Trajectories of functional limitations, health-related quality of life and societal costs in individuals with long COVID: a population-based longitudinal cohort study | BMJ Open bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/11/… “Individuals referred to long COVID clinics in the UK reported little improvement in functional limitations, fatigue and HRQL over the first 6 months after registration in the LWCR,

Effect of COVID-19 vaccination on the risk of developing post-COVID conditions: The VENUS study - ScienceDirect sciencedirect.com/science/articl… “COVID-19 vaccination can reduce the incidence and risk of post-COVID-19 conditions if administered within 5 months before infection.

SARS-CoV-2 Infection and New-Onset Type 2 Diabetes Among Pediatric Patients, 2020 to 2022 | Infectious Diseases | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… “The main study population included 613 602 patients, consisting of 306 801 with COVID-19 and 306 801 with other respiratory infections (ORIs) but no documented COVID-19 after propensity score matching.

Toward a Radically Simple Multi‐Modal Nasal Spray for Preventing Respiratory Infections. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad… “This report introduces the Pathogen Capture and Neutralizing Spray (PCANS), which utilizes a multi-modal approach to enhance efficacy.

Covid-19 may lead to longest period of peacetime excess mortality, says new Swiss Re report swissre.com/press-release/… “Report suggests potential excess mortality in the general population of up to 3% for the US by 2033 and 2.5% in the UK, the longest period of elevated peacetime excess mortality in the US

Priorities for Parliament Survey 2024 | Liberal Action action.liberal.ca/priorities-for… Here is survey from Trudeau Liberal government on priorities.
Last question was open text box.
Could not resist opportunity to share my thoughts with them:

The COVID-19 thrombus: distinguishing pathological, mechanistic, and phenotypic features and management | Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis link.springer.com/article/10.100… “COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus is an acquired thrombophila with a high incidence of thrombosis.

Prevalence and co-occurrence of cognitive impairment in children and young people up to 12-months post infection with SARS-CoV-2 (Omicron variant) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38735404/ “CYP have a fluctuating experience of cognitive impairment by 12-months post SARS-CoV-2-infection. Cognitive impairment is consistently correlated with poorer sleep, behavioural and emotional functioning over a 12-month period.

Buildings | Free Full-Text | Verification of Ventilation and Aerosol Diffusion Characteristics on COVID-19 Transmission through the Air Occurred at an Ice Arena in Japan mdpi.com/2075-5309/14/6… “It was determined that the virus-containing aerosol was released from a player in the ice rink and accumulated in the cold air spot. After that, it was highly possible that it diffused from the player benches to the spectator seats due to the players’ movements under this unique

Britain slammed for infecting thousands with tainted blood, covering up scandal | AP News apnews.com/article/uk-inf… What a horrendous story! Over 30,000 people infected with HIV and Hepatitis C and 3,000 dead. It took over 30 years for this tragedy to be investigated and uncovered. Persons in responsible positions and government hid and destroyed evidence to cover the trail.

Impact of interventions to reduce nosocomial transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in English NHS Trusts: a computational modelling study bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… “Interventions to reduce the spread of nosocomial infections have varying impact, but the package of interventions implemented in England significantly reduced nosocomial transmission to both patients and HCWs over the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.”

Brain abnormalities in survivors of COVID-19 after 2-year recovery: a functional MRI study - The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific thelancet.com/journals/lanwp… “This long-term study suggests that individuals recovering from COVID-19 continue to experience cognitive complaints, psychiatric and neurological symptoms, and brain functional alteration.

Airborne disease transmission risks on public transit buses: Impacts of ridership, duration, and mechanical filtration using a relative risk metric - ScienceDirect sciencedirect.com/science/articl… “From these simulations, continuous fan operation using a MERV 13 filter were modeled to reduce risks approximately fivefold compared to intermittent fan operation (25% runtime) and 1–2 orders of magnitude less as compared to no HVAC recirculation and filtration,

Rampant COVID Poses New Challenges in the Fifth Year of the Pandemic | Scientific American scientificamerican.com/article/rampan… “It’s pretty incredible. I mean, I can’t believe we’re entering year five of COVID.”

Real-World Effectiveness of BNT162b2 Against Infection and Severe Diseases in Children and Adolescents | Annals of Internal Medicine acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M2… “During the Delta period, the estimated effectiveness of the BNT162b2 vaccine was 98.4% (95% CI, 98.1% to 98.7%) against documented infection among adolescents, with no statistically significant waning after receipt of the first dose.”

The Daily — Deaths, 2022 www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quoti… “For the third year in a row, life expectancy at birth of Canadians fell, from 81.6 years in 2021 to 81.3 years in 2022.”