Diphtheria in Australia – Epidemiological update – 8 June 2026
Published: 12 June 2026
🔹In 2026, Australia has recorded 326 diphtheria cases
🔹Over the past fortnight 59 total cases were notified
🔹NT: 185 cases, WA: 132 cases, SA: 6 cases, QLD: 3 cases
Source: www.cdc.gov.au/resources/pu...
The princess lost consciousness while training her dogs in Nakhon Ratchasima province. The palace attributed the sudden event to a severe cardiac arrhythmia triggered by a mycoplasma infection of the heart.
A life-threatening inherited disease, hereditary angioedema, with striking benefit from one-shot CRISPR genome editing.
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A Swiss artist's portrait of Meiji-era Japan
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King's oldest daughter dies at 47 after more than three years in a coma
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“Recent evidence suggests that [Mycoplasma] disease severity correlates more strongly with host immune dysregulation and microbiome perturbation than with direct pathogen-mediated damage.”
France is still offering free vaccines for all and young children. If only our government were invested in caring about preventions. 🧵
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King's oldest daughter dies at 47 after more than three years in a coma
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a notable resurgence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (MPP) in children, with a concerning rise in the severity of cases. Although changes in post-pandemi...
I and @independentsage.bsky.social advocated kids vax vs SARS2 since day 1.
Even when transiently available to u12s, they were sold as a damp squib by those in authority.
As vax coverage dwindles, the lack of foresight gets harder to reconcile.
#LongCovidKids is a major neglected issue 💔
