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After 59 days, Ben Askren is going home. He was recently dx with severe pneumonia that left him comatose. The harrowing ordeal led to Askren requiring a double lung transplant; less than a month after the surgery, he’s finally going home again. msn.com/en-us/news/oth…
Thinking of David Wojnarowicz, artist activist who died of AIDS this day in 1992. In the late 1980s, after he was diagnosed, his art took on a sharp political edge. As with Larry Kramer, I often wonder how he’d react to the extreme inaction and denial of SARSCoV2. If you’re not…
PSA: The Experts are always Baffled. It’s what makes them Experts.
It’s 2025…and Monica Gandhi is still surprised.
🎶It's not unusual to catch COVID from anyone🎶
Sir Tom Jones cancels gig hours before he's due on stage with sad health update: upper respiratory infection mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-…
Cambodian boy in ICU with H5N1 avian flu infection cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenz…
We know. We have been screaming it.
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong Issues Urgent Warning: COVID-19 is Not Just a Respiratory Virus—It’s Like cancer "This virus has beaten us." In a chilling revelation, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong—renowned surgeon, scientist, and billionaire biotech pioneer—warns that COVID-19 is far more…
Very tired here, yet I persist. #maskupsavelives
I am also very tired, yet I persist.
Solving ME/CFS is challenging when folks experience microglial ferroptosis in the same way as the HIV+. Would you like fries with your shake?
Kidney Stones? "This too shall pass" people.com/erik-menendez-…
Measles traces detected in Austin wastewater as other states announce more cases cidrap.umn.edu/measles/measle…
Studies look at RSV uptake among veterans, ICU risk factors for older patients cidrap.umn.edu/respiratory-sy…
China reports more H9N2 activity cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenz…
An autopsy revealed the cause of death for Cincinnati offensive lineman Jeremiah Kelly, who died in April. He died from cardiac hypertrophy, a disease in which the heart muscle becomes enlarged, and can lead to heart failure or sudden cardiac arrest. cbssports.com/college-footba…
While medical emergency death season has been year-round for the last year or so, whenever there’s a new wave of high-profile deaths, it is usually a wave indicator.
RIP Age 76 Ozzy Osbourne Dead tmz.com/2025/07/22/ozz… via @TMZ
Meanwhile back in Ontario Ford revoked the duty to report COVID+ cases in schools/daycares to public health back in Dec 2021 x.com/MarieTattersal…
Pic Ontario December 2021 Premier Ford revoked HPPA Duty to report COVID+ cases in schools/daycares to Public Health as soon as kids headed back to class after winter break, No more counting cases, parent notifications, contact tracing, outbreak management x.com/MarieTattersal…
Multidrug-resistant Salmonella strains are spreading in poultry, study suggests cidrap.umn.edu/salmonella/mul…