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Cy Husain 🌹
@cyhusain.bsky.social
Degrees in Physics⚛ | Research Assistant👨🏽‍🔬 BioNTech | Paramedic⚕ | CAD & Simulation🖱 | Social/Political/Environmental Activist☮️ | Likes & RTs ≠ Endorsement | OPINIONS are MY OWN❗
Downtown Los Angeles, CA 90017
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Follow the example of many insightful Asian Women in #DownTownLosAngeles and, wear a #mask😷 during the #Pandemic ☣ (it's NOT over) to reduce the spread of COVID-19 or other other respiratory #diseases❗ #COVID19 #StopAsianHate #DTLA #VaccinesWork #N95
#Science Under Siege: #Trump purges, cuts, and anti-science policy will undermine decades of research & development. Endangering our #health, #safety, #environment, #education, #careers, and scientific & technological progress.🚀🪐🛰️📡🧬🔬🔭
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Science under siege: Trump cuts threaten to undermine decades of research
Sweeping layoffs, funding freezes and executive orders have provoked outcry among federal researchers and their university partners, who fear that science itself is under siege.
nbcnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Health Alert Network #HAN #CDC’s main method of sharing urgent #PublicHealth information with health officials, doctors, the #WHO, and public. Is NOW shut down during heavy #Influenza outbreaks including emerging #H5N1 poses a lethal danger to the public❗
www.scientificamerican.com/article/urge...
Urgent CDC Data on Influenza and Bird Flu Go Missing as Outbreaks Escalate
Delays in CDC analyses of infectious disease threats and agency silence will harm Americans, doctors and public health experts warn
www.scientificamerican.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Exceptionally high #TB (#tuberculosis) attack rates now. Expected because, #COVID19 deletes virus-specific memory #CD8 T cells that provide substantial protection from lethal COVID-19 infection and confer immunity against intracellular pathogens like TB❗
www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...
Frontiers | CD8+ T-cell immune escape by SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
Despite the efficacy of antiviral drug repositioning, convalescent plasma (CP), and the currently available vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrom...
www.frontiersin.org
February 19, 2025 at 8:57 AM
#Antivaxx #RFK Jr with NO Science credibility is now a powerful force in US government undermining valid Medical⚕ Science and promoting pseudoscientific misinformation as official policy when lethal disease #pandemics are a top national security threat❗
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Vaccine sceptic RFK Jr is now a powerful force in US science: what will he do?
Kennedy has expressed support for some fields, but has also declared he’d like a ‘break’ in infectious-disease research.
www.nature.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:55 AM
#H5N1, highly pathogenic☠ avian #influenza virus currently spreading in cows, only needs a single mutation to readily latch on to human cells in the upper airway. A one-step path making H5N1 virus effective at human transmission, causing a new Pandemic☣.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird...
Bird Flu Virus Is One Mutation Away from Binding More Efficiently to Human Cells
A new study finds tweaking part of the H5N1 virus infecting dairy cows in a single spot could allow it to better attach to human cell receptors, raising concerns it could transmit more easily between ...
www.scientificamerican.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Federal Judge blocks Trump administration forcing $4 Billion of #NIH cuts to Medical⚕ Research funding👏🏽after 22 States sued to stop the problem. Ending NIH funding is part of Project 2025's playbook to replace credible Medical⚕ Science with business run health scams❗
www.cbsnews.com/news/nih-fed...
Federal judge blocks Trump administration cuts to medical research funding
The National Institutes of Health says the cuts will save more than $4 billion a year, but critics say it puts potentially lifesaving research in jeopardy.
www.cbsnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
“Leaving the #WHO (World Health Organization) would mean, among other things, that the CDC (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention) would have NO access to the global data that the agency provides.”🤔
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u...
Trump Withdraws U.S. From World Health Organization
Public health experts say U.S. withdrawal from the W.H.O. would undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
#COVID19 Still Here & Evolving Despite #antivaxx misinformation❗ #coronaviruses like #SARSCoV2 can evolve into #enterovirus spreading through GI system. New & more dangerous #variants can emerge that evade existing immunity (like #XEC).
sciencebasedmedicine.org/covid-is-sti...
@sciencebasedmed
COVID Is Still Here, But Changing
My hospital just reinstituted mask mandates for all staff working with patients. They also advise patients to wear masks while in the hospital, but have not made it a requirement. I still have a stas
sciencebasedmedicine.org
February 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
#COVID19 #Pandemic saw the advent of 1st approved messenger RNA #mRNA vaccines. mRNA tech helped Scientists create #vaccines in less than a year, reversed the pandemic & beat the 4-year record set by mumps vaccine. Confirming the great potential of mRNA❗
www.newscientist.com/article/2462...
Covid-19 led to a new era of vaccines that could transform medicine
mRNA vaccines have been a long time coming, but were only approved after covid-19 emerged, marking the beginning of a new way of preventing – and treating – various conditions
www.newscientist.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
#COVID19 disease via #SARSCoV2 virus killed millions of people & without nonpharmaceutical containment methods would of been much worse. Researchers fear the next #Pandemic ☣ WILL be much worse. It's vital to prepare now for unknown #pathogen threats❗
www.newscientist.com/article/2462...
Will there be another pandemic after covid-19 and are we prepared?
Covid-19 is responsible for the deaths of millions of people around the world, but researchers fear the next global outbreak could be even worse, making it vital that we start preparing for that unkno...
www.newscientist.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
#BlueOrigin launched #NewGlenn, a reusable rocket intended to rival SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy. Booster recovery planned for next time. The era of heavy lift launch vehicles, large space structures and, practical space travel may be coming very soon.🚀
www.newscientist.com/article/2463...
New Glenn launch: Blue Origin's reusable rocket set for maiden flight
Jeff Bezos’s space company is about to launch New Glenn, a reusable rocket intended to rival SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, for the first time
www.newscientist.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
California wildfires fueled by months of unusual extreme weather. Fast-moving #wildfires are burning long after the regular fire season is over due to an unlikely sequence of #ExtremeWeather events exacerbated by anthropogenic #ClimateChange 🔥
www.newscientist.com/article/2463...
California wildfires fuelled by months of unusual extreme weather
Fast-moving wildfires are burning long after the regular fire season is over due to an unlikely sequence of extreme weather events that may have been exacerbated by climate change
www.newscientist.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
LA #WildFires Should Be a Climate Wake-Up Call: 5 Dead, 130K+ Evacuated. There's NO credible doubt about the direct connection between fossil fuel burning over 200 years & #ClimateChange due to the buildup of heat-trapping CO2 & methane🔥
www.democracynow.org/2025/1/9/la_... @democracynow.bsky.social
L.A. Fires Should Be a Climate Wake-Up Call: 5 Dead, 130K+ Evacuated
Raging wildfires continue to scorch communities across the Los Angeles area, killing at least five people, displacing about 100,000 more and destroying thousands of structures. With firefighters unabl...
www.democracynow.org
January 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The first Nucleoside-modified mRNA-LNP #NorovirusVaccine candidate is now here❗ Nucleoside-modified mRNA-LNP vaccines have revolutionized vaccine💉 development against infectious pathogens due to their ability to elicit potent humoral & cellular immune responses.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bivalent norovirus mRNA vaccine elicits cellular and humoral responses protecting human enteroids from GII.4 infection - npj Vaccines
npj Vaccines - Bivalent norovirus mRNA vaccine elicits cellular and humoral responses protecting human enteroids from GII.4 infection
www.nature.com
January 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Viral disease #HMPV Human MetaPneumoVirus is rising in China with kids. HMPV belongs to same virus family as Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), a virus also causing colds & lung infections that can progress to a possible lethal bronchitis and/or pneumonia.
www.livescience.com/health/virus...
Viral disease HMPV is on the rise among kids in China — what is it?
Health officials have reported a rise in human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infections among children ages 14 and under in China, but the exact magnitude of this uptick is unclear.
www.livescience.com
January 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
When #rabies virus☣️ infects the central nervous system🧠 and clinical symptoms appear, rabies is FATAL ☠️ in 100% of cases❗

The treatment for rabies in a human is just a 4-dose series of rabies #vaccines 💉 along with Human Rabies Immune Globulin (HRIG).
www.who.int/news-room/fa...
January 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Genetic🧬tracing of market wildlife and #viruses at the epicenter of the #COVID19 Pandemic☣ confirms #zoonotic origin of #SARSCoV2 virus indicating the #pandemic started at Huanan seafood market in Wuhan China. Further debunking #LabLeak conspiracies❗
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Genetic tracing of market wildlife and viruses at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic
DNA of mammalian wildlife species susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 was detected along with SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses in environmental samples from animal stalls located at the market epicenter of the emergence of COVID-19.
www.cell.com
December 26, 2024 at 8:46 AM
#MIT database of 8,000 new #AI-generated #EV aerodynamic designs DrivAerNet++ can shape future cars with high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics #CFD simulations while calculating the EV's efficiency & range without the need for a physical prototype.
livescience.com/technology/e...
December 24, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Avian #H5N1 influenza: #BirdFlu spread triggers state of emergency in #California, a necessary proactive measure ensuring state & local agencies have resources & flexibility for a rapid response to outbreaks.
www.livescience.com/health/flu/a...
Avian influenza: Bird flu spread triggers state of emergency in California
The declaration of a state of emergency in California over avian influenza comes within days of the first severe human case of bird flu in the U.S.
www.livescience.com
December 24, 2024 at 8:57 AM
#Antivaxx, Human & Health Services Secretary nominee Robert F Kennedy Jr & Trump claim #vaccines 💉cause #autism, they're wrong. NOT one paper published in respected journals has clinical &/or epidemiological data supporting this claim❗
skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap...
via @skepticalraptor
December 24, 2024 at 8:54 AM
#H5N1 #BirdFlu worldwide virus already better at infecting people than early strains. Single mutation allows infection in cells lining noses & throats, making it airborne. This mutation & swapping genes with human flu virus could give it a real #pandemic ☣potential❗
newscientist.com/article/2459...
December 6, 2024 at 4:35 AM
Sale of #RFKJr.’s Beloved #RawMilk Suspended at California Farm After Positive➕ Tests for #BirdFlu #H5N1 viral strain. Right-wing online #MAHA wellness influencers promote unpasteurized dairy despite numerous Medical⚕ Warnings of potentially lethal health risks❗
www.thedailybeast.com/distribution...
Sale of RFK Jr.’s Beloved Raw Milk Suspended at Farm in Home State After Bird Flu Detected
A farm in California has been ordered by state officials to stop distributing raw milk after multiple batches tested positive for the bird flu virus.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:22 AM
AMR (Anti-Microbial Resistance) to #Antibiotics Could Surpass Cancer as Leading Cause of Death by 2050❗ While #AMR primarily involves #bacteria, viral infections and #vaccination 💉against #viruses is also a major part of a solution.
#AntiMicrobialResistance
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
AMR Could Surpass Cancer as Leading Cause of Death by 2050
The importance of vaccination in helping address the concerning rise in antimicrobial resistance was emphasized by experts in the field.
www.medscape.com
December 3, 2024 at 3:18 AM
Cervical #cancer mortality in US for #Women under 25 years of age significantly declined between 2016 & 2021, due to widespread adoption of the #HumanPapillomavirus #Vaccine💉 #HPV #vaccination recommended for routine use for Women in the US since June 2006.👏🏽
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November 30, 2024 at 7:42 AM