Amee Manges
@amanges.bsky.social
Professor of Epidemiology at the University of British Columbia, School of Population and Public Health; profile photo is a sculpture by Guthrie Gloag called "Mourn" an American Mastodon.
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social fyi on universal Healthcare
These countries have had universal health care for their citizens, as shown below.
There are more after 1995
There are more after 1995
November 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social fyi on universal Healthcare
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American Medical Association Introduces New Highly Effective Placebo Doctors https://theonion.com/american-medical-association-introduces-new-highly-effe-1819576542/
November 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
American Medical Association Introduces New Highly Effective Placebo Doctors https://theonion.com/american-medical-association-introduces-new-highly-effe-1819576542/
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Checked in on them this morning - can confirm, still bloody beautiful.
#tawnyfrogmouth #ausbirds #birds #wildoz
#tawnyfrogmouth #ausbirds #birds #wildoz
October 31, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Checked in on them this morning - can confirm, still bloody beautiful.
#tawnyfrogmouth #ausbirds #birds #wildoz
#tawnyfrogmouth #ausbirds #birds #wildoz
Speaking of Abraham Lincoln, bathroom decor aside, where is our Lincoln?
November 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Speaking of Abraham Lincoln, bathroom decor aside, where is our Lincoln?
Yeah, perfect owl for today.
Happy Halloween!!! Great grey owl getting into the Halloween spirit.
#owl #owls #birds #canada #nature #wildlife #photography #birding #nikon #greatgreyowl #mcoupephotography #halloween
#owl #owls #birds #canada #nature #wildlife #photography #birding #nikon #greatgreyowl #mcoupephotography #halloween
October 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Yeah, perfect owl for today.
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My quote of the day
Nobody ever thanks you for saving them from the disease they didn't know they were going to get.
William Foege
Nobody ever thanks you for saving them from the disease they didn't know they were going to get.
William Foege
October 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
My quote of the day
Nobody ever thanks you for saving them from the disease they didn't know they were going to get.
William Foege
Nobody ever thanks you for saving them from the disease they didn't know they were going to get.
William Foege
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For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.
Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...
Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...
October 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.
Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...
Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...
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Sometimes, if you're lucky, you can capture much of their goofiness in one photo. 🪶
September 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Sometimes, if you're lucky, you can capture much of their goofiness in one photo. 🪶
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Here's an owlet showing off his flexibility last week.🪶
September 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Here's an owlet showing off his flexibility last week.🪶
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“Objects in mirror are closer than they appear” … never was this warning more appropriate than right here! 😉
August 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“Objects in mirror are closer than they appear” … never was this warning more appropriate than right here! 😉
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I just snorted laughing 💀
August 15, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I just snorted laughing 💀
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27 years ago, two years after the introduction of effective HIV treatment, the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco’s lesbian and gay community newspaper, ran ‘No Obits’ as its headline.
It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.
It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.
August 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
27 years ago, two years after the introduction of effective HIV treatment, the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco’s lesbian and gay community newspaper, ran ‘No Obits’ as its headline.
It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.
It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.
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These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers.
My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.
We found 437 of them.
Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.
We found 437 of them.
Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
August 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers.
My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.
We found 437 of them.
Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.
We found 437 of them.
Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
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Some sweet people have been sending physical cards and letters to the Bethesda Declaration signers. This is so kind and meaningful.
It would be GREAT if they received more. Cards can be sent to
Ian Morgan
NIGMS
45 Center Dr, MSC 6200
Bethesda, MD 20892-6200
Ian will share them with the signers.
It would be GREAT if they received more. Cards can be sent to
Ian Morgan
NIGMS
45 Center Dr, MSC 6200
Bethesda, MD 20892-6200
Ian will share them with the signers.
harry potter is surrounded by a bunch of letters falling on the floor .
ALT: harry potter is surrounded by a bunch of letters falling on the floor .
media.tenor.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Some sweet people have been sending physical cards and letters to the Bethesda Declaration signers. This is so kind and meaningful.
It would be GREAT if they received more. Cards can be sent to
Ian Morgan
NIGMS
45 Center Dr, MSC 6200
Bethesda, MD 20892-6200
Ian will share them with the signers.
It would be GREAT if they received more. Cards can be sent to
Ian Morgan
NIGMS
45 Center Dr, MSC 6200
Bethesda, MD 20892-6200
Ian will share them with the signers.
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Unexpected side-effect: how common medications clear the way for pathogens
CMFI's @lisamaierlab.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social show in @nature.com: many non-antibiotics weaken the natural protective function of the intestine.
Press release: www.cmfi.uni-tuebingen.de/en/news-even...
CMFI's @lisamaierlab.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social show in @nature.com: many non-antibiotics weaken the natural protective function of the intestine.
Press release: www.cmfi.uni-tuebingen.de/en/news-even...
July 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Unexpected side-effect: how common medications clear the way for pathogens
CMFI's @lisamaierlab.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social show in @nature.com: many non-antibiotics weaken the natural protective function of the intestine.
Press release: www.cmfi.uni-tuebingen.de/en/news-even...
CMFI's @lisamaierlab.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social show in @nature.com: many non-antibiotics weaken the natural protective function of the intestine.
Press release: www.cmfi.uni-tuebingen.de/en/news-even...
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Canada has recorded the highest number of measles cases since achieving measles elimination status in 1998.
July 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Canada has recorded the highest number of measles cases since achieving measles elimination status in 1998.
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Screaming into the void 🪶
June 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Screaming into the void 🪶
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Are you a recent PhD (or soon to be PhD) from outside Canada looking to do a postdoc in Quebec?
Get in touch if you are excited about microbes, evolution, ecology, genomics (or all of the above!) and I'd be happy to help develop a project together!
www.mcgill.ca/gps/funding/...
Get in touch if you are excited about microbes, evolution, ecology, genomics (or all of the above!) and I'd be happy to help develop a project together!
www.mcgill.ca/gps/funding/...
PBEEE/Quebec Merit Scholarship for Foreign Postdocs and Visiting Research Student and Visiting Researchers
**Note that the FRQ is in the process of revamping their webpages. We will update links soon as we can with the current 2025 year's information. Be sure to check back to see if any eligibility or docu...
www.mcgill.ca
June 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Are you a recent PhD (or soon to be PhD) from outside Canada looking to do a postdoc in Quebec?
Get in touch if you are excited about microbes, evolution, ecology, genomics (or all of the above!) and I'd be happy to help develop a project together!
www.mcgill.ca/gps/funding/...
Get in touch if you are excited about microbes, evolution, ecology, genomics (or all of the above!) and I'd be happy to help develop a project together!
www.mcgill.ca/gps/funding/...
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Caught in a perfect moment – the intensity and beauty of this creature in flight. Simply breathtaking. Photo by ©markian.b
ID: Burrowing owl.
More owl: ohmywild.com
ID: Burrowing owl.
More owl: ohmywild.com
June 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Caught in a perfect moment – the intensity and beauty of this creature in flight. Simply breathtaking. Photo by ©markian.b
ID: Burrowing owl.
More owl: ohmywild.com
ID: Burrowing owl.
More owl: ohmywild.com
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I am often challenged to provide an example of a vaccine that could not have been developed without doing gain-of-function virology research.
Thanks to HHS Secretary Kennedy and former BiosafetyNow! board member/NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, I now have an answer:
Generation Gold Standard
Thanks to HHS Secretary Kennedy and former BiosafetyNow! board member/NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, I now have an answer:
Generation Gold Standard
May 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I am often challenged to provide an example of a vaccine that could not have been developed without doing gain-of-function virology research.
Thanks to HHS Secretary Kennedy and former BiosafetyNow! board member/NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, I now have an answer:
Generation Gold Standard
Thanks to HHS Secretary Kennedy and former BiosafetyNow! board member/NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, I now have an answer:
Generation Gold Standard
Fabulous work by this BC and AB Team! Bespoke plant glycoconjugates for gut microbiota-mediated drug targeting | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Bespoke plant glycoconjugates for gut microbiota-mediated drug targeting
The gut microbiota of mammals possess unique metabolic pathways with untapped therapeutic potential. Using molecular insights into dietary fiber metabolism by the human gut microbiota, we designed a t...
www.science.org
May 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Fabulous work by this BC and AB Team! Bespoke plant glycoconjugates for gut microbiota-mediated drug targeting | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Alarming new study in JAMA modeling measles in the US:
If we stay at CURRENT vaccination rates, measles will become endemic again over roughly 20 years.
If rates drop by even 10 percent (and they're sliding), there would be 11 MILLION cases over the next 25 years. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
If we stay at CURRENT vaccination rates, measles will become endemic again over roughly 20 years.
If rates drop by even 10 percent (and they're sliding), there would be 11 MILLION cases over the next 25 years. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Modeling Reemergence of Vaccine-Eliminated Infectious Diseases Under Declining Vaccination in the US
This study estimates the number of cases and complications in the US under scenarios of declining childhood vaccination for measles, rubella, poliomyelitis, and diphtheria.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2833361?guestAccess%5b…%5dferral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_content=tfl&utm_term=042425#google_vignette
April 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Alarming new study in JAMA modeling measles in the US:
If we stay at CURRENT vaccination rates, measles will become endemic again over roughly 20 years.
If rates drop by even 10 percent (and they're sliding), there would be 11 MILLION cases over the next 25 years. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
If we stay at CURRENT vaccination rates, measles will become endemic again over roughly 20 years.
If rates drop by even 10 percent (and they're sliding), there would be 11 MILLION cases over the next 25 years. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Can we all agree that political parties are not serving us well at the moment. How about this, if you believe in democracy you are in one group, and if you do not, you are in the autocracy group.
April 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Can we all agree that political parties are not serving us well at the moment. How about this, if you believe in democracy you are in one group, and if you do not, you are in the autocracy group.
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I suggest everyone become very, very familiar with this piece by law Professor @david.noll.org. I suspect you will be referring to it often. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
If the Marshals Go Rogue, Courts Have Other Ways to Enforce their Orders
Opinion | Even a rogue marshal’s service is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law.
www.democracydocket.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I suggest everyone become very, very familiar with this piece by law Professor @david.noll.org. I suspect you will be referring to it often. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
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The Prime Minister of the Heard / McDonald Islands Speaks on Trump’s Tariffs
April 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The Prime Minister of the Heard / McDonald Islands Speaks on Trump’s Tariffs