This person was infected with COVID twice and recovered. A 3rd infection brought manageable long COVID symptoms, but they were still able to work. After a 4th infection a few months ago, they haven’t recovered at all — showing how repeated infections can cause severe, lasting damage. Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/covidlonghaulers/comments/1oupbqu/i_think_i_might_have_long_covid/

🇫🇷 France: "Wearing a mask is once again mandatory in Paris hospitals" "Faced with a rapid rise in respiratory infections, several hospitals in the Île-de-France region have decided to reinstate mandatory mask-wearing for healthcare workers, visitors, and patients over the age of 6" Source: https://archive.li/ZeKtJ

Queensland Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 4 Nov to 10 Nov 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 297 (+16.9%) 🔹Influenza: 1,298 (+17.4%) 🔹RSV: 413 (-2.5%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 21 (+31.2%) 🔸Influenza: 69 (+21.0%) 🔸RSV: 24 (-22.5%) Source: https://health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/surveillance/reports/flu

🇦🇺Australian government to pass Centre for Disease Control legislation. "Albanese said the new CDC will be an independent statutory agency with a director general and will be in place on 1 January next year." #auspol #ACDC Source:

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By Professor Deborah Lupton "The hardest thing for me these days about wearing a mask is that you make others around you feel uncomfortable. You are reminding them that C19 is still a risk and that they should be doing the same. Clinicians and public health experts in particular do not like this reminder" Source: https://x.com/DALupton/status/1985461851795378518

Tom Hanks explains to Stephen Colbert why he masks on the subway: "I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons." Thank you Tom! Masks are a key part of public health.

Austrian researchers identify persistent immune protein as biomarker for complications of Long COVID-19. Researchers identified PTX-3 as a potential biomarker for lasting tissue damage, chronic immune activation, and post-infection complications, shedding light on Long COVID and ME/CFS biological mechanisms. Source: https://archive.li/WB5AE Study:

Frontiers | Severe COVID-19 induces prolonged elevation of the acute-phase protein pentraxin 3

New coronavirus subspecies with SARS-CoV-2–like mutation discovered in Brazilian bat. "Scientists have identified a new coronavirus subgenus in a Brazilian bat with a feature that, as in the related SARS-CoV-2 virus, allows it to invade human cells" Source: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/new-coronavirus-subspecies-sars-cov-2-mutation-discovered-brazilian-ba Study: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.24.684489v1

Queensland Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 28 Oct to 3 Nov 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 254 (+7.1%) 🔹Influenza: 1,105 (-1.6%) 🔹RSV: 424 (+13.0%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 16 (-33.3%) 🔸Influenza: 57 (+5.5%) 🔸RSV: 31 (+14.8%) Source: https://health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/surveillance/reports/flu

COVID-19 in pregnancy may raise autism and neurodevelopmental disorder risk. "Children born to mothers who had COVID-19 while pregnant face an elevated risk of developmental disorders by age three, including speech delays, autism, motor disorders, and other neurodevelopmental delays, according to new research by investigators at Mass General Brigham." Source:

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COVID-19 in pregnancy may raise autism and neurodevelopmental disorder risk

Children born to mothers who contracted COVID-19 during pregnancy face a 29% higher likelihood of developmental disorders by age three, including s...

Study: https://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/abstract/9900/neurodevelopmental_outcomes_of_3_year_old_children.1392.aspx