Burkhart Mirilla

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[Burkhart Mirilla @Miriburkh]

"Iota-Carrageenan nose sprays have the most studies behind them. They're made from a compound derived from red seaweed. Several studies demonstrate their ability to reduce or eliminate viral load in labs and real-world settings for a range of Covid variants by about 80 percent."

[The People's Strategist Newsletter - Stay Informed @Justanewsletter]

This is really the article I always wanted to write about Nasal Sprays... except it's better.

It's short, well sourced, to the point, and does an excellent job explaining the situation.

These nasal sprays are a critical part of the protection equation.

https://t.co/8PQuQYiEVB

[DER SPIEGEL @derspiegel]

Die Uno warnt seit Jahren vor drohendem Hunger in Afghanistan. Nun kommen mehrere Umstände zusammen, die sich fatal ergänzen. Ein Experte schlägt Alarm. https://t.co/bF9ZJDKGGJ

[Ralf Wittenbrink @RWittenbrink]

»Wir werden in Zukunft häufiger von schwerwiegenden Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen hören – und das ist alles andere als erfreulich. „Seit 2020 veröffentlichen wir Arbeiten, die zeigen, dass selbst milde oder asymptomatische COVID-Infektionen schwerwiegende kardiovaskuläre Folgen …

[CNN International @cnni]

A deadly strain of bird flu sweeping through remote islands near Antarctica has devastated the native wildlife population, killing an estimated 13,000 seal pups, as well as penguins and seabirds, researchers say. https://t.co/QVDhXwdFsI

[Nahel Belgherze @WxNB_]

We are still pre-solstice and millions of people across Europe are about to endure another brutal heatwave. Sadly, this is just the beginning of what could potentially become one of the worst heatwaves in modern history for this region.

[Not Jerome Powell @alifarhat79]

Americans realizing they spent $75 billion fighting Iran, then another $300 billion rebuilding Iran, just to reopen the Strait of Hormuz that was already open before the war started

[Todd Davenport @sunsopeningband]

For the cost of managing this outbreak, we could’ve funded the prevention program for 67 years. Cutting prevention to save money is a lie.

[Dr. Benjamin Mateus, MD @BenjaminMateus7]

1/ Nearly a month after the #WHO declared the Ebola outbreak a global health emergency, the picture is grim: 708 confirmed cases, 141 deaths. Falling "suspected" numbers reflect collapsing surveillance, not containment.

My latest for @WSWS_Updates:
https://t.co/rKV8nb3Bdj

[OrthopaeDenker @dokhollidays]

Vorbilder.
Ganz stark.

@JapaneseFbl

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

Swiss voters today rejected a proposal to limit the country’s population to 10 million by 2050, according to the preliminary results of a divisive referendum billed by some as the country’s Brexit moment.

https://t.co/xb9BexFP53

[Bundesrat • Conseil fédéral • Consiglio federale @BR_Sprecher]

#BREntscheid Der Bundesrat modernisiert die Alarmierung der Bevölkerung. Neu sollen alle Mobiltelefone im betroffenen Gebiet Textnachrichten erhalten. Die Aufhebung des Notfallradios wird zurückgestellt. Die Botschaft soll Ende Jahr vorliegen: https://t.co/Ai6Xd9iHER @vbs_ddps

[Jedi @dhe3g]

Seven hours. All children.

[Patrick Hässig @PatrickHaessig]

Wichtiger Entscheid und dringend nötig: Ein einheitlicher digitaler Datenaustausch zwischen Gesundheitsinstitutionen und Behörden.
Durch dieses flächendeckende Monitoring verbessert sich die Vorbereitung und Bewältigung von Gesundheitskrisen.

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

"How do you even keep your mental health together?"

"I don't. I lost it a long time ago. Ever since three of my closest friends and my boyfriend were killed. I was the one who recovered his body from the evacuation point."

Ukrainian Defender "Kit" ("Cat") from the Magura Brigade joined the military at the age of 24. Over four years of service, she has fought in some of the war's hottest sectors, including the defense of Donetsk region, the counteroffensive in Zaporizhzhia region, and the Kursk operation.

Kit's boyfriend died defending Ukraine in Donetsk region while carrying out a combat mission.

"One evening, he brought me the wounded and the fallen from the positions, and the very next evening, he was the one being recovered..."

Today, Kit is defending the Sumy region.

📹: Hromadske Radio

[Burkhart Mirilla @Miriburkh]

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[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Common respiratory viruses such as influenza and COVID-19 can awaken dormant breast cancer cells in the lungs, triggering aggressive metastatic growth, according to new research.

A groundbreaking study published in Nature provides the first direct evidence that respiratory viral infections can reactivate dormant disseminated cancer cells (DCCs).

When viruses like influenza A or SARS-CoV-2 infect the lungs, they trigger a surge in inflammation, particularly through the molecule interleukin-6 (IL-6). This inflammatory signal disrupts the dormant state of breast cancer cells, causing them to switch to a more proliferative hybrid state, multiply rapidly, and form visible metastatic lesions within as little as two weeks in preclinical models.

The awakened cancer cells also appear to manipulate the local immune environment, recruiting CD4+ T cells that help shield them from immune attack.

These findings align with observational data in human cancer survivors, who showed higher rates of lung metastasis and mortality following SARS-CoV-2 infection. The researchers emphasize that cancer survivors should stay current with respiratory virus vaccinations to minimize this risk, and suggest that IL-6 inhibitors could offer a promising strategy to keep dormant cells suppressed even during future infections.

[Chia SB, Johnson BJ, Hu J, et al. Respiratory viral infections awaken metastatic breast cancer cells in lungs. Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09332-0]

[Tove Harris 🕊😷 @NFMai]

Auch die Aussage bzw. Annahme, SARS-CoV-2 sei primär ein Problem für Vorerkrankte oder ältere Menschen, spielt die Pathogenität des Virus herunter. Das erhebliche Risiko von Long COVID für jede*n wird vernachlässigt. Es wird der Eindruck erweckt, das Virus sei nicht das Problem.

[Blick @Blickch]

El Niño könnte 2026 die globale Wetterlage auf den Kopf stellen. Eine gigantische Warmwasserzone im Pazifik heizt die Atmosphäre auf. Experten warnen vor extremer Hitze, Überschwemmungen und Dürren, die die Landwirtschaft weltweit gefährden könnten.... https://t.co/PUSBPROuUn

[Tove Harris 🕊😷 @NFMai]

Charité-Arzt verrät: Ebola-Patient überlebte nur knapp

"Ein US-Arzt wurde nach einer Ebola-Infektion in der Berliner Charité behandelt. Nun schildern die behandelnden Ärzte, wie kritisch sein Zustand zwischenzeitlich war."

https://t.co/vytSHJn259

[Burkhart Mirilla @Miriburkh]

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[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

A man in the "Dying Field", a small plot of land in Canton, China, where the sick and poor could go to die undisturbed, photo by James Ricalton (1900)...

The so-called "Dying Fields" described by some Western travelers in late Qing Dynasty China were areas on the outskirts of cities where the destitute, abandoned sick, and those without family support sometimes ended up in their final days. Canton (modern Guangzhou), one of China's largest and busiest trading cities, struggled with severe overcrowding, poverty, and periodic disease outbreaks during the 19th century.

It is important to note that these areas were not official government facilities. Rather, they reflected the limits of available charity and social support during a period when China's population had grown dramatically while economic opportunities and public health infrastructure lagged behind. Traditional Chinese society relied heavily on family networks to care for the elderly and ill. Those without relatives or financial means often faced desperate circumstances.

Accounts of the Dying Fields shocked many foreign observers and missionaries, who used photographs and reports to raise awareness and funding for hospitals, orphanages, and relief efforts. Historians caution that some Western descriptions were sensationalized, but there is little doubt that extreme urban poverty was widespread in many Chinese cities at the time.

Around 1900, China's population was approximately 400 million people, nearly one-quarter of the world's population at the time. Yet average life expectancy is estimated to have been only 30–35 years, with infectious diseases, malnutrition, and poor sanitation among the leading causes of death. For many communities, a single epidemic could claim thousands of lives in just a few months.

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