Article from The Lancet in which "a group of bioethicists, clinician-scientists and people with lived experience with Long COVID argue that it is ethically imperative to conduct trials of disease-modifying treatments for Long COVID now."
#COVID #LongCovid
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(26)00166-5/fulltext
I've no idea why (if you have any ideas please share), but the #COVID level in #Boston and nearby communities served by Deer Island hasn't been this low since June 2021.
If you're the kind of person who thinks about your COVID risk budget, and you miss doing stuff in public, now might be the time to grab dinner at a not-too-busy time on a weeknight in a restaurant without being too worried about it. Or maybe even—perish the thought—eat popcorn in a movie theater.
#BostonMA #CovidIsNotOver

Adnkronos - ultimoratop: Cannes 2026, giorno 8: riflettori su Pedro Almodovar, presenta 'Amarga Navidad'news dalla nostra inviata

(Adnkronos) - Protagonista dell’ottava giornata del 79esimo Festival di Cannes è Pedro Almodóvar, che presenta in Concorso ‘Amarga Navidad’ insieme a un cast corale, dove figurano la sua musa Rossy de Palma, Barbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon e Victoria Luengo. Il film intreccia due linee temporali - il 2004 e il 2026 - e attraverso il racconto di due storie si interroga sull’autofinzione, chiedendosi fino a che punto un autore possa spingersi nel racconto e se le vite degli altri siano un territorio proibito oppure una materia da cui attingere liberamente, anche quando tocca dolori altrui. La Croisette accoglie un altro grande ritorno: quello del regista russo Andreï Zvjagincev, che presenta in Concorso ‘Minotaur', il suo nuovo film a nove anni da ‘Loveless’. Un’assenza lunga e dolorosa, durante la quale è quasi morto a causa del Covid che lo ha costretto a passare molti mesi in una clinica in Germania, dovendo reimparare a muovere gli arti. E poi la guerra in Ucraina e la rottura con la Russia. E questo film, che lui definisce pacifista, si oppone alla guerra condotta dal regime di Putin attraverso il racconto delle conseguenze del conflitto attraverso la vita coniugale. A Cannes arriva anche l’attore e regista Andy Garcia con 'Diamond', da lui scritto e diretto. Il film è una dichiarazione d’amore a Los Angeles e un omaggio ai classici intramontabili del genere noir. Nel cast, oltre Garcia, Brendan Fraser, Dustin Hoffman, Bill Murray e Vicky Krieps.

Cannes 2026, Day 8: Spotlight on Pedro Almodóvar, presents ‘Bitter Streets’ news from our correspondent

(Adnkronos) – Pedro Almodóvar is the protagonist of the eighth day of the 79th Cannes Film Festival, presenting ‘Bitter Christmas’ in Competition alongside a choral cast, featuring his muse Rossy de Palma, Barbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon and Victoria Luengo. The film intertwines two time lines – 2004 and 2026 – and through the telling of two stories, it questions autofiction, asking to what extent an author can push themselves in the narrative and whether the lives of others are a forbidden territory or a freely accessed material, even when touching on the pain of others. The Croisette welcomes another major return: that of Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev, presenting ‘Minotaur’ in Competition, his new film nine years after ‘Loveless’. A long and painful absence, during which he almost died from Covid, which forced him to spend many months in a clinic in Germany, having to relearn how to move his limbs. And then the war in Ukraine and the rupture with Russia. And this film, which he defines as pacifist, opposes the war waged by the Putin regime through the telling of the consequences of the conflict through the lives of a couple. Andy Garcia also arrives in Cannes with ‘Diamond’, written and directed by him. The film is a declaration of love to Los Angeles and a tribute to the timeless classics of the noir genre. In the cast, in addition to Garcia, Brendan Fraser, Dustin Hoffman, Bill Murray and Vicky Krieps.

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Protagonista dell’ottava giornata del 79esimo Festival di Cannes è Pedro Almodóvar, che presenta in Concorso ‘Amarga Navidad’ insieme a un cast corale, dove figurano la sua musa Rossy de Palma, Barbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon e Victoria Luengo. Il film

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#Covid #SouthTyrol (Italy) 2026-05-19
#Covid #Czechia 2026-05-19
#Covid #Germany 2026-05-19
o yaaaaay!! my favorite #tea from #college still tastes good after a 5 year break! i was worried the #covid made my tastebuds hate it too! :(((((((( blessed republic of tea hi caf black caramel! at missouri state, i used to bring a.5 gallon thermos full every day!! lapsang souchong tea coming in june!!! yaaaaayyyyy! blessed #caffeine
Today I asked myself, what is it that i want? (Instead of dont want, like I don't want #covid or #longCOVID or worsened health or more meds). I WANT everyone to wear an n95 mask and us all to knock out covid and other similar contagious diseases. I WANT straightforward public health messaging that acknowledges airborne spread and long covid facts, and believes in the goodness and intelligence of human beings. And I want human beings to live up to those expectations.
In the old days, so I'm told, the students would bring the teacher an apple.
Last week, one student brought me #covid
I tell them if they're feeling unwell to stay home.
One student out for a week, low impact.
I'm out for week, that's 5 courses, with 20+ students in each with a majority needing help close to the end of semester.
High impact.
(Long winded rant, -brain fog)