Tahirih Walsh

Graphic with a dark textured background and teal text reading: “LONG COVID. You can look ‘fine’ and still be very unwell. Fund Long Covid research. Long Covid Awareness Month.” The Long Covid SOS logo appears at the bottom.

You can look “fine” and still be very unwell

We are still waiting for answers
Still waiting for treatment
Still waiting to be believed

Fund Long Covid research.
We can’t wait any longer.

#longcovidawarenessmonth #fundlongcovidresearch #wecantwait #LongCovid

A 3D medical animation shows the secretion of cytokines, small pink particles floating near purple and blue cells. The text reads, “The Sick Times. Long COVID research updates. Researchers identified high levels of cytokine interferon gamma (IFN-γ) as a potential biomarker for Long COVID. Two new studies compare SARS-CoV-2’s long-term risks to those of the flu. A small phase 1 clinical trial will test the safety of the cancer monoclonal antibody Pembrolizumab (Keytruda).”

Researchers identified high levels of cytokine interferon gamma (IFN-γ) as a potential biomarker for Long COVID. The small study, published in Science Advances, found that symptoms improved when production of IFN-γ (a molecule that plays an important role in immune response) decreased. The researchers followed the people with Long COVID for 31 months, and tested their blood with a highly sensitive procedure. “It’s unlikely that all the different Long COVID symptoms are caused by the same thing,” one of the authors said in a press release, stating the need for treatments for different presentations of the disease.

Two new studies compare SARS-CoV-2’s long-term risks to those of the flu. A recent study in Frontiers in Immunology found that both COVID-19 and flu can impact lungs post-infection, but that only COVID-19 caused a significant impact on the brain. The study used a mouse model to compare the long-term effects of flu and COVID-19, finding that COVID-19 led to brain inflammation, sensory processing issues, and other types of brain injury. Still, the study did not mention myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) or dysautonomia, which can both impact the brain and be triggered by influenza. A separate study in Communications Medicine also found that there is a higher risk of kidney disease after SARS-CoV-2 infection than after influenza.

A small phase 1 clinical trial will test the safety of the cancer monoclonal antibody Pembrolizumab (Keytruda). Sponsored by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), the trial will enroll 15 participants with neurological symptoms of Long COVID in Bethesda, Maryland. Ketytruda is an infusion drug that is used to treat various cancers, including advanced melanoma and Hodgkin lymphoma. The trial adds to other cancer drugs like Anktiva and rapamycin being tested for Long COVID. The study is not yet recruiting. Study contact: Ladifatou N. Fouanta, ladifatou.fouanta@nih.gov.

🔬 Researchers identified high levels of cytokine interferon gamma (IFN-γ) as a potential biomarker for Long COVID

🦠 Two new studies compare SARS-CoV-2’s long-term risks to those of the flu

💊 A small phase 1 clinical trial will test the safety of Pembrolizumab

#LongCOVID research: bit.ly/4rV8DNf

Thank you, sir, for honouring him. Rest in power, Reverend Jackson. ❤️

RIP to Jesse Jackson. His funeral is today. I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.

It's amazing people will claim "Canada and the USA have the same culture" and then on something as fundamental as "do you trust your fellow citizens to be good" we are further apart than any other two countries

Mayor Mamdani and a child play with Legos while looking very serious and concentrated. The child is impossibly adorable and wearing tiny blue glasses.

No interruptions, please. We’re building universal child care.

All of our living presidents who still have a sense of decency gathered to honor Rev. Jesse Jackson.

Respect recognizes respect.

Vancouver city staff recommend dropping Mayor Ken Sim's bitcoin motion | CBC News Vancouver city staff are taking stock of what council motions they should work on for the rest of the year — and one of the motions on the chopping block is a pet project from Mayor Ken Sim.

Here’s my story on Vancouver staff recommending that the city stop considering Ken Sim’s bitcoin dreams

I’m told there’s very little chance the mayor ends up “dying on this hill” as he promised last year

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Store aisle shelves stuffed on one side with inflatable ducks faces the other, stuffed with inflatable flamingos.

some shit is about to go down

Savannah Victora-May, 23 year old, black woman, lying in hospital bed.

THE TIMES

My body can take no more, says ME patient starving in hospital

Campaigners say the suffering of Savannah Victora-May, 23, highlights NHS inaction over recommendations that it set up specialist services for severe cases

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#SevereME

#MEcfs

CNN: More than 1,000 civilians killed in Iran since war began, rights group reports By Helen Regan More than 1,000 people, including children, have been killed in Iran since the war began on Saturday, according to US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA). The rights group said as of Tuesday afternoon ET, at least 1,097 civilians had been killed, including 181 children. More than 5,400 civilians, including 100 children, have been injured, HRANA reported. The group said its report is preliminary and is veritying hundreds more reported deaths.

At least 1,097 civilians had been killed in Iran so far, including 181 children.

I think it was in 2019? Too long ago

a bright orange canvas jacket with bright blue, green, and magenta letters in a 3x4 pattern reading a b c d e f u c k i c e

finished embroidering my jacket :)

Did you see the news today that we’re switching to permanent daylight savings time on March 8th?! I’m so happy! I have terrible SAD in the winter and this is going to be a huge relief! ☀️

Kafka understood that an even greater indignity than being turned into a giant insect was still being required to go to work afterward.

Hares boxing surrounded with leaves, painting.

March Hares, Vicky Yeates, 2012.

Permanent DST for most of BC starting March 8th! Hallelujah!! My sunlight deprived brain thanks the powers that be ☀️☀️☀️
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...

I agree, except for the fact that there are many disabled folks still on X who don’t have the capacity to switch platforms. I stay for them and for the community they’ve built there.

are you having a good time? a pie chart that is completely pink and the legend says pink is "no" mybodyistryingtokillme.com

The "RFK Jr Curve"

Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

The richest man owns X.

The second and third richest men control Google.

The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.

And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.

See the problem here?

Tax expert worried Australia on path to neo-feudal society as housing wealth drives inequality Real inequality is between those who have assets and those without in same generation, not young versus old, says ANU academic

"Tax expert worried Australia on path to neo-feudal society as housing wealth drives inequality

Real inequality is between those who have assets and those without in same generation, not young versus old, says ANU academic"

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

BREAKING

Former ICE agent:

On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant.

When you put it like this, a $75 million bribe to Melania and gutting the Washington Post seems like a small price to pay.

This one hits hard.

Key NIH research institute told to remove references to 'pandemic preparedness' Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website, a Nature investigation finds

MAHA looks more and more like a death cult.

"Key NIH research institute told to remove references to 'pandemic preparedness'

Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website, a Nature investigation finds"
www.scientificamerican.com/article/key-...

Absolutely amazing!

A rectangular portrait mode artwork. A background of overlapped green organza and brown tulle with a scatter of light camouflage green seed stitch. On top is a hand embroidered superb Fairy Wren perched on a rich brown fabric branch.

Superb Fairy Wren
Hand embroidered thread painting artwork
#birds #BlueSkyMonday #embroidery