News weekly update: Nov 14th 2025

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Thurs, November 13: H5N1

Yesterday, November 13, we co-hosted another Twitter Space which was recorded with the great folks at Air Support Project (ASP). Last night's chat was about the latest news on H5N1, with special guest Joe Eastman. who gave us a terrific summary of what's known about it and how infectious it is.

Our next space will be this coming Thursday on the topic of Far-UVC, with Kyle Stevens of Clean AirAir free of pollutants, including viruses, bacteria, and harmful particles. Events in Seattle, WA. If you’d like to suggest a future guest or topic, please email melissa@airsupportproject.com and theresa@publichealthactionnetwork.org. We'd love to hear your ideas! Thank you for staying engaged in science that matters.

LOCAL AIR QUALITY AND WASTEWATER DATA AT YOUR FINGERTIPS with our AirAware tool

Now you can get local air quality and wastewater data at your fingertips with a great new tool on our website called AirAware. It's available on any page on our website, just click the small triangle in the AirAware title bar to collapse 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 also made the code available on GitHub, which has instructions on how to set up the widget on your own website.

Try out the widget and let us know what you think. We would love to hear your suggestions and feedback. You can contact us with questions or comments at info@publichealthactionnetwork.org, or you can message or tag us on any of our social media accounts: 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.

Daily: The World Health Network hosts COVID-aware community meetings every day. Community care starts with conversation! Their Welcome page explains how to connect with their meeting groups.

UPCOMING EVENTS

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 18, 2025: Webinar: Practical IAQ Management Strategies for Tribal Schools. Many Tribal schools face unique challenges that directly impact student and teacher health , from aging HVAC systems and outdated infrastructure to limited maintenance funding and rural isolationSeparating sick individuals from healthy ones to prevent disease spread.. These factors can lead to poor indoor air quality (IAQ)The condition of the air inside buildings, affecting health and comfort., triggering asthma, allergies, and higher absenteeism rates. On Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at 11 am PT / 2 pm ET, join this session in the GoGreen Initiative’s “Improving IAQ in Schools” series to learn how Tribal communities are turning knowledge into action.

November 19, 2025: World COPD Day. World COPD Day is organized by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COLD) in collaboration with health care professionals and COPD patient groups throughout the world. Its aim is to raise awareness, share knowledge, and discuss ways to reduce the burden of COPD worldwide. The 2025 theme for World COPD Day is “Short of Breath, Think COPD", and it aims to emphasize that although COPD is the third leading cause of death worldwide, it is often not diagnosed correctly. COPD is a common, preventable, and treatable disease, but extensive under-diagnosis and misdiagnosis lead to patients receiving no treatment or incorrect treatment.

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. (PASC)).

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

PMC COVID Update, Week of Nov 10, 2025 (U.S.)

For additional data for other pathogens and other countries, visit the PMC Data website, and follow PMC Data author Mike Hoerger on Twitter.

🔹301,000 new daily infections based on wastewater-derived models

🔹1 in 162 people (0.6%) actively infectious

🔹Levels the past 2 months corrected upward by Biobot

🔹"Lull point" estimated between Nov 5-21. Rising soon.

“The central estimate of the forecast suggests we will surpass 500,000 new daily infections on Nov 22. There's a 25% chance of a prolonged lull like last year. More likely, we are in wave territory by the end of the month.”

November 5, 2025: Researchers have found that the order in which people got various infections pre-COVID may help predict how Long COVIDPersistent and new symptoms following recovery from acute COVID-19. More affects them.

November 6, 2025: Could bird flu be spreading undetected? "A strain of bird flu that has caused the death of mammals since 2020 is now suspected to have a deadly new skill: spreading undetected in people. A review by the CDC’s Fatimah Dawood and colleagues in JAMA Network Open found that asymptomatic H5N1 infections have been reported in several countries."

November 7, 2025: Women are three times more likely to get severe Long COVIDPersistent and new symptoms following recovery from acute COVID-19. More, apparently due to hormonal disregulation.

November 10, 2025: Canada lost its measles elimination status after a record number of outbreaks in the past year. The status had been granted them by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), part of the WHO. In the past year there have been more than 5,000 measles cases in the country.

November 10, 2025: Clean AirAir free of pollutants, including viruses, bacteria, and harmful particles. Allies has launched a youth video contest to inspire young people to make eye-catching videos that will help make the invisible world of airborne pathogens more visible. Clean AirAir free of pollutants, including viruses, bacteria, and harmful particles. Allies is an organization based in California dedicated to clean airAir free of pollutants, including viruses, bacteria, and harmful particles. in schools in California.

November 10, 2025: COVID vaccines appear to improve the overall health of kids with eczema.

November 10, 2025: Scientists reveal another piece in the long COVIDPersistent and new symptoms following recovery from acute COVID-19. More puzzle. “In patients with long COVIDPersistent and new symptoms following recovery from acute COVID-19. More, a new study has revealed a structural association between circulating microclots and neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs).”

November 11, 2025: From CIDRAP: More avian flu detected at duck and chicken farms in Indiana

November 12, 2025: The British Medical Association and the UK Royal College of Nursing announced that they've sent a letter to the UK government urging it to recognize Long COVIDPersistent and new symptoms following recovery from acute COVID-19. More as an industrial disease for health and social care workers. The letter marks three years since the IIAC’s (Industrial Injuries Advisory Council) command paper ‘COVID-19A disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, leading to respiratory illness. and Occupational Impacts’ was presented before Parliament.

November 13, 2025: Measles cases in the US are now at 1723 for the year. Last year the total number of cases was 285. US measles activity is now the highest it's been since measles was declared eliminated in the country in 2000.

November 13, 2025: The city of Tokyo has issued an influenza warning for the city, the first one they've announced for November since 2009.

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