News weekly update: Nov 7th 2025

Greetings, public health PHANs! This is our weekly news update for November 7th, 2025, with a selection of upcoming events and articles about COVID, other airborne pathogens, and clean airAir free of pollutants, including viruses, bacteria, and harmful particles.. Some of our activities include:

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Thurs, November 13:

COVID and oncogenesis

On Thursday, November 13, we'll co-host another Twitter Space with the great folks at Air Support Project (ASP), at 5pm PT/8pm ET. This Space will be focused on oncogenesis (cancer formation) and COVID, with featured guest Michael Olesen, an ASP board member and author of the website Infection ControlMeasures to prevent the spread of infections., Emergency Management, Safety and General Thoughts. We're looking forward to an informative conversation about how COVID might be contributing to an increase in some kinds of cancer. See you Thursday!

A cool tool on our website: AirAware!

LOCAL AIR QUALITY AND WASTEWATER DATA AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

We're delighted to share our new open-source local air quality and wastewater tool called AirAware, available on any page on our website. Click the small triangle in the AirAware title bar to collapse it or expand it. It shows your local air quality and wastewater data for COVID-19A disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, leading to respiratory illness., Influenza A, and RSV, and it lets you click through to the sources. We've made the code for the widget available via GitHub, along with instructions on how to set up the widget on your own website. Try it out and let us know what you think! You can contact us with questions or comments at info@publichealthactionnetwork.org, or DM us or tag us on any of our social media accounts on Bluesky, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

ongoing WEEKLY

COVID community meetings

Every Saturday evening: PandemicA global outbreak of a disease. Pals meetings on Zoom. Every Saturday at 5 pm PT/8 pm ET, the PandemicA global outbreak of a disease. Collaborative hosts a Zoom call with several breakout rooms based on age groups, life situations, and special interests. Check their Google Document the day of the call for that week's Zoom link.

Every Monday & Sunday: Rising Hope meetings on Zoom. Rising Hope is a community of COVID-conscious folks that meet Monday evenings, plus Sunday mornings for church services. Contact them via Reddit.

Every Monday & Thursday: The World Health Network hosts a “WHN Café Call”, a virtual open space to meet others, welcome newcomers, and connect across teams. Join us Mondays and Thursdays at 10 am PT/1 pm ET in #1-general-dailycall on Slack. Community care starts with conversation. Join their Slack Workspace.

UPCOMING EVENTS

November 7, 2025: Long COVIDPersistent and new symptoms following recovery from acute COVID-19. More Defense forum from Mask Together America, starting at 2 pm PT / 5 pm ET. This online forum will bring together advocates and experts on Long COVIDPersistent and new symptoms following recovery from acute COVID-19. More to discuss how we can all protect ourselves from getting Long COVIDPersistent and new symptoms following recovery from acute COVID-19. More, as well as about how we can help those who've been affected by it. Guest speakers will include:

November 8, 2025: World Ventil8 Day. Occurring annually on 8th November, World Ventil8 Day aims to raise awareness of the importance of ventilationThe process of circulating air to improve indoor air quality. as a crucial part of enabling health and well-being of people. It also seeks to recognize and celebrate the ventilationThe process of circulating air to improve indoor air quality. and indoor air quality community. The 2025 World VentilationThe process of circulating air to improve indoor air quality. Day theme is "Collaborate to Ventilate". You're invited to share your stories on social media or with your local newspapers about how you have worked with others to develop new technologies, make real changes to ventilationThe process of circulating air to improve indoor air quality. for energy and health, provide guidance and information, support new evidence on the importance of ventilationThe process of circulating air to improve indoor air quality. and champion the training and development of people who deliver clean airAir free of pollutants, including viruses, bacteria, and harmful particles..

November 14, 2025: PolyBio Fall 2025 Long COVIDPersistent and new symptoms following recovery from acute COVID-19. More Symposium. Join PolyBio for an all-day webinar starting at 8 am PT / 11 am ET, with presentations on the latest research and findings from PolyBio-supported researchers. Institutions represented include Harvard Medical School, University of Pennsylvania, and University of California at San Francisco.

November 19-20, 2025: 3rd International Long COVIDPersistent and new symptoms following recovery from acute COVID-19. More Conference, in Boston, MA. The event will be both in-person and online. This conference aims to raise awareness, clarify misconceptions, promote understanding, and stimulate discussion among healthcare professionals, investigators, policymakers, and community representatives on the clinical manifestations, management, plausible preventive and therapeutic options, and public health challenges related to Long COVIDPersistent and new symptoms following recovery from acute COVID-19. More (or post-acute sequelae of COVID-19A disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, leading to respiratory illness.).

the story so far…

Some of the more important stories that have come out this year:

May 27, 2025: Long COVIDPersistent and new symptoms following recovery from acute COVID-19. More is now the most common chronic health condition among children. Long COVIDPersistent and new symptoms following recovery from acute COVID-19. More has now surpassed asthma as the most common chronic health condition for kids.

Sept. 23, 2025: Groundbreaking “Healthy Indoor Air” high-level side event at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. This event led to the creation of Air Club, an international organization for anyone interested in healthy indoor air.

Sept. 30, 2025: Children and teenagers are twice as likely to develop Long COVIDPersistent and new symptoms following recovery from acute COVID-19. More after an initial infection, a large new study has found.

LATEST NEWS

US Weekly COVID update: Nov 3, 2025

🔸1 in 209 Actively Infectious

🔸234,000 New Daily Infections

🔸1,680,000 Infections In The Past Week

🔸196,000,000 Infections in 2025

🔸84,000 to 340,000 Weekly Long COVIDPersistent and new symptoms following recovery from acute COVID-19. More Cases

🔸500 to 800 Weekly Deaths

“The report continues to rely on limited data from Biobot amid the ongoing federal ‘shutdown.’ Normally, the model uses a combination of CDC (80% model weight) and Biobot data (20% model weight). With the CDC data paused, we are relying exclusively on Biobot for incoming data. Expect noisier estimates while the CDC data remain on pause.”

October 30, 2025: Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for Long COVIDPersistent and new symptoms following recovery from acute COVID-19. More symptom relief. The Long COVIDPersistent and new symptoms following recovery from acute COVID-19. More Treatment Trial (LoCITT, pronounced ‘lock-it’) is a novel research platform funded by the Schmidt Initiative for Long CovidPersistent and new symptoms following recovery from acute COVID-19. More (SILC). LoCITT’s remote clinical trial technology will allow for swift screening, enrollment and randomization of patients. Drugs and placebos will be mailed directly to the participant’s home, and participants will also use wearable devices and smart scales so scientists can track real-time health changes and measure the drug’s impact on symptoms.

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