Doctors ‘ashamed’ by chaotic scenes in new Royal Liverpool Hospital
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Stanford Medicine scientists pinpoint COVID-19 virus’s entry and exit ports inside our noses
— Read on med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2023/01/covid-virus-infection-nasal.html
Background: Although most children may experience mild to moderate symptoms and do not require hospitalization, there are little data on cardiac involvement in COVID-19. However, cardiac involvement is accurately demonstrated in children with MISC. The objective of this study was to evaluate cardiac mechanics in previously healthy children who recovered from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in a long-term follow-up by means of two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE). Methods: We analyzed a cohort of 157 paediatric patients, mean age 7.7 ± 4.5 years (age range 0.3–18 years), who had a laboratory-confirmed diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection and were asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic for COVID-19. Patients underwent a standard transthoracic echocardiogram and STE at an average time of 148 ± 68 days after diagnosis and were divided in three follow-up groups (<180 days, 180–240 days, >240 days). Patients were compared with 107 (41 females—38%) age- and BSA-comparable healthy controls (CTRL). Results: Left ventricular (LV) global longitudinal strain (post-COVID-19: −20.5 ± 2.9%; CTRL: −21.8 ± 1.7%; p < 0.001) was significantly reduced in cases compared with CTRLs. No significant differences were seen among the three follow-up groups (p = NS). Moreover, regional longitudinal strain was significantly reduced in LV apical-wall segments of children with disease onset during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the first wave (second wave: −20.2 ± 2.6%; first wave: −21.2 ± 3.4%; p = 0.048). Finally, peak left atrial systolic strain was within the normal range in the post-COVID-19 group with no significant differences compared to CTRLs. Conclusions: Our study demonstrated for the first time the persistence of LV myocardial deformation abnormalities in previously healthy children with an asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic (WHO stages 0 or 1) COVID-19 course after an average follow-up of 148 ± 68 days. A more significant involvement was found in children affected during the second wave. These findings imply that subclinical LV dysfunction may also be a typical characteristic of COVID-19 infection in children and are concerning given the predictive value of LV longitudinal strain in the general population.
— Read on www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/1/186
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Politician watch: Rachel Reeves
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Coronavirus: Singapore
In the most comprehensive autopsy tissue study conducted to date, researchers have found traces of SARS-CoV-2 throughout the entire body, from the brain to the heart. The findings support research into antiviral drugs as possible treatment for long COVID.
— Read on newatlas.com/science/covid-autopsy-study-virus-brain-body/
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Police watch: USA; New York
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Coronavirus: re-infections
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Coronavirus: infectiousness charts
Face masks or respirators (N95/KN95s) effectively filter virus-sized particles in laboratory settings
— Read on www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7106e1.htm
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Coronavirus: UKHSA: wear a mask!
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Coronavirus: XBB.2
Coronavirus infections, like those caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2) and the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS), can cause death in humans through significant tissue damage in major…
— Read on www.sciencealert.com/coronavirus-death
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Medicine: carbon monoxide poisoning
Twice-daily nasal irrigation reduces COVID-related illness, death
— Read on jagwire.augusta.edu/twice-daily-nasal-irrigation-reduces-covid-related-illness-death/
COVID-19: Things everyone should know (Part 1: Immune System)
— Read on pingthread.com/thread/1573772566346567680
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Coronavirus: new SARS
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NHS crisis: Leeds
Is immunity debt or immunity theft to blame for children’s respiratory virus spike?
— Read on www.tpr.org/bioscience-medicine/2022-12-27/is-immunity-debt-or-immunity-theft-to-blame-for-childrens-respiratory-virus-spike
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Coronavirus: XBB15
Rapid initiation of nasal saline irrigation to reduce severity in high-risk COVID+ outpatients
— Read on pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36007135/
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Medicine: lung inflammation
What this means for neurologic COVID symptoms remains elusive
— Read on www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/longcovid/102384
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Police watch: USA; Florida
COVID-19 vaccine boosters for young adults: a risk benefit assessment and ethical analysis of mandate policies at universities
— Read on jme.bmj.com/content/early/2022/12/05/jme-2022-108449
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NHS crisis: Dorset
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WEF: WEF-trained “young leaders”
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Cuba 🇨🇺: training medics for USA
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NHS crisis in Greater Manchester
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Coronavirus: variants
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Coronavirus: IgG4 antibodies
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Coronavirus: vaccine timeline
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Coronavirus: U.K. figures
bioRxiv – the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution
— Read on www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.12.22.521696v1
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Green: flooding in Jordan
UK Government will stop publishing Covid data from January as country moves into phase of ‘living with the virus’
— Read on www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11573653/UK-Government-stop-publishing-Covid-data-January-country-living-virus.html
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British American Project
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Coronavirus: China
final 6.10.22 TUC Connect Ventilation + clean air for working life.pdf – Google Drive
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Alarming antibody evasion properties of rising SARS-CoV
— Read on www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)01531-8
shortfall in costs
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/court-allows-costs-challenge-by-client-not-informed-about-options/5114604.article
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ECHR: key word summary
Several studies now show an elevated risk of serious blood vessel inflammation during and after an infection.
— Read on www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/11/14/commentary/world-commentary/covid-19-strokes/
Scientists predict China will see the largest COVID surge of the pandemic this winter, with hundreds of millions of people infected. But some experts say that it could have been even worse.
— Read on www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/12/15/1143002538/china-appears-to-be-facing-what-could-be-the-world-s-largest-coronavirus-outbrea
Morgue Data Reveal Africa’s High COVID-19 Death Toll | SPH
— Read on www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2022/morgue-data-reveals-true-covid-19-death-toll-in-africa/
It’s happening next to a camel pageant.
— Read on jessicawildfire.substack.com/p/theres-an-outbreak-of-mers-at-the
The easing of strict lockdown measures has led to growing concerns over the spread of Covid in China.
— Read on www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-64010209
Beijing Crematorium’s Death Surge Points to Rising Covid Toll in China
— Read on www.wsj.com/articles/beijing-crematoriums-death-surge-points-to-rising-covid-toll-in-china-11671219181
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War crimes; USA; Fallujah, Iraq
The SARS-CoV-2 virus does exist and has been sequenced over a million times in the UK alone.
— Read on fullfact.org/health/SARS-CoV-2-does-exist/
Fact check: Viruses harmful to humans are proven to exist
— Read on www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-harmful-viruses-idUSKBN23335V
No Virus Has Ever Been Proven To Exist
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Holidays With Pay Act 1938
2022 kicked off with the news that war criminal Tony Blair was to receive a knighthood. The immediate backlash…
— Read on www.stopwar.org.uk/article/2022-a-year-of-concerted-coordinated-activity/
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