Exercise advice for long covid may be doing more harm than good Exercise has been touted as a tool for managing and treating long covid, but much of the evidence has neglected one of its most debilitating symptoms: post-exertional malaise

Exercise is always a good thing, right? Well, maybe not. For people with long covid or ME/CFS, it can be devastating. And science needs to catch up (all views my own blah blah blah) www.newscientist.com/article/2523...

CDC won’t publish report showing covid shots cut likelihood of hospital visits The report, which had cleared the agency’s scientific-review process, had been delayed. It now won’t be published at all, people familiar with the decision told The Post.

SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDC’s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2
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Takeaways From the Big Long COVID Clinical Trials - Health Rising Only 10 major long COVID clinical trials have been published thus far but that's enough to come away with some interesting takeaways. They include treatments that prevent long COVID don't necessarily ...

Health Rising: 'Takeaways From the Big Long COVID Clinical Trials'

'With estimates suggesting that 20–25 million people in the U.S., ~2–3 million in Canada, and ~20–40 million in Europe are currently living with long COVID, long COVID’s impact has been huge.'

www.healthrising.org/blog/2026/04...

Reform and Tory tax cuts 'would require deep cuts in public services and favour higher earners' Martin Shipton Tax cuts proposed by Reform UK and the Welsh Conservatives would require deep cuts in public services and would disproportionately benefit better off earners, according to an analysis o...

Tax cuts proposed by Reform and the Welsh Conservatives would require deep cuts in public services and would disproportionately benefit better off earners, according to an analysis undertaken by Cardiff University academics ✍️Martin Shipton

Mae'n bryd inni fod yn onest ynglŷn â Brexit 👇

It's time we were honest about #Brexit! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Swans duo Chloe Chivers and Yzzy Taylor nominated for Adran Premier Player and Manager of the Season Swansea City Women’s Chloe Chivers has been nominated for the Adran Premier Player of the Season award, while head coach Yzzy Taylor has been nominated for Manager of the Season.

Swansea City Women’s Chloe Chivers has been nominated for the Adran Premier Player of the Season award, while head coach Yzzy Taylor has been nominated for Manager of the Season.

Farage urged to act against candidates with racist, misogynistic and homophobic views Exclusive: Despite the pledge to employ the best vetting system in British politics, some Reform UK candidates have been condemned for their ‘grotesque views’ posted online

“Reform plagued by vetting issues”
Candidates found to have “grotesque” views.

Come on. It’s not the vetting, is it.
It’s the party. Whatever they do, they’ll always attract the racists, homophobes, misogynists and haters. Because that’s Farage. That’s Reform.
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Rape allegation in Hong Kong leads to a blackmail conviction Londoner Isabel Rose awaits sentencing inside Hong Kong's oldest maximum security women's prison.

Rape allegation in Hong Kong leads to a blackmail conviction

Reform to tell Welsh museums how to present history, manifesto says Election pledges say Reform would ask museums to present history chronologically.

BBC News - Reform UK will tell Welsh museums how to present history, manifesto says
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is going down a dangerous path

An original. A legend. A legacy that will last forever.

Jess Fishlock will retire at the end of the 2026 season 💙

Ed Miliband Says He Will “Double Down, Not Back Down” On Clean Energy Ed Miliband has said he will “double down, not back down” on the government’s clean energy mission in the face of critics calling on him to change ...

Ed Miliband has said he'll “double down, not back down” on government’s clean energy mission in the face of critics calling on him to change course

The Energy Sec said "solar panels, heat pumps and EVs are not woke, or a left-wing conspiracy, or even a Marxist plot. They're actually common sense"

Ukraine says all obstacles to EU's 90 billion euro loan removed, expects green light within days "There are currently no obstacles (to approving the loan), and even artificial barriers have been removed," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said. "The EU has the necessary tools to lift the blockade th...

⚡️ Ukraine says all obstacles to EU's 90 billion euro loan removed, expects green light within days.

"There are currently no obstacles (to approving the loan), and even artificial barriers have been removed," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.

WATCH VIDEO: Famous actor sprinkles some stardust at Roscommon U-20s training session! - News - Roscommon Herald The Boyle native joined the players at a recent training session

www.roscommonherald.ie/news/watch-v...

Maddy Corper shares her experience of how healthcare services struggled to deal with her Long Covid, and how the Long Covid Support groups have helped her.

#LongCovid #LongCovidAwareness #LongCovidSupport

Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says Experts say attacks, also carried out by settlers, are leading girls to quit school and enter early marriages Israeli soldiers and settlers are using gendered violence and sexual assault and harassment to force Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank, human rights and legal experts say. Palestinian women, men and children have reported attacks, forced nudity, invasive and painful body cavity searches, Israelis exposing their genitals, including to minors, and threats of sexual violence. Continue reading...

Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says

Satellite images reveal scale of Israeli demolitions as Lebanese villages destroyed BBC Verify analysis found more than 1,400 buildings had been destroyed since 2 March.

It's easy to succumb to outrage fatigue. But this was four days ago. 2,000 killed. 1.2 million displaced. Entire villages demolished. A 40km 'buffer zone' (10% of Lebanon's territory) annexed. It's barely raised a resigned shrug, but it meets the criteria for war crime. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Urgent warning of long Covid symptoms as number of cases rise in UK Research continues to be carried out on long Covid, which occurs when the symptoms of Covid last longer than 12 weeks, and can be particularly debilitating and unpleasant

The Mirror: “Urgent warning of long Covid symptoms as number of cases rise in UK”

‘Research continues to be carried out on long Covid, which occurs when the symptoms of Covid last longer than 12 weeks, and can be particularly debilitating and unpleasant’

www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...

This is real, on the I-Player 20/04/26, Breakfast News 6 minutes 20ish into the programme. This is enraging and hard to believe anyone thought this was impartial.

Outrage over Israeli soldier's vandalism of Jesus statue in Lebanon The Israeli military says it views with

US politicians outraged that a statue has been attacked.

Not outraged that thousands of innocent human beings have been slaughtered, Christians, Muslims and atheists among them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bereaved Covid Families Demand Nigel Farage Sack Conspiracy Theory Reform Candidates Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice tell the Reform leader that the conspiracy views revealed by Byline Times are "an insult" to the 230,000 people who died in the pandemic

Nigel Farage must act.

Anti-vax conspiracy theories are a threat to public health and an insult to those we lost.

They have no place in our politics.

bylinetimes.com/2026/04/20/b...

Absolutely incredible.

NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.

Watch with sound on.

Released 47 years ago today
Jimmy Jimmy, the third single by the Northern Irish band The Undertones

Jimmy Jimmy - The Undertones (Old Grey Whistle Test 1979)

#punk #punks #punkrock #theundertones #jimmyjimmy #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Report | Cardiff City Women 3 Swansea City Women 3 (Cardiff City Women win 5-4 on penalties) Swansea City Women suffered Bute Energy Welsh Cup final heartbreak after losing on penalties to Cardiff City Women on a drama-filled evening at Rodney Parade.

Swansea City Women suffered Bute Energy Welsh Cup final heartbreak after losing on penalties to Cardiff City Women on a drama-filled evening at Rodney Parade.

I’d say that the estimate of 0.6-1% is very conservative. The national UK figures have been around 2-5% of the population and achieving full recovery is still relatively rare. This is apart from counting in new future cases.

News clip from @bmj.com
#LongCovid
Report: www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

'Anodd i'w gymryd': Bala yn disgyn o'r Cymru Premier JD ar ôl 17 o flynyddoedd Mae rheolwr y Y Bala wedi disgrifio'r clwb yn disgyn o'r Cymru Premier JD wedi 17 o flynyddoedd yn y gynghrair fel rhywbeth "annod i gymered"

⚽ 'Roeddwn i wir yn credu ein bod ni wedi gwneud digon.'

Yr ymateb wrth i'r Bala ddisgyn o’r JD Cymru Premier ar ôl 17 o flynyddoedd yn y gynghrair.

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Preview | Cardiff City Women v Swansea City Women Swansea City Women will be looking to secure their first piece of silverware in four years as they face Cardiff City at Rodney Parade in this evening's Bute Energy Welsh Cup final (5pm kick-off).

Swansea City Women will be looking to secure their first piece of silverware in four years as they face Cardiff City at Rodney Parade in this evening's Bute Energy Welsh Cup final (5pm kick-off).

Tomorrow is the deadline for registering to vote.

Voting is the single best way to drive change and create the Wales you want.

Register now or let other people decide your future.

Zelensky condemns easing of oil sanctions on Russian oil Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned the easing of sanctions on Russian oil after the United States extended a waiver meant to soften surging energy prices driven by the Middle East wa...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned the easing of sanctions on Russian oil after the US extended a waiver meant to soften surging energy prices driven by the Middle East war.

Reform UK’s Richard Tice allegedly failed to pay £100,000 in corporation tax Deputy leader ran shell companies that reportedly did not pay tax on profits from 2020 to 2022, during which time his firm donated £1.1m to party Richard Tice allegedly failed to pay almost £100,000 in corporation tax to the benefit of his investment company, which in turn made donations to Reform UK, it has been reported. In response to the report in the Sunday Times, the deputy leader of Reform UK posted a lengthy statement on X, in which he said: “A long career with multiple businesses is bound to feature some errors. Naturally I am always happy to put things right and if numbers need rechecking, of course I will pay what is owed – be that more or less.” Continue reading...

Reform UK’s Richard Tice allegedly failed to pay £100,000 in corporation tax

We’ve written to Mr Farage about this Reform UK candidate & others who deny covid & make false claims about the covid vaccine.

Looking forward to his reply after he has ‘looked into’ them. Swift action needs to be taken to remove them.

@cbffjuk.bsky.social

@josiahmortimer.bsky.social