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The U.S. may deny migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border access to asylum under a newly finalized regulation drafted during the COVID-19 pandemic in Donald Trump's first term.
https://bsky.app/profile/legal.reuters.com/post/3mb5ct5yzol2j

Reuters Legal (@legal.reuters.com)
The U.S. could deny migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border access to asylum under a newly finalized regulation drafted during the COVID-19 pandemic in President Donald Trump's first term. https://reut.rs/45lOW7P

The pandemic production of Steven Soderbergh's "No sudden move" (filmed in autumn 2020, and with support by CDC professionals): https://www.productionhub.com/blog/post/covid-shots-no-sudden-move

Health Secretary Kennedy said
“In fact this is exactly how herd immunity works.”
A truckload of rhesus monkeys from Tulane university escaped after a crash.
The university warned they’re highly aggressive toward humans and infected with hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID.
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"ME/CFS ist eine Ansammlung trauriger Superlative: Der Guardian nennt den Umgang mit der Krankheit den größten Medizinskandal des 21. Jahrhunderts, sie ist Studien zufolge eine der schwerwiegendsten chronischen Krankheiten überhaupt und die Krankheit mit der verhältnismäßig geringsten Forschung." #MECFS #LongCovid

Die Grenzen der Autonomie - Wie Post-Covid und ME/CFS das Leben verändern
Wie lebt man, wenn der Alltag zur Herausforderung wird, die sich kaum bewältigen lässt? Die chronische Erkrankung ME/CFS stellt nicht nur das Gesundheitssystem auf die Probe, sondern auch das eigene Streben nach Selbstbestimmung in einem stillgestellten Körper.

#GiftLink
Covid mRNA vaccines show strong cancer-fighting potential in new study - The Washington Post
https://wapo.st/47s0Ygk

Trump taps Yale doctor who pushed unproven covid treatment to lead U.S. cancer effort (Ariana Eunjung Cha/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/12/17/trump-risch-cancer-covid/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p102#a251217p102

For more than three years, I’ve lived with long COVID.
The dizziness never leaves.
I can’t drive more than half an hour without starting to get nauseous.
Any strenuous activity — mental or physical — leaves me with post-exertional malaise that feels like a hangover the next day.
I’ve learned to adapt and find gratitude for many things, but life remains an exhausting calculus of rationing energy across work, chores, and my kids.
I am only one of over an estimated …

I Am One of 20 Million in US With Long COVID. RFK Pulled the Rug From Under Us.
RFK Jr. has shut down the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, gutted funding, and derailed trials and studies.

I'm still figuring out beta-blockers. And yes, they still suck when running. I don't think I'll be able to escape that.
I have been on the treads more lately; my tolerance for cold weather has been pretty bad. Getting older, post covid crud, who knows 🤷‍♂️
Grateful to be able to run and enjoy this weather today.

#running

Identification of post-COVID-19 symptoms using brain structural MRI features: a machine learning approach
Abdi Reza
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00195 https://

Identification of post-COVID-19 symptoms using brain structural MRI features: a machine learning approach
Identifying long COVID symptoms is a challenging task, primarily due to the reliance on patient reports and the lack of disease specific biomarkers. The objective of this study is to identify individual long COVID symptoms, post COVID 19 conditions (PCC) participants, and participants' sex, and to identify the associated brain regions by developing an explainable machine learning algorithm using brain MRI features. This study implements secondary analysis using an anonymized, publicly accessibl…

COVID vaccines protect children from severe illness per CDC.
⬇️76% reduced risk of ER visits in kids 9 mo. to 4 years
⬇️56% reduced risk of ER visits in kids 5 - 17 years
-- @drruth.bsky.social
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"The study’s authors emphasized that, as an observational study, the findings do not prove that covid-19 causes the conditions diagnosed in children, but rather signal an association between maternal infection and these outcomes. "
Covid in pregnancy tied to autism, developmental issues, study says - The Washington Post
https://archive.ph/eSFKO

CDC recommends covid vaccine with new eligibility rules - The Washington Post
https://archive.ph/iq4vd

Gas price shocks, uncertainty and price setting: evidences from Italian firms
Giuseppe Pagano Giorgianni
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03792 https://arxiv.org…

Gas price shocks, uncertainty and price setting: evidences from Italian firms
This paper examines how natural gas price shocks affect Italian firms' pricing decisions and inflation expectations using quarterly survey data from the Bank of Italy's Survey on Inflation and Growth Expectations (SIGE) spanning 1999Q4-2025Q2. We identify natural gas price shocks through a Bayesian VAR with sign and zero restrictions. Our findings reveal that these shocks are a primary driver of firms' inflation expectations, particularly during the post-COVID period (2021-2023) when supply dis…