The gut might hold the key to treating #LongCovidwww.wired.com/story/the-fi...#LongCovidKids@longcovidkids.bsky.social@longcovidsupport.bsky.social

The Gut Might Hold the Key to Treating Long Covid in Kids

A recent study shows 10 to 20% of children may have developed long Covid following an acute infection. A new study is testing whether "leaky guts" are to blame.

One day someone will explain to me why a school has the resources to send out attendance officers, in pairs, to the home of a pupil isolating with Covid to try to intimidate parents into sending them in - but not to put in HEPA filters in classrooms so fewer pupils catch Covid and miss school.

The UK has capitulated to #Covidwww.theguardian.com/world/2024/s...

Covid on the rise as experts say England has ‘capitulated’ to the virus

Immunologists push for increase in testing and more widespread vaccine booster rollout as new variant, XEC, emerges

DWP's crackdown on fraud "could see millions deprived of the presumption of innocence". Keir Starmer Rachel Reeves talk of a £22bn "black hole". But £23bn (!) in benefits go unclaimed by people who can't/fear to access the help they are entitled to. #SnoopersCharterwww.bigissue.com/news/social-...

DWP's crackdown on benefit fraud risks 'criminalising' innocent claimants

Keir Starmer has said he plans to legislate against benefit fraud, but charities say there are much bigger problems in the DWP.

Warning: this is extremely distressing. Testimony of UCLH Prof Kevin Fong on visiting hospitals at the height of the Covid pandemic, where nurses worked extreme non-stop shifts, running out of body bags. This should never happen again. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Covid was like a daily terror attack, doctor tells inquiry

Covid inquiry hears harrowing testimony from ex-adviser in emergency preparedness at NHS England.

It’s available on catch up - was a really interesting discussion! 👇🏽

Call me a luddite, but when a 17-year-old can bring a train station to a halt, hospitals can be held to ransom and the British Library still doesn't have its hack fully fixed, can some clever person explain why replacing all UK phonelines with VOIP is a good idea? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

Wifi suspended at big UK train stations after ‘cybersecurity incident’

London Euston, Manchester Piccadilly and Birmingham New Street among those targeted with terrorism message

Remarkable for a man who holds forth on "upholding international law" to be planning to breach the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The DWP "snoopers charter" is a judicial review begging to be had. @goodlawproject.bsky.social#UNCRPD

Ignore those who claim "there's nothing we can do to stop COVID because people don't care" People want: free vaccines free tests free masks free health care clean indoor air long covid treatments paid sick leave remote work Public health gets better by making things accessible

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The demand for COVID tests is so huge, it’s crashing government websites.

Website for free COVID tests crashes as FDA appears to show September's availability date

High demand for free COVID-19 tests appears to have crashed the government's website for some users on Monday.

The light at the end of the tunnel turned out to be an oncoming train after all. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Labour’s benefit fraud crackdown would allow officials to access bank accounts

Proposals will require financial institutions to share data that may help identify scammers