Dennis Bente
@bentelab.bsky.social
Hemorrhagic Fever & Arbovirus Professor│Tick Aficionado│Spacesuit Virologist│One Health Veterinarian│Climate Change Warrior | Co-host of The Infectious Science Podcast 🎙️
Can you see Bourbon virus? 😂
June 14, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Can you see Bourbon virus? 😂
What a despicable scope of this study! Although not mentioned in the text, you can read between the lines that immigrants could be considered the source of CCHFV for Spain! #CCHFV pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39921135/?ut...
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus screening among African individuals in Spain: Lessons to learn - PubMed
This is the first serosurvey conducted in Spain to suggest possible active circulation of the virus in Africans. Our results suggest the need for more extensive clinical and epidemiological studies in...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
February 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
What a despicable scope of this study! Although not mentioned in the text, you can read between the lines that immigrants could be considered the source of CCHFV for Spain! #CCHFV pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39921135/?ut...
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
More trouble for academia! NIH will change the indirect cost rates. This will motivate even more academics to leave the US.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
More trouble for academia! NIH will change the indirect cost rates. This will motivate even more academics to leave the US.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Everybody wake up!
This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
www.theatlantic.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Everybody wake up!
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All of your most sensitive data and our country’s checkbook are in the hands of an unelected billionaire.
This is the most corrupt administration in history and it’s putting our economy & government in serious jeopardy.
It’s time to speak out and fight back.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
This is the most corrupt administration in history and it’s putting our economy & government in serious jeopardy.
It’s time to speak out and fight back.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
All of your most sensitive data and our country’s checkbook are in the hands of an unelected billionaire.
This is the most corrupt administration in history and it’s putting our economy & government in serious jeopardy.
It’s time to speak out and fight back.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
This is the most corrupt administration in history and it’s putting our economy & government in serious jeopardy.
It’s time to speak out and fight back.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
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The joke is on us.
January 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The joke is on us.
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'Blathering in Davos': Trump mocked for 'lies and moronic claims' in big economic speech
www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...
www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...
'Blathering in Davos': Trump mocked for 'lies and moronic claims' in big economic speech
Donald Trump sparked outrage and mockery after delivering the first major economic speech of his second presidency.The newly inaugurated president spoke Thursday morning at the World Economic Forum in...
www.rawstory.com
January 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
'Blathering in Davos': Trump mocked for 'lies and moronic claims' in big economic speech
www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...
www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...
🚨 URGENT: Major Disruption at NIH - Impact on Biomedical Research.
NIH has implemented sweeping restrictions that affect the entire biomedical research community. The ripple effects of these restrictions threaten to put U.S. biomedical research behind globally.
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH has implemented sweeping restrictions that affect the entire biomedical research community. The ripple effects of these restrictions threaten to put U.S. biomedical research behind globally.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing “a lot of uncertainty, fear, and panic”
www.science.org
January 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🚨 URGENT: Major Disruption at NIH - Impact on Biomedical Research.
NIH has implemented sweeping restrictions that affect the entire biomedical research community. The ripple effects of these restrictions threaten to put U.S. biomedical research behind globally.
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH has implemented sweeping restrictions that affect the entire biomedical research community. The ripple effects of these restrictions threaten to put U.S. biomedical research behind globally.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Free speech absolutists
January 23, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Free speech absolutists
Hahaha. Gave my MAGA acquaintance a little of his own medicine. Got his panties in a wad and blocked me. They can dish out (for 4 years) but can't take their own medicine. What a loser.
January 22, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Hahaha. Gave my MAGA acquaintance a little of his own medicine. Got his panties in a wad and blocked me. They can dish out (for 4 years) but can't take their own medicine. What a loser.
Asking for a friend😅: a colleague with pathological narcissism makes snide comments in emails. What else can I do than just ignoring her? 🤣🤣🤣
January 22, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Asking for a friend😅: a colleague with pathological narcissism makes snide comments in emails. What else can I do than just ignoring her? 🤣🤣🤣
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I see that Melania chose to wear her Hamburglar hat to honor the criminals in the nation--and next to her.
January 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I see that Melania chose to wear her Hamburglar hat to honor the criminals in the nation--and next to her.
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The richest man on Earth is a drug-addict Nazi with an office in The White House.
What are you going to do about it?
What are you going to do about it?
January 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The richest man on Earth is a drug-addict Nazi with an office in The White House.
What are you going to do about it?
What are you going to do about it?
Told you guys! And so it begins. And scientists are blamed if we have a problem. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump orders US to leave World Health Organization
Trump has long been critical of how the Geneva-based institution handled the Covid-19 pandemic.
www.bbc.com
January 21, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Told you guys! And so it begins. And scientists are blamed if we have a problem. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Not good news: @WHO just announced a new Marburg outbreak in Tanzania.
“As of 11 January 2025, nine suspected cases were reported including eight deaths across two districts – Biharamulo and Muleba. …Results are pending official confirmation.”
www.who.int/emergencies/...
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#IDsky
“As of 11 January 2025, nine suspected cases were reported including eight deaths across two districts – Biharamulo and Muleba. …Results are pending official confirmation.”
www.who.int/emergencies/...
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#IDsky
World Health Organization (WHO)
The United Nations agency working to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable.
www.who.int
January 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Not good news: @WHO just announced a new Marburg outbreak in Tanzania.
“As of 11 January 2025, nine suspected cases were reported including eight deaths across two districts – Biharamulo and Muleba. …Results are pending official confirmation.”
www.who.int/emergencies/...
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#IDsky
“As of 11 January 2025, nine suspected cases were reported including eight deaths across two districts – Biharamulo and Muleba. …Results are pending official confirmation.”
www.who.int/emergencies/...
🧪
#IDsky
Lol
NYT: “We interviewed an average farming family in Greenland and they expressed optimism for being purchased by the US.”
January 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Lol
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Nothing will change their mind.
Climate Change Denier James Woods Loses House To Climate Change
Sending thoughts and prayers.
www.thegodpodcast.com
January 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Nothing will change their mind.
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📣 New podcast episode! Host Jill Morgan (@jill-morgan.bsky.social) from Emory University, Dr. Dennis Bente (@bentelab.bsky.social) from @utmbhealth.bsky.social & Dr. Saima Ali from Indus Health & Hospital Network discuss Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (#CCHF): netec.org/transmission...
January 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
📣 New podcast episode! Host Jill Morgan (@jill-morgan.bsky.social) from Emory University, Dr. Dennis Bente (@bentelab.bsky.social) from @utmbhealth.bsky.social & Dr. Saima Ali from Indus Health & Hospital Network discuss Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (#CCHF): netec.org/transmission...
Anonymous. (2024, 20241231). China defends COVID-19 data-sharing as WHO seeks more access. Reuters Retrieved 1231, 2024,
https://buff.ly/40ixP4O
https://buff.ly/40ixP4O
January 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Anonymous. (2024, 20241231). China defends COVID-19 data-sharing as WHO seeks more access. Reuters Retrieved 1231, 2024,
https://buff.ly/40ixP4O
https://buff.ly/40ixP4O
Finally! Took way too long. Raoult, what a shady guy! Overall, the IHU now has 32 retracted papers — 28 of them authored by Raoult — and 230 other studies with expressions of concern!!!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Controversial COVID study that promoted unproven treatment retracted after four-year saga
Paper on hydroxychloroquine led by French researcher Didier Raoult is second-most-cited study ever to be withdrawn.
www.nature.com
January 8, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Finally! Took way too long. Raoult, what a shady guy! Overall, the IHU now has 32 retracted papers — 28 of them authored by Raoult — and 230 other studies with expressions of concern!!!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Saw this in today’s WSJ. I don't recognize any of the names of the IC scientists mentioned in the piece. 😪 #ScienceNews #WSJ
Exclusive | Behind Closed Doors: The Spy-World Scientists Who Argued Covid Was a Lab Leak
The idea that the pandemic’s origins lie with a research facility in China was once labeled a conspiracy theory. Disagreements among intelligence experts on the issue ran deeper than is publicly…
buff.ly
January 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Saw this in today’s WSJ. I don't recognize any of the names of the IC scientists mentioned in the piece. 😪 #ScienceNews #WSJ
New Transmission Interrupted episode drops Jan. 8! Host Jill Morgan (@jill-morgan.bsky.social), NETEC PPE Workgroup Co-Chair from Emory University Hospital, talks about #CCHF with Dr. Dennis Bente (@BenteLab.bsky.social / @utmbhealth.bsky.social) & Dr. Saima Ali from Indus Hospital & Health Network.
January 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM