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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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An #NIH-funded research team has developed an mRNA vaccine to treat pancreatic cancer. Results from the clinical trial were published this week in Nature.

#pancreas #cancer #mRNA #vaccine #medsky #science #medicine #bluesky
In Early-Phase Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trial, Investigational mRNA Vaccine Induces Sustained Immune Activity in Small Patient Group
Learn how MSK researchers are deploying mRNA vaccines against pancreatic cancer.
www.mskcc.org
February 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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New coronavirus discovered in Chinese bats sparks alarm
The virus binds to humans in a similar way to the virus that causes COVID-19.
www.newsweek.com
February 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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February 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Trump’s latest executive order (that was no doubt written by psychopath RFK Jr.) goes after antidepressants.

As someone whose life was saved by them, you will pry my prozac from my cold dead hands.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Sec. 5. Initial Assessment and Strategy from the Make America Healthy Again Commission. (a) Make our Children Healthy Again Assessment. Within 100 days of the date of this order, the Commission shall submit to the President, through the Chair and the Executive Director, the Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment, which shall: (i) identify and describe childhood chronic disease in America compared to other countries; (ii) assess the threat that potential over-utilization of medication, certain food ingredients, certain chemicals, and certain other exposures pose to children with respect to chronic inflammation or other established mechanisms of disease, using rigorous and transparent data, including international comparisons; (iii) assess the prevalence of and threat posed by the prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs; (iv) identify and report on best practices for preventing childhood health issues, including through proper nutrition and the promotion of healthy lifestyles;
February 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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A sick snow goose in West Philly has tested positive for H5N1. This is a very urban/populated area not too far from our lab. It is important for everyone to stay away from sick birds to avoid H5N1 exposures.

www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/health/...
Sick goose is 1st case of bird flu in Philadelphia amid national outbreak
A sick snow goose found in West Philadelphia earlier this month has tested positive for the avian influenza A(H5), making it the first bird in the city to test positive for the highly-pathogenic bird ...
www.nbcphiladelphia.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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AOC: “We are on the eve of an authoritarian administration.” 🇺🇸
January 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Dropping this free resource because we all need to really pay attention to what we hear and read and see. 20 questions to help with critical engagement:

www.michellebelanger.com/ebooks/check...
Thinking Reader's Checklist — Michelle Belanger
twenty questions to help you engage critically with a published work
www.michellebelanger.com
January 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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For Booksky 📚

❌ Goodreads: owned by Amazon.

✅ StoryGraph: black woman-owned, inclusive, has mood based recommendations!

❌ Audible: owned by Amazon.

✅ Libro.fm: supports local books stores.
January 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM