@barbwilhelm.bsky.social
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I know the news is tough right now.
So take a moment and soak in the gorgeousness & promise of the science that led to this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine & Physiology.
WOW.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
So take a moment and soak in the gorgeousness & promise of the science that led to this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine & Physiology.
WOW.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I know the news is tough right now.
So take a moment and soak in the gorgeousness & promise of the science that led to this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine & Physiology.
WOW.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
So take a moment and soak in the gorgeousness & promise of the science that led to this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine & Physiology.
WOW.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
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“The study, by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), also found that similar care needs in women were more likely to be omitted or described in less serious terms.
Dr Sam Rickman, the lead author of the report… said AI could result in “unequal care provision for women””
Dr Sam Rickman, the lead author of the report… said AI could result in “unequal care provision for women””
AI tools used by English councils downplay women’s health issues, study finds
Exclusive: LSE research finds risk of gender bias in care decisions made based on AI summaries of case notes
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
“The study, by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), also found that similar care needs in women were more likely to be omitted or described in less serious terms.
Dr Sam Rickman, the lead author of the report… said AI could result in “unequal care provision for women””
Dr Sam Rickman, the lead author of the report… said AI could result in “unequal care provision for women””
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You know, like two-ish years ago I tried to get people interested in studying the potential dangers of LLMs that give incorrect health advice and no one thought it was fundable. AHEM.
I think I’ll be referencing this case study in my classes this fall: ChatGPT poisoned somebody by telling him to swap in sodium bromide as a substitute for table salt. “For 3 months, he had replaced sodium chloride with sodium bromide obtained from the internet after consultation with ChatGPT”
A Case of Bromism Influenced by Use of Artificial Intelligence | Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Ingestion of bromide can lead to a toxidrome known as bromism. While this condition is less common than it was in the early 20th century, it remains important to describe the associated symptoms and r...
www.acpjournals.org
August 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
You know, like two-ish years ago I tried to get people interested in studying the potential dangers of LLMs that give incorrect health advice and no one thought it was fundable. AHEM.
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Right [SARCASM]. I will advise my fellow americans to do their own research on vaccines. This do-it-yourself research entails:
Scientific design
Ethical approval
Regulatory oversight
Proper facilities
Qualified personnel
Data monitoring and statistical analysis
Participant safety protections
Scientific design
Ethical approval
Regulatory oversight
Proper facilities
Qualified personnel
Data monitoring and statistical analysis
Participant safety protections
This public health nightmare continues. “Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. advised parents of newborns to “do your own research” before vaccinating their infants during a televised interview in which he also suggested the measles shot was unsafe and repeatedly made false statements”
Kennedy Advises New Parents to ‘Do Your Own Research’ on Vaccines
In an interview with Dr. Phil, the health secretary offered false information about vaccine oversight and revealed a lack of basic understanding of new drug approvals.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Right [SARCASM]. I will advise my fellow americans to do their own research on vaccines. This do-it-yourself research entails:
Scientific design
Ethical approval
Regulatory oversight
Proper facilities
Qualified personnel
Data monitoring and statistical analysis
Participant safety protections
Scientific design
Ethical approval
Regulatory oversight
Proper facilities
Qualified personnel
Data monitoring and statistical analysis
Participant safety protections
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Stand with us, or fall against us. Flippers up.
April 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Stand with us, or fall against us. Flippers up.
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As @angierasmussen.bsky.social told me: “There is never a good time to lay waste to essential public health professionals and scientists specializing in emerging viruses and responses to health emergencies, but this is the worst scenario I can possibly imagine.”
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The US Is Withdrawing From Global Health at a Dangerous Time
Trump’s overhaul of the CDC has scientists worried about flu, measles and even Ebola.
www.bloomberg.com
March 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
As @angierasmussen.bsky.social told me: “There is never a good time to lay waste to essential public health professionals and scientists specializing in emerging viruses and responses to health emergencies, but this is the worst scenario I can possibly imagine.”
Gift link ⬇️
tinyurl.com/2ue7eyek
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tinyurl.com/2ue7eyek
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Just in time for the holidays, our lab has just submitted our first lab led paper www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...! We use phylodynamics to reconstruct how H5N1 got to North America and spread so rapidly. Full thread coming post holidays, but for now, super proud of @lambod50.bsky.social
Intensive transmission in wild, migratory birds drove rapid geographic dissemination and repeated spillovers of H5N1 into agriculture in North America
Since late 2021, a panzootic of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus has driven significant morbidity and mortality in wild birds, domestic poultry, and mammals. In North America, infections i...
www.biorxiv.org
December 20, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Just in time for the holidays, our lab has just submitted our first lab led paper www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...! We use phylodynamics to reconstruct how H5N1 got to North America and spread so rapidly. Full thread coming post holidays, but for now, super proud of @lambod50.bsky.social