A macro photo of an Orbweaver spider on Halloween evening
A macro photo of an Orbweaver spider on Halloween evening
A macro photo of an Orbweaver spider on Halloween evening
Happy Halloween 🕷️
A lightly-colored bee on a white flower, with a small spotted insect on the petal below it
A lightly-colored bee drinking nectar from a white and pink flower
Brightly colored flowers with a lightly-colored bee on a white flower, with a small spotted insect on the petal below it
Closeup of the heads and yellow beaks of two House Finch chicks in their nest
Two House Finch chicks have their heads and yellow beaks out of their nest
A baby House Finch poking its head up through pink flowers
A baby House Finch looks grumpy poking its head up through pink flowers
Baby House Finches on the porch
The bright red Charlevoix South Pier Lighthouse, looking over Lake Michigan.
Charlevoix South Pier Lighthouse - Charlevoix, Michigan
#LongCOVID finally gets a universal definition
www.sciencenews.org/article/long...
H/t @dakota150.bsky.social
Longer and longer COVID:
‘Unusual’ cancers emerged after the pandemic. Doctors ask if covid is to blame. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...
COVID can cause new health problems to appear years after infection, according to a study of more than 130,000 patients
— FORTUNE Well
Does COVID-19 Persist? - An unexpected idea gains traction and may provide clues about long COVID Does COVID-19 persist in the body? With 17 million adults reporting long COVID symptoms like brain fog and fatigue, the idea of viral persistence has gained traction. The researchers found that a quarter of COVID-infected people had SARS-CoV-2 antigens in their blood for up to 14 months after infection. The most common was spike. "A large body of work now supports that months or years after acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, evidence of persistent viral antigens -- spike and nucleocapsid -- and viral RNA are detected in various tissues in people, based on autopsy and biopsy studies," observed Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
Does COVID-19 Persist?
— MedPage Today
www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/lo...
What to Know About the 'FLiRT' Variants of COVID-19
time.com/6972143/covi...
A Total Solar Eclipse, with the moon covering the sun, only a white halo surrounding it. April 8th 2024
Total Eclipse
Dairy cows from commercial Michigan farm infected with bird flu - mlive.com
This is the first time the virus has infected Michigan cattle.
Michigan woman dies from rare brain disease that’s 100% fatal. She’s not the first. - mlive.com
Research indicates that approximately 15% of patients recovering from COVID-19 encounter thyroid issues, hinting at a disturbing, yet often overlooked, effect of the virus.
COVID's Hidden Legacy: Thyroid Disorders Threaten UK Population
At least one in 20 Britons are now grappling with thyroid disorders or thyroiditis. This statistic represents millions of individuals potentially facing significant health challenges due to thyroid dysfunction.
A small gray, white, and rust colored Tufted Titmouse bird, tufted feathers sticking up from its head, sits in profile amongst the branches
Tufted Titmouse
A significantly increased long-term risk of psychiatric disorders and psychotropic meds among people with Covid, and breakthrough infections (vs controls), reduced with vaccination #LongCovid nature.com/articles/s41...
Health workers are seeing a rise in shingles. COVID might be part of the reason why — ABC
Alarming’ rise in Americans with long Covid symptoms - The Guardian
CDC data shows nearly 18m people could be living with long Covid even as health agency relaxes isolation recommendations
Paul Alexander, polio survivor in iron lung for over 70 years, dies at 78 after Covid diagnosis - NBC NEWS
Up to 5.8 million kids have long COVID, study says. One mother discusses the "heartbreaking" search for answers - CBS NEWS
CDC study says nearly 1 in 10 Tennesseans has suffered from 'long COVID' KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a new study Tennessee is among the seven states with the highest rate of people suffering from "long COVID." That study said nearly one in 10 Tennesseans suffers from it. "Doctors need to listen to the patients," said Dr. Wes Ely from Vanderbilt's Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction and Survivorship Center. "There's not a specific test for long COVID." Ely said people can have mild cases of COVID and end up with long COVID. He said long COVID is classified as continuing symptoms in people for 12 weeks or longer. "You have impaired memory, visual-spatial function, how quickly your brain works, your ability to do lists at the grocery store," Ely said. "All of that can be impaired by long COVID."
www.wbir.com/article/news...
A sunset on the beach over Lake Michigan, with a people in silhouette
A sunset on the beach over Lake Michigan, with a beach fence in the foreground and lighthouse in the background
A sunset on the beach over Lake Michigan, with a shadowy beach and fence in the foreground
The moon rising through tree branches
Freezing in South Haven with @crazycheryl.bsky.social & Zoey
Latest Biobot data shows U.S. COVID wastewater levels are rising again:
This is good reporting on the amoral entrepreneurs who fuel not just misinformation but danger and death....
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Tax records reveal the lucrative world of covid misinformation wapo.st/48jjAgQ
Many people experience symptoms long after they get COVID. The symptoms of Long COVID may begin at different times for different people. Some people start feeling sick when they get COVID and continue to have symptoms for weeks or months. Other people start having new symptoms weeks or months after their first symptoms of COVID go away. Some people don’t have any symptoms when they get COVID but start having symptoms weeks or months later. Long COVID symptoms can start at different times after a COVID-19 infection and affect people for different amounts of time.
Organ system involvement of PASC in children. Legend: The figure outlines symptoms and conditions, grouped by body system, which have been associated with the PASC. Some symptoms may be transient and rare in children, and a description of more common manifestations is provided in the main text.
A new review paper in Pediatrics estimates that Long COVID affects 6 million children in the US. Conditions and symptoms that have been reported in children affect many different organ systems.
Article: publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
COVID-19 Wastewater Levels U.S. Map (Jan 11, 2024) Map shows viral activity levels of SARS-COV-2 in wastewater in each state. Data from CDC
OVID-19 Wastewater Levels in the U.S. (Jan 11, 2024) Chart shows national trends of SARS-COV-2 viral activity levels in U.S. wastewater. The vertical axis shows the Wastewater Viral Activity Level, which indicates changes in SARS-CoV-2 virus levels in wastewater compared to the baseline level (in standard deviations). Data from CDC
Winter 2023/24 is the Second-Largest Wave of the Pandemic, According to Wastewater Levels This chart shows the SARS-CoV-2 virus concentration present in samples of wastewater taken from across the United States. Vertical axis is effective SARS-CoV-2 virus concentration (copies/mL of sewage). Data from Biobot
New COVID wastewater updates from CDC and Biobot suggest that we just reached the peak of this wave.
Every state that is reporting has high or very high COVID levels.
Reminder: viruses don't magically vanish, it will take weeks for levels to come down. Keep taking precautions.
