Over 100 tons of dead fish in the port of Volos in central Greece, following a mass die-off attributed to extreme climate fluctuations. This isn't normal. No time to wait. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables #panelsnotpipelines #cdnpoli

I’ve added an Excess Deaths Comparison page to my analysis on that topic. Here I’m comparing the UK, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand, to June 2025. My method projects "Expected Deaths" using a linear regression on the weekly deaths (4-week avg) from a baseline of 2015-2019. 🧵

Expert view: Will Australia have another Christmas COVID wave this year? "Since the start of the pandemic, Australia has experienced an increase in COVID-19 cases during the summer and winter months." sbs.com.au/news/article/w…

😮Astonishing. A huge US study found that children exposed to maternal covid in pregnancy were much more likely to have developmental delays or related issues by age 3 - even after accounting for other factors. How on earth is this not headline news everywhere?

From the moment anosmia was a notable feature of a Cøvid infection... It was always neurotrophic‼️ Now we have at least 8 clear mechanisms of brain injury. There are actually more, but I'm confining myself to the most critical. 🧠 Daily Feed of Brain Damage 🧠 I've been

H5N1 just leveled up. Scientists just pulled viable H5N1 2.3.4.4b out of soft-bodied ticks feeding on gulls. Up to 99.989 percent identity. Not passive contamination. A potential new vector. Influenza surveillance just got a lot more complicated.

Nearly 40% of children with long COVID develop serious mental health symptoms, including new anxiety (1 in 4) and depression (1 in 7). Their quality-of-life mirrors that of kids with cancer or cystic fibrosis, demanding urgent mental health screening. unmc.edu/healthsecurity…

⚠️ BREAKING: Scientists Warn H5N1 Bird Flu Is Mutating Faster Than Ever The virus is spreading across the world and mutating into an expanding family of viral strains unlike anything seen before.

‘Natural immunity maturity’. A friend’s tweenage child just spent a week in hospital with shingles-driven meningitis. All part of the ‘boosting’, presumably. sbs.com.au/news/article/w…

I found this information a little bit stunning. There were 53,994 reports of bird flu cases in *wild* birds here in 2023. And then 31,733 reports in 2024. In just October 2025, there were 146,330. In total, this year so far there have been 203,832, and it looks like the peak

Air pollution from cars kills more people each year than the road toll. Australia needs legislated clean air standards. The govt wouldn’t agree to include them in the environmental laws passed last week. I’ll keep trying - they’ll save lives. abc.net.au/news/science/2…

We need more Pocock's in the Senate #auspol

6 years ago today: A man in Wuhan, China starts feeling ill, becoming the first confirmed case of COVID-19

Even 2 years after infection, around 40% of young people are still experiencing significant fatigue — indicating a major long-term health issue affecting a substantial proportion of youth who have had COVID-19. Published: 20 November 2025 nature.com/articles/s4159…

NSW experiencing ‘unusually prolonged flu season’ NSW Health CHO Dr Kerry Chant said: "When we compare this respiratory illness season to others, we are experiencing a longer tail, which is a concern." Source: theguardian.com/australia-news…

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact public health, especially vulnerable groups. MIS-C is a serious inflammatory condition affecting multiple organs in children after SARS-CoV-2 infection, even following mild infection. Research aims to improve care and support.

In 2020, I was 39, fit & healthy, jogged every day, went to Pilates, had no health issues, had a great career and was very well & happy. Then I got Covid and never recovered. The virus really doesn’t care who you are, how old you are or how healthy you are. #LongCovid

To commemorate the 6th year of the pandemic, here's an animated map showing the early spread of SARS-CoV-2 from December 2019 to January 2020, based on the genomic sequences shared in GISAID. Locations are approximate - typically country and state/province. 🧵