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Steven Cooper
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Head of Media Relations @Verily, an Alphabet Health Technology Co.
Flashback for August 23, 2025

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Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, Aug. 23, 2025
Can you sort 8 historical events?
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August 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Reposted by Steven Cooper
It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory.

Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
April 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Bird flu is spreading. Wastewater monitoring can help us stop it www.statnews.com/2025/03/21/h... via @statnews.com
Bird flu is spreading. Wastewater monitoring can help us stop it
The National Wastewater Surveillance System’s funding expires at the end of fiscal year 2025, just as bird flu heats up.
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March 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Vaccines matter.
Measles Outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico Sicken Nearly 100 People www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
Measles Outbreak in Texas and New Mexico Sickens Nearly 100 People
Texas reported 90 cases this week, while New Mexico reported nine. A majority of the cases have been in a Texas county where vaccination rates have lagged behind the rest of the state.
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February 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The lasting human impact of Trump funding freeze: An 86-year-old’s ride to dialysis now feels tenuous www.statnews.com/2025/02/18/i... via @statnews.com
The lasting human impact of Trump funding freeze: An 86-year-old's ride to dialysis now feels tenuous
The uncertainty around the spending freeze was an epiphany for some, a realization of how omnipresent government services are
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February 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The biggest medical advances of 2024 www.statnews.com/2024/12/30/t... via @statnews.com
The biggest medical advances of 2024
The biggest medical advances of 2024 will be remembered as significant long into the future.
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December 30, 2024 at 4:58 PM
CDC says H5N1 bird flu sample shows mutations that may help the virus bind to cells in the upper airways of people www.statnews.com/2024/12/26/c... via @statnews.com
CDC says H5N1 bird flu sample shows mutations that may help the virus bind to cells in the upper airways of people
The CDC said Thursday that the mutations, detected in a sample taken from a Louisiana patient, may help bind the virus to the upper airways in people.
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December 30, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Reposted by Steven Cooper
Thanks to so many science & health experts for describing why they're here on Bluesky, and what the moves could mean for science communication and public health messaging: www.statnews.com/2024/11/21/b...
Bluesky is the new destination for X/Twitter’s health and science community. Here's why
#MedTwitter is migrating en masse from X to Bluesky, suddenly making it an essential hub for scientific discourse. Here's why.
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November 21, 2024 at 2:10 PM