Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 02/07/2025⚠️BREAKING New reassortant H5N1 Bird Flu virus in Cambodia kills 7, sickens 11, 1 critical on life support. 7 cases in June alone. Generic sub-typing needed(E627K, D701) critical. 83 cases of Bird Flu in Cambodia since 2003,60% mortality,increasing numbers & mortality in 2025 cause for concern. 290 0
Reposted by Dr Richard HirschsonSarah of Cleveland @sb68a.bsky.social · 01/06/2025"We need to access the vaccine that the federal government has already approved." Hickman pointed squarely at the meat bird industry’s lobbying efforts against an avian flu vaccine for the nationwide outbreak. #h5n1 #eggs #Arizona #rfkjr #birdfluazcentral.comBird flu outbreak kills 95% of Hickman's Arizona chickens, closes West Valley farmsThe Arizona company will not be able to meet 100% of customer demand and expects to cut hundreds of jobs, company leader Glenn Hickman said. 166 0
Reposted by Dr Richard HirschsonHelen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 19/05/2025If you are watching #FDA and how it plans to handle #Covid vaccines going forward, you should know about this political appointee in the commissioner's office. www.statnews.com/2025/05/19/t...statnews.comInside the rise of Tracy Beth Høeg, the Covid contrarian shaping FDA vaccine policyHøeg has been skeptical of the safety and value of some vaccines and mandates, raising questions about her approach at the FDA. 010746 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 19/05/20253/ I posted loads on Covid and LongCovid on my timeline: x.com/richardhirschs… x.com/richardhirschs��� x.com/richardhirschs… 010 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 19/05/20252/ The 2025 report is exhaustive: iris.who.int/bitstream/hand…iris.who.int 110 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 19/05/2025⚠️BREAKING 🧵 on #Covid #LongCovid Global Life Expectancy Takes Hit in COVID:WHO Issues Urgent Health Warning Global life expectancy-dropped 1.8 yrs 2019-2021,largest drop ever COVID aged many of us decades, now being recognised as greatest cardiac risk factor EVER. pragativadi.com/global-life-ex… 162 0
Reposted by Dr Richard HirschsonHenry L Niman PhD @hlniman.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Matching new #H5N1 B3.13 w/ PB2 E627K PB2 or NP based A/dairy cow/USA/012089-001/2025 A/dairy cow/USA/012089-002/2025 A/dairy cow/USA/012089-003/2025 A/dairy cow/USA/012089-004/2025 A/dairy cow/USA/012089-005/2025 A/dairy cow/USA/012187-004/2025 A/dairy cow/USA/012187-005/2025 052 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 16/04/2025When stocks crash Treasuries usually rally. Not this time. Are Treasuries the new Junk Bonds? 010 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Debt as an Asset class has been rescinded. The FED will buy and retire long term debt while simultaneously cutting short term rates. What will the Dollar be worth afterwards? 000 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 16/04/2025I’m pretty sure biological sex is binary (XX or XY). Less than 1% of humans are born with intersex conditions (Klinefelter’s, ~0.1%, Turner’s, ~0.05%, XYY ~0.1%, XXX ~0.05%, and rare mosaics.) 100 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Measles cases are far higher than reported. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...nbcnews.comCDC says measles cases are most likely underreported as outbreak swells in TexasThe leader of the CDC’s measles team said the agency was “scraping” to find resources to address an outbreak in the Southwest. 000 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 26/03/2025⚠️BREAKING #HPV INCREASES CARDIAC RISK BY 40%. Meta analysis of 250000 patients reported @ACCinTouch . Thought to be due to chronic inflammation, similar to #COVID_19 . A vaccine for cardiac disease? eurekalert.org/news-releases/… 020 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 26/03/2025#H5N1 is greatest PANDEMIC threat to Britain, says health watchdog The ‘relatively small’ number of infections detected in Britain so far is the ‘tip of a potential iceberg’. Warning comes as the virus was detected in a sheep in Yorkshire (first time ever). telegraph.co.uk/global-health/… 030 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Not good for a country that declared Measles eradicated in 1998. 002 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 21/03/2025⚠️BREAKING The Measles outbreak in Canada 🇨🇦 is expanding, and is worse than the US 🇺🇸. A further 120 cases were added this week alone. Measles remains a disease of the unvaccinated. 👇👇 cbc.ca/news/canada/to… 023 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Baloxavir, peramivir, Faviparavir 000 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 12/03/2025⚠️BREAKING H5N1 BirdFlu is decimating bird colonies in Antarctica. www.newscientist.com/article/2471...newscientist.comH5N1 flu is now killing birds on the continent of AntarcticaA highly pathogenic strain of bird flu is spreading south along the Antarctic Peninsula and could devastate populations of penguins and other seabirds 25740 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 12/03/2025⚠️BREAKING AUSTRALIA’S TOP DOCTORS ARE RESIGNING FROM PUBLIC SERVICE EN MASSE. abc.net.au/news/2025-03-1… We are watching the Australian public healthcare system buckle under the weight of Administrative RED TAPE and BUREAUCRACY.abc.net.au 2187 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 12/03/2025What a magnificent allocation of healthcare resources! No wonder we pay more,and get less? Never before have the regulated known so much more about a topic than the regulators. The system will continue in current form until the price of the inefficiencies causes it to collapse under its own weight. 052 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 07/03/20253/ AI would analyse all results immediately, and provide reassurance or a therapy. And we are only just beginning… 000 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 07/03/20254/ LIQUID BIOPSIES pick up very early cancer DNA from a drop of blood. We are already close to a reliable blood test for the 50 commonest malignancies. Why stick a needle through your chest late, when u can take a drop of blood EARLY. x.com/richardhirsc... 111 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 07/03/20253/ PET/MRI scanning is revolutionary. Yearly whole body scans will look at ‘form’ and function. We will find all lumps early,know if it is metabolically active. Full cardiac studies (MRI/MRA) will risk stratify your CVS system better than currently. stanfordhealthcare.org/medical-test... 100 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 07/03/20252/ Wearable Tech will pick up all arrhythmia’s , breathing issues, hypoxia, cardiac ischaemia, shock, and a great many other maladies, and alert the ambulance services directly and immediately. 100 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 07/03/20251/ Our immune systems will be programmed early on to protect us from external infections and internal cancers and autoimmune diseases. mRNA technology will be vital for our immune system’s training. 100 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 07/03/2025END OF DIGITAL PROSTATE EXAMINATION. Future of healthcare will need few Doctors,even FEWER Surgeons,and NO reporting Radiologists, Pathologists,Dermatologists. The diseases we don’t predict with genetic testing at birth,will be diagnosed before clinically apparent. New age of preventative medicine. 210 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Vaccines are like safety belts. I’m all for personal liberties, and I don’t like being told what to do, but I do need to wear a safety belt where I live. #VaccinesWork 061 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Completely anti to what the mRNA vaccines offer. This will decrease both speed and agility. 000 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Could a #BigMac be healthier for you than a ribeye steak? YES! #Diet #Paleo #Keto x.com/richardhirsc... 000 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 04/03/2025The flip side is the GLP1’s are the best thing to happen to #addiction medicine since #antabuse. They help all manner of addictions (sex, alcohol, drugs, food), but the cost is #anhedonia. Watch them get trialled in the biggest addiction of our age…childhood screen addiction. 🤷♂️🤷♂️ 010 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 04/03/2025GLP1’s make us live longer, but will we really want to? x.com/richardhirsc... 120 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 04/03/2025CONCLAVE WINS OSCAR FOR BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY. Could this be a life-imitating-art coincidence? Prayers with Pope Francis. 🙏🙏 apnews.com/article/pope-v… 100 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 04/03/2025WHEN YOUR HEART STOPS. This is what Ventricular Fibrillation looks like. #VFArrest #heartattack 000 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Reported in @NEJM . The END of nasal polyps,nasal congestion,systemic steroids use, need for nasal-polyp surgery. Tezepelumab is a monoclonal ab that blocks TSLP (pro-inflam cytokine). Monthly injections work in bad asthma. Now they work in chronic rhino-sinusitis also. nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… 120 0
Reposted by Dr Richard HirschsonBetty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 02/03/2025An H5N1 Timeline from @kkjetelina.bsky.social that I find helpful to gauge when we could be in pandemic mode. It'll be serious when there's human to human transmission. But, how will we know if people are not getting tested? 33818 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Gene Hackman death IS suspicious. FAULTY PACEMAKER vs delayed discovery from FAULTY COMMUNICATION? Hackmans PPM knew when he died,last recorded event 17/1. 9 days before found. PPM’s communicate all events to treating cardiologist/pacemaker company. If PPM was functional,why was no one listening? 111 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 22/02/2025BASICS OF MEASLES ✴️3 C's (cough,coryza,conjunctivitis) ✴️Koplik’s spots ✴️Fever ✴️Rash face➡️body. ✴️Pneumonia,Encephalitis ✴️R0 18+.MOST INFECTIOUS VIRUS ✴️Mortality 10 times COVID. ✴️Vaccine effective.Threshold for herd immunity 92%👇 I’ve treated LOTS of measles in Africa,get Vax x.com/richardhirschs… 072 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 22/02/2025TEXAS MEASLES UPDATE. 58 cases,13 hospitalised,4 vaccinated. 300+ cases expected. Typical rash on body and in mouth (Koplik spots)👇 We will see 1000’s of cases now that vaccination rates have dropped below 92% threshold. 90% of unvacc will get infected when exposed to a case. x.com/richardhirschs… 030 0
Reposted by Dr Richard HirschsonHenry L Niman PhD @hlniman.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Another #H5N1 Dairy Herd in Nevada (Likely Churchill County w/ PB2 D701N) 152 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 22/02/2025⚠️BREAKING WORST SEASONAL INFLUENZA SEASON ON RECORD IN THE US 🇺🇸 HAS PASSED ITS PEAK. ✴️ILI presentations,Admissions,Lab +’s trending⬇️ ✴️18 paed deaths this week,total of 86 this season. ✴️Terrible Flu season: 33 million illnesses, 430,000 hospitalizations, 19,000 deaths. cdc.gov/fluview/survei… 030 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 22/02/2025⚠️BREAKING NEW CORONAVIRUS DISCOVERED IN BATS THAT IS ABLE TO INFECT HUMAN CELLS. HKU5-CoV-2 At present a zoonotic spillover risk, with pandemic potential. There are no documented human infections to date. cell.com/cell/abstract/… 061 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025⚠️BREAKING Ohio reports state’s first human case of H5N1 BirdFlu. Avian flu explodes in Ohio birds/cattle👇 farmprogress.com/animal-health/… 1122 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 09/02/2025⚠️BREAKING H5N1 BirdFlu PB2 D701N mutation in the D1.1 virus is a very big deal. First human case reported in Nevada. Dominant strain in Nevada cattle and birds. Wild bird flyways will spread this mammalian adapted virus worldwide. Full USDA report below. www.aphis.usda.gov/sites/defaul... 24223 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 09/02/2025⚠️BREAKING H5N1 BIRDFLU WILL GO GLOBAL. PB2 D701N mutation in D1.1 virus in Nevada is a game changer. Mammalian adaption,more rapid spread in Nevada than B3.13 in California. Birds will carry D1.1 (D701N) worldwide ➡️ multiple mammalian pandemics. This is no longer just a US 🇺🇸 cattle problem. 0155 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 04/02/2025⚠️BREAKING Could this indicate that US dairy herds are now being infected by a second strain of H5N1 BirdFlu that is travelling down the Flyways (D1.1)? This will be a prelude to worldwide cattle infections with multiple clades. x.com/richardhirschs… 0132 0
Reposted by Dr Richard HirschsonHealthcare-Global @healthcare-global.bsky.social · 03/02/2025 12212 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 27/01/2025MICROPLASTICS are found in atheromatous plaques and in human testicles. There is data suggesting they are a major cause of MALE INFERTILITY, HEART ATTACKS, STROKES. x.com/richardhirschs… x.com/richardhirschs��� 030 0
Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschson.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Reported in @NEJM MICROPLASTICS in atheromatous plaques more than double your risk of HEART ATTACK/STROKE/DEATH. MICROPLASTICS were present in 58% of carotid plaques looked at. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... 031 0