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For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy. n.pr/4akK70l
Olympic Covid restrictions are gone, but some athletes still self-quarantining
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.
n.pr
February 9, 2026 at 1:16 PM
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy. n.pr/4akK70l
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“Researchers from Johns Hopkins, Georgetown and Yale universities recently found that 60 FDA-authorized medical devices using AI were linked to 182 product recalls, according to a research letter published in the JAMA Health Forum in August.”
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
“Researchers from Johns Hopkins, Georgetown and Yale universities recently found that 60 FDA-authorized medical devices using AI were linked to 182 product recalls, according to a research letter published in the JAMA Health Forum in August.”
Don't believe that AI will necessarily improve medical surgery and decisions. #Wachter didn't do his homework. I use genAI almost daily, and AI hallucinations are ever-present.
*my biggest and most exhausted sigh*
"As AI Enters the Operating Room, Reports Arise of Botched Surgeries and Misidentified Body Parts"
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
"As AI Enters the Operating Room, Reports Arise of Botched Surgeries and Misidentified Body Parts"
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
February 10, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Don't believe that AI will necessarily improve medical surgery and decisions. #Wachter didn't do his homework. I use genAI almost daily, and AI hallucinations are ever-present.
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Are people sicker now than in 2019?
Civil servants in England are.
Sickness absence rates have *risen by between 12% to 23% across the age groups*.
Are things getting worse?
It certainly looks like it.
This is exactly what we predicted repeat covid infection would do.
Are people sicker now than in 2019?
Civil servants in England are.
Sickness absence rates have *risen by between 12% to 23% across the age groups*.
Are things getting worse?
It certainly looks like it.
This is exactly what we predicted repeat covid infection would do.
February 9, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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Are people sicker now than in 2019?
Civil servants in England are.
Sickness absence rates have *risen by between 12% to 23% across the age groups*.
Are things getting worse?
It certainly looks like it.
This is exactly what we predicted repeat covid infection would do.
Are people sicker now than in 2019?
Civil servants in England are.
Sickness absence rates have *risen by between 12% to 23% across the age groups*.
Are things getting worse?
It certainly looks like it.
This is exactly what we predicted repeat covid infection would do.
An indoor Superbowl party with about 15 people. I wore my N95 and ate outside. 5 HEPAs on low. >=2 sick. Heard a neighbor child coughing. Opening a window might have helped lower the CO2.
February 10, 2026 at 12:37 PM
An indoor Superbowl party with about 15 people. I wore my N95 and ate outside. 5 HEPAs on low. >=2 sick. Heard a neighbor child coughing. Opening a window might have helped lower the CO2.
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MAHA - Measles Are Happening Again
February 10, 2026 at 1:51 AM
MAHA - Measles Are Happening Again
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ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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1/6 I just delivered my baby in the hospital and was saddened to hear from the staff that routine vitamin K shots for babies are being rejected by parents more frequently now due to the information, without scientific basis or research evidence, being spread by the current administration. 🧪🧬👩🔬🍎🥽⚛️
February 8, 2026 at 10:05 PM
1/6 I just delivered my baby in the hospital and was saddened to hear from the staff that routine vitamin K shots for babies are being rejected by parents more frequently now due to the information, without scientific basis or research evidence, being spread by the current administration. 🧪🧬👩🔬🍎🥽⚛️
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SAD NEWS 😢
My friend's sister is in hospital for a kidney transplant
Her husband is the donor
There is no mask mandate at the hospital
He acquired pneumonia & is in serious condition
10% chance he will lose his life saving his wife
BECAUSE HOSPITALS WON'T MASK THE F*CK UP
My friend's sister is in hospital for a kidney transplant
Her husband is the donor
There is no mask mandate at the hospital
He acquired pneumonia & is in serious condition
10% chance he will lose his life saving his wife
BECAUSE HOSPITALS WON'T MASK THE F*CK UP
December 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
SAD NEWS 😢
My friend's sister is in hospital for a kidney transplant
Her husband is the donor
There is no mask mandate at the hospital
He acquired pneumonia & is in serious condition
10% chance he will lose his life saving his wife
BECAUSE HOSPITALS WON'T MASK THE F*CK UP
My friend's sister is in hospital for a kidney transplant
Her husband is the donor
There is no mask mandate at the hospital
He acquired pneumonia & is in serious condition
10% chance he will lose his life saving his wife
BECAUSE HOSPITALS WON'T MASK THE F*CK UP
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In 2023 @enirenberg.bsky.social & I wrote about RFK Jr's role in the deadly measles outbreak in Samoa (time.com/6289037/robe...)
Turns out, Samoa was a trial run for the horrific, deadly anti-vaxx activism he's now inflicting worlwide 😔
Thx to @bymichellersmith.com & colleagues for their reporting
Turns out, Samoa was a trial run for the horrific, deadly anti-vaxx activism he's now inflicting worlwide 😔
Thx to @bymichellersmith.com & colleagues for their reporting
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that his trip to Samoa in 2019 ahead of a deadly measles outbreak had “nothing to do with vaccines.”
But records obtained by @theguardian.com + @apnews.com — stemming from a FOIA lawsuit filed by @rcfp.org attorneys on the outlets' behalf — tell a different story.
But records obtained by @theguardian.com + @apnews.com — stemming from a FOIA lawsuit filed by @rcfp.org attorneys on the outlets' behalf — tell a different story.
Newly revealed emails undermine RFK Jr testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of measles outbreak
Kennedy later said the purpose of his trip had nothing to do with vaccines. US embassy and UN staff at the time said otherwise, emails show
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:57 PM
In 2023 @enirenberg.bsky.social & I wrote about RFK Jr's role in the deadly measles outbreak in Samoa (time.com/6289037/robe...)
Turns out, Samoa was a trial run for the horrific, deadly anti-vaxx activism he's now inflicting worlwide 😔
Thx to @bymichellersmith.com & colleagues for their reporting
Turns out, Samoa was a trial run for the horrific, deadly anti-vaxx activism he's now inflicting worlwide 😔
Thx to @bymichellersmith.com & colleagues for their reporting
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The number of people currently in ICE custody is now over 73,000, the most in history.
Your reminder that ICE is a for-profit industry and the companies profiting are huge donors to the politicians who voted to continue funding ICE.
Your reminder that ICE is a for-profit industry and the companies profiting are huge donors to the politicians who voted to continue funding ICE.
February 7, 2026 at 3:10 PM
The number of people currently in ICE custody is now over 73,000, the most in history.
Your reminder that ICE is a for-profit industry and the companies profiting are huge donors to the politicians who voted to continue funding ICE.
Your reminder that ICE is a for-profit industry and the companies profiting are huge donors to the politicians who voted to continue funding ICE.
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Great personal story on #polio and need for #vaccines fr #Florida's @gparents4vaccines.bsky.social
www.naplesnews.com/story/opinio...
www.naplesnews.com/story/opinio...
I am a Florida state leader for Grandparents for Vaccines | Opinion
My brother contracted polio in 1954, one year before Salk vaccine was globally spread to stop polio.
www.naplesnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Great personal story on #polio and need for #vaccines fr #Florida's @gparents4vaccines.bsky.social
www.naplesnews.com/story/opinio...
www.naplesnews.com/story/opinio...
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Millions of Americans lose health insurance as COVID-19 era subsidies end - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Millions of Americans lose health insurance as COVID-19 era subsidies end
With the spike in Affordable Care Act health insurance costs, around 4·8 million people
could lose coverage. Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC.
www.thelancet.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Millions of Americans lose health insurance as COVID-19 era subsidies end - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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📢📢📢 BREAKING 📢📢📢
Surprising nobody, newly uncovered emails show RFK Jr lied under oath about the real reason for his 2019 Samoa trip: spreading anti-vax disinformation.
Reminder: 83 people, mostly kids under 5, died of measles during the Samoa outbreak.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Surprising nobody, newly uncovered emails show RFK Jr lied under oath about the real reason for his 2019 Samoa trip: spreading anti-vax disinformation.
Reminder: 83 people, mostly kids under 5, died of measles during the Samoa outbreak.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Newly revealed emails undermine RFK Jr testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of measles outbreak
Kennedy later said the purpose of his trip had nothing to do with vaccines. US embassy and UN staff at the time said otherwise, emails show
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:21 PM
📢📢📢 BREAKING 📢📢📢
Surprising nobody, newly uncovered emails show RFK Jr lied under oath about the real reason for his 2019 Samoa trip: spreading anti-vax disinformation.
Reminder: 83 people, mostly kids under 5, died of measles during the Samoa outbreak.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Surprising nobody, newly uncovered emails show RFK Jr lied under oath about the real reason for his 2019 Samoa trip: spreading anti-vax disinformation.
Reminder: 83 people, mostly kids under 5, died of measles during the Samoa outbreak.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
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On Earth, avalanches are terrifying. On the Sun, they are simply overwhelming.
ESA's Solar Orbiter captured this magnetic avalanche on the Sun as it triggered a major solar flare. There's an outline of the Earth at the beginning for scale.
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
ESA's Solar Orbiter captured this magnetic avalanche on the Sun as it triggered a major solar flare. There's an outline of the Earth at the beginning for scale.
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
January 31, 2026 at 2:52 PM
On Earth, avalanches are terrifying. On the Sun, they are simply overwhelming.
ESA's Solar Orbiter captured this magnetic avalanche on the Sun as it triggered a major solar flare. There's an outline of the Earth at the beginning for scale.
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
ESA's Solar Orbiter captured this magnetic avalanche on the Sun as it triggered a major solar flare. There's an outline of the Earth at the beginning for scale.
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
Some hopeful research
www.livescience.com/health/cance...
www.livescience.com/health/cance...
New triple-drug treatment stops pancreatic cancer in its tracks, a mouse study finds
By targeting three key growth pathways at once, researchers eliminated pancreatic tumors in multiple mouse models and prevented the cancer from returning, a promising step toward overcoming treatment ...
www.livescience.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Some hopeful research
www.livescience.com/health/cance...
www.livescience.com/health/cance...
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“We have seen asthma, allergic rhinitis, hives/urticaria, environmental and food allergies, with the most common being asthma. But then there is also a good subset of patients developing mast cell activation symptoms,” -me
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Long COVID Linked to New-Onset Allergies
Mounting evidence points to a link between new-onset allergies and Long COVID, with mast cell activation syndrome as a potential culprit.
www.medscape.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:19 AM
“We have seen asthma, allergic rhinitis, hives/urticaria, environmental and food allergies, with the most common being asthma. But then there is also a good subset of patients developing mast cell activation symptoms,” -me
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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Today's journey carries you to the Skull Nebula.
This eerie object formed when a Sun-like star expelled its outer layers in its old age, leaving behind its naked core — a white dwarf — one of two stars that can be seen at its very centre.
Read more: www.eso.org/public/news/... 🔭
This eerie object formed when a Sun-like star expelled its outer layers in its old age, leaving behind its naked core — a white dwarf — one of two stars that can be seen at its very centre.
Read more: www.eso.org/public/news/... 🔭
January 28, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Today's journey carries you to the Skull Nebula.
This eerie object formed when a Sun-like star expelled its outer layers in its old age, leaving behind its naked core — a white dwarf — one of two stars that can be seen at its very centre.
Read more: www.eso.org/public/news/... 🔭
This eerie object formed when a Sun-like star expelled its outer layers in its old age, leaving behind its naked core — a white dwarf — one of two stars that can be seen at its very centre.
Read more: www.eso.org/public/news/... 🔭
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Welcome Back, Antares! - January 27-28, 2026 #timelapse from Crestone, Colorado USA
Into the Unknown by Maarten Schellekens is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
#astronomy #astrophotography
Into the Unknown by Maarten Schellekens is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
#astronomy #astrophotography
January 28, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Welcome Back, Antares! - January 27-28, 2026 #timelapse from Crestone, Colorado USA
Into the Unknown by Maarten Schellekens is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
#astronomy #astrophotography
Into the Unknown by Maarten Schellekens is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
#astronomy #astrophotography
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A photo of the Earth and Moon from 114 million miles away.
That’s farther than our average distance from the Sun.
It was taken by the MESSENGER Mercury probe in 2010.
Credit: MESSENGER/NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
#astronomy
That’s farther than our average distance from the Sun.
It was taken by the MESSENGER Mercury probe in 2010.
Credit: MESSENGER/NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
#astronomy
January 28, 2026 at 7:25 PM
A photo of the Earth and Moon from 114 million miles away.
That’s farther than our average distance from the Sun.
It was taken by the MESSENGER Mercury probe in 2010.
Credit: MESSENGER/NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
#astronomy
That’s farther than our average distance from the Sun.
It was taken by the MESSENGER Mercury probe in 2010.
Credit: MESSENGER/NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
#astronomy