STW @stw89.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Instead of Yankees game, NBC, which has the rights to Sunday night baseball, is showing GOLF, moving baseball to Nbcsn And Peacock WHICH I CANT WATCH!!! @MLB @NBC THIS IS INEXCUSABLE!!!!!!! 132
Reposted by STWZazie Todd PhD @zazietodd.bsky.social · 15/03/2026My book, Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy, has just turned 6 years old. The world has changed a lot in that time, but I still think everyone loves their dog and wants to make them as happy as can be. Here's to happy dogs everywhere! 2226
Reposted by STWEduardo Amorim @cegamorim.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Dogs evolved to eat your leftovers! Comparing dog & wolf genomes revealed dogs have up to 30 EXTRA copies of the amylase gene (AMY2B) that helps digest starch. This is a key genomic signature of living alongside humans & table scraps for thousands of years 🐕 www.nature.com/articles/nat... #2026MMM 10465147
Reposted by STWDick Zoutman @dickzoutman.bsky.social · 17/02/2026www.resmedjournal.com/article/S095...resmedjournal.comDetection of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosol and surface samples in high acuity hospital settings during community epidemic waves – implications for risk-based infection control.Nosocomial transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is multifactorial and may vary between clinical sites. 12214
Reposted by STWDenis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 31/01/2026"Wastewater surveillance reveals hidden COVID spread beyond reported cases" As COVID testing becomes less routine, case numbers can underestimate outbreaks. Research led by Prof Murakami shows wastewater surveillance reveals hidden spread, offering a clearer view of transmission and early warnings.news-medical.netWastewater surveillance reveals hidden COVID spread beyond reported casesAs COVID-19 testing becomes less routine, official case numbers can make outbreaks look smaller than they really are. 217768
Reposted by STWDr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 30/01/2026“In summary, 2 large, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials in highly relevant populations show that starting metformin at the time of acute infection with SARS-CoV-2 is safe and lowers the risk of developing long COVID.” academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...academic.oup.comPreventing Long COVID With MetforminChaichana et al conducted a sequential trial emulation to assess whether starting metformin after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV 0248
Reposted by STWAndrea Sommese @asommese.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Here a cute video abstract too: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvFw...youtube.comSome dogs eavesdrop on their owners!YouTube video by Genius Dog Challenge 065
Reposted by STWLong Covid Families @longcovidfam.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Even after infection, vaccination still matters. A new study found teens vaccinated before getting COVID were 36% less likely to develop Long COVID. Study in Vaccine, summary via CIDRAP: #PediatricLongCOVIDcidrap.umn.eduCOVID vaccination cuts risk of long-term symptoms in teens by over a third, data suggest 03014
Reposted by STWBilly Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 28/10/2025The Sick Times: 'Metformin has been shown to reduce the risk of Long COVID. Why isn’t it more widely used?' Written by Rachel Fairbank thesicktimes.org/2025/10/28/m...thesicktimes.orgMetformin has been shown to reduce the risk of Long COVID. Why isn’t it more widely used? - The Sick TimesRecent studies add evidence to a prior phase 3 clinical trial, suggesting that taking the diabetes drug during acute COVID-19 reduces the risk of long-term symptoms. 67522
Reposted by STWEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Children and teens who had a Covid reinfection had a doubling of #LongCovid risk (PASC) and a significant increase in many other adverse outcomes (Figure) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 15486287
Reposted by STWPam Belluck @pambelluck.bsky.social · 30/09/2025NEW: Long Covid risk for children doubles after a second infection, study finds www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/h...nytimes.comLong Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds 813168
Reposted by STWNPR @npr.org · 25/08/2025Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury revisit their classic story of a family going on a bear hunt (encountering many obstacles along the way) — and preview their new one, Oh Dear, Look What I Got!n.prSquelch squerch! Stumble trip! Tiptoe! — 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury revisit their classic story of a family going on a bear hunt (encountering many obstacles along the way) — and preview their new one, Oh Dear, Look What I Got! 828038
Reposted by STWKatie Sharp @sharpstats.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Cam Schlittler is the first Yankee rookie starting pitcher to be perfect thru 6 innings since Fritz Peterson on July 4, 1966. 0163
Reposted by STWStandWithUs @standwithus.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Gal Gadot’s powerful words remain timeless in the fight against antisemitism. 🇮🇱🤍 10259
Reposted by STWThe Jewish Chronicle @jewishchron.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Arab League issues first condemnation of October 7 and urges Hamas to disarm www.thejc.com/news/world/a...thejc.com 294
Reposted by STWAaron Collins @masknerd.bsky.social · 13/04/2025More evidence that viruses are bad. If you haven't been following @polybiorf.bsky.social you should. There are no good viruses. While infections for many may be "mild", the life long implications are huge. Want to live longer? Avoid viral infections. Many are airborne! www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia - NatureUsing a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis within a follow-up period of... 19131
Reposted by STWDenis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 25/07/2025USA: "As much as we want to put it behind us, COVID-19 isn’t going away. Cases are currently rising across the country in a summer surge." "Omicron variants still account for all new infections in the U.S., with NB.1.8.1 responsible for 43% of cases as of the end of June." Source: archive.md/GxdcE 47133
Reposted by STWManyDogs Project @manydogsproject.bsky.social · 22/07/2025🚨 Calling all dog behavior & cognition researchers - ManyDogs Project is launching ManyDogs 2! 🔍🐕🦺We're studying overimitation: Do dogs copy irrelevant actions just b/c their favorite human does them? Email manydogsproject2@gmail.com to collaborate globally and contribute to reproducible science! 06144
Reposted by STWMegan Fitzgerald @themegascope.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Reminder that @longcovidfam.bsky.social is having a pediatric Long COVID Awareness week *this week*. Please see the link below to register! longcovidfamilies.org/advocacy/ped...longcovidfamilies.orgPediatric Long Covid Awareness Week 2025 - Long Covid FamiliesKids Deserve Care Recognizing and Responding to Long COVID in Children Stay Informed Get Your T-shirt A Generation at Risk Six million children are living with Long COVID. Their symptoms disrupt memor... 0159
Reposted by STWNosferatu @realnosferatu.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Just DO it. It is like pulling teeth dealing with some. 19238
Reposted by STWDr. Gita Gnanadesikan @ggnanadesikan.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Ellen Furlong on training self-control in dogs: using a variety of inhibitory control tasks (cylinder, middle cup, A not B, V-detour) w pre-/post- tests, and a down stay training vs. control, found no effect of training. Yet trainers believe. Effect of training on owner? #ABS2025 #CanineScience 🐶 011
Reposted by STWDr. Sophie Barton @sophiebarton.bsky.social · 03/07/2025My paper on brain-behavior differences in premodern and modern breed dogs is officially published — and my dog Tamsin made the cover! 🐶 🧠 www.jneurosci.org/content/45/2... 25811
Reposted by STWbioRxiv Animal Behavior and Cognition @biorxiv-behav.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Functional assessments of short-term spatial memory in the Dog Aging Project identify strong associations with age that are not moderated by body mass www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… 011
Reposted by STWDr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 21/06/2025I should also let you know that if you read papers in other languages, you will find that school closures are still happening due to COVID, flu and many other diseases. Only wild exceptionalism is driving our need to ignore what kids are going through due to illness… 114634
Reposted by STWMichael Olesen @molesen.bsky.social · 18/06/2025It's a preprint, but this also suggests COVID damage may reactivate latent viruses. Given CMV is the same family as VZV, I wonder if this suggests increasing cases of shingles to come. Might be a good idea to get a shingles vaccine if you haven't. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...researchsquare.comRisk factors for cytomegalovirus reactivation and disease in critically-ill COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients, concomitantly admitted to intensive careBackground Critically-ill patients are at increased risk for cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation, associated with adverse clinical outcomes. Given the surge in intensive care unit (ICU) admissions duri... 2418
Reposted by STWDr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 16/06/2025JAMA Pediatrics published a patient info page about Long COVID in children… “Long COVID is common, affecting up to 10 to 20 per cent of children with a history of COVID-19. … this is higher than the number of children with asthma…” TY @blakemurdoch.bsky.social ! edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...edmontonjournal.comOpinion: UCP's COVID vaccine cuts put children at serious riskA policy of ending pediatric COVID vaccination will disable, hospitalize and even kill Albertan children, leaving blood on Smith’s hands. 2216105
Reposted by STWEsther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 14/06/2025www.iflscience.com/first-of-its... How did it get to this place where now toddlers have long covid. Absolute nonsense that it didn’t harm children and now that we know it does, still nothing is being done.iflscience.comStudy Reveals Symptoms Of Long COVID In Young Kids – Here's What To Look Out ForThe authors say it’s proof a “one-size-fits-all” approach doesn’t work with this condition. 411145
Reposted by STWRuth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Children exposed to COVID in utero had developmental delays at age 24 months: 🧠36% cognitive delays 🗣️64% communication delays 🏃57% had motor delays 🧪 Specific developmental delays were related to specific inflammation cytokines found in their cord blood at birth. buff.ly/AQSfBm9 #Medsky #Pedsky 🛟😷 34645338
Reposted by STWMel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social · 12/06/2025I told you we’d be back 15674307312663
Reposted by STWBeth S Linas, PhD, MHS @bethlinas.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Yes yes yesmedpagetoday.comAMA Calls for Senate Investigation of RFK Jr.'We do not want to be on the wrong side of history,' one delegate said 730379
Reposted by STWSarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Aaron Judge now has 43 career multi-HR games, 4 more than any other player in his first 1,200 games This is Judge’s 1,057th game 0496
Reposted by STWEileen Anderson @eileenanddogs.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Here's a post on how to create a custom masking sound for a sound-phobic dog, particularly one who is afraid of thunder or fireworks. So many products sold to supposedly help such dogs are bogus. This is simple, non-sexy biophysics. eileenanddogs.com/blog/2025/06...eileenanddogs.comMake a Custom Recording for Your Thunder-Phobic Dog - eileenanddogsThere are lots of options for masking scary sounds in your dog's environment. Here's one you may not have thought of. 0117
Reposted by STWMorgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 04/06/2025rollingout.com/2025/06/03/l...rollingout.comLong COVID destroys teenage lungs in ways doctors never sawLong COVID destroys teenage lungs in ways doctors never saw - silent damage persists months after mild infections in developing adolescents. 18353174
Reposted by STWDr. Céline Gounder @celinegounder.com · 30/05/2025The CDC has recently updated its recommendations, no longer advising routine COVID-19 vaccination for healthy children and healthy pregnant women. This shift raises significant public health concerns. 65313
Reposted by STWEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 23/05/2025A pill for sleep apnea that keeps the airway open www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org @meredithwadman.bsky.social 1532176
Reposted by STWBarbara J. King @bjking.bsky.social · 23/05/2025For all of us COVID-cautious folks, we need to keep an eye on this new variant, given reports of serious surges in parts of the world and new circulation here in US. "It does have a greater ability to bind to human cells, suggesting it could be more transmissible." #health #COVID #COVIDcautious 🧪cbsnews.comU.S. reports cases of new COVID variant NB.1.8.1 behind surge in ChinaAuthorities in Hong Kong say COVID-19 levels are the worst in at least a year. 12615
Reposted by STWDenis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Long COVID linked to rising anxiety and depression in children. A study by Kennedy Krieger Institute finds nearly 40% of children with long COVID experience significant anxiety or depression, signaling a growing mental health crisis. www.news-medical.net/news/2025052...news-medical.netLong COVID linked to rising anxiety and depression in childrenA new study from Kennedy Krieger Institute is calling attention to an emerging mental health crisis among children with long COVID. Researchers found that nearly 40% of pediatric patients with long CO... 410940
Reposted by STWThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 19/05/2025Netflix has thrown “Sesame Street” a safety net with a new streaming deal that offers the popular children’s staple a broad reach while keeping it on its long-standing home, PBS, the companies announced.bit.lySesame Street moves in with Netflix, but will stay on PBSNetflix has thrown Sesame Street a safety net with a new streaming deal. The deal announced Monday offers the popular children’s staple a broad reach while keeping it on its long-standing home, PBS, at the same time. 491831433
Reposted by STWNicolas Mathevon @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Your dog understands you (& vice-versa). But why and how? 👇 New review paper by ENES Bioacoustics Research & Co. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #bioacoustics #dogsciencedirect.comVocal communication between humans and animalsIn this article, we review the scientific literature examining vocal communication between humans and other animals, with a focus on dog-human interac… 0177
Reposted by STWJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter. They graded it. Bwahahaha. 21724494212893
Reposted by STWFrancis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 04/05/2025*No paywall*The story starts with teachers pleading for empathy for 3 immigrant students. It ends with a border patrol agent pleading for empathy for 3 other students at the school — his own. Might be a theme here. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...bloomberg.comHow a School in a Tiny, New York Town Beat ICESackets Harbor demanded that Tom Homan return three children and their mother. Why did he cave? 16385140
Reposted by STWData Report @datareport.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Cruise Line Suffers Sixth Virus Outbreak In 2025, Hundreds Impacted www.cruisemummy.co.uk/cruise-line-...cruisemummy.co.ukCruise Line Suffers Sixth Virus Outbreak In 2025, Hundreds ImpactedHolland America Line has reported six norovirus and gastrointestinal outbreaks in just four months, affecting over 600 passengers and crew – but is the concern justified? Here's what guests need to kn... 14317
Reposted by STWThe Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 29/04/2025While COVID-19 is at more moderate levels now, experts anticipate a surge this summer, followed by likely many more surges as people continue to abandon collective health measures. This week's COVID-19 trends report: bit.ly/3SaA991 26224
Reposted by STWHen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Hamas has kidnapped another organizer of the anti-Hamas protests in Gaza and beaten him as punishment. These are the “freedom fighters” college students are holding protests for…people who abduct and beat the protesters in Gaza. Make it make sense. 35121
Reposted by STWHen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · 26/04/2025🇮🇱Israel stops sending aid after delivering 1,774,459 tons of aid to Gaza, because Hamas refuses to release 59 hostages held for 18 months. ➡️ GLOBAL OUTRAGE 🇮🇳India cuts off water to Pakistan after a Pakistani murders 26 Hindus. ➡️ 🦗 Tell me again how it’s not about the Jews. 76623
Reposted by STWHen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Posting about Holocaust Remembrance Day is a convenient way to honor the memory of the 6 million Jews who were senselessly murdered. But an even better way to honor them is to speak out against antisemitism and hate when it’s inconvenient. 24816
Reposted by STWAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 25/04/2025BREAKING: The FBI has arrested a judge who helped migrants avoid ICE. This judge is a hero. www.jsonline.com/story/news/b...jsonline.comMilwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan arrested by federal authorities at CourthouseBrady McCarron, spokesman for U.S. Marshals Service in Washington, D.C., confirmed Dugan was arrested at about 8 a.m. at the Milwaukee County Courthouse and is in federal custody. 955167065280
Reposted by STWSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 25/04/2025BREAKING: The constitutional crisis has arrived. We knew it was coming, just not when. 1558205268274
Reposted by STWFred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 25/04/2025(1,2) America just hit a new low. The FBI just very publicly arrested a federal judge for the crime of interpreting and carrying out the law. This is North Korean and Russian style behavior. This is what America has become. 44537178
