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There is strong evidence of brain-related abnormalities in COVID-191–13. However, it remains unknown whether the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection can be detected in milder cases, and whether this can reveal possible mechanisms contributing to brain pathology. Here we investigated brain changes in 785 participants of UK Biobank (aged 51–81 years) who were imaged twice using magnetic resonance imaging, including 401 cases who tested positive for infection with SARS-CoV-2 between their two scans—with 141 days on average separating their diagnosis and the second scan—as well as 384 controls. The availability of pre-infection imaging data reduces the likelihood of pre-existing risk factors being misinterpreted as disease effects. We identified significant longitudinal effects when comparing the two groups, including (1) a greater reduction in grey matter thickness and tissue contrast in the orbitofrontal cortex and parahippocampal gyrus; (2) greater changes in markers of tissue damage in regions that are functionally connected to the primary olfactory cortex; and (3) a greater reduction in global brain size in the SARS-CoV-2 cases. The participants who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 also showed on average a greater cognitive decline between the two time points. Importantly, these imaging and cognitive longitudinal effects were still observed after excluding the 15 patients who had been hospitalised. These mainly limbic brain imaging results may be the in vivo hallmarks of a degenerative spread of the disease through olfactory pathways, of neuroinflammatory events, or of the loss of sensory input due to anosmia. Whether this deleterious effect can be partially reversed, or whether these effects will persist in the long term, remains to be investigated with additional follow-up. After infection with SARS-CoV-2, individuals show a greater reduction in grey matter thickness and tissue contrast in the orbitofrontal cortex and parahippocampal gyrus; greater changes in markers of tissue damage in regions that are functionally connected to the primary olfactory cortex; and a greater reduction in global brain size.
— Read on www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04569-5
Coronavirus and the Nervous System
— Read on www.ninds.nih.gov/current-research/coronavirus-and-ninds/coronavirus-and-nervous-system
Twelve people with persistent neurological symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection were intensely studied at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and were found to have differences in their immune cell profiles and autonomic dysfunction.
— Read on www.ninds.nih.gov/news-events/press-releases/nih-study-identifies-features-long-covid-neurological-symptoms
COVID-19 can fuse brain cells and may explain some of the more baffling symptoms of brain fog, headaches, loss of taste and smell and other long-term symptoms
— Read on www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12172569/Australian-scientists-make-incredible-long-Covid-study.html
Heart attacks on the playing field are fairly uncommon, but it’s still a good idea to learn about them, especially if you are an athlete with a heart condition. Here’s what you need to know.
— Read on www.healthline.com/health/athletes-dying-of-heart-attacks
A panel of outside advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted Thursday that Covid-19 vaccines should be updated for the fall as the pandemic continues to recede from daily life but the coronavirus shows no signs of slowing its evolution.
— Read on edition.cnn.com/2023/06/15/health/fda-advisers-covid-19-boosters/index.html
Order of play and trial timetables
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The following Dispute Resolution practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information covering:Order of play and trial timetables
Order of play in the multi-track and fast track
A typical civil trial
Trial timetables
Chancery Division
Circuit Commercial Court
Commercial Court
King’s Bench Division
Litigants in person
Court specific guidance
Order of play and trial timetables
Order of play in the multi-track and fast track
The judge will usually have read the papers and may wish to dispense with an opening address. When acting for the claimant the easiest way to proceed is for the advocate to ask the judge whether he has had an opportunity to read the papers (and, where relevant, skeleton arguments) and whether he would like the advocate to open the case.The order of play may depend on the track in which the case is proceeding and/or the venue but the following is a typical order of play for a trial:
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claimant’s opening•
defendant’s/other parties’ opening•
examination-in-chief of claimant’s witnesses, if permitted•
cross-examination of claimant’s witnesses•
re-examination of claimant’s witnesses•
examination-in-chief of defendant’s witnesses, if permitted•
cross-examination of defendant’s witnesses•
re-examination of defendant’s witnesses•
expert evidence, if any (claimant’s then defendant’s)•
claimant’s closing submissions•
defendant’s closing submissions•
claimant’s reply•
judgment
— Read on www.lexisnexis.co.uk/legal/guidance/order-of-play-trial-timetables
136763/FO/2023 | Alterations to the Etihad Stadium North Stand and adjoining land to provide an overall increase in Stadium capacity, hospitality, and concourse facilities available for use both during and outside of event days, an ancillary TV Studio (Sui Generis), a Roof-Walk Attraction (Use Class F1(c)) together with the erection of a 9 storey, 391 bed hotel (Use Class C1) with a further 10 suites provided within the North Stand of the Etihad Stadium for hotel or hospitality space (Use Class C1 / Sui Generis); restaurant at Level 1 (Use Class C1 / Class E), erection of an 8-storey building comprising: a new Club Shop and Ticket Office (Use Class E) at Ground and Level 1, City Museum at Level 2, Leisure Attraction at Level 3 (Class F1(c)); and workspace (Class E) at Levels 4, 5, 6 and 7 and a new covered City Square fan zone and flexible event space with ground floor commercial, leisure, food and drink use (Use Class E and/ or drinking establishment (Sui Generis)) within each of the interrelated buildings adjoining the proposed square with associated landscaping and public realm works, servicing and access arrangements, and other associated works. | Etihad Stadium (North Stand) Etihad Campus Manchester M11 3FF
— Read on pa.manchester.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do
A Russian football hooligan leading cross-border raids from Ukraine taught at a neo-Nazi camp in Wales where organisers dreamed of recreating Hitler’s SS.
— Read on declassifieduk.org/russian-neo-nazi-fighting-putin-taught-at-far-right-camp-in-uk/
Labour’s new bankroller is Israel lobbyist, South African apartheid profiteer
— Read on electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-winstanley/labours-new-bankroller-israel-lobbyist-south-african-apartheid-profiteer
Barrister Forde: Labour Party has ignored my report on racism
— Read on insidecroydon.com/2023/03/18/barrister-forde-labour-party-has-ignored-my-report-on-racism/amp/
The Deputy PM of Italy announced the proposed plans on Wednesday having snubbed the licence plate idea as “crazy” in 2015.
— Read on news.sky.com/story/cyclists-in-italy-to-be-forced-to-have-insurance-number-plates-and-indicators-under-new-law-12899343
UK defence secretary faces call to hand back his bravery award after it emerges terror suspects he captured were not prosecuted.
— Read on declassifieduk.org/exclusive-i-r-a-bombers-captured-by-ben-wallace-were-innocent/
Next pandemic, let Cuba vaccinate the world
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/01/pandemic-vaccines-cuba-who-planning/
Dear Peter,
I’m writing from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) UK to thank you very much for registering and attending last night’s event ‘Challenging the Backlash against Palestine Solidarity and BDS’.You can find a recording of the event on PSC’s youtube channel
Here you can purchase a copy of the book we discussed Friends of Israel: The Backlash Against Palestine Solidarity by Hil Aked.
Special thanks again to the co-host of last night’s event, Makan, and for the support from the Anti-Apartheid Legacy: Centre of Memory & Learning.
We’re grateful also for the tireless and inspirational work of the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.
PSC is proud to work with all these wonderful partners. We need your support to help us continue to host events like this, whilst running hard-hitting BDS campaigns and ensuring the voices of Palestinians are not silenced.Please Donate to PSC
This month, we have launched an appeal and need to raise £15k. Thanks to the generosity of hundreds of our supporters, we are two-thirds of the way there! If you can help us hit our target, please donate.
In solidarity,
Ryvka
Deputy Director, PSC
A wearable device developed by DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit uses artificial intelligence to detect signs of COVID and other infections.
— Read on federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2023/05/defense-departments-new-wearable-device-detects-illness-before-symptoms-appear/
Taking the drug osimertinib once a day after surgery reduces chance of patients dying by 51%, trials show
— Read on www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jun/04/lung-cancer-pill-cuts-risk-of-death-by-half-says-thrilling-study
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Coronavirus: Tour de France
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Labour Party: Ken Loach, DDN
Subsidising the spread of COVID-19: Evidence from the UK’S Eat-Out-to-Help-Out Scheme
— Read on academic.oup.com/ej/article/132/643/1200/6382847
Litigant asked chatbot for help in proving their case – but the results were all fictitious.
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/lip-presents-false-citations-to-court-after-asking-chatgpt/5116143.article
A gang sold cheap subscriptions to an illegal service showing games not otherwise available in the UK.
— Read on www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65697595
At Dartford the wait now extends to a remarkable 829 days.
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/civil-court-delays-the-worst-on-record/5116199.article
Detention of two mothers and their children over NHS debts was ‘humiliating and distressing’.
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/lawyers-expose-unlawful-use-of-coercive-powers-by-home-office/5116195.article
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Coronavirus: Covid causes cancer
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Palestine; FTP Manal Issa
On 19 May 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) advised, “Repeat COVID infections increase your risk for both hospitalization and Long COVID.”
— Read on johnsnowproject.org/primers/us-hhs-advises-on-risk-of-covid-19-reinfection/
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Bilderberg 2023
John Kerry Declares War on US Farmers: Gov’t Farm Confiscations ‘Not Off The Table’
— Read on thepeoplesvoice.tv/john-kerry-declares-war-on-us-farmers-govt-farm-confiscations-not-off-the-table/
Now that at least 230 million Americans have already gotten at least two doses of a Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) “vaccine,” the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is changing the rules on a whim to only require one mRNA injection, period, with no additional boosters. The FDA made the change this week under the guise of “simplify[ing]” the…
— Read on clensor.wordpress.com/2023/05/18/fda-now-recommends-people-should-receive-no-more-than-one-mrna-dose-and-no-more-boosters/
Fears grow businessman detained in Jordan extradited to UAE after going missing
— Read on www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-jordan-turkey-fear-khalaf-romaithi-extradition
For Patient Safety, It Is Not Time to Take Off Masks in Health Care Settings
— Read on www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M23-1190
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Ukraine’s NATO backed “kill list”
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Media watch: Liz Bates
Khader Adnan
— Read on www.newarab.com/opinion/letter-khader-adnan-irish-hunger-striker
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Immigration Bill – Liberty
Autonomic dysfunction also emerges, NIH study shows
— Read on www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/longcovid/104395
Civil Justice Council Costs Review – Final Report – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
— Read on www.judiciary.uk/civil-justice-council-costs-review-final-report/
We assessed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission between patients in shared rooms in an academic hospital between September 2020 and April 2021. In total, 11 290 patients were admitted to shared rooms, of whom 25 tested positive. Among 31 exposed roommates, 12 (3 …
— Read on pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34145449/
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Coronavirus: Scotland ban masks
A UK establishment group funded by arms companies and the Foreign Office is courting a brutal regime.
— Read on declassifieduk.org/the-british-cabal-courting-turkeys-erdogan-regime/
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Pakistan: Imran Khan released
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Coronavirus: long-COVID
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Police watch: Wales
Certainty trumps ideology
— Read on rozenberg.substack.com/p/minister-gets-reul
