Queensland Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 24 June to 30 June 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 1,238 (-5.7%) 🔹Influenza: 2,860 (+20.4%) 🔹RSV: 889 (+3.6%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 173 (-13.9%) 🔸Influenza: 119 (+21.4%) 🔸RSV: 61 (+0.0%) Source: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/surveillance/reports/flu @npub15gr4...ztdn

Gut microbe emerges as a promising tool in the fight against COVID-19. "New research uncovers how Akkermansia muciniphila primes powerful immune responses against the virus." Source:

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Gut microbe emerges as a promising tool in the fight against COVID-19

Researchers found that Akkermansia muciniphila boosts lung-specific antiviral immunity against SARS-CoV-2 in mice by modulating the gut–lung axis...

Study:

Akkermansia Muciniphila Primes Lung-Resident Antiviral Immunity via the Gut–Lung Axis During SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Gi-Cheon Kim, Jun-Soo Do, Sung-Hee Kim, Jong-Hwi Yoon, Jiseon Kim, Donghun Jeon, Emmanuel Hitayezu, Intan Rizki Mauliasari, Naeok Koo, Jeong Jin Kim, Jun-Young Seo, Su-bin Lee, Ki Taek Nam, Kwang Hyun Cha, Ho-Keun Kwon, Je Kyung Seong :: SSRN

Background: The gut microbiota is essential for shaping systemic immunity and modulating the gut–lung axis, playing a crucial role during respira...

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🇮🇪 Ireland: COVID-19 cases have surged over 60% in the past fortnight. Variant LP.8.1 accounted for 38% of cases in the last 5 weeks. Last week saw 28 outbreaks, all in healthcare settings—13 in nursing homes, 10 in hospitals, 4 in residential homes, and 1 in a community hospital. Source: https://archive.md/4KeeQ @npub15gr4...ztdn

Queensland Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 17 June to 23 June 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 1,313 (+28.9%) 🔹Influenza: 2,374 (+45.8%) 🔹RSV: 858 (-8.5%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 201 (+45.6%) 🔸Influenza: 98 (+30.6%) 🔸RSV: 61 (+0.0%) Source: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/surveillance/reports/flu @npub15gr4...ztdn

"Viruses that cause common infections such as COVID, RSV or the flu can also trigger heart attacks and strokes, new research warns." "A team from the University of Melbourne and Murdoch Research Children’s Institute (MCRI) found the viral respiratory infections were linked to an increased risk of the potentially deadly heart events." Source: https://archive.md/Ku1Ow @npub15gr4...ztdn

Queensland Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 10 June to 16 June 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 1,018 (+14.7%) 🔹Influenza: 1,628 (+10.9%) 🔹RSV: 938 (+5.3%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 138 (+24.3%) 🔸Influenza: 75 (-12.7%) 🔸RSV: 61 (+12.9%) Source: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/surveillance/reports/flu @npub15gr4...ztdn

Long COVID is Now the Number One Chronic Illness in Children. "Repeatedly mass infecting kids with COVID is not a public health strategy. It's a fast pass to declining population health" "So many children are getting Long COVID because COVID causes Long COVID, and children are not “immune” to COVID, they are not becoming healthier with each infection, and the adults around them are doing nothing to mitigate the virus." "So if COVID is a virus that can disable them, damages their blood vessels, raises their risk of heart failure and cardiac arrest, causes autoimmune disorders, diabetes, and a range of mental health and cognitive problems, then we’d be doing something really awful by failing to deal with, or even acknowledge it. Maybe even unforgiveable." Source: https://archive.md/c8aSv @npub15gr4...ztdn

Queensland: Covid Rates Surge 30% Amid New Strain Spread. "Almost two thousand people reported testing positive, and more than 320 people have been hospitalised for COVID in the past fortnight" "More than 17,612 Covid cases have been reported in Queensland since January, with around 3000 people hospitalised with the virus." Source:

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Covid Rates Surge 30% Amid New Strain Spread

Covid-19 infection rates have soared by more than 30 percent in the past two weeks as the new highly transmissible strain NB.1.8.1 surges across

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🇮🇳 India: A PCR test is now mandatory for ministers meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, following a rise in COVID-19 cases. "Amid a rise in Covid cases, the Centre has launched mock drills across the nation to assess hospital preparedness. It has further directed states to ensure an adequate supply of oxygen, isolation beds, ventilators, and essential drugs." Source: https://archive.md/CfttQ @npub15gr4...ztdn