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Q&A: Behind the scenes of the Patient-Generated Hypotheses Journal with Vijay Iyer - The Sick Timesthesicktimes.org Last week, the Patient-Led Research Collaborative (PLRC), the research organization led by people with Long Covid, published the second issue of its Patient-Generated Hypothesis Journal. This journal ...
How the Apricot Tree CafΓ© became a leader in clean indoor air - The Sick Timesthesicktimes.org Opened in 1993 in Mississauga, Ontario, the Apricot Tree CafΓ© has built a loyal customer base who love its European-influenced menus, from salads to schnitzel. Owned and operated by Austrian immigrant...
Masks Are a Symbol of Solidarity. Donβt Let Democrats Take Them Away.www.thenation.com Mask bans are ostensibly about public safety. The result would be disastrous for public healthβbut it goes beyond that, too.
New NASEM reports offer broad definition, highlight the seriousness of Long Covid - The Sick Timesthesicktimes.org The field of Long Covid research reached a major milestone last week with the release of a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) outlining a working def...
βThey bungled it:β NIH documents reveal how $1.6 billion Long Covid initiative has failed so far to meet its goals - The Sick Timesthesicktimes.org In February 2021, the National Institutes of Health launched a new $1 billion initiative to study Long Covid, a chronic disease that has changed the lives of millions of Americans. Three years later, ...
#MEAction launches campaign to educate healthcare providers about Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - The Sick Timesthesicktimes.org #MEAction, the nonprofit organization advocating for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), has launched a campaign to educate healthcare providers about the disease, collaborating with medical s...
Should people with Long Covid be donating blood? - The Sick Timesthesicktimes.org In the fall of 2009, researchers at a lab in Reno, Nevada, said they detected a potentially transmissible virus in the blood of people with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). The study led the American R...
Should people with Long Covid be donating blood? - The Sick Timesthesicktimes.org In the fall of 2009, researchers at a lab in Reno, Nevada, said they detected a potentially transmissible virus in the blood of people with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). The study led the American R...
Bird flu is spreading through U.S. farms. What are the risks to people? - The Sick Timesthesicktimes.org For the first time, H5N1, a highly pathogenic avian influenza, was identified in cows, less than a week after the first case of bird flu was discovered in livestock among baby goats at a Minnesota far...
What toilets can reveal about COVID, cancer and other health threatswww.nature.com Wastewater testing grew tremendously during the pandemic. But is it ready to tackle the opioid crisis, air pollution and antibiotic resistance? Wastewater testing grew tremendously during the pandemic...
Connector Chat: Science journalism and communication in the misinformation era - CASW Connectorconnector.casw.org Join us for a free, informal conversation on the psychology of misinformation and how to use it in your science communication practice.View from Connector Chat: Science journalism and communication in...
Hidden disability: The quiet struggle with Long Covid in Kenya - The Sick Timesthesicktimes.org Despite its global reach, Long Covid is widely underreported in Africa due to a lack of awareness of the condition, inadequate clinical data, and limited access to health care. The impact on the Afric...
Want to enroll in a Long Covid clinical trial? This new project helps track them. - The Sick Timesthesicktimes.org A new Long Covid project makes information about clinical trials more accessible to people who may want to participate in research while showing gaps in the current search for meaningful treatments. P...
How It All Went Wrong for Eric Adamswww.theatlantic.com The many crises of New Yorkβs enigmatic mayor
Errors, omissions, potential bias: Why some ME experts are calling for a retraction of the NIH intramural study - The Sick Timesthesicktimes.org After NIH's intramural ME study was published last month in the journal Nature Communications, some patient-advocates and experts in the ME community say their worst fears about this $8 million, eight...
Errors, omissions, potential bias: Why some ME experts are calling for a retraction of the NIH intramural study - The Sick Timesthesicktimes.org After NIH's intramural ME study was published last month in the journal Nature Communications, some patient-advocates and experts in the ME community say their worst fears about this $8 million, eight...
Sen. Bernie Sanders introduces resolution to formalize Long Covid Awareness Day - The Sick Timesthesicktimes.org Today Senator Bernie Sanders and the Covid-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project (C19LAP) announced a resolution to formally designate March 15 as Long Covid Awareness Day. βThis resolution is a major step i...
How mask blocs are keeping communities safe with neglected government stockpiles - The Sick Timesthesicktimes.org To supply plentiful, free masks to anyone who requests them, mask bloc members track down large quantities of quality masks being sold cheaply or offered for free. In this way, Covid-19 safety groups ...
How mask blocs are keeping communities safe with neglected government stockpiles - The Sick Timesthesicktimes.org To supply plentiful, free masks to anyone who requests them, mask bloc members track down large quantities of quality masks being sold cheaply or offered for free. In this way, Covid-19 safety groups ...