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How America's Covid response left 3,000 health workers dead • Health Justice Toolkit By MaskTogetherAmerica • A year of trauma: More than 3,600 US health workers died in Covid’s first 12 months | CNN • Lost on the frontline: US healthcare workers who died fighting Covid-19 | US news | The Guardian • COVID-19 cases and deaths in health care workers in Canada — infographic | CIHI • Long Covid Underdiagnosis Poses Broader Care, Coverage Hurdles • Federal Register :: Drug Repurposing for Unmet Medical Needs; Request for Information • Long Covid Burden Continues to Grow, Doubling Current Surveillance Estimates, Multi-Hospital Study Shows | Mass General Brigham • Long COVID Persistence and Surveillance Gaps Across 58 US Hospitals | JAMA • Fight for the Airborne Act of 2026 - Action Network • Sjögren's Syndrome & Long Term Disability - McDonald and McDonald • Brits on hantavirus cruise ship ‘will have to isolate for 45 days’ | The Independent • Will the Hantavirus Cruise Ship Cause a New Pandemic? What Experts Say • ‘Microclots’ could help solve the long COVID puzzle • Impact of COVID-19 on Ocular Surface Health: Infection Mechanisms, Immune Modulation, and Inflammatory Responses • New research from Northwestern Medicine reveals link between long COVID and eye health • Ocular symptoms in long COVID | OPTH | Dove Medical Press • Non-Hospitalized Long COVID Patients Exhibit Reduced Retinal Capillary Perfusion: A Prospective Cohort Study • Over 50 percent SARS-CoV-2 Transmission From People Without COVID-19 Symptoms • R3 Seminar Series | RECOVER COVID Initiative • How Covid Quietly Rewires The Brain | Journal of Advanced Practice Nursing. Nursing Journals : American Society of Registered Nurses • Strangely Optimistic - 2026 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge Entry • Strangely Optimistic • Punch Up Pod w/ MASKTOGETHERAMERICA & "Strangely Optimistic" Filmmakers • Addressing the Costs and Care for Long COVID | OECD • Meningitis outbreak being treated as national incident - as health secretary warns spread is 'unprecedented' | UK News | Sky News • Characteristics of long COVID in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis • COVID-19 disease and autoimmune disorders: A mutual pathway • Insights into Persistent SARS-CoV-2 Reservoirs in Chronic Long COVID | MDPI • Petition for NYC to Recognize "International Long COVID Awareness Day" - Action Network • Watch — Long COVID Defense Series III • Defend Long COVID Frame • IL Right to Mask Witness Slips for SB3340 • Debunking Disinformation: The Telegraph Sows Misunderstood Science Amidst Deadly Winter Viral Wave — Mask Together America • Long COVID Defense Series II featuring 4 Q&A Sessions — Mask Together America • MaskTogetherAmerica Long COVID Defense Series I • Petition for LA to Recognize "International Long Covid Awareness Day" - Action Network • Clinical Overview of Long COVID | CDC • Preliminary Estimated Flu Disease Burden 2025-2026 Flu Season | Flu Burden | CDC • Long Covid Resource By MaskTogetherAmerica • Long COVID Defense Guide By MaskTogetherAmerica • Global Long COVID Declaration — Mask Together America • Persistent Attenuation of Lymphocyte Subsets After Mass SARS-CoV-2 Infection - International Journal of Infectious Diseases • Study finds that despite broad COVID vaccine availability, COVID still deadlier than flu in hospitalized patients | CIDRAP • Long COVID is here to stay—even in children - The Lancet Infectious Diseases • Second infection in kids doubles long COVID risk | PENN Medicine • Autism diagnosis rates higher among children born to mothers who had Covid-19 during pregnancy, study suggests | CNN • Some acute and chronic viral infections may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease | American Heart Association • SAVE Our Right to Mask. Stop Mask Bans. • Anti-Mask Laws in the United States | icnl.org • Read legislative analysis on anti-mask laws • Viral Infections and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis | Journal of the American Heart Association • Mount Sinai Creates First Manual for Treating Infection-Associated Chronic Illness for Clinicians | Mount Sinai - New York • Dr. Pridgen and his Antivirals Take on Long COVID as his Fibromyalgia Effort Nears its Endgame - Health RisingDr. Pridgen and his Antivirals Take on Long COVID as his Fibromyalgia Effort Nears its Endgame - Health Rising • About Chronic Diseases | Chronic Disease | CDC • U.S. population at increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19 - PMC • What to know about trying to get a coronavirus vaccine this fall - The Washington Post • Back-to-School Health Forum 2025 | Facebook • Back-to-School Health Forum 2025 • Register! MaskTogetherAmerica Back To School Health Forum. • Le traitement médiatique du COVID : un guide journalistique • ‘Sleeping’ cancer cells in the lungs can be roused by COVID and flu • Variability in Long COVID Definitions and Validation of Published Prevalence Rates • COVID-19 Is Rising Again. Here's What to Know • Long COVID-19 is linked to chronic pain conditions • Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions and Nociplastic Pain • Reactive arthritis following COVID-19 current evidence, diagnosis, and management strategies | Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research • Reactive Arthritis Following COVID-19 Infection: What to Know • What to do when pain lingers • Pain & Tingling Sensations • Long COVID Grant Awards | AHRQ • Post-COVID Clinics & Care Centers Long Covid Alliance • New COVID-19 Strain Causing ‘Razor Blade Throat’ Spreading In U.S. • Fort Worth Civil Rights Activist Opal Lee Not Done Yet • Long COVID patients are desperate for treatments. These trials may help. • Risk of autoimmune diseases in patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study • MSK Library Guides: COVID Impacts: Immune • AMA Calls for Senate Investigation of RFK Jr. • ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff • RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee • NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research • The Bethesda Declaration • NIH Open Letter of Support — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE • Here Are the Nearly 2,500 Medical Research Grants Canceled or Delayed by Trump • US' War on Science By Bernie Sanders • MAHA Report | www.whitehouse.gov • New COVID-19 variant spreads rapidly in the US, experts warn • AAP Statement on COVID Vaccine Recommendations for Children • #StopMaskBans.docx • CDC recommends parents talk to a doctor about getting COVID-19 shots for kids • WHO TAG-VE Risk Evaluation for SARS-CoV-2 Variant Under Monitoring: NB.1.8.1 • CDC Traveler-based Genomic Surveillance | COVID Data Tracker • One Big Ugly Bill | waysandmeans.house.gov • Comments for 2025-2026 Formula for COVID-19 vaccines for use in the United States. | Regulations.gov • Regulations.gov (Subject: Federal Government G0007) • Preliminary Estimates of COVID-19 Burden for 2024-2025 • Preliminary Estimated Flu Disease Burden 2024-2025 Flu Season • Nations adopt historic pledge to guard against future pandemics • RFK Jr. Openly Tells World To Exit 'Bloated' WHO As Global Health Officials Watch Silently • 124 Nations Approve WHO Global Pandemic Treaty As Asian Countries Suffer New Covid Wave | N18G • www.fda.gov • FDA says Covid vaccines likely not available for healthy kids and adults this fall • How The Proposed Medicaid Cuts Could Affect Public Health • Why Mask Bans In America Could Set A Dangerous Precedent For Public Health • COVID-19 and Blood Clots: What To Know • COVID-19 and the Blood • Long COVID questions and answers • Study Reveals How COVID-19 Infection Can Cause or Worsen Diabetes • Supporting medical science in the USA • Layoffs threaten US firefighter cancer registry, mine research and mask lab • NIOSH Decimated by Staffing Cuts • The Trump administration restructures federal health agencies, cuts 20,000 jobs • HHS Restructuring to Slash Staff by 20,000 • White House looking to slash $40 billion from health department, Washington Post reports • Map: Track the spread of measles in the U.S. • HHS cuts eliminate NIOSH respirator certification staff • Legislative Advocacy: Drop a Card at the Texas Capitol • What COVID-19 is doing to Performers in Arts and Sports • COVID-19 is Killing Performers • Final Reading: Vermont Senate bill would prevent cities and towns from banning face masks - VTDigger • Remedy Supported by Kennedy Leaves Some Measles Patients More Ill • Fact Sheet: HHS’ Transformation to Make America Healthy Again • UPDATE: RECOVER Long COVID pathobiology grants restored - The Sick Times • NIH cancels grants through flagship long COVID initiative • HHS Announces Transformation to Make America Healthy Again • Exclusive: NIH to cut grants for COVID research, documents reveal • Blog - Is Wearing a Face Mask Performative? - Bioethics Today • COVID-19 brought about a large rise in blood circulation disorder cases, study suggests • Beyond long COVID — how reinfections could be causing silent long-term organ damage | CBC Radio • Personal Stories to Support HB3853: Protective Medical Equipment Freedom Act • Health Department Issues Notification About Potential Measles Exposure | Department of Public Health • Pages - Release: One Case of Measles Confirmed in Maryland Resident with Recent International Travel • 12 Suffolk residents potentially exposed to the measles after infant tests positive for virus • Measles outbreak spreads to 15 states with cases on the rise • Why health experts fear the West Texas measles outbreak may be much larger than reported • Unvaccinated New Mexico resident tests positive for measles after dying • Video How contagious is measles? • Preserving Telehealth • Stop Mask Bans. Letter Campaign from MaskTogetherAmerica • measles/USA at main · fbranda/measles • Reports of Encephalopathy Among Children ... • First Measles Death Reported in Texas Outbreak • Chicago Needs Stronger Long Covid Protections, Organizers and Advocates Say — City Bureau • Long Covid Survey | chicago.gov • USDA approves avian flu vaccine developed by NJ-based company • Canada announces avian flu vaccine buy as USDA confirms first H5N1 detections in rats • Stanford must end its complicity in COVID harms • HHS orders CDC to halt some vaccine ads, saying RFK Jr. wants message focused on ‘informed consent’ • Trump administration yanks CDC flu vaccine campaign • Trump administration firings hit key office handling bird flu response • U.S. reverses plan to shut down free covid test program • Who has long COVID? Here’s the data by gender • Trump Firings Impact 'Front Line of Surveillance' for Bird Flu Outbreak • San Diego County records fourth teen flu death • Notes from the Field: Seroprevalence of Highly ... • Ohio Reports First Human Case of Bird Flu • Double Emergencies: Viral Surge + Wildfire Smoke Expert Forum • Tuberculosis in Kansas, Ebola virus update, and rising egg prices due to bird flu outbreak 2025 • A Second Type of Bird Flu is Circulating in U.S. Ducks—What to Know • What to Know About the H5N9 Bird Flu • Weekly US Map: Influenza Summary Update • APHIS Confirms D1.1 Genotype in Dairy Cattle in Nevada | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service • Flu is so bad right now that schools across the country are closing • DENTEC COMFORT-AIR® 400 SERIES & MULTIVAPOR P100 CARTRIDGE • Protecting Your Health From The Risks Of Wildfire Smoke • MaskTogetherAmerica Clean Air Emergency Forum. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. • Indiana Mask Ban SB 286 | Indiana General Assembly • Bill SD.245 Will Stop Mask Bans in MA • Minnesota ERs stressed by waves of COVID, flu, RSV, norovirus patients • CDC Promotes N95 • At least five dead as wildfires tear through Los Angeles • Powerful winds fuel Southern California wildfires | Channel 4 NBC LA • LIVE: NBC News NOW - Jan. 9 • How To Protect Yourself From LA's Wildfire Smoke • Doctor encourages masks to protect from poor air quality amid wildfire • California wildfires live updates: Thousands evacuated as strong winds fuel at least 3 blazes in L.A. area • California Power Outages Map, Jan 2025 • www.nejm.org • B.C. teen with avian flu is off oxygen, no longer infectious, health officials tell medical journal | CBC News • Cruise ships hit by worst year for stomach bugs in over a decade, CDC data reveals | CNN • US to award $306 mln for bird flu monitoring and preparedness • BIOFIRE® Syndromic Trends • Join Julie to Oppose Rep. Ritchie Torres Mask Ban • Respiratory Virus Activity Levels • Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection Surveillance and Trends • Respiratory Illnesses Data Channel • Julie Lam rooting for NYC Health Dept. • Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus in cats and other carnivores | www.tandfonline.com • Cats keep catching and spreading a puzzling and deadly disease: Is your cat safe? • JCI Insight - SARS-CoV-2 ORF8 drives osteoclastogenesis in preexisting immune-mediated inflammatory diseases • New research unravels connection between rheumatoid arthritis, long COVID and bone pain to bone loss • New Yorkers should mask up as RSV cases spike, health officials say • House cat in Washington County died after contracting bird flu from raw frozen pet food • Cat dies of bird flu after eating contaminated cat food, company issues recall • Public health confirms first human case of H5 bird flu in LA County • Systematic Review of Avian Influenza Virus Infection and Outcomes during Pregnancy • Bird flu detected in a human for first time in Iowa • Iowa Capital Dispatch • Most pregnant women and unborn babies who contract bird flu will die, study finds • Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots • Wisconsin’s first human avian flu infection reported along with second poultry flock case • Wisconsin Examiner • Tri-State hospitals urge patients, staff to mask up amid spike in COVID, flu, RSV • Human fatality caused by avian Influenza A(H5N2)-Mexico • US suffers first severe human case of bird flu; California declares emergency • CDC confirms first severe H5N1 case in US patient • A person in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a possible case of human bird flu • A comprehensive review of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1: An imminent threat at doorstep • First H5N1 Bird Flu Infections in Pigs Raises Concerns • Human infection caused by avian Influenza A(H5N2)- Mexico • Bird flu update: Map reveals states where cases rising • Making a Candidate Vaccine Virus (CVV) for a HPAI (Bird Flu) Virus • B.C. teen in critical condition in hospital with Canada’s 1st presumptive human case of bird flu | Globalnews.ca • Telehealth • WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing – 10 December 2024 • Six steps for safe home-based recovery from COVID-19 • Telehealth Will Die In 3 Weeks Without Congressional Action • Lack of Mask Mandates Leaves Cancer Patients Feeling Unprotected • H5N1 bird flu is closer to gaining pandemic potential than we thought • Map shows US states with highest levels of Long COVID • How Common Is Long COVID? • Testing and Masking Policies and Hospital-Onset Respiratory Viral Infections • Want to Limit Respiratory Virus Infections? Mask and Test in Hospitals | Medpage Today • Dr. Hoerger: PMC COVID-19 Forecasting Model, Nov 25, 2024| x.com • Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) • How To Survive Your Hospitalization - Top 10 Tips From The Trenches • Neurologic Manifestations of Long COVID Disproportionately Affect Young and Middle-Age Adults • CDC Current Epidemic Trends (Based on Rt) for States • Long COVID science, research and policy - Nature Medicine • State Reports Single, Possible Case of Bird Flu Virus in Child with Mild Symptoms • CDC confirms H5N1 Bird Flu Infection in a Child in California • COVID-19 Leaves Its Mark on the Brain. Significant Drops in IQ Scores Are Noted. • CDC Weighs Lowering Infection Protections Even More • HICPAC Meeting – November 14, 2024 • HICPAC Meeting – November 15, 2024 • Global Prevalence of Post-Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Condition or Long COVID: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review • H5N1 Bird Flu Toolkit | CDC • Many long COVID patients adjust to slim recovery odds as world moves on • California confirms first clade I mpox case | CDC • MPox Response | Air Force Medical Service • MPOX | nj.gov • 1st human case of bird flu in Oregon confirmed by CDC • Sonoma County reinstates mask mandate for Health care workers amid rising illness | MSN • CDC Expands Guidance to Better Protect Farm Workers and Livestock Owners to Lower the Risk of Becoming infected with Bird Flu • CDC H5N1 PPE Guidance • Serologic Evidence of Recent Infection with Highly .. • Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus: Interim Recommendations for Prevention, Monitoring, and Public Health Investigations • Personal Protective Equipment Use by Dairy Farmworkers .. • 5★ Mask Review in ASM Journals, May 22, 2024 • Bird Flu H5N1 is airborne! | CDC Flu | x.com • Ventilation and Respiratory Viruses | US EPA • US detects H5N1 bird flu in a pig for the first time • Many People with Long COVID Have Signs of Persistent SARS-CoV-2 Proteins, New Findings Show | NIH • NIH Masking Policy | Clinical Center • Dr. Eric Topol tweeted about theCDC’s new 2024-25 recommendation for 65+ or those who are immunocompromised| x.com • CDC Recommends 2 Or More Doses For Those 65+ Or Immunocompromised • CDC Recommends Second Dose of 2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccine for People 65 Years and Older and for People Who are Moderately or Severely Immunocompromised • COVID-19 raises the stakes for heart attacks, strokes, and even death long after infection, new study finds • The biopolymers behind a multimodal nasal spray • Inside the Bungled Bird Flu Response, Where Profits Collide With Public Health • What Doctors Want You to Know About XEC, the New COVID-19 Variant • The Four Rapid COVID PCR Tests You Can Take at Home (and Why You Should) • Worldwide Mask Bloc Directory – Find your local Mask Bloc • A Drug-Free Nasal Spray May Shield Against Respiratory Infections | Hms.harvard.edu • Centers for Disease Control on Instagram: "Don’t let #COVID19, #RSV, and #flu have you miss out on work or fun fall and winter season activities. You have several options that can help keep you from getting seriously sick. You can: - Get vaccinated. • The flu shot is different this year, thanks to COVID • SARS-CoV-2 Infection and New-Onset Type 2 Diabetes Among Pediatric Patients • Kids and teens who get covid more prone to diabetes, study finds • New Nasal Spray Vaccines, Puffs Up the Nose, Can Give Stronger Protection from Disease—No More Needles • Mask mandates returning to several Bay Area counties • Mask mandates are coming back to the Bay Area. Here’s where • VP, How to help disabled people get insurance? | x.com • Cardiac Crisis: COVID-19 Doubles Risk of Heart Attacks, Strokes, and Death • History of COVID-19 Doubles Long-term Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke and Death • Mask mandates are coming back to the Bay Area. • Bird Flu | CDPH • US to double emergency bird flu vaccines as more people, herds become infected • St. Louis Alderwoman proposes board bill to ban facial coverings to curb crime; some want bill dropped • Update: 2 human cases of bird flu confirmed in California. Both work in Central Valley • COVID map update shows US states with "very high" wastewater viral activity • How COVID-19 Messes Up Your Gut Health • Ilhan Omar to introduce major Long Covid bill | Mother Jones • H5N1 PPE Standard | cdc.gov • Missouri investigates more possible human-to-human H5N1 avian flu spread • COVID Action Map: Find Mask Blocs - Google My Maps • Smart mask for monitoring chemicals in exhaled breath • Hybrid COVID variant XEC is more contagious: What to know about the new strain • U.S. ranks last in health care compared with nine other high-income countries, report finds • Mirror, Mirror 2024: A Portrait of the Failing U.S. Health System • SARS-CoV-2 impairs male fertility by targeting semen quality and testosterone level: A systematic review and meta-analysis | PLOS ONE • Does Covid Lead to Dementia? Here's What the Virus May Have Done to Y… • COVID-19 reduces male fertility by affecting semen quality and hormone levels • Cardiovascular risks of COVID-19 antivirals • 75% of US Adults at increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19 • Alberta's COVID-19 death toll more than 4 times higher than flu over past year | CBC News • Mask bans are dumb, dangerous | Editorial | NJ.com • A brief, oral history of mask blocs: Part 1 - The Sick Times • Tess Finch-Lees: If parents don’t fight to protect children from Covi… • Mask bans disenfranchise millions of Americans with disabilities • Hospitals Deny Immunocompromised Patients’ ADA Requests For Masks • The Political Battlefield Of Infections And Migrant Children’s Bodies • CDC Issues An Alert About Parvovirus — Here’s What You Need To Know • Health Workers Oppose Proposed Mask Bans #NoNYMaskBan • LC and Vaccines | Open Forum Infectious Diseases, ofae495| watermark.silverchair.com • Association of COVID-19 Vaccination with Risk of Medically-Attended Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 During the Ancestral, Alpha, Delta, and Omicron Variant Eras • Dr. Jerome Adams | x.com • Every breath you take, this mask will be watching your health • COVID Data Tracker on Deaths • Respiratory Virus Hospitalization Surveillance Network (RESP-NET) • CDC's narrower COVID window shows a hospitalization surge • Opinion | An Olympic-Sized Miss in Managing COVID-19 • Parvovirus B19 with Dr. Judy Stone | Outbreak News TV • COVID tied to faster progression from preclinical to clinical type 1 diabetes in kids • Characterizing Long COVID in Children and Adolescents • Children and long COVID • Rutgers Health Researchers Profile Clinical, Gene and Protein Changes in ‘Brain Fog’ From Long COVID • FDA authorizes Novavax's updated COVID vaccine targeting JN.1 strain • MsJulieSLam calls NYTimes Out on Fueling COVID Crisis • MsJulieSLam: Upset by the NYTimes Dismissing the At Risk Population • Long Covid Knocked a Million Americans Off Their Career Paths • Virus Expert Just Issued This Important COVID Update • The association between prolonged SARS-CoV-2 symptoms and work outcomes • Long COVID Is Taking Big Toll on U.S. Workforce • Long COVID Definition | nap.nationalacademies.org • Free Covid tests, treatments will return to help the country cope over fall and winter, US officials announce | CNN • COVID-19 Testing | HHS | US government • U.S. will again offer free at-home Covid tests starting in late September • Bridge Access Program, ends in August, 2024 • FDA approves the new Covid vaccine. Here's the best time to get it. • Free special home air filters for cancer patients to help prevent COVID | Here's how to get one • Mpox And Mask Bans - A Recipe For Disaster • Updates on the CDC Advisory Committee’s efforts to weaken infection control guidance for health care • Recap of Nassau Mask Ban Hearing on Aug. 5, 2024 • HICPAC | CDC • Nassau County Mask Ban hearing on August 5th Recording • A Mask Ban in Nassau County | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC • When attending an event, practice protective measures that we know work against COVID-19 | WHO • Masking policies prevalent in top cancer centers amid winter COVlD wave | News Medical • Masking Policies at National Cancer Institute–Designated Cancer Centers During Winter 2023 to 2024 COVID-19 Surge| JAMA Network • Frustrations, denials, long drives: Immunocompromised people can’t access a lifesaving Covid-19 drug - The Sick Times • Olympic swimmers wear masks as concerns over Covid rise across camps • U.S. Olympic Swimmers David Johnston, Luke Whitlock Test Positive for COVID-19 in Paris • Is there a COVID outbreak at the Olympics? At least 8 athletes test positive in 1 week • Paris 2024 Olympics: Australian water polo player isolated after testing positive for COVID-19 • 7/25 Airborne Aerosols 1O1 Expert Forum Recording | By MaskTogetherAmerica Facebook • Airborne Aerosols 1O1 Expert Forum Recording | YouTube • The looming public health challenge of long covid • Airborne Act 2024 with ASHRAE 241 Letter Campaign • Airborne Act 2024 HR9000 | beyer.house.gov • Beyer Reintroduces Airborne Act • ASHRAE 241 Control of Infectious Aerosols Part 2— Equivalent Clean Airflow Rates • COVID-19 Wastewater Surveillance in New York • President Joe Biden tests positive for Covid-19 at pivotal moment in reelection campaign | CNN Politics • Bird Flu PPE | CDC • Bird Flu (H5N1) Explained: U.S. Human Infections Rise To 9 • Conjunctival Swab for Bird Flu • 5 Bird Flu Human cases identified in Colorado | CDC • H5 Bird Flu: Current Situation • July 15 Nassau County Legislative Meeting on the proposed Mask Ban • LegPublicComment@nassaucountyny.gov • Last stopover for the Australian swim team before Paris | The Australian swim team has one more stopover before it rolls into Paris - ready to take on the world. The Olympic squad has set up camp just outside... | By 9 News SydneyFacebook • COVID Tongue: Symptoms, Signs, Treatment and Prevention - Parade • Mask Bans Grow, Threatening Public Health And Immunocompromised People • This May Be the Most Overlooked Covid Symptom • Masks are key tool against COVID-19. Should they be banned for war protesters? • Second gentleman Doug Emhoff tests positive for COVID. Vice President Harris has tested negative • COVID-19 can surge throughout the year | CDC • LA Mayor Karen Bass tests positive for COVID-19 • NY State Anti-Mask Bill S9194 • NY State Anti-Mask Bill S9867 • NY State Anti-Mask Bill A10057A • COVID summer wave grows, especially in West, with new variant LB.1 on the rise • Long COVID in the United States | Statista • Long COVID in North Carolina | NC COVID-19 • COVID Data Tracker: Percentage of ER visits with COVID • Rising number of COVID cases amid 4th of July | abc • Ambient carbon dioxide concentration correlates with SARS-CoV-2 aerostability and infection risk - Nature Communications • Governor Hochul Abruptly Ends COVID Sick Leave for NY State Employees - Hell Gate • Fight Back Against the Proposed Mask Ban in LA • Tell LA Mayor Bass and County Supervisors: No Mask Ban | ACE • ‘Scared to put on my mask’: Cancer patient says she was intentionally coughed on in spat over mask • Poll: Majority of Americans say key COVID-19 policies were a good idea—but views of individual policies vary • Julie Lam and Natalie Bencivenga Talk About "Mask Together America" (6/22/24) www.audacy.com • WastewaterSCAN Dashboard • Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection and avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infection: a comparative analysis This paper is one of a selection of papers published in this special issue entitled “Second International Symposium on Recent Advances in Basi • History of Flu (Influenza): Outbreaks and Vaccine Timeline • Mild at First: A Brief History of The 1918 Bird Flu Pandemic • KP.2—Updated COVID-19 Vaccines for Use in the US Beginning in Fall 2024 • What is Long Covid? | National Academies • How CO2 Increases a Virus's Lifetime in the Air | Dr. Al Haddrell • Bridge Access Program Ends in August • Sign Test2Treat Letter to NIH! • Test to Treat Program Saves Lives. Let’s fight for it. • Protect Your Right to Health: Oppose NC Bill 237 Banning Public Mask-Wearing Now! • @EricTopol tweeted about why KP.2 vaccine should be chosen because it induced >3-fold neutralizing titers vs KP.3 compared w/ a JN.1 vaccine (mice)| x.com • 2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccine Formula: Pfizer/BioNTech Clinical and Preclinical Supportive Data Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committeewww.fda.gov • Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting 6/26-28/2024 | Regulations.gov • How Common Is Long COVID? JAMA Network • Will there be a new Covid vaccine in the fall? • COVID Variant Data Tracker • COVID-19 Current Wastewater Viral Activity Levels Map • See HOUSE BILL 237: Unmasking Mobs and Criminals | dashboard.ncleg.gov • House Bill 237 Rapid Response Info Sheet (5/24/2024) • ANTI-MASK BILL | webservices.ncleg.gov • Free COVID medication set to become unaffordable for many by end of 2024 • Early use of antivirals linked to reduced risk of long COVID • Keep Masks In Health Care Petition • N95 Masks Nearly Perfect at Blocking COVID, UMD Study Shows • As COVID precautions vanish, people with disabilities struggle with safety and isolation • The high prevalence of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection reveals the silent spread of COVID-19 • Bird Flu Has Infected a Third U.S. Farmworker • Lady Gaga Reveals She Had COVID While Performing Five Chromatica Ball Concerts • Africa CDC spearheading the strengthening of health information exchange in Africa • Mask ban bill shot down in North Carolina House • Oxford Professor Trish Greenhalgh on Mask Review | x.com • Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review | Clinical Microbiology Reviews • WRITE comments to support mandatory reporting on infections and hospital bed availability. • North Carolina lawmakers push bill to ban most public mask wearing, citing crime • Expert Q&A on How We Prepare for H5N1, Measles and COVID, May 9, 2024 • KP.2 is now the dominant COVID variant. Experts say US may see a summer increase in cases • Sign Letter to NIH: Save Home Test to Treat Together.docx • Send a letter to the White House and your representatives: Test to Treat Program Saves Lives. Let’s fight for it. • COVID Data Tracker • Admission Screening Testing of Patients and Staff N95 Masks are Cost-Effective in Reducing COVlD-19 Hospital Acquired Infectionspapers.ssrn.com • Hundreds of patients died after catching COVID in hospital, and experts say their deaths were preventable • Immunocompromised and at-risk Americans feel left behind as COVID restrictions disappear • Who's responsible for losing hospital reporting on Covid-19? • What to Know About the 'FLiRT' Variants of COVID-19 • Statement on the antigen composition of COVID-19 vaccines • Humoral immunogenicity comparison of XBB and JN.1 in human infections • Akiko Iwasaki on what causes long COVID, brain fog, the Yale Paxlovid study and long COVID treatments • An incomplete picture: understanding the burden of long Covid • The WHO overturned dogma on how airborne diseases spread. Will the CDC act on it? • CDC's response to HICPAC www.cdc.gov • ARIA - assess the risk of SARS-COV-2 airborne transmission • Root Causes of Long COVID: An Immunology Discussion by MaskTogetherAmerica • Root Causes of Long COVID: An Immunology Discussion | Watch ‘Root Causes of Long COVID: An Immunology Discussion’ Professor Akiko Iwasaki addressed possible root causes of #LongCovid at our webinar on 03/11... | By MaskTogetherAmericaFacebook • Prof. Akiko Iwasaki tweeted: More than half of the human volunteers who applied Neosporin into their noses showed robust antiviral gene expression (interferon-stimulated genes) measured by nasal brush, compared to placebo controls. We believe we can ⬆️ e • Intranasal neomycin evokes broad-spectrum antiviral immunity in the upper respiratory tract | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences • Common antibiotic may be helpful in fighting respiratory viral infections • JCI Insight - Evidence of a Sjögren’s disease–like phenotype following COVID-19 in mice and humans • Petition: Adam Van Bavel, a long hauler is fighting for Clean Air in his son’s school to prevent transmission of airborne pathogens. • Longest Covid infection recorded at 613 days • Neuroinflammation in post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) as assessed by [11C]PBR28 PET correlates with vascular disease measures • ‘Alarming’ rise in Americans with long Covid symptoms • NEWS: Chairman Bernie Sanders Releases Long COVID Moonshot Legislative Proposal » Senator Bernie Sanders • Long COVID - Household Pulse Survey - COVID-19 • HHS.gov: Implementation of the Government-Wide Response to Long COVlD • Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 in Children • Science & Tech Spotlight: Long COVID • An Anti-COVID Campaign - Long COVID Healthathon 2024 • Demand Improved Air Quality in Baltimore Public Schools to Protect Our Children • 防新冠努力不能放棄 口罩令仍有實施必要 • A Tribute to Dr. Amy Proal by Putrino Lab | x.com • Opinion | Monica Bertagnolli: U.S. 'Ready' for Next Pandemic Threat • New study reveals 25% of American adults face lingering health issues post-COVID-19 • MaskTogetherAmerica fighting for Test2Treat talktainmentradio.com • MaskTogetherAmerica on Spodify: CONVERSATIONS WITH DAWN KARIMA • Mount Sinai Receives $2.6 Million Grant From PolyBio Research Foundation for Long COVID Clinical Trials | Mount Sinai - New York • COVID-19 Virus Can Persist in the Body More Than a Year after Infection - PolyBio Research Foundation • Is COVID-19 Still a Pandemic? • The_PaulMighty on TikTok • Important Program For Covid Patients Closes, Leaving Many Stranded • Dr. Judy Stone sharing her article about Test2Treat on X • COVID-19 and the Nervous System • Will COVID-19 Lead to Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? • Write to President Biden: CDC shouldn't have cut the already inadequate COVID-19 isolation guidelines • More than 300,000 Coloradans hit with long COVID, creating waves in work and school, according to new survey | Colorado Public Radio • Home Test to Treat program extends nationwide (Covid and Flu) • NIH launches Home Test to Treat, a pilot COVID-19 telehealth program • Long Covid Clinic By State | resphealth.org • HHS Awards $45 Million in Grants to Expand Access to Care for People with Long COVlD | ahrq.gov • U.S. population at increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov • Long COVID Has Caused Thousands of US Deaths: New CDC Data • Ventilation Should Be A Larger Focus In Our Fight Against Covid-19 • Ventilation Can Reduce Exposure to Respiratory Viruses in Indoor Spaces | CDC • BBC: Long Covid: Health staff go to court for compensation • Long Covid Demands Change: MaskTogetherAmerica Attends Long Covid March 2024 • On the eve of Long COVID protest: An interview with Julie Lam, photographer and founder of MaskTogetherAmerica • COVID-19 is a leading cause of death in children and young people in the US | University of Oxford • Severe lung infection during COVID-19 can cause damage to the heart • Patients, advocates come to Washington for Long Covid Awareness Day • Long COVID Patients, Advocates Rally for More Research, Funding, and Attention • Long Covid Demonstration, Washington, D.C. • We ignored AIDS. Let’s not repeat the mistake on long COVID | Editorial • Long COVID specialist tells US Senate that “the best way to prevent Long COVID is to prevent COVID in the first place!” • CDC urges actively infectious COVID-19 patients to return to work and school • Letter to President Biden Sign Ons (Long Covid Crisis) • The Morning: Four years ago today • COVID-19 Increases Risk for Autoimmune Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease • Long-Term Autoimmune Inflammatory Rheumatic Outcomes of COVID-19 | Annals of Internal Medicine • COVID Home Tests | USPS • Fever ≠ COVlD-19 | IOP • CDC: Preventing Spread of Respiratory Viruses When You’re Sick • CURE-ID • Eric Topol Unriddled CDC's Motive • SARS-CoV-2 viral load and shedding kinetics - Nature Reviews Microbiology • Mask Mandates for all Medical Facilities in Illinois Year-Round| Stephanie Fox • Brace for C19 Wave 2024 with MaskTogetherAmerica on February 13 • Sawyer Blatz @sawyerblatz @longcovidmoonshot cofounder • Millions of Americans suffer from long COVID. Why do treatments remain out of reach? • Solving the puzzle of Long Covid www.science.org • Researchers identify mechanism behind brain fog in long COVID • Contact CDC-INFO • US CDC plans to drop five-day COVID isolation guidelines - Washington Post • No More 5-Day Covid Quarantine? CDC Plans Dropping Guidance For Patients With Improving Symptoms, Report Says • Do We Simply Not Care About Old People? - KFF Health News • Washington state launches kiosk program offering free COVID-19, flu tests • Not wearing a mask during COVID-19 health emergency isn’t a free speech right, appeals court says • Have you been infected with COVID a few times? There might be something else going on • California’s 24-hour isolation recommendation will lead to more long COVID | Opinion • Rampant COVID Poses New Challenges in the Fifth Year of the Pandemic • The asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic spread of COVID-19 • Brace for C19 Wave 2024 Expert Forum Feb 13, 2024 • COVID Deaths Data Tracker • COVID Variant Surveillance + Data • Brace for C19 Wave 2024 with MaskTogetherAmerica on January 24 • Prevalence of Long Covid by States Map | Dr. Michael Hoerger • Nearly 1 in 4 American Adults Who Get COVID-19 Suffer From Long COVID | State and Metro Rates of Long COVID • Demand CDC use ALL the tools to beat SARS-CoV-2. We don’t accept constant infection. • US government failure to protect frontline workers from COVID led to thousands of deaths, scientists say • Parkinson's Disease: What It Is, Causes, Symptoms & Treatment • Cell.com article: SARS-CoV-2 infection causes dopaminergic neuron senescence • COVID survivors may be at a greater risk of Parkinson’s disease–like symptoms in the future, researchers warn. What you need to know to protect your health • Brace for C19 Wave 2024 with ❤️Jan 24, 2024 4PM-8PM EST • States trash masks and pandemic gear as huge stockpiles linger and expire • States are trashing troves of masks and pandemic gear as huge, costly stockpiles linger and expire • In a break with CDC, California quietly changed its Covid isolation guidelines • Why Did the Best Prepared Country in the World Fare So Poorly during COVID? • “We cannot turn our backs on the millions of Americans who continue to struggle with long COVlD.” -Senator Bernie Sanders tweeted. • Addressing Long COVID: Advancing Research and Improving Patient Care | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions • U.S. Senate: Contacting U.S. Senators • www.house.gov • longcovidmoonshot.com • Getting COVID-19 Could Weaken Your Immune System • Is It Dangerous to Keep Getting COVID-19? • Paxlovid Cuts Covid Death Risk. But Those Who Need It Are Not Taking It. • What the 2024 COVID-19 Surge Means • The New Normal: Delayed Peak Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Viral Loads Relative to Symptom Onset and Implications for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Testing Programs • MaskTogetherAmerica + NYCHealthy on X • Amid a new COVID-19 surge, should we all be wearing masks again? Experts weigh in • NYC to study COVlD-19′s long-term effects on local population • Masking | Mass General Brigham • Study: Wearing surgical masks over N95s can cause dangerous leaks • CDC updates masking guidance; patients cleared to wear N95s | AHA News • LA County Public Health Dept on Instagram: "With a rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations, you’ll need to wear a well-fitting mask while working in or visiting licensed healthcare facilities that provide inpatient care in LA County. Learn more about the revise • ph.lacounty.gov • Julie Lam responded to a post from Townhall on x.com • Long COVID | Victorian Department of Health • A previously perfectly healthy young man lost his health after contracting COVlD in Jan 2022. @vicgovdh • Americans need prevention, research for Long Covid, treatment, better mitigation tools, affordable resources & effective public health awareness— ALL be included in the FY25 budget. (@masktogetheramerica) on Threads • The pandemic is still raging. Addressing it in past tense dismisses the suffering of Americans who are at high risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19. (@masktogetheramerica) on Threads • COVlD-19 is raging right now! Putting economy before our health must end! x.com • WHO leader says COVID-19 is "still a pandemic" • Opinion: The U.S. is facing the biggest COVID wave since Omicron. Why are we still playing make-believe? • Mask mandate reinstated for city public hospitals • Dr. Richard Corsi @CorsIAQ • Increasing ventilation reduces SARS-CoV-2 airborne transmission in schools: A retrospective cohort study in Italy's Marche region - PubMed • “COVlD19 and where we are. I’m worried.” - Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO • What to Know About COVID’s Connection to Heart Problems • Excess cardiovascular mortality across multiple COVID-19 waves in the United States from March 2020 to March 2022 - Nature Cardiovascular Research • Long-term cardiovascular outcomes in COVID-19 survivors among non-vaccinated population: A retrospective cohort study from the TriNetX US collaborative networks • COVID-19 Surges Linked to Spike in Heart Attacks • COVID mask mandates return to hospitals in five states • Every COVID Infection Increases Your Risk of Long COVID, Study Warns • Covid could trigger 'heart failure pandemic'. Health experts warn of 'global healthcare risk' after New Year • Predicted risk of heart failure pandemic due to persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection using a three-dimensional cardiac model • What is the ACE2 receptor? • It's Rare, But Studies Show COVID-19 Can Spread Through The Eyes • Transmission of SARS CoV-2 virus through the ocular mucosa worth taking precautions • Ocular conjunctival inoculation of SARS-CoV-2 can cause mild COVID-19 in rhesus macaques - Nature Communications • Characteristics of Ocular Findings of Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Hubei Province, China • WHO designates JN.1 as separate COVID-19 variant of interest • NEW: COVID19 variant of interest JN.1 with update for health workers • ‘Long flu’ has emerged as a consequence similar to long COVID • Long-term outcomes following hospital admission for COVID-19 versus seasonal influenza: a cohort study • COVID and flu surge could strain hospitals as JN.1 variant grows, CDC warns • COVID-19 Nursing Home Deaths Climb as Winter Looms • Strokes, heart attacks, sudden deaths: Does America understand the long-term risks of catching COVID? • Opinion | Patients Are Dying in Emergency Department Waiting Rooms • COVID study: 40% of children still infectious after symptom resolution • Wear a mask! No Christmas parties! Urgent Corona warning from Lauterbach • COVID is still killing 1,000 Americans per week while hospitalizations rise, CDC reports • Covid drives hospitalizations across the country as winter virus season ramps up • Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH on Instagram: "Virus season is here! Hear the latest. #covid #covid_19 #covid19 #flu #RSV #pneumonia #fluseason #stayhealthy #publichealth" • Gov. Hochul: Flu cases spiking rapidly across the state • At-home treatment for flu, COVID-19 expands nationwide • Urge CDC Director Mandy Cohen to Reject HICPAC’s Draft and Protect Health Care Workers and Patients from Infectious Diseases! • CDC’s National Wastewater Surveillance System • Pediatric Pneumonia Update | CDC • CDC Respiratory Virus Activity Levels • I'm a doctor and my healthy 16-year-old daughter died suddenly from the flu • Doctors seeing increase in walking pneumonia, RSV cases in kids • Pneumonia (for Parents) - Nemours KidsHealth • CDC Improves Its Covid-19 Reporting With A New Wastewater Dashboard • ‘White lung syndrome’: Ohio sees record pediatric pneumonia outbreak | The Hill • WCHD media release pneumonia Nov 29, 2023 • What is ‘White Lung Syndrome,’ the Ohio child pneumonia outbreak? • Inside long COVID’s war on the body: Researchers are trying to find out whether the virus has the potential to cause cancer • What doctors wish patients knew about wearing masks | AMA • Latest Pirola symptoms explained – as experts say new Covid variant is 'taking off' • The 6 things doctors wish patients knew about masks • COVID-19 Could Increase the Risk of Some Autoimmune Disorders • Variants Happen | CDC Update on JN.1 • 11-27-2023 Update on SARS CoV-2 Variant BA.2.86 | CDC • High risk of autoimmune diseases after COVID-19 - Nature Reviews Rheumatology • Masks and Respirators • Eldercare Locator • Find a Health Center • STATE AND TERRITORY DD COUNCILS • National Consumer Voice • ILRU Directory of Centers for Independent Living (CILs) and Associations | Independent Living Research Utilization • CDC - Health Department Directories - Public Health Gateway • Find a Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Medical Provider • Respiratory illnesses spiking in Santa Clara County - San José Spotlight • State reprimands cardiologist for performing surgery after testing positive for COVID • Can’t Think, Can’t Remember: More Americans Say They’re in a Cognitive Fog • A new COVID variant, HV.1, is now dominant. These are its most common symptoms • Meeting Presentations HICPAC • NNU condemns CDC committee for voting to finalize draft infection control guidance for health care settings • Letter concerning the impact the new CDC recommendations have on the immunocompromised and the requirements of The Americans with Disabilities Act. • A Storm Is Gathering Around A CDC Committee • Dr. Kevin Kavanagh from Health Watch USA Comment on HICPAC Infection Control Recommendations • Public Comment Regarding CDC HICPAC Infection Control Recommendations - Dr. Kevin Kavanagh • HICPAC Meeting – November 2, 2023 • HICPAC Meeting – November 3, 2023 • New mask mandates begin at Bay Area hospitals in attempt to prevent another 'tripledemic' • Why Masks Work BETTER Than You'd Think • Senate passes amendment to ban federal mask mandates on commercial flights and public transit • Install SIP Valve onto any mask • New AAP policy calls for foundational reforms to the Medicaid program • AAP calls for sweeping changes to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) • Why Is Finding Covid Shots for Young Children Still So Hard? - KFF Health News • Pediatricians Struggle to Get New Covid Shot for Their Patients • VFC Provider Locations – California Vaccines for Children (VFC) • Are mask mandates in health-care settings justified? - Healthy Debate • Q&A with Dr. Angelique Corthals • Q&A with Dr. Robi Tamargo, PsyD • novavax-finder • Home | Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine • WHO Western Pacific | COVID-19 information for the public • These Are The Best Masks To Protect You From Anti-Maskers • Many people experiencing COVID vaccine cost confusion due to delay in insurance coding • Post-COVID Conditions: Information for Healthcare Providers | CDC • SARS-CoV-2 infects coronary arteries, increases plaque inflammation • COVID vaccine rollout snarled by insurance denials, canceled appointments • Experts say CDC not getting right advice on hospital infection prevention • Home tests still work to detect Covid-19, but here’s why your test may not pick up an infection | CNN • COVID.gov - Free at-home COVID-19 tests • CDC: Many new air disinfection devices are marketed for their ability to inactivate SARS-CoV-2. How can I tell if they work as advertised? • Far-UVC (222 nm) efficiently inactivates an airborne pathogen in a room-sized chamber • CVS and others cancel COVID-19 vaccine appointments due to insurance issues • Brace for C19 Wave 2023 Webinar Sep 8 2023 • Postcards For Public Health: Tell the CDC We Want Respirators and Clean Air! • Together We Mask on Twitter - HealthyLivingMo • National Disability Rights Network - P&A - CAP | NDRN • ADA Rights Workshop | People's CDC • A Precautionary Path with Kaitlin Sundling, MD, PhD | Substack • Masking in Healthcare - Kaitlin Sundling • Unraveling long COVID: Here's what scientists who study the illness want to find out • Dr. Mandy Cohen getting her flu shot • Covid Closed the Nation’s Schools. Cleaner Air Can Keep Them Open. • Nursing homes in New Jersey battle COVID-19 surge as hospitalizations and deaths caused by new variants jump across the US • Long COVID. Shorter Life? New research reveals an arduous road to recovery • Postacute sequelae of COVID-19 at 2 years - Nature Medicine • Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome correlation with SARS-CoV-2 N genotypes • Omicron infection may leave seniors more susceptible to future COVID infections, say McMaster researchers • Does prior omicron infection shield against future infection? Maybe not, new research finds • Early Omicron infection is associated with increased reinfection risk in older adults in long-term care and retirement facilities. • Risk Assessment Summary for SARS CoV-2 Sublineage BA.2.86 | CDC • WHO Media briefing on global health issues 25 August 2023 • Mandy Cohen • Kentucky school district cancels classes less than two weeks into year due to Covid, flu and strep • Masking and C0VID-19 Transmission | @nychealthy on Twitter • COVID shuts down school district in Karnes County for the rest of the week • Local hospital reinstates mask mandate amid COVID spike. What to know about COVID now • Atlanta-based Morris Brown College says they are reinstating Covid mask mandates • Hollywood studio brings back mask mandate amid spike in COVID cases • Upstate University Hospital returning to mandatory masking • It may be time to break out the masks against Covid, some experts say | CNN • Project NextGen Awards Over $1.4 Billion to Develop the Future of COVID-19 Vaccines and Therapeutics • U.S. population at increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19 - PubMed • Father claims teacher forced his daughter to remove mask, violating school policy • CDC Poised To Weaken Masking, Infection Control • U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Rise for Fourth Straight Week • WHO: Global COVID-19 Cases Spike 80% in One Month | USNEWS • COVID hospitalizations accelerate for fourth straight week • National Emergency Department Visits for COVID-19, Influenza, and Respiratory Syncytial Virus | CDC • Lots of Swifties Are Saying They Got COVID After the LA Eras Shows • Got a cold, runny nose, the sniffles? No worries! Come to school, LAUSD says • The Virus is Learning New Tricks and We Humans Keep Falling Behind • A covid uptick is here. Good luck finding a free test. • What to know about EG.5, the most prevalent covid subvariant in the U.S. • MSNBC medical contributor tells Americans to start wearing masks again after uptick in COVID hospitalizations • Florida sees summer surge in COVID-19 cases • Rapid Direct Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Aerosols in Exhaled Breath at the Point of Care | ACS Sensors • Scientists develop breath test that rapidly detects COVID-19 virus | Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis • Lexington hospitals seeing increase in COVID-19 patients • San Francisco Covid Spike Biggest in State. Here’s Where It’s Rising in California • Participatory Surveillance to Discern the Role of Children in Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 • An Unwelcome Visitor Returns This Summer. Hint: It’s Covid. • U.S. sees biggest rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations since December • More than 2,000 readers voted: Here’s why they agree with businesses requiring masks • IDPH Announces $10 Million Program to Provide Air Purifiers to Improve Air Quality in Day Care Centers • Internships Within the Executive Office of the President | The White House • Readers: Do you agree with businesses that require masks? • Ready for another 'tripledemic'? CDC prepares for a winter of '3 bugs out there' • Medicaid disenrollments paused in a dozen states after failure to comply with federal rules | CNN Politics • NY officials worry young adults may lose insurance as COVID-era protections end • Medicaid Enrollment and Unwinding Tracker | KFF • 60% of Americans Have Conditions That Increase Risk of COVID-19 • White House Says COVID Testing Protocols Still in Place After Israeli Delegation Members Test Positive • In-N-Out Burger’s New Masking Policy Threatens Their Employees’ Health • IN-N-OUT Mask Policy Update for CA/OR Associates • New Northwestern study reveals alarming impact of long Covid on patients • Do repeat COVID infections make long COVID more likely? • Acute and postacute sequelae associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection - Nature Medicine • Facing Your Face Mask Duties – A List of Statewide Orders • In-N-Out Mask Policy Update for AZ, CO, NV, TX UT Associates • Notes from the Field: Multipathogen Respiratory Virus ... • Air monitor can detect COVID-19 virus variants in about 5 minutes - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis • More than 70% of US household COVID spread started with a child, study suggests • Hospital admissions linked to SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents: cohort study of 3.2 million first ascertained infections in England • Risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission in households with children with asthma and allergy: A prospective surveillance study • COVID in kids: younger children and those from deprived areas are at higher risk of being hospitalised – new research • Study sheds light on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in homes with kids • Strategic Masking to Protect Patients from All Respiratory Viral Infections | NEJM • C19 Infection Raises a Child's Odds for T1D by 72% | U.S. News • Covid pandemic linked to surge in child and teen diabetes • Okinawa's COVID surge accompanied by other viral infections in children | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News • COVID-19 cases continue to rise, straining health care system in Okinawa • Covid-19 cluster being monitored at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, officials say • Low Air Pollution Levels Linked To Longer Hospital Stays For Covid-19 Patients • Chicago and Detroit have the worst air quality in the world due to Canadian wildfires. Here's how to stay safe. • CIFFC🔥 • World Air Quality Index (AQI) Ranking | IQAir • Your Health | AirNow.gov • Vt. Department of Health tracking six COVID outbreaks • What is EU.1.1? CDC tracking new COVID variant • COVID Variant Tracker • Trends in Laboratory-Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 ... • NYC mayor extends COVID-19 emergency declaration via executive order • Emergency Executive Order 435 • Resources for #LongHaulers in NYC • NYC Health System for C19 Services • No-Cost COVID-19 Testing • 'A True Scandal, and Should Be Covered as Such': Outrage Over Medicaid Purge Grows • Understanding COVID-19 through human challenge models - Nature Medicine • ‘Bold’ study that gave people COVID reveals ‘supershedder’ phenomenon • NYS Wastewater Surveillance Network • AirNow.gov • Real-Time Air Quality in NYC – Environment & Health Data Portal • Atmospheric CO2 levels can cause cognitive impairment • How Indoor Air Quality in Schools Affects Student Learning and Health | Goodmen Project • Ventilation in Schools and Childcare Programs | CDC • Creating Healthy Indoor Air Quality in Schools | US EPA • 👉 NYC tells vulnerable residents to mask up as wildfire smoke engulfs city | The Washington Post • Health Effects Attributed to Wildfire Smoke | US EPA • COVID still kills 1 person every 4 minutes despite the global emergency being officially over • Repeat C19 infections increase your risk for both hospitalization and Long Covid…| HHS • Long COVID: New research, common symptoms, long-term effects and treatments with Akiko Iwasaki, PhD • COVID outbreak at homeless shelter leaves nonprofit struggling to help those most vulnerable • Masking, testing return to parts of State Capitol building as COVID-19-positive cases rise • Post COVID-19 condition (Long COVID) | WHO • Long COVID Information and Resources | National Institutes of Health • What is long covid? For the first time, a new study defines it. | Washington Post • China faces a new Covid wave that could peak at 65 million cases a week • Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Risk of COVID-19 Infection, Hospitalization and Respiratory Failure - PubMed • Sleep apnea raises risk of long Covid by up to 75% for some, study says | CNN • People Who Are Immunocompromised | CDC • Tally of C19 cases after CDC conference climbs to 181 • Covid still killing 1 person every 4 minutes as vaccine rates fall | The Seattle Times • The CDC has updated its guidance due to C19 PHE ending, find out what has changed or not • CDC sets first target for indoor air ventilation to prevent COVID-19 spread • Portable Air Cleaners: Selection and Application Considerations for COVID-19 Risk Reduction • The CDC updated guidance on #Ventilation, May 11, 2023 • Oppose Ending the National and Public Health Emergency Declarations • Protect Your Child from COVID-19, the Flu, and Other Illnesses • HHS Bridge Access Program for the Uninsured | Dan Diamond (Washington Post) • What the end of the covid public health emergency means for you | Washington Post • Keep healthcare masking at UW Health in Wisconsin and Illinois • With COVID emergency ending, will I have to pay for tests? • The 'Arcturus' COVID Variant Is Already in the Bay Area. What We Know About XBB.1.16 | KQED • WHO Declares Covid-19 Pandemic Emergency Over • Arcturus: Should we be worried about the latest COVID variant? • CDC meeting, intended to mark covid progress, sees virus cases of its own • FIRST ON CNN: CDC set to stop tracking community levels for Covid-19 | CNN • End of data sharing could make Covid-19 harder to control, experts and high-risk patients warn | CNN • bit.lyLas Vegas Strip Has a Scary Covid-Created 'Fatal Fungus' Problem! | The Street • Tracking Candida auris | Candida auris | Fungal Diseases | CDC • Ohio ranks 9th in US for potentially deadly, drug-resistant fungal infection • Candida auris: what you need to know about the deadly fungus spreading through US hospitals • What to Know About New COVID-19 Variant Arcturus • Bay Area Hospital Reinstitutes Face Mask Mandate After Covid-19 Outbreak • People's CDC| Maintain or Enact Universal Masking at Healthcare Systems • California changed mask mandates in healthcare settings. How are Sacramento region providers responding? • Another COVID booster is now approved for older people and those at high risk • Do the Covid boosters work against the XBB.1.5 subvariant? • MaskTogetherAmerica Expert Forum II • Mayo Clinic expert talks about the new omicron variant - Mayo Clinic News Network • ‘Arcturus,’ a COVID variant sweeping India, is now in the U.S., the CDC says—and it’s coming in hot. What it means for the future of the pandemic • Risk factors and vectors for SARS-CoV-2 household transmission: a prospective, longitudinal cohort study • White House launching $5 billion program to speed coronavirus vaccines | Washington Post • White House to invest $5 billion in next-generation COVID vaccines. Here's why we need new ones. • Orphaned by COVID: A Hidden Pandemic Leaving Widows and Children in Tragedy • The U.S. Built a European-Style Welfare State. It’s Largely Over. • Unwinding the Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Provision: Projected Enrollment Effects and Policy Approaches | HHS • Millions will start losing Medicaid coverage as Covid safety net is dismantled • Judge strikes down Obamacare coverage of preventive care for cancer, diabetes, HIV and other conditions • Health Plans No Longer Have to Cover All Preventive Care at No Cost. Here’s What to Know. • Prevent Long Covid by taking measures to prevent COVID19 | WHO • Does COVID-19 damage the brain? - Harvard Health • India sees 114% rise in Covid-19 deaths, 437% rise in cases in 28 days, Omicron variant XBB.1.16 behind the surge, warns WHO • New Covid Variant Mild, People Should Wear Masks While Going Out: Expert • IDPH Launches $30 Million Program to Distribute Air Purifiers in Illinois Schools | @illinoisdph • OPINION | Karate teaches us the obligations we have to others. COVID reinforced why that's important | CBC News • MaskTogetherAmerica Expert Forum 4/12 7:00pm EST • Long-covid symptoms are less common now than earlier in the pandemic • Status of State Actions to Extend Postpartum Medicaid Coverage • Expert explains concerning rise in maternal mortality rates during pandemic - KCBS Radio: On-Demand • Sickle Cell Trait Associated with Kidney Failure and COVID-19 Death • A letter to my loved ones about COVID-19: You've moved on, but I'm still here • Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2021 • U.S. maternal mortality climbs dramatically during pandemic, study finds | Washington Post • Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations - Nature Reviews Microbiology • More than 65 million people around the world may have long COVID • WHAT SUPPORTS DO COVID LONG HAULERS NEED? | MaskTogetherAmerica • MaskTogetherAmerica Expert forum I • Hospitals That Ditch Masks Risk Exposure | Bill of Health • Long Covid Patients More Likely to Have Gastrointestinal Problems, Study Finds • Becca Peter and Eddie's petition for mask mandate at Seattle Children • Does Your State Have a Mask Mandate Due to Coronavirus? • Amid Relaxing COVID Rules for Health Workers, San Francisco Is Reinforcing Them • 5 residents dead after COVID-19 outbreak at Cape Cod nursing home • Adams joins NYPD call for NYC businesses to have customers unmask • Mayor Adams to New York City Shoppers: Drop That Mask • Are You OK with Businesses Imposing Mask-off for Identification as Condition of Entry? • Are you ok with a store mandating your mask be removed for a picture before entry? • Heart attacks and strokes late after Covid • One-Year Adverse Outcomes Among US Adults With Post–COVID-19 Condition vs Those Without COVID-19 • People with Long COVID Are at Higher Risk of Early Death and Disease • New York police say shoppers should take off face masks before entering stores • Carbon Dioxide Levels May Predict Covid Risk In Your Immediate Surroundings • Don’t believe those who claim science proves masks don’t work | Lucky Tran • COVID-19 deaths top 100,000 in California: 'Nobody ... anticipated this toll' • Wastewater study finds masks prevent COVID-19 in schools | Healio • Is COVID reinfection harmful? Dr. Mallika Marshall answers your questions • Yes, masks reduce the risk of spreading COVID, despite a review saying they don't • COMMENTARY: Wear a respirator, not a cloth or surgical mask, to protect against respiratory viruses | CIDRAP • Collective effort = transformative change! 🎉 | CANurses • Why the Covid-19 Death Toll in the U.S. Is Still Rising • Long COVID workplace accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act | JAN • Long COVID Now Looks like a Neurological Disease, Helping Doctors to Focus Treatments • COVID-19 deaths remain high in SC despite falling case counts • New COVID-19 omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 sweeping the nation, making up majority of cases • New data appears to show link between COVID and heart disease • Video How COVID may impact your sleep • Sleep symptoms are essential features of long-COVID – Comparing healthy controls with COVID-19 cases of different severity in the international COVID sleep study (ICOSS-II) • Mass Long-Covid Disability Threatens the Economy | Analysis by Kathryn A. Edwards | WashingtonPost • Take action to reinstate the mask mandate for healthcare settings in NY! • Protect Your Heart. You Only Got One. • New York State to Drop Requirement That Masks Be Worn in Hospitals • RECOVER Atlanta on Instagram: "More than 39 MILLION people in the US are impacted by Long COVID. Click the link in our bio to learn more! . . . . . . #SARSCov2 #COVID #COVID19 #LongCOVID #COVIDResearch #Atlanta #Emory #Morehouse #KPGA #EmoryHope #Atlanta • How ending COVID emergency declarations will impact Americans • New York to drop masking requirements in hospitals, health care facilities • The State of U.S. Health Insurance in 2022 • COVID-19 is a leading cause of death among US children and teens, study shows • What ending the emergency actually means | Dr. Katelyn Jetelina and Dr. Caitlin Rivers • Kids at similar risk for long COVID as adults, study suggests • Estimates over 90% of U.S. kids have had C19| COVID Data Tracker • Millions at risk of losing health insurance if U.S. ends Covid public health emergency in January • Not Ready for the End Game — Why Ending Federal Covid-19 Emergency Declarations Will Harm Access to Care | NEJM • Know Plan Go | COVID-19 Informational Website • These benefits will disappear when Biden ends the Covid national and public health emergencies in May | CNN Politics • President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11 • University advises masking indoors as winter illnesses spike across Connecticut - The Charger Bulletin • COVID-19 Pandemic Will Be Over When Americans Think It Is • Statement on the fourteenth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic • We need real action from @CDCgov @HHSGov @POTUS — collective action to keep #immunocompromised people safe from #COVID19. • CDC Posted on Facebook on Jan 27, 2023 • Information for Persons Who Are Immunocompromised ... • How to Protect Yourself and Others from C19 | CDC • How to Build a Corsi-Rosenthal Box • Ventilation Can Reduce COVID-19 Risk | Yale School Of Public Health • “>170,000 people have died from C19 in the last 8 weeks..." — Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove tweeted • Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove on Twitter - 4 ways for government to take actions • WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing – 24 January 2023 • Long Covid Is Keeping Significant Numbers of People Out of Work, Study Finds • Watch: How a Brooklyn School Reopens — With No COVID Cases — in the Pandemic (2021) • WHO updates COVID-19 guidelines on masks, treatments and patient care • CDC encourages people to wear masks to help prevent spread of Covid, flu and RSV over the holidays • Mountain Health Network facilities respond to increased community spread of COVID-19 - Mountain Health Network • Masks to be required again at some area hospitals • What to know about XBB.1.5, a new and highly transmissible COVID-19 subvariant • Kraken is dominating U.S. COVID cases, the CDC predicts, as deaths jump 44% in one week | Fortune • Everything you need to know about a new Covid strain spreading across U.S.|NBCNews • National Healthcare Safety Network COVID-19 Data Dashboard | NHSN | CDC • ‘People aren’t taking this seriously’: experts say US Covid surge is big risk • Your Risk of Blood Clots Is High for the First Year After You Have COVID-19, Study Suggests • Association of COVID-19 With Major Arterial and Venous Thrombotic Diseases: A Population-Wide Cohort Study of 48 Million Adults in England and Wales | AHA JOURNAL • Blood clot risk remains elevated nearly a year after COVID-19 • Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations | Nature Reviews Microbiology • L.A. County COVID-19 deaths hit a new winter high. Why? • WHO urges travellers to wear masks as new COVID variant spreads • Masks Are Back. See Comments | MaskTogetherAmerica • Why are ear infections so common? Here's what parents need to know. • Otitis media in coronavirus disease 2019: a case series • More kids may be getting ear infections due to respiratory virus surge: What to know • COVID-19 rapid tests can breed confusion; here’s how to make sense of the results • SARS-CoV-2 Viral Mutations: Impact on COVID-19 Tests • What we know about XBB.1.5, the dominant COVID variant in the US • People who haven't had COVID will likely catch XBB.1.5 – and many will get reinfected, experts say • Coronavirus found in samples from 96% of flights • Layered Approach is Better | MaskTogetherAmerica • Mask Chart | MaskTogetherAmerica • Alarming antibody evasion properties of rising SARS-CoV-2 BQ and XBB subvariants • New COVID variant XBB.1.5 rapidly spreading in US, CDC data shows • Highly immune evasive omicron XBB.1.5 variant is quickly becoming dominant in U.S. as it doubles weekly • New COVID Subvariant Now Accounts For More Than Half Of NYC Cases • CDC PSA for HIGH-RISK FOLKS • Chicago Public Health PSA • LosAngeles Public Health PSA • Joe and Jill Biden mask up for holiday visit to DC children’s hospital • From flu to RSV, masks offer everyday protection from respiratory illnesses • Masks Are a Proven Way to Defend Yourself from Respiratory Infections • Preliminary In-Season 2021-2022 Flu Burden Estimates • Ten COVID Facts Health Officials Dangerously Downplay | The Tyee • Nearly One in Five American Adults Who Have Had COVID-19 Still Have "Long COVID" • What patients find at long COVID clinics: rejection, outdated therapies, and unanswered questions • CDC says long Covid has contributed to thousands of U.S. deaths • More Than 3,500 Americans Have Died from Long COVID-Related Illness in the First 30 Months of the Pandemic • Post-COVID Conditions • City of Minneapolis Health Department is strongly recommending masks! • White House Restarts Free Covid Testing As Cases And Deaths Rise — Here’s How To Order Free Rapid Tests • Arkansas pharmacies face shortage of some medications • COVID-19 associated with increase in new diagnoses of type 1 diabetes in youth, by as much as 72% • Association of SARS-CoV-2 Infection With New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes Among Pediatric Patients From 2020 to 2021 • Covid-19 Associated With 72% Greater Risk Of Type 1 Diabetes Among Children, Study Shows • COVID Data Tracker on Total Deaths • Total Reported Deaths Between Dec 29, 2021 & Dec 7, 2022: 255,361 • Fall bivalent boosters: Science update round 3 | Your Local Epidemiologist • Covid becomes plague of elderly, reviving debate over ‘acceptable loss’ • About 30% of COVID patients develop “Long COVID,” UCLA research finds • Christi Mendoza, LAc on Instagram: "Covid Testing is Frustrating! In this video I go over the factors that will cause a false negative and give tips on how to increase your chances of getting an accurate test. When in doubt take the duck approach! 🦆 • There is no such thing as 'herd immunity.' Why the ongoing dangers of COVID-19 are real • Flu vaccine appears to be a very good match to circulating strains, CDC says | CNN • CDC recommends indoor masks in 4 NYC boroughs, Long Island amid COVID spike | PIX11 • Had one infection after another this year? There are good reasons why many of us keep getting sick • Covid Still Killed Over 9,000 Americans In November, As Attention To It (And Boosters) Declines | Forbes • CDC encourages people to wear masks to help prevent spread of Covid, flu and RSV over the holidays | CNBC • Long-term perturbation of the peripheral immune system months after SARS-CoV-2 infection - BMC Medicine • Immunological dysfunction persists for 8 months following initial mild-to-moderate SARS-CoV-2 infection • The New Covid Wave • Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report • SFDPH reports city's first flu death of season; urges vaccines • Flu deaths reach 13 in Washington, nearly doubling in one week • Yellowstone County man is first flu death in Montana this year • SARS-CoV-2 infection causes immunodeficiency in recovered patients by downregulating CD19 expression in B cells via enhancing B-cell metabolism - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy • COVID-19 Virus Disrupts Normal Mix of Gut Bacteria, Increasing Risk for Other Infections • 'Unprecedented surge' of RSV patients causes more surgery delays at children's hospital • Opinion | Covid, flu and RSV have converged into a tripledemic. What you should know. • Universal Masking in School Works. New Data Shows How Well | TIME • Family: Brother with Asperger's punched, sister harassed for wearing masks at Long Island bar • Universal masking leads to fewer covid cases in schools, study finds | Washington Post • Lifting Universal Masking in Schools — Covid-19 Incidence among Students and Staff | NEJM • NIH establishes website for self-reporting COVID-19 test results • COVID-19 Testing at DCPS - DCPS Strong • Shortage of pediatric ICU beds amid early flu season, RSV cases • At least 28 Texas hospitals out of ICU beds last week, according to federal data • ArcGIS Dashboards • Poor Immune Response After Treatment Likely Not Responsible for “COVID Rebound” • Paxlovid May Reduce Risk of #LongCovid in Eligible Patients, Study Finds. • What If COVID Reinfections Wear Down Our Immunity? | The Tyee • Hyperactivation of the Immune System May Cause Post-COVID Syndromes • Children's hospitals call on Biden to declare emergency in response to 'unprecedented' RSV surge • A Letter to the White House and HHS from Children's Hospital Ass. and American Academy of Pediatrics • Welcoming You Back to the Disneyland Resort • Repeat coronavirus infections can still be dangerous, study suggests | WP • Repeat COVID-19 infections increase risk of organ failure, death | Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis • Why Masks Still Matter • a pharmacy technician says he was punched at a live music performance at a long island bar for wearing a mask • Pediatric hospitals are limiting essential surgeries for children in operating rooms • Are we really done with masking? • COVID-19, flu and RSV cases projected to rise during winter season, Oregon health leaders warn • RSV: When It's More Than Just a Cold • COVID-19 still a leading cause of death in L.A. County, even amid ‘milder’ Omicron surge • Leading Causes of Death in the U.S. • A pill helps prevent long COVID. But not enough people are taking it. • Rhode Island pediatric beds are 100% full amid surge in respiratory viruses • Paxlovid and Long Covid • Nirmatrelvir and the Risk of Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 • Oral Nirmatrelvir for High-Risk, Nonhospitalized Adults with Covid-19 | NEJM • Flu, RSV and COVID-19 cases on the rise locally in Kentucky | WPSD Local 6 • COVID Data Tracker on COVID Variants • RSV National Trends - NREVSS | CDC • FLU MAP: Weekly US Map: Influenza Summary Update • FLU VIEW: Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report • Q&A: Patients are waiting hours at Cleveland and Akron hospital ERs. Here's why • Hospital Occupancy and Emergency Department Boarding During the COVID-19 Pandemic • The U.S. is officially in a flu epidemic, federal health officials say. They're preparing to deploy troops and ventilators if necessary • Supreme Court Allows TSA To Issue Mask Mandates • A Letter from All Americans Who Need the Protection of Universal Masking..docx • One twin lost his life to RSV, now his parents are waiting to find out if his brother will survive the same illness | CNN • The US still isn't getting Covid-19 data right • Uptick in COVID-19 hospitalizations and a surge in RSV cases in Minnesota • The RSV surge didn't come out of nowhere, but gaps in data made it tougher to predict | CNN • It's not just severity—the types of Covid symptoms you get depend on the vaccines you've received, new data says • These are the signs and symptoms of flu, RSV and Covid in kids • A ‘Tripledemic’? Flu and Other Infections Return as Covid Cases Rise • 3 shots and a breakthrough (BA.1) infection doesn't elicit neutralizing antibodies to some of the new variants (BQ.1.1, XBB, BA.2.75.2) @EricTopol • New Hampshire hospitals concerned about rising COVID-19 cases • WHO says COVID-19 is still a global health emergency • Spookie Halloween | COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review • Another Covid Wave Could Be Coming. Here’s How to Make Your Holiday Plans. • A reinfection red flag • DC COVID Centers | FREE K95 • Masks and Respirators | CDC • The quick rise of BQ.1.1 | Dr. Eric Topol @Erictopol1 • Imprinted SARS-CoV-2 humoral immunity induces convergent Omicron RBD evolution • "Pretty troublesome": New COVID variant BQ.1 now makes up 1 in 10 cases nationwide, CDC estimates • Cases of respiratory virus RSV in children rising in 33 states • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) - Symptoms and causes • Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV): Symptoms, Treatment, Relief • TogetherWeMask - MaskTogetherAmerica on Twitter | Follow! • Covid will be a leading cause of death in the U.S. indefinitely, whether or not the pandemic is 'over' • An isolation period of 5 days after Covid is totally inadequate for most people | Eric Topol • COVID-19 Symptoms and Rapid Antigen Test Positivity at a Community Testing Site • CDC: Omicron Subvariants BA.4.6, BF.7 Increasing While BA.5 Declines • Latest FDA Updates for Evusheld • CDC COVID Data Tracker • FDA: Evusheld may not prevent COVID-19 caused by certain variants | AHA News • New Omicron offshoot BA.4.6 evades protection of Evusheld's antibodies, study finds | CNN • Rapid initiation of nasal saline irrigation to reduce severity in high-risk COVID+ outpatient | SAGE JOURNAL • SMART STEPS AGAINST COVID-19 • Op-Ed: Now that the CDC has dropped masking, a plea to doctors and hospitals • Updated CDC guidance for healthcare settings • Healthcare Workers Unhappy With New CDC Mask Guidance • SARS-CoV-2 Infection and New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes Among Pediatric Patients • Long COVID Has Forced a Reckoning for One of Medicine’s Most Neglected Diseases • Disease of the Week - Enteroviruses • Kids are pouring into N.J. hospitals. A spate of respiratory illness is filling pediatric beds. • COVID-19 Linked With Substantial Increase in Type 1 Diabetes in Children – As Much as 72% • 'The tools are getting picked off’: An ever-mutating mix of COVID variants means fewer and less effective treatments this fall • COVID-19 infections increase risk of long-term brain problems | Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis • 1 in 3 workers fear they'll catch Covid by returning to the office—here's how to keep yourself healthy • IHME | COVID-19 Projections • The Future Outlook with Dr. Anthony Fauci • Advocates Want the Government to Do More About Long COVID • New study: Risk factor for developing Alzheimer’s disease increases by 50-80% in older adults who caught COVID-19 • Association of COVID-19 with New-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease | Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease • Covid-19 in seniors linked to increased Alzheimer’s risk, study finds • New data shows long Covid is keeping as many as 4 million people out of work • One Neurologist’s Quest to Solve Long COVID | Chicago Magazine • Free Masks Locator • Long COVID Symposium — World Health Network • NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES: THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ILLNESSES ON WORKERS • Covid-19 Illnesses Are Keeping at Least 500,000 Workers Out of U.S. Labor Force, Study Says • “You Do You” –NYC Transit System’s Self-Mockery Campaign Backfired • Abandoning Masks Puts 100 million Americans at Risk of Severe Illness or Death. Me included. • Global Orphanhood Associated with COVID-19 | CDC • MTA makes Masks Optional | MaskTogetherAmerica • ‘We Are Not Essential. We Are Sacrificial.’ | NYTimes • Long Covid Is Keeping Millions Of People Out Of Work • The Economic Cost of Long COVID: An Update | David M. Cutler | Harvard • COVID-19 Data Explorer • Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials - The White House • Heartbreaking national forecasts | CDC • COVID-19 was third leading cause of death in the United States in both 2020 and 2021 • Clinical Guidance for COVID-19 Vaccination | CDC • As long COVID cases grow, clues emerge about who is most at risk • What to Know About Long COVID in Kids • COVID cases among students during the 1st week at Chicago schools are triple compared to last year • Over Two Million Americans Aren’t Working Due to Long Covid • Long-COVID in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analyses - Scientific Reports • Children and COVID-19: State-Level Data Report • Coronavirus wave this fall could infect 100 million, administration warns | The Washington Post • Implications of the Lapse in Federal COVID-19 Funding on Access to COVID-19 Testing, Treatment, and Vaccines |KFF • Medicaid and At-Home COVID-19 Tests | KFF • How Are Private Insurers Covering At-Home Rapid COVID Tests? | KFF • Californians working while sick with COVID-19, fooled by mild symptoms • At-Home OTC COVID-19 Diagnostic Tests | FDA • The Communicator™ Surgical Mask with Clear Window • COVID rebound is surprisingly common — even without Paxlovid • Kid's Mask Summary[WIP] - Google Drive • Rethink what you thought you knew about COVID-19 reinfection • Dr. Kane warning about Shortage of Pediatric Beds in Chicago • Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection • COVID-19 long-haulers at risk of developing kidney damage, disease | Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis • Twitter / Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD, Epidemiologist • Neurological and psychiatric risk trajectories after SARS-CoV-2 infection: an analysis of 2-year retrospective cohort studies including 1,284,437 patients • The risk of acquiring #SARSCoV2 for health care workers | JAMA Network Open • N95 VS Surgical Masks Cohort Study | JAMANetworkOpen • 22 Million Employed in Health Care Fight Against COVID-19 • Broadway’s ‘The Kite Runner’ Sets One-Night-a-Week Audience Mask Policy • Revised CDC guidance | NPR • Pre-Symptomatic vs. Asymptomatic: The Difference Explained | UT Health East Texas • Asymptomatic coronavirus infections contribute to over 50% of spread, according to UChicago study • FIND FREE N95 RESPIRATORS | CDC • Their Teeth Fell Out. Was It Another Covid-19 Consequence? (Published 2020) • Twitter / Covid Safer Los Angeles • Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 By Circulating Air in Schools and Other Buildings | RI COVID-19 Information Portal • Examination of SARS-CoV-2 In-Class Transmission at a Large Urban University With Public Health Mandates Using Epidemiological and Genomic Methodology • Covid in Schools: Masks, Shots Helped Protect College Students from Infection | Bloomberg • Long COVID conditions in kids, heart issues & more: CDC study | Miami Herald • Post–COVID-19 Symptoms and Conditions Among Children and... • MaskTogetherAmerica Long Covid Testimonials • Monkeypox in the U.S. • How to Avoid Monkeypox? Dr. Stella C DO • Is ‘long Covid’ worsening the labor shortage? • People with 'medium COVID' are caught in a gray area of recovery with little support • Long Covid is a ‘national crisis.’ So why are grants taking so long to get? Science | AAAS • Twitter / Potus tested positive again • Monkeypox Is Not a Sexually Transmitted Infection: What Experts Want You to Know • Biden Tests Positive for COVID a Second Time, But Is Asymptomatic • Here's What You Should Know About Monkeypox In Children • 2022 Monkeypox Outbreak Global Map | Monkeypox | Poxvirus | CDC • Long Covid Families | Support for caregivers, children, and individuals • COVID outbreaks hit TSA, American and Southwest airlines at LAX • NY Declares Monkeypox Emergency As Cases Continue To Rise • What is monkeypox? • Sexual Dysfunction, Hair Loss Among Long COVID Symptoms • Opinion | Get Better President Biden, and Do Better Too • Delta's CEO asked the CDC for a 5-day isolation. Some flight attendants feel at risk • Japan's daily coronavirus cases surpass 200,000 for 1st time • Japan reports record high 200,975 new coronavirus cases | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News • Long COVID poses risk for Silicon Valley: 'It's very debilitating' • Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count | The New York Times • Nation’s largest nurses union calls on Biden administration to tighten COVID-19 restrictions • We wish President Joe Biden @POTUS a full recovery. • President Biden tested positive for COVID-19. | The White House • Masks are now required indoors at San Diego Unified School District schools, offices • Fauci says it's 'becoming more and more difficult to get people to listen' because Americans are fed up with the COVID-19 pandemic and want it 'behind them' • LA Public Health Reports 18,849 New COVID Cases • LA PUBLIC HEALTH PRESS RELEASES • TEXAS COVID Dashboards • CDC Places Parts of North Texas on High Alert for COVID-19 Infections • Comic-Con Exec Explains Mask Mandate, COVID Tests and Vaccinations: ‘We Are Erring on the Side of Caution’ • How to protect yourself from COVID subvariant BA.5 | UC DAVIS HEALTH • Rest assured, cases aren't surging only in NYC | MaskTogetherAmerica • PATH TRAIN Prioritizing Health and Safety • Mask Together America A Call to Activism • Organ Involvement in COVID-19: A Molecular Investigation of Autopsied Patients • Crew Members Now Required to Wear Masks Indoors on All Film and TV Productions in Los Angeles - Below the Line • Twitter / WHO's experts talk about Long Covid • WHO | Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Post COVID-19 condition • A Clunky Mask May Be the Answer to Airborne Disease and N95 Waste • America Is Sliding Into the Long Pandemic Defeat • Warning from NYCHealthy • The BA.5 story • Fauci says he's taking 2nd course of Paxlovid after experiencing rebound with the antiviral treatment • Top NY Doctor: New COVID Wave Is Starting, With the ‘Worst Version' of Omicron • COVID-19 and the Risk of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's • Frequency of Neurological Diseases After COVID-19, Influenza A/B and Bacterial Pneumonia • 1969 Stonewall Riots | History.com • COVID Data Tracker | CDC • 2022 U.S. Map & Case Count | CDC • IHR Emergency Committee regarding the multi-country outbreak of monkeypox • Viruses don't discriminate and neither should we | WHO • WHO Considers Declaring Monkeypox a Global Health Emergency • NYC Launches Monkeypox Shots — But Walk-in Demand Overwhelms Capacity • COVID-19 Updates | Broadway League • Broadway Will Drop Mask Mandate Beginning July 1 • Thousands of Students Will Face Long COVID. Schools Need to Plan Now • US could have saved 338,000 lives from Covid with universal healthcare, study finds • Universal healthcare as pandemic preparedness: The lives and costs that could have been saved during the COVID-19 pandemic • Omicron poses about half the risk of long COVID as delta, new research finds • COVID-19 and Travel • CDC: 67% of Americans Should Be Wearing Masks Indoors or Considering It | USNEWS • New Omicron Subvariants: What We Know About BA.4 and BA.5 • COVID and the Heart: It Spares No One | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health • The Astounding Physics of N95 Masks • Does My Mask Protect Me if Nobody Else Is Wearing One? • Professional and Home-Made Face Masks Reduce Exposure to Respiratory Infections among the General Population • Inward and outward effectiveness of cloth masks, a surgical mask, and a face shield • Maximizing Fit for Cloth and Medical Procedure Masks ... • Face shields did not protect people from the coronavirus in an outbreak in Switzerland, but masks did, health officials say • U.S. to lift coronavirus testing requirement for flyers returning to the country • Pre-Travel Test Requirement Removed for Visitors Entering U.S. | TheLocalAt • Alameda Co. reinstates COVID mask mandate for most indoor public settings amid surge • 75% With Long COVID Not Hospitalized Initially • COVID: CDC recommends indoor masking in two major Florida metro areas • A Joint Petition Urgently Requesting Indoor Mask Requirement to Protect the Most Vulnerable in the U.S. • Delta and Omicron killed far more children than flu ever does. • Effects of COVID-19 infection on the thyroid gland still present after one year • Vaccinated people with breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection can experience debilitating long COVID • Long COVID after breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection - Nature Medicine • Post–COVID-19 Conditions Among Adult... • COVID-19 Forecasts: Hospitalizations | CDC • How Families Can Approach ‘The Great Unmasking’ | Johns Hopkins • 2 years into COVID-19, some remain in complete isolation | ABC News • I’m Still Wearing My N95 Mask Because I Care About Society’s Most Vulnerable • ADVISORY | NYC Health COMMISSIONER • What doctors wish patients knew about long COVID • COVID-19 Therapeutics Locator | ASPR • COVID-19 Therapeutic Locator | HealthData.GOV • AJPM STUDY: Face Covering Policies Reduce Excess COVID-19 Deaths • ‘This is really concerning’: Boston Children’s doctor calls for more research into long COVID in kids • Guest column: Don't be fooled by the myths about kids and COVID flourishing on social media • Who's At Risk For COVID-19 | CDC • Underlying Medical Conditions Associated with Higher Risk for Severe COVID-19: Information for Healthcare Professionals | CDC • Who's At Risk For COVID-19 | CDC (Facebook) • Mask Together America! | Raging Grannies Action League • Most COVID Transmission Is Still Asymptomatic • Largest study on masks and Covid-19 demonstrates their effectiveness in the real world • Emerging long COVID research raises questions about risk factors, variants • COVID National Forecast | CDC Twitter • COVID-19 hospital admissions, deaths expected to keep climbing in the US amid resurgence • States ranked by booster rates • Wearing Masks in Travel and Public Transportation Settings | CDC • 1 in 3 older people get new diseases after COVID-19 infection • Infants prenatally exposed to SARS-CoV-2 show the absence of fidgety movements and are at higher risk for neurological disorders: A comparative study • Pearl Chin Dies at 71; Her Knitting Store Was a Haven and a Hub (Published 2020) • Spotlight Series: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month – Julie Lam – Cambridge Common Writers • Why do people get long COVID? A virus called EBV, which causes multiple sclerosis, may hold clues • Coronavirus wave this fall could infect 100 million, administration warns - The Washington Post • CDC reiterates its recommendation for masks on planes and trains • Omicron as severe as other COVID variants -large U.S. study • Journalists from multiple news outlets test positive after White House Correspondents Dinner weekend • BREAKING: U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 1,000,000 • Twitter / Alex Meshkin, CEO of @FlowHealthHQ • Twitter / Jada Yuan • LIL Science Library | Linktree (Learn how masks can protect you) • Covid deaths no longer overwhelmingly among the unvaccinated as toll on elderly grows • Mandatory Masking in Schools Reduced COVID-19 Cases • Why you should isolate with Covid for up to nine days from vulnerable friends and family • Prevalence of Immunosuppression Among US Adults • Immunocompromised People Are Vulnerable to COVID-19. We Owe Them Some Answers. - Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center • Antibodies fighting original virus may be weaker against omicron • User Clip: super spreader • The Gompertz Family - Yellow Heart Movement 💛 • Grieving together with a yellow heart 💛 • The story behind the yellow hearts in windows 💛 • Shematologist, MD @acweyand • Daily longitudinal sampling of SARS-CoV-2 infection reveals substantial heterogeneity in infectiousness - Nature Microbiology • Dr. Katelyn Jetelina “Your Local Epidemiologist (YLE)” State of Affairs: April 19 • Woman tests COVID-positive for 505 days, setting a record for most persistent infection—and raising fears of how such cases can be incubators for new variants • A Letter from All Americans Who Need the Protection of Universal Masking. • CDC: COVID-19 and Travel • Filtering Facepiece Respirators with an Exhalation Valve | NIOSH | CDC • Dr Fauci talks about Protecting Children against COVID-19 at 2022 David Packard Lecture • Walgreens COVID-19 Index • CDC: Omicron Vs. Delta • 10 Reasons Your Child Should Get Vaccinated for COVID-19 as Soon as Possible | Johns Hopkins • Study: Inflammation, not the virus itself, causes COVID-19-related loss of smell • Is there a reason why some get COVID-19, others don’t? • Even a mild COVID case can age brain by a decade: U.K. study • How COVID-19 triggers massive inflammation - Boston Children's Answers • What triggers severe COVID? Infected immune cells hold clues • Study reveals how Covid-19 infections can set off massive inflammation in the body • Covid Could Be Surging in the U.S. Right Now and We Might Not Even Know It • CDC Identifies Covid-19 Reinfections As Soon As 23 Days Apart • PASC Dashboard • Coronavirus: Kidney Damage Caused by COVID-19 • COVID Data Tracker - Variant-Proportions • SmartNews: Coronavirus Report • We need better face masks—and origami might help • Dr. Robi Tamargo interviewed by Jim Morelli, Boston 25 News • Markey to CDC, TSA: Airplane mask mandate should stay in place • Omicron BA.2 is about 1.4 times more infectious than BA.1 • What we know about BA.2 -- now the dominant cause of Covid-19 in the US • What Are HEPA Filters and How Do They Work? – Smart Air • Tracking covid-19 excess deaths across countries • The pandemic’s true death toll • Post-COVID syndrome: The long haul • Post-COVID Syndrome: Incidence, Clinical Spectrum, and Challenges for Primary Healthcare Professionals - PubMed • BA.2 Lineage Report By outbreak.info • Uniting Infectious Disease and Physical Science Principles on the Importance of Face Masks for COVID-19 • Universal Masking in Schools is Shown to Reduce Spread of COVID-19 • ABC Science Collaborative - ABC Science Collaborative • Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS) • Long COVID in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses • COVID-19 and Pediatric Asthma: What Patients and Parents Need to Know | Texas Children's Hospital • Risk Factors for Severe COVID-19 in Children • Science Brief: Evidence Used to Update the List of Underlying Medical Conditions Associated with Higher Risk for Severe COVID-19 • COVID-19 (coronavirus): Long-term effects • The Best Face-Mask Filters, According to Doctors and Scientists • Omicron BA.2 subvariant now accounts for a quarter of all new COVID cases in US • CDC: Hospitalization of Infants and Children Aged 0–4 Years with Lab .. • School mask mandates sharply reduced COVID-19 transmission, new study suggests • School Masking Policies and Secondary SARS-CoV-2 Transmission • SARS-CoV-2 Incidence in K–12 School Districts with Mask-Required ... • Study: COVID-19 infection can cause damage to brain tissue • Dr. Aaron Lee shares his POV on Hong Kong’s COVID-19 Crisis • 3/3 5 P.M. E.T. Daily Call W/ Diana Berrent, Founder of Survivor Corps • New omicron subvariant has new COVID symptoms • COVID-19 infections increase risk of heart conditions up to a year later | Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis • Can Even a Mild Case of COVID Cause Heart Damage? • My wife had long Covid and killed herself. We must help others who are suffering | Nick Güthe • Researchers confirm COVID patients can suffer serious cardiac complications • Study: COVID-19 survivors face higher risk of mental health issues • A Pandemic Story - Pilot Episode • Mask Up Together For Good Reasons • Mask with Us FB Group • Mask Together America Mask Chart • ‘Voices of COVID’ author Tim Bostwick shares his personal experience | National Association of Teachers of Singing • Not so mild? Hospitalizations exploding among Utah infants, children with COVID-19′s omicron strain