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Image left side: Text reads, “What wonders would emerge from the earth.” Illustration depicts fiddlehead ferns spiraling in on themselves.  Image right side: The image depicts a forest floor and the trunk of a redwood tree, covered in moss,  mushrooms, and ferns. Text reads, “If juiceless plants were encouraged to flourish?”

I'm grateful for @disabilitylab.bsky.social's new venture, Disability Culture Currents, which explores the intersections of disability identity and culture through opinion, personal essay, and graphic storytelling.

Tonight, I’m feeling so very seen by Robin Larisch's comic “Juiceless.”

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🎉 We are thrilled to celebrate and recognise Philip Hoover as a finalist in the prestigious #emergeaustralia Awards for #longcovid Journalism Excellence!

Read Philip's powerful article here: zurl.co/0pGT2 📖 You won't want to miss it!

Thank you, Philip! 💫

6 years on from Covid, BBC Look North highlights the ongoing impact of #LongCovid. Reporter Cathy Minton says it’s personal, her husband Tom hasn’t improved in a year. He still can’t care for his toddler or go for walks. @franhaddock.bsky.social says new people continue to get long Covid.

Imagine having a disease that severely limits your quality of life but no one has heard of it, you can't work or get a benefit, and any help you get at the doctor involves hours of background research and advocating for yourself.

#longcovid

Image is collage artwork of a man in sunglasses and a respirator mask holding open a black trenchcoat in a grey alley. Text is cutout "ransom note" style letters that read: Pssst Wanna buy some PROTECTION Inside thre man's trenchcoat on display like illicit goods is more text that reads: N95, KN95, redimask, Flomask, BOOSTER, Hepa filter, UV light, ventilation

New: Physics Girl is back! #LongCovid books for kids, Covid is 2x as deadly as RSV in AU + US, new research: Covid can directly infect heart tissue, places lighting up for International Long Covid Awareness Month, updated local risk levels, and more.

Cats await you: www.patreon.com/posts/covid-...

Please, if you see posts from people with Long Covid on any platform this month: Reshare them.

#longcovidawarenessmonth #longcovidawarenessday

March is Long COVID Awareness Month.

This is an excellent guide on how to support your friend who lives with ME/CFS and Long COVID

#LongCovidAwareness

PART 1 - What is Long Covid?

Professor Danny Altmann, Immunologist at Imperial College London and Trustee of Long Covid Support, explains what Long Covid is.

#LongCovid #LongCovidAwareness #ProfessorDannyAltmann #LongCovidSupport

Covid: March 5, 2026 | Threat Model Get more from Threat Model on Patreon

It's #LongCovid Awareness Month, so mask up and dive into @violetblue.bsky.social's latest Threat Model: #Covid newsletter-- read (always free, never paywalled)/share/support (join the Patreon or send Violet a tip):
www.patreon.com/posts/152269...

#MedSky #PublicHealth

POTS symptoms that are often missed: lightheadedness, insomnia, heart palpitations, air hunger, temp intolerance, sound sensitivity, adrenaline dumps, headaches, coat hanger pain, tremors, joint pain, brain fog, vision changes, exercise intolerance, GI nausea, abnormal fatigue. Graphic by The POTS Life.

POTS symptoms that are often missed

➡️ Dysautonomia / POTS is a huge and misunderstood part of #longcovid

H/t The POTS Life on fb

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#longcovid #longcovidawarenessday #6years

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Do we really want to continue down this path of disease spreading unchecked?
Millions of us are left to navigate life-altering illness without research, recognition or rights.

This isn’t a dystopian film
This is year 6 of Covid

#Covid infections are still causing #LongCovid
#LongCovidAwareness

Sunrise, Monday, 5 March, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand.

High tide and high surf have kicked up the sea foam, which makes it even more fun to watch.

Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Global sea levels have been underestimated due to poor modelling, research suggests Analysis shows average levels are 30cm higher than thought, and up to 150cm in south-east Asia and Indo-Pacific

New sea level rise study reveals ocean levels are higher than previously believed and following a relative sea level rise of 1 metre, (increasingly likely this century) more coastal areas and millions more people than previously believed will be affected:

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Dr @binitakane.bsky.social explains how a theory that #MECFS is caused by deconditioning and a fear of exercise permeated medicine and framed the illness as psychological. This led to the patients being neglected, gaslit, and some would say abused. Causing huge trauma for the community.

The Brighter Future What would this country look like in a decade or so if we actually did what so desperately needs doing?

Emily Writes @emilywrites.co.nz and I are starting a new series called The Brighter Future, where writers and artists and poets and so on imagine what a better future might look like, if we actually did some of the needful that's right in front of us: www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-brighter...

White graphic with black and pink text. Top left: “whn.global”. Top right: “Long COVID Awareness Month”. Main text: “Every COVID infection adds risk, not protection.” The word “risk” is in bright pink; the rest is in black. Below in bright pink: “Each infection increases the risk of Long COVID.” Bottom text: “World Health Network - Science for a safer, healthier world.”

Every COVID infection adds risk, not protection. The more times someone is infected, the higher their risk of developing Long COVID.

Reducing infections is one of the most important ways to protect long-term health. The Five Pillars of Protection help lower risk by layering prevention strategies:

Me too

Given it's Long Covid Awareness month, it would be great to add that each infection and reinfection increases your risk of long term effects.

Covid hospitalisations climb as New Zealand enters new wave There’s been an increase in hospitalisations and in wastewater detections, and it’s expected to last another month or two.

Still absolutely adamant you do not want Covid. Long Covid is still a crisis and is the worst health impact I’ve ever personally experienced.
Our health system is much worse than it was in 2020 - you do not want to navigate it with Covid impacts.

Book a booster here: app.bookmyvaccine.health.nz
👇

This story needs a correction. It is absolutely true that admissions are the highest since October, but 184 admissions is the last 4 weeks (to 16 Feb), not last week (to 16 Feb). 184 in a week is 2022 levels. This would be much easier to keep track of if we had the data rather than a Power BI report

TVNZ board chair rang senior minister to discuss negative coverage Justice minister won't reveal exactly what the public broadcaster's board chair said, while police minister doubles down on concerns about bias.

“A senior Cabinet minister has confirmed the board chair of public broadcaster TVNZ discussed concerns about its journalists’ reporting of crime statistics, in a private call days before the outlet ran a follow-up story to outline the Government’s successes.”
#nzpol

Some items to consider if your org values inclusion:

First look inside the new Wellington Library Sewing machines, 3D printers and a taniwha slide sit amongst the hundreds of thousands of books inside the fresh, five storey library.

First look inside the new Wellington Library

Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui

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🎙️ Announcing #EmergeAustralia’s 2026 #LongCOVID Awareness Week Podcast Season!

📅 Release Date: Starting 9 March 2026 🎧 Available on: Spotify, Apple Music, Emerge Australia website and all good podcast platforms.

#imaginepodcast

Black graphic with LCSA logo and LC Awareness ribbon. White writing says Children are still unwell. Long Covid can affect people of all ages. 20% of children and young people are having persistent health symptoms following Covid 19 infection, according to a 2025 Otago study. This causes them to miss school and social time.

#longcovid #longcovidkids #lcawarenessday

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COVID is not “just a cold.” Even mild or asymptomatic infections can cause lasting health effects, damaging blood vessels and organs, affecting the brain, and weakening the immune system.

Free self‑paced education for ME/CFS, Long COVID and related conditions, from Bateman Horne Center & Emerge Australia

Through our ongoing partnership with @emergeaustralia.bsky.social, self-paced modules on PEM, pacing, orthostatic intolerance & sleep remain available for those living with ME/CFS & Long COVID.

Accessible. Practical. Built with lived experience + clinical insight.
🔗https://emerge.org.au/lea-ea-bhc/

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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

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Long COVID isn’t rare.

According to the WHO, about 15 in 100 people still have symptoms 12 months after COVID-19 infection.

Prevent infection. Prevent reinfection. Protect your health.

#LongCOVID #LongCOVIDAwarenessMonth #PublicHealth #CleanAir