Dr. Susan Winters ☕️
@docwinter.bsky.social
Cheese lover, guitarist, physician-scientist investigating the role of inflammatory bio-markers in MS, amateur barista
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Multiple sclerosis patient-derived spontaneous B cells have distinct EBV and host gene expression profiles in active disease - Nature Microbiology
Characterizing EBV and host gene expression profiles of spontaneous lymphoblastoid cell lines isolated from multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with acute or stable disease, as well as healthy donors, su...
www.nature.com
🌐 VIRAL VILLAIN REVEALED: Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) rises in the ranks of concern! New findings expose its link to cancer & neurological disorders. Are we underestimating the power of viruses? 🤔
#MedSky #IDSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MedSky #IDSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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December 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Reposted by Dr. Susan Winters ☕️
Stranger Things is fiction, but the Upside Down is built on real physics ideas like the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Quantum events split reality into countless branches. No portals yet, but the math still works
#StrangerThings #QuantumPhysics #SciComm #Science #Art
Quantum events split reality into countless branches. No portals yet, but the math still works
#StrangerThings #QuantumPhysics #SciComm #Science #Art
Are we living in a parallel universe? The strange physics of Stranger Things
Nature speaks to theoretical physicists to explore the real theories that inspired the hit series. Warning: contains spoilers.
www.nature.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Stranger Things is fiction, but the Upside Down is built on real physics ideas like the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Quantum events split reality into countless branches. No portals yet, but the math still works
#StrangerThings #QuantumPhysics #SciComm #Science #Art
Quantum events split reality into countless branches. No portals yet, but the math still works
#StrangerThings #QuantumPhysics #SciComm #Science #Art
Reposted by Dr. Susan Winters ☕️
December 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
December 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Stranger Things is fiction, but the Upside Down is built on real physics ideas like the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Quantum events split reality into countless branches. No portals yet, but the math still works
#StrangerThings #QuantumPhysics #SciComm #Science #Art
Quantum events split reality into countless branches. No portals yet, but the math still works
#StrangerThings #QuantumPhysics #SciComm #Science #Art
Are we living in a parallel universe? The strange physics of Stranger Things
Nature speaks to theoretical physicists to explore the real theories that inspired the hit series. Warning: contains spoilers.
www.nature.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Stranger Things is fiction, but the Upside Down is built on real physics ideas like the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Quantum events split reality into countless branches. No portals yet, but the math still works
#StrangerThings #QuantumPhysics #SciComm #Science #Art
Quantum events split reality into countless branches. No portals yet, but the math still works
#StrangerThings #QuantumPhysics #SciComm #Science #Art
December 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This study shows that a very common gene variant (MTHFR C677T) plus routine blood chemistry can help identify which people are more likely to get very sick from COVID, moving risk from “random bad luck” toward something we can measure and eventually modify
#COVID19 #LongCOVID #BlueskyScience #MedSky
#COVID19 #LongCOVID #BlueskyScience #MedSky
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
December 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This study shows that a very common gene variant (MTHFR C677T) plus routine blood chemistry can help identify which people are more likely to get very sick from COVID, moving risk from “random bad luck” toward something we can measure and eventually modify
#COVID19 #LongCOVID #BlueskyScience #MedSky
#COVID19 #LongCOVID #BlueskyScience #MedSky
Virologist Chris Buck just brewed the world’s first “vaccine beer” by engineering yeast to make BK polyomavirus proteins—self-testing pints in his own kitchen while skirting the usual FDA path and freaking out bioethicists, antivaxxers, and regulators alike
#ScienceNews
#Bioethics #Vaccines
#ScienceNews
#Bioethics #Vaccines
He made beer that’s also a vaccine. Now controversy is brewing
An NIH scientist’s maverick approach reveals legal, ethical, moral, scientific and social challenges to developing potentially life-saving vaccines.
www.sciencenews.org
December 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Virologist Chris Buck just brewed the world’s first “vaccine beer” by engineering yeast to make BK polyomavirus proteins—self-testing pints in his own kitchen while skirting the usual FDA path and freaking out bioethicists, antivaxxers, and regulators alike
#ScienceNews
#Bioethics #Vaccines
#ScienceNews
#Bioethics #Vaccines
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COVID-19 does more than hit the lungs — a massive US claims study of 1.9M adults 50+ found a 15–24% higher risk of shingles after COVID, and 21% higher if hospitalized with COVID 🔥🦠
#MedSky #Bluesky #COVID19 #HerpesZoster #VZV #Vaccines #PublicHealth
#MedSky #Bluesky #COVID19 #HerpesZoster #VZV #Vaccines #PublicHealth
Increased Risk of Herpes Zoster in Adults ≥50 Years Old Diagnosed With COVID-19 in the United States
AbstractBackground. Case reports have described herpes zoster (HZ) in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, this constitutes low-qual
academic.oup.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
COVID-19 does more than hit the lungs — a massive US claims study of 1.9M adults 50+ found a 15–24% higher risk of shingles after COVID, and 21% higher if hospitalized with COVID 🔥🦠
#MedSky #Bluesky #COVID19 #HerpesZoster #VZV #Vaccines #PublicHealth
#MedSky #Bluesky #COVID19 #HerpesZoster #VZV #Vaccines #PublicHealth
Every winter, thousands don’t die *from* the flu — they die *because* of it.
Flu infections can trigger heart attacks and strokes.
A flu shot isn’t just protection from a virus — it’s protection for your heart. ❤️💉
#HeartHealth #PublicHealth #Vaccines #InfluenzaAwareness #MedSky
Flu infections can trigger heart attacks and strokes.
A flu shot isn’t just protection from a virus — it’s protection for your heart. ❤️💉
#HeartHealth #PublicHealth #Vaccines #InfluenzaAwareness #MedSky
Flu’s link to cardiovascular disease shows why vaccination is essential
Influenza isn’t just a respiratory disease. Measures to stop its transmission, such as vaccination, could prevent thousands of heart-attack deaths.
www.nature.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Every winter, thousands don’t die *from* the flu — they die *because* of it.
Flu infections can trigger heart attacks and strokes.
A flu shot isn’t just protection from a virus — it’s protection for your heart. ❤️💉
#HeartHealth #PublicHealth #Vaccines #InfluenzaAwareness #MedSky
Flu infections can trigger heart attacks and strokes.
A flu shot isn’t just protection from a virus — it’s protection for your heart. ❤️💉
#HeartHealth #PublicHealth #Vaccines #InfluenzaAwareness #MedSky
This is not “just a cold” season, it’s a policy failure: not many Coloradans have gotten a flu shot while a more severe strain rips through and fills hospital beds. Wear a mask in crowded indoor spaces, get your vaccine, and stop giving the virus a free ride to grandma’s house #Flu #MedSky #Art
‘Lots of transmission is out there’: Flu hospitalizations spike rapidly in Colorado
The flu season started at the end of September, beginning of October. Since then, the state dashboard is showing a surge of hospitalizations, cases spiking a bit earlier than usual.
www.kktv.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🔥 BIRD FLU JUST LEVELED UP 🦠
New research shows some avian flu viruses can keep multiplying even at fever temperatures, meaning one of our key defenses might no longer stop them. If this version ever jumps efficiently to humans, we are in serious trouble.
#BirdFlu #H5N1 #MedSky #GlobalHealth
New research shows some avian flu viruses can keep multiplying even at fever temperatures, meaning one of our key defenses might no longer stop them. If this version ever jumps efficiently to humans, we are in serious trouble.
#BirdFlu #H5N1 #MedSky #GlobalHealth
Fever-Proof Bird Flu Variant Could Fuel the Next Pandemic
New research reveals why bird flu poses such an unusual danger to humans: it can keep multiplying even at temperatures that normally shut viruses down.
scitechdaily.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🔥 BIRD FLU JUST LEVELED UP 🦠
New research shows some avian flu viruses can keep multiplying even at fever temperatures, meaning one of our key defenses might no longer stop them. If this version ever jumps efficiently to humans, we are in serious trouble.
#BirdFlu #H5N1 #MedSky #GlobalHealth
New research shows some avian flu viruses can keep multiplying even at fever temperatures, meaning one of our key defenses might no longer stop them. If this version ever jumps efficiently to humans, we are in serious trouble.
#BirdFlu #H5N1 #MedSky #GlobalHealth
Reposted by Dr. Susan Winters ☕️
Scientists just dropped a legit warp drive model in a peer-reviewed journal, no exotic negative energy, just real-physics spacetime bubbles bending their way toward the stars. #WarpDrive #StarTrek #Physics #SciFi #Space #STEM #ScienceNews #Futurism #Art
Scientists Announce a Physical Warp Drive Is Now Possible. Seriously.
Humans are one step closer to traveling at faster-than-light speeds.
www.popularmechanics.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Scientists just dropped a legit warp drive model in a peer-reviewed journal, no exotic negative energy, just real-physics spacetime bubbles bending their way toward the stars. #WarpDrive #StarTrek #Physics #SciFi #Space #STEM #ScienceNews #Futurism #Art
Scientists just dropped a legit warp drive model in a peer-reviewed journal, no exotic negative energy, just real-physics spacetime bubbles bending their way toward the stars. #WarpDrive #StarTrek #Physics #SciFi #Space #STEM #ScienceNews #Futurism #Art
Scientists Announce a Physical Warp Drive Is Now Possible. Seriously.
Humans are one step closer to traveling at faster-than-light speeds.
www.popularmechanics.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Scientists just dropped a legit warp drive model in a peer-reviewed journal, no exotic negative energy, just real-physics spacetime bubbles bending their way toward the stars. #WarpDrive #StarTrek #Physics #SciFi #Space #STEM #ScienceNews #Futurism #Art
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🚀 A shelf-stable, oral COVID vaccine was already a big swing 💊🦠
Now it’s got a new engine 🔥: a partner-investor stepping in 💰🤝 and giving the program real momentum again 📈⚡️
$VXRT $DVAX #Vaccines #Biotech #COVID19
Now it’s got a new engine 🔥: a partner-investor stepping in 💰🤝 and giving the program real momentum again 📈⚡️
$VXRT $DVAX #Vaccines #Biotech #COVID19
Vaxart, Inc. –Dynavax Enters Exclusive License Agreement for Vaxart’s Novel Oral COVID-19 Vaccine Program
The Investor Relations website contains information about Vaxart, Inc.'s business for stockholders, potential investors, and financial analysts.
investors.vaxart.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
🚀 A shelf-stable, oral COVID vaccine was already a big swing 💊🦠
Now it’s got a new engine 🔥: a partner-investor stepping in 💰🤝 and giving the program real momentum again 📈⚡️
$VXRT $DVAX #Vaccines #Biotech #COVID19
Now it’s got a new engine 🔥: a partner-investor stepping in 💰🤝 and giving the program real momentum again 📈⚡️
$VXRT $DVAX #Vaccines #Biotech #COVID19
Vaxart, Inc. –Dynavax Enters Exclusive License Agreement for Vaxart’s Novel Oral COVID-19 Vaccine Program
The Investor Relations website contains information about Vaxart, Inc.'s business for stockholders, potential investors, and financial analysts.
investors.vaxart.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
New study: people who like bitter tastes (think black coffee, dark chocolate, tonic water) score higher on antisocial traits and everyday sadism than those who don’t. 🤯 So… how many of your friends just got VERY quiet reading this? #Coffee #Psychology #MedSky #Art #BlueSky
Individual differences in bitter taste preferences are associated with antisocial personality traits
In two studies, we investigated how bitter taste preferences might be associated with antisocial personality traits. Two US American community samples…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
New study: people who like bitter tastes (think black coffee, dark chocolate, tonic water) score higher on antisocial traits and everyday sadism than those who don’t. 🤯 So… how many of your friends just got VERY quiet reading this? #Coffee #Psychology #MedSky #Art #BlueSky
Smart hackers at Kawaiicon just beat ‘con crud’ with REAL-TIME CO2 monitors in every room! Scan QR codes on posters for live air quality dashboards—green=safe, red=mask up & move. This is the ultimate anti-virus. Who’s next? #AirQuality #HealthSafety #PublicHealth
#MedAky #Art #TechHealthHack
#MedAky #Art #TechHealthHack
This Hacker Conference Installed a Literal Antivirus Monitoring System
At New Zealand's Kawaiicon cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived.
www.wired.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Smart hackers at Kawaiicon just beat ‘con crud’ with REAL-TIME CO2 monitors in every room! Scan QR codes on posters for live air quality dashboards—green=safe, red=mask up & move. This is the ultimate anti-virus. Who’s next? #AirQuality #HealthSafety #PublicHealth
#MedAky #Art #TechHealthHack
#MedAky #Art #TechHealthHack
Camel TEARS may hold POWER to NEUTRALIZE venom from 26 DEADLY snakes! Scientists in Dubai reveal an INCREDIBLE natural antidote that could change snakebite treatment forever! 🐪💧 Who knew the desert beast’s tears pack such a punch? #CamelTears #SnakeBiteCure #MedicalMiracle #ScienceNew
Afghanistan News Today – Breaking News, Politics, Sports & Live Updates | Ariana News
Stay informed with the latest breaking news from Afghanistan. Politics, business, sports, and culture updates in English – all in one place.
www.ariananews.af
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Camel TEARS may hold POWER to NEUTRALIZE venom from 26 DEADLY snakes! Scientists in Dubai reveal an INCREDIBLE natural antidote that could change snakebite treatment forever! 🐪💧 Who knew the desert beast’s tears pack such a punch? #CamelTears #SnakeBiteCure #MedicalMiracle #ScienceNew
Columbia researchers unveil mRNA vaccine platform beyond COVID-19, tailorable within weeks for flu, RSV, or new pandemics. Rapid response pipelines now real, prepping global defense. Future outbreaks, meet your match. #mRNAvaccine #PandemicPreparedness
| Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal
journals.library.columbia.edu
November 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Columbia researchers unveil mRNA vaccine platform beyond COVID-19, tailorable within weeks for flu, RSV, or new pandemics. Rapid response pipelines now real, prepping global defense. Future outbreaks, meet your match. #mRNAvaccine #PandemicPreparedness
Weekly at-home injections to slow early #Alzheimers? FDA just okayed subcutaneous Leqembi maintenance dosing, letting patients stay in the early stage longer with fewer infusion visits. Neurodegeneration is finally on defense. #BrainHealth #Dementia
Alzheimer’s Association Applauds FDA Action Approving Leqembi Weekly Subcutaneous Maintenance Dosing
This approval may allow patients being treated with Leqembi (lecanemab) for early Alzheimer's disease to transition to self-administered doses at home. Read the Alzheimer's Association statement.
www.alz.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Weekly at-home injections to slow early #Alzheimers? FDA just okayed subcutaneous Leqembi maintenance dosing, letting patients stay in the early stage longer with fewer infusion visits. Neurodegeneration is finally on defense. #BrainHealth #Dementia
Wegovy in a pill is coming. Oral semaglutide 25 mg delivered injectable-like weight loss plus better sugars, triglycerides, CRP, even when weight loss was <15%. Same GLP-1 power, no needles. #Metabolism #GLP1 #Health #MedSky
Novo Nordisk presents four new analyses on oral semaglutide 25 mg (Wegovy® in a pill*) at ObesityWeek® 2025, including demonstrated reductions in cardiovascular risk factors
Post hoc analyses include data showing investigational oral semaglutide 25 mg use was associated with improvements in blood sugar control and cardiovascular...
www.prnewswire.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Wegovy in a pill is coming. Oral semaglutide 25 mg delivered injectable-like weight loss plus better sugars, triglycerides, CRP, even when weight loss was <15%. Same GLP-1 power, no needles. #Metabolism #GLP1 #Health #MedSky
Denied by your insurer? Don’t accept NO! Challenge with independent external reviews—forcing them to pay for lifesaving care. Most skip this secret weapon: APPEAL & FIGHT BACK! Your health demands it! #HealthInsurance #Healthcare #InsuranceDenial #Medicare #HealthJustice #AppealNow #MedAky #Health
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Denied by your insurer? Don’t accept NO! Challenge with independent external reviews—forcing them to pay for lifesaving care. Most skip this secret weapon: APPEAL & FIGHT BACK! Your health demands it! #HealthInsurance #Healthcare #InsuranceDenial #Medicare #HealthJustice #AppealNow #MedAky #Health
US projections Apr’24-Apr’25: ~814K #COVID hospitalizations, 54K deaths—same as last year. Universal vax recs save thousands more lives vs high-risk only. Burden’s here; shots blunt it. #MedSky #COVID19 #PublicHealth #bsky
Scenario Projections of COVID-19 Burden in the US, 2024-2025
This decision analytical model presents projected COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths under 6 different vaccination recommendation and immune escape scenarios in the US from April 2024 to April 2025.
jamanetwork.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
US projections Apr’24-Apr’25: ~814K #COVID hospitalizations, 54K deaths—same as last year. Universal vax recs save thousands more lives vs high-risk only. Burden’s here; shots blunt it. #MedSky #COVID19 #PublicHealth #bsky