Maggie Fox
@maggiefox.bsky.social
Journalist. Health, science, tech in plain English and in context. Truth is not liberal bias. Facts matter, but stories stick. maggie.34 on Signal maggiefox.com
https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/maggie-fox/
onehealthtrust.org podcast host
https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/maggie-fox/
onehealthtrust.org podcast host
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Canada loses measles elimination status after record year of outbreaks
Canada had eliminated measles in 1998, two years prior to the United States.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Photo: US Army / Wikimedia Commons
Canada had eliminated measles in 1998, two years prior to the United States.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Photo: US Army / Wikimedia Commons
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Canada loses measles elimination status after record year of outbreaks
Canada had eliminated measles in 1998, two years prior to the United States.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Photo: US Army / Wikimedia Commons
Canada had eliminated measles in 1998, two years prior to the United States.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Photo: US Army / Wikimedia Commons
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Canada has lost its measles elimination status because of continued spread, international health experts say.
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Canada has lost its measles elimination status because of continued spread, international health experts say.
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I am a f*ing health economist and I approve this message.
I have a f*ing doctorate in epidemiology and I’m still so confused about how to pick a health insurance plan. Open enrollment should not be this hard!
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I am a f*ing health economist and I approve this message.
The actual news here should lead the story. Babies fed a certain brand of infant formula have been developing danverous botulism infections. This is what happens when news organizations don't have their beat health and science reporters write stories.
The FDA said on Saturday that parents and caregivers should stop using some batches of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula after health agencies found an increase in the number of botulism infections in infants who had consumed the powdered formula.
Infant Formula Recalled Amid Botulism Investigation
Health agencies asked caregivers to stop using two batches of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula after they found an increase in cases of infant botulism.
nyti.ms
November 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The actual news here should lead the story. Babies fed a certain brand of infant formula have been developing danverous botulism infections. This is what happens when news organizations don't have their beat health and science reporters write stories.
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We’re now watching the murder of space sciences in America. Unless someone can stop this, this is the beginning of the end.
The brain drain will accelerate until there’s nothing left to stay for. 🧪🔭
The brain drain will accelerate until there’s nothing left to stay for. 🧪🔭
Most of the Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt Campus is planned to be demolished by March 2026, if not sooner.
www.space.com/space-explor...
www.space.com/space-explor...
November 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
We’re now watching the murder of space sciences in America. Unless someone can stop this, this is the beginning of the end.
The brain drain will accelerate until there’s nothing left to stay for. 🧪🔭
The brain drain will accelerate until there’s nothing left to stay for. 🧪🔭
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Brava: “If I don’t file a complaint, then what message does that send to all Mexican women?” Ms. Sheinbaum said at her daily news conference, noting sexual harassment was a crime… “If this can happen to the president, what’s going to happen to all the young women & women across our country?”
Mexico’s President Presses Charges Against Man Who Groped Her on the Street
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Brava: “If I don’t file a complaint, then what message does that send to all Mexican women?” Ms. Sheinbaum said at her daily news conference, noting sexual harassment was a crime… “If this can happen to the president, what’s going to happen to all the young women & women across our country?”
This is an issue at this time of year because wild birds that carry the virus are migrating REALLY long distances. And of course the Trump administration's official stance is to not look for H5N1 at all. Dairy and poultry workers who might be infected sure aren't asking to be tested.
“The network of veterinary labs that's responsible for testing ceased its regular meetings because of the shutdown, Poulsen says.
"The shutdown just kind of pours gas on a smoldering fire and makes us vulnerable," he says. "It's a national security issue."
"The shutdown just kind of pours gas on a smoldering fire and makes us vulnerable," he says. "It's a national security issue."
Bird flu surges among poultry amid a scaled back federal response
Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response.
www.npr.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This is an issue at this time of year because wild birds that carry the virus are migrating REALLY long distances. And of course the Trump administration's official stance is to not look for H5N1 at all. Dairy and poultry workers who might be infected sure aren't asking to be tested.
Y'all. Who is actually naive enough to think the war is over?
November 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Y'all. Who is actually naive enough to think the war is over?
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I went a third of a century accepting, on the testimony of a cartoon, that coyotes chase roadrunners before I ever saw the real thing.
Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
November 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I went a third of a century accepting, on the testimony of a cartoon, that coyotes chase roadrunners before I ever saw the real thing.
What kind of people dress up in all that gear to drag off a small, unarmed woman like this, in front of small children?
Imagine having a kid in this daycare who watches as their teacher is bodily dragged away by masked goons.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
What kind of people dress up in all that gear to drag off a small, unarmed woman like this, in front of small children?
I do not support the concept of an AI entry.
Getting--or got--a PhD? Got boogie in your soul? Then don't be shy. Enter this year's contest--and dance, dance, dance! @science.org
Science’s ‘Dance Your Ph.D.’ contest is open again—with an all new, AI twist
For the first time, there’s a special prize for a research-themed dance generated by an artificial intelligence program
www.science.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I do not support the concept of an AI entry.
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The major opposing candidates called him a jihadist and Democratic leadership didn't make a peep about it!
Boy Mamdani's race is really a vivid reminder that anti-Islamic bigotry is 100% accepted in US public discourse. People don't even bother dog whistling, it's just right out in the open.
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The major opposing candidates called him a jihadist and Democratic leadership didn't make a peep about it!
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in a world full of lazy, bigoted and frankly just fearmongered reporting, be a CJR
Legacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran Mamdani. The New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do. Read @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/analysis/leg...
Legacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran Mamdani
The New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do.
www.cjr.org
November 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
in a world full of lazy, bigoted and frankly just fearmongered reporting, be a CJR
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Not The Onion, but CBS News
Not an indie-club stand-up routine before ICE arrives to stomp on the club owner in front of his mom, but actual testimony from the snowflakiest fascist goons ever to hit the mean. shop- and tourist-lined streets of northwest DC
Not an indie-club stand-up routine before ICE arrives to stomp on the club owner in front of his mom, but actual testimony from the snowflakiest fascist goons ever to hit the mean. shop- and tourist-lined streets of northwest DC
“Lairmore said he ‘could feel it through his ballistic vest’ and it ‘exploded all over’ him after the Subway stack hit him. He said he ‘could smell the onions and mustard’ on his uniform, and even had an onion string hanging by his police radio later that night.”
This court case is pure gold.
This court case is pure gold.
Border Patrol agent testifies sandwich thrown at him "exploded all over," left mustard stains
Sean Dunn has been charged with a misdemeanor felony count for throwing a sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent during President Trump's federal takeover of D.C.
www.cbsnews.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Not The Onion, but CBS News
Not an indie-club stand-up routine before ICE arrives to stomp on the club owner in front of his mom, but actual testimony from the snowflakiest fascist goons ever to hit the mean. shop- and tourist-lined streets of northwest DC
Not an indie-club stand-up routine before ICE arrives to stomp on the club owner in front of his mom, but actual testimony from the snowflakiest fascist goons ever to hit the mean. shop- and tourist-lined streets of northwest DC
“Now, we have FDA ‘Mean Girls’ burn books happening out in the open." www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/f...
Experts worry FDA’s credibility is being shredded by scandal and 'soap opera'
Experts worry that the FDA’s credibility is being shredded by scandal and "soap opera."
www.statnews.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
“Now, we have FDA ‘Mean Girls’ burn books happening out in the open." www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/f...
How much did RFKJr and Trump contribute to making Tylenol a bargain brand? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/b...
Kimberly-Clark Agrees to Buy Kenvue, Maker of Tylenol, for $40 Billion
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
How much did RFKJr and Trump contribute to making Tylenol a bargain brand? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/b...
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Amid attacks on such work, NIH-led research links structural racism to increased heart disease. Story by @aniloza.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/10/31/s...
Amid attacks on such work, NIH-led research links structural racism to increased heart disease
NIH-led research on structural racism was published Friday, even as the Trump administration has cancelled and discredited such work.
www.statnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Amid attacks on such work, NIH-led research links structural racism to increased heart disease. Story by @aniloza.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/10/31/s...
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Outstanding spotted lanternfly costume
November 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Outstanding spotted lanternfly costume
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“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
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Medicare Advantage plans appeal to beneficiaries because they offer extra benefits and cap out-of-pocket costs. But the plans’ provider networks limit enrollees’ choice of physicians, hospitals, and other providers unless they pay extra costs.
Learn more: https://on.kff.org/3Lf8PX3
Learn more: https://on.kff.org/3Lf8PX3
November 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Medicare Advantage plans appeal to beneficiaries because they offer extra benefits and cap out-of-pocket costs. But the plans’ provider networks limit enrollees’ choice of physicians, hospitals, and other providers unless they pay extra costs.
Learn more: https://on.kff.org/3Lf8PX3
Learn more: https://on.kff.org/3Lf8PX3
Cowards and bullies.
October 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Cowards and bullies.
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Happy #Halloween!
Check out our collection of #spooky #agarart from across the internet.
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Check out our collection of #spooky #agarart from across the internet.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Happy #Halloween!
Check out our collection of #spooky #agarart from across the internet.
👉🏼 www.superbugs.online/superblog/ha...
🎃👻💀🦴🧟🧛🏼🕷️👹
Check out our collection of #spooky #agarart from across the internet.
👉🏼 www.superbugs.online/superblog/ha...
🎃👻💀🦴🧟🧛🏼🕷️👹
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This guy is going to get so much money. And he deserves every penny. Locked up for a month for a Facebook post? Be generous with your incoming wealth, Larry.
Larry Bushart, 61, spent over a month in jail over a liberal meme he posted on Facebook. He celebrated his freedom by eating wings, drinking margaritas — and posting a bunch more liberal memes on Facebook. Heart of a true boomer poster.
Gift link: wapo.st/4qwXqSJ w/ @benbrasch.bsky.social
Gift link: wapo.st/4qwXqSJ w/ @benbrasch.bsky.social
A retired policeman posted a Charlie Kirk meme. He spent a month in jail.
The 61-year-old Tennessee man plans to sue after authorities dropped charges over a political Facebook post. Free-speech advocates say it’s a symptom of a wider crackdown.
wapo.st
October 31, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This guy is going to get so much money. And he deserves every penny. Locked up for a month for a Facebook post? Be generous with your incoming wealth, Larry.
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Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
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Got a new story about a little-known HHS agency with a massive job: the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR).
ASPR gave us Operation Warp Speed.
Now it's being run by a conspiracy theorist who calls those vaccines “genocide.” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/meet-a...
ASPR gave us Operation Warp Speed.
Now it's being run by a conspiracy theorist who calls those vaccines “genocide.” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/meet-a...
October 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Got a new story about a little-known HHS agency with a massive job: the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR).
ASPR gave us Operation Warp Speed.
Now it's being run by a conspiracy theorist who calls those vaccines “genocide.” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/meet-a...
ASPR gave us Operation Warp Speed.
Now it's being run by a conspiracy theorist who calls those vaccines “genocide.” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/meet-a...