFS Australia site: mecfs.org.au/resources/po... (the URL redirects here) #MEcfs #PEM #PostExertionalMalaise #CFS #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome 0219
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 17/03/2026EV trucks are taking over in China Can't wait to be rid of the noise and smell of diesel trucks www.electrive.com/2026/01/23/y...electrive.comYear-end surge: electric trucks outsell diesel for the first time in China - electrive.comIn December 2025, 45,300 fully and partially electrified heavy-duty trucks were newly registered in China—accounting for 54 percent of total heavy-duty truck 571580368
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷Current Research in Microbial Sciences @microbesinfect.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Large-scale metaproteomics of human gut #microbiota reveals microbial functions in metabolic diseases & #aging. Analysis of 1,967 gut samples links microbial function to aging, metabolic disease, drugs, showing M. elsdenii as key diabetes‑related species. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 152
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷TRAstonDrs @castltrastondrs.medsky.network · 15/03/2026#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #immunosky #neurosky #publichealth Role of inflammatory cytokines in mental disorders Across the multiple evidences & studies , inflammatory cytokines consistently emerge as mechanistic biomarkers linking #COVID infection to neuropsychiatric symptoms, 1105
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Neurology: Incidence of Childhood Stroke and Association With Recent Infection: A Population-Based Study Using Linked Data Lachlan L Dalli et al bit.ly/4cGPsSs 044
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷htw @heniek-htw.bsky.social · 28/02/2026• #Circadian disruption causes #immunity risks • Clock genes are potential targets for treating #autoimmune diseases. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 065
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷htw @heniek-htw.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Meal timing represents a modifiable factor influencing metabolic health and possibly early carcinogenesis. Aligning eating behavior with intrinsic #circadian rhythms may help mitigate #cancer risk and improve long-term well-being. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 012
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Real leaders protect the most vulnerable. Real leaders recognize the fragility of life. Real leaders preserve the environment for future generations. Real leaders negotiate treaties. 021
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷Jack - amatica health @jackamatica.bsky.social · 05/03/2026They found differences between disease groups. ME/CFS antibody complexes were linked to proteins related to extracellular matrix structure. These proteins are involved in tissue and blood vessel structure. 171
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷Sean Gibbons 🦠💩 @gibbological.bsky.social · 25/06/2025The original synbiotic contained inulin. If we set inulin as the 'standard' intervention, we find that a individually-tailored prebiotic intervention almost always performs better than the standard, in terms of SCFA production. 131
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷PH 🕊️🌱😷 @ph-ph-ph.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Short Chain Fatty Acids enhance intestinal barrier function, lower endogenous inflammatory factor levels & thereby reduce..incidence of arthritis.In RA models, SCFA supplementation significantly ameliorates pathological joint changes, reduces joint swelling & pain, & restores joint immune balance..’ 042
Reposted by PH 🕊️🌱😷Current Research in Microbial Sciences @microbesinfect.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Microbial SCFAs as #epigenetic mediators: fine-tuning the gut-brain axis in neurodegenerative disorders. SCFAs from gut microbes modulate brain epigenetics, offering neuroprotective effects & therapeutic potential for NDs www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #microbiota #SCFA #MicroSky 174