📣 #LongCOVID Community Update: LongCOVIDCampaign will now hand-deliver YOUR LONG COVID TESTIMONY to NIH leaders at tomorrow's Senate FY25 #FundLongCOVID LHHS hearing
Testimony instructions: bit.ly/LongCovidSenat…
Then email your Word or Google doc to: [email protected]

Brooke, we're grateful & honored to have you coming to Washington DC to share your #LongCOVID story & call to action at tomorrow's NIH Senate #FundLongCOVID hearing. Thank you for being willing to travel & manage the health impacts of advocating for our community. cc: Dan Diamond

Register now for *this* Thurs., May 23, Renegade Research Roundtable: T-cell dysfunction in #MEcfs & #LongCOVID : Viral immunologists Liisa K. Selin MD PhD & Anna Gil PhD UMass Chan Medical School; Roshan Kumar PhD HiFiBiO Therapeutics; Megan Fitzgerald PhD Megan Fitzgerald; & Rivka

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tl;dr Male scientists didn't think that bearing children was as energy consuming as it is.
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Today is the day! 🎉 I’m thrilled to announce the release of my new book, The Resilience Myth. Thank you for so much book love and support in the past few weeks! Excited to see this out in the world. 📖❤️
Link for purchasing here: simonandschuster.com/books/The-Resi…
Happy reading! 🌟

'Not a single major US medical society nor journal has opposed the US government’s ongoing material support for the destruction of Gaza.'

LongCOVIDCampaign 📣If you're in one of these 16 states, turns out you're quite powerful: YOU'RE A CONSTITUENT. Contact YOUR SENATOR on LHHS subcommittee to request they ask NIH leaders questions about #LongCOVID at Thursday's NIH FY25 funding hearing. State-by-state contact details next! 6/x

'We also see that..the removal of the mask mandate, the social distancing requirements that have been removed. People are going to get out there. We know with all of that, infections are going to increase, and that's the role that Paxlovid can play.'
- Pfizer rep Angela Hwang

But while Fanon testified first-hand to doctors’ tendency to align with colonial violence, he also believed and showed that doctors can choose to do otherwise and instead become vital contributors to collective movements for freedom, care, and justice. 3/
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If patients are invited, PLEASE, PLEASE let’s think about racial diversity — notably, a Black and Latin person, to share their experience.

I appreciate any organizers but let’s remember who #LongCovid affects most — according to our trusted NIH. Thank you.

Hoping that our #MECFS researchers can get a few ideas on diversifying our research cohorts. With the exception of Leonard Jason, most of our research does not include a diversity of patients. This is increasingly important as we move toward clinical trials.
#MEresearch #pwME

LongCOVIDCampaign If you're a #LongCOVID patient who wants to attend the Washington DC hearing Thursday May 23, I'm again awarding travel stipends up to $1000 & will help provide local hotel block & media support. Quick 10-Question patient-advocate stipend application: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… 9/x

#MEAction Maryland is pleased to share the first research presentation in our series on Evidence-Based Pediatric MECFS with Dr. Peter Rowe, with a discussion with ppl with experience of pediatric ME. youtu.be/Bk2UbMfZscA?fe…

#MedTwitter #MECFS #MillionsMissing #TeachMETreatME

It’s predictable (because that’s hwo systems work) that Black folks will be most impacted by the anti-public health mask ban, especially Black folks who are disabled and/or immunocompromised.

Finally holding Possible Knowledge (Penn Press, in collaboration with Folger Research) in my hands!! So so grateful to byjennytan.bsky.social for her belief in the project from the start.

Registration closes May 23! This year’s conference is being held June 6 & 7 University of Oxford. ow.ly/OzPx50REgqZ #RenTwitter #earlymodern TORCH Oxford

Had a truly lovely time speaking with Sally ME Foggy Dog 💙. I don't think either of us were having the greatest day--May is a hard month for ME advocates--but I'm really grateful to have had the chance to talk with Sally about the work I do with #MEActionMaryland.

Share Dr. Rowe's webinar on Evidence-Based Pediatric #MECFS with your healthcare provider! This webinar is targeted towards healthcare providers while being accessible for #pwME as well.
#MEAwarenessHour

Turns out uninsured Americans won't be able to get free COVID shots from CDC this fall

Last year, federal Bridge Access Program pledged shots until December. That will now end in August, after Congressional cuts

'difficult decisions had to be made'

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More than 1,500 people watched Todd Davenport give a killer presentation at #UnitedToFight , closing with a reminder that we need to better address underrepresented populations and prioritize scientific training for people from historically marginalized backgrounds.