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Weight-Loss Drug Zepbound Is Being Tested as a Treatment for Long Covid
GLP-1s are being studied for a wide range of conditions. Now, scientists will test whether their anti-inflammatory properties can help alleviate symptoms of long Covid.
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Durham Public Schools Is Seeing an Enrollment Drop. Where Did the Students Go?
This year, DPS saw its largest year-to-year enrollment drop since the COVID-era. The district is trying to figure out why there are fewer studentsāand how to reverse course.
Melody Schreiber@melodyschreiber.com
As I read this, I'm thinking about the man I interviewed who had to be hospitalized from the Covid he caught at the poultry processing plant and he got fired for it and he still has long Covid
Grey Moran@greymoran.bsky.social
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures My latest for @sentientmedia.org
J. Offir, PhD@joffirphd.bsky.social
When I was a kid, getting "mono" was considered a rite of passage. Now we know it can be a much bigger deal, associated w/ chronic EBV activation, multiple sclerosis, & lupus. "To figure out why only some people with EBV get lupus, Robinson and his team... 1/4 www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
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It Was Community Care That Saved Altadena (Part 2) - Knock LA
Grassroots organizations and volunteer initiatives provided lifesaving support as government and institutions faltered.
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Family of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Asks For Prayers as the Pioneer Is Hospitalized
The 84-year-old recovered from two bouts of COVID in 2021 and 2023 while battling a neurodegenerative disorder.
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Neurological Impacts of COVID and MIS-C in Children
The emerging landscape of COVID-19 has revealed a stark contrast in how the virus manifests across different age groups, particularly highlighting a unique and alarming phenotype in children. Unlike
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Senior Center hopes to continue free medical transportation program, but federal funding is set to run out - Brookline.News
The Brookline Senior Center is facing the loss of funding for transportation for seniors, threatening to eliminate programs started during the pandemic that help elderly people in Brookline get around...
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LoCITT-T - Long COVID Treatment Trial
The Long COVID Treatment Trial-Tirzepatide (LoCITT-T) is investigating the efficacy of repurposing this drug to treat Long COVID.
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Effects of nicotinamide riboside on NAD+ levels, cognition, and symptom recovery in long-COVID: a randomized controlled trial
In long-COVID, NR increased NAD+ within 5 weeks but did not significantly improve cognition, fatigue, sleep, or mood vs. PBO. Exploratory analyses suggested within-group benefits after 10 weeks of NR,...
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Trump Deserves No Credit for Continued Drop in Crime in Chicago: Johnson, Pritzker
Crime in Chicago has been dropping significantly since the COVID-19 pandemic began to wane in 2022, a trend that accelerated after Mayor Brandon Johnson took office in May 2023 and has continued since...
Andrew Sparrow@andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social
No 10 says Starmer has been told by Downing Street staff that none of them briefed against Streeting - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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The Virus That Causes Mono May Also Cause Lupus
Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus
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Covid-era rules for addiction medication, Ritalin are extended again
For a fourth time, the government avoids making permanent policy on telehealth prescriptions of controlled medications for addiction and ADHD.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
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