Christine Marie
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Always willing to pay extra for a room with a view. #travel
ID PharmD 💊| Microbiology 🧫 | Midwest 🌽 | Sports 🏈⚾️🏐⚽️ | Books 📚 | Movies 🍿
Always willing to pay extra for a room with a view. #travel
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Electric bills are up 11% this year, and shutoffs are spiking across the country.
At the same time, corporations are building hundreds of energy-hungry data centers, and working families are being forced to absorb the cost. Higher bills for us, higher profits for them. seiu.co/3M71usW
At the same time, corporations are building hundreds of energy-hungry data centers, and working families are being forced to absorb the cost. Higher bills for us, higher profits for them. seiu.co/3M71usW
More Americans are getting their power shut off, as unpaid bills pile up
Average electricity costs have risen 11 percent since January, more than three times the rate of inflation.
seiu.co
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Electric bills are up 11% this year, and shutoffs are spiking across the country.
At the same time, corporations are building hundreds of energy-hungry data centers, and working families are being forced to absorb the cost. Higher bills for us, higher profits for them. seiu.co/3M71usW
At the same time, corporations are building hundreds of energy-hungry data centers, and working families are being forced to absorb the cost. Higher bills for us, higher profits for them. seiu.co/3M71usW
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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer, and 75% of ALL cases are in kids under six.
In the 1960s, survival rate for ALL was 10%. Today, it’s OVER 90%.
Why? Research & development of modern chemotherapies like vincristine.
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In the 1960s, survival rate for ALL was 10%. Today, it’s OVER 90%.
Why? Research & development of modern chemotherapies like vincristine.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer, and 75% of ALL cases are in kids under six.
In the 1960s, survival rate for ALL was 10%. Today, it’s OVER 90%.
Why? Research & development of modern chemotherapies like vincristine.
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In the 1960s, survival rate for ALL was 10%. Today, it’s OVER 90%.
Why? Research & development of modern chemotherapies like vincristine.
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“We are doing a service for the United States because they’ve identified needs that need to be met,” says Harvard bioengineer Don Ingber, defending federal grants and contracts to universities for scientific and medical research. cbsn.ws/4hRoEiJ
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
“We are doing a service for the United States because they’ve identified needs that need to be met,” says Harvard bioengineer Don Ingber, defending federal grants and contracts to universities for scientific and medical research. cbsn.ws/4hRoEiJ
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“We are truly putting the brakes on scientific innovation in this country at a time when our ostensible adversary, China, is going faster and faster and faster,” says Harvard scientist Don Ingber. “If we can’t be the leader, we’re going to be the follower.” cbsn.ws/4hOpWuW
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
“We are truly putting the brakes on scientific innovation in this country at a time when our ostensible adversary, China, is going faster and faster and faster,” says Harvard scientist Don Ingber. “If we can’t be the leader, we’re going to be the follower.” cbsn.ws/4hOpWuW
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Her sister wrote my favorite essay about her. She points out that RF would have been famous even if she'd never looked at DNA
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Remembering my sister Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin died of ovarian cancer in 1958 aged 37 years. Sympathy and feminism
have combined to give us her familiar image as a downtrodden woman scientist, brilliant
but neglected, a heroine t...
www.thelancet.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Her sister wrote my favorite essay about her. She points out that RF would have been famous even if she'd never looked at DNA
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Halloween may be over, but there's still plenty of horror arriving on streaming this month:
All the Horror Heading to Hulu, Netflix, Tubi & Other Streaming Services in November 2025
November ushers in the post-Halloween blues as the streaming services shift gears for the holidays. While that means that horror isn’t the focus this month, the genre still has a strong presence in No...
bloody-disgusting.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Halloween may be over, but there's still plenty of horror arriving on streaming this month:
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Happy Halloween, my fellow gorehounds!
October 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Happy Halloween, my fellow gorehounds!
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"What began as a modest workplace amenity for public servants has metastasized into a taxpayer-funded citadel of privilege."
Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
October 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"What began as a modest workplace amenity for public servants has metastasized into a taxpayer-funded citadel of privilege."
Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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October 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Measles cases up 31-fold in the Americas region this year
The Americas region have reported 11,313 cases so far this year.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
The Americas region have reported 11,313 cases so far this year.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
September 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Measles cases up 31-fold in the Americas region this year
The Americas region have reported 11,313 cases so far this year.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
The Americas region have reported 11,313 cases so far this year.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
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Pollution from fires, intensified by rising temperatures, is on track to become one of America’s deadliest climate disasters.
Wildfire Smoke Will Kill Thousands More by 2050, Study Finds
Pollution from fires, intensified by rising temperatures, is on track to become one of America’s deadliest climate disasters.
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Pollution from fires, intensified by rising temperatures, is on track to become one of America’s deadliest climate disasters.
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As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...
Joint Statement Calling for Secretary Kennedy Resignation
The American Society for Microbiology released a joint statement calling for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
asm.org
September 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...
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“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group”
Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group”
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I loved this book! Can’t wait for the movie.
VICTORIAN PSYCHO, starring Maika Monroe, Thomasin McKenzie, and Jason Isaacs, is set to arrive in 2026 from Bleecker Street:
‘Victorian Psycho’ Starring Maika Monroe Releasing in 2026 from Bleecker Street
Margaret Qualley (The Substance) had been set to star in the psychological horror-thriller Victorian Psycho for A24, but that iteration of the project is no more. Both Qualley and A24 have departed th...
bloody-disgusting.com
August 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I loved this book! Can’t wait for the movie.
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The CEOs of the country's lowest-paying large companies made $17.2 million on average last year. Their workers made $35,570.
The Wage Gap Between CEOs And Workers Is Widening—And This Popular Company Is The Biggest Offender
The CEOs of the country's lowest-paying large companies made $17.2 million on average last year. Their workers made $35,570.
www.forbes.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The CEOs of the country's lowest-paying large companies made $17.2 million on average last year. Their workers made $35,570.
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Are the mRNA vaccines incredible? YES!
Are the mRNA vaccines perfect? No.
Have the mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives? YES!
Can we make the mRNA vaccines even better? YES!
Can we use mRNA vaccine technology to prevent and treat many other diseases? YES!
Fund mRNA research!
Are the mRNA vaccines perfect? No.
Have the mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives? YES!
Can we make the mRNA vaccines even better? YES!
Can we use mRNA vaccine technology to prevent and treat many other diseases? YES!
Fund mRNA research!
August 19, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Are the mRNA vaccines incredible? YES!
Are the mRNA vaccines perfect? No.
Have the mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives? YES!
Can we make the mRNA vaccines even better? YES!
Can we use mRNA vaccine technology to prevent and treat many other diseases? YES!
Fund mRNA research!
Are the mRNA vaccines perfect? No.
Have the mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives? YES!
Can we make the mRNA vaccines even better? YES!
Can we use mRNA vaccine technology to prevent and treat many other diseases? YES!
Fund mRNA research!
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I asked a numbers guy: What else could Trump's $150 billion mass deportation budget pay for?
The short answer is: Americans could get a lot of FREE health care, and shuttered rural hospitals could reopen their doors. For the long answer, you gotta click through.
The short answer is: Americans could get a lot of FREE health care, and shuttered rural hospitals could reopen their doors. For the long answer, you gotta click through.
Trump’s $150 Billion for Mass Deportation Could Pay For So Much Health Care—Analysis
Reopen shuttered maternity wards, fund rural hospitals for decades, screen millions for breast cancer: An economist does the math.
rewirenewsgroup.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I asked a numbers guy: What else could Trump's $150 billion mass deportation budget pay for?
The short answer is: Americans could get a lot of FREE health care, and shuttered rural hospitals could reopen their doors. For the long answer, you gotta click through.
The short answer is: Americans could get a lot of FREE health care, and shuttered rural hospitals could reopen their doors. For the long answer, you gotta click through.
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Analysts report that cutting the NIH budget by 10% would prevent 30 additional new medications from coming to market in the next three decades.
Trump is proposing a 40% cut to the NIH budget. We could potentially lose hundreds of life-saving treatments.
Trump is proposing a 40% cut to the NIH budget. We could potentially lose hundreds of life-saving treatments.
July 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Analysts report that cutting the NIH budget by 10% would prevent 30 additional new medications from coming to market in the next three decades.
Trump is proposing a 40% cut to the NIH budget. We could potentially lose hundreds of life-saving treatments.
Trump is proposing a 40% cut to the NIH budget. We could potentially lose hundreds of life-saving treatments.
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As a special #summerween treat, I’m sharing some books I’ve been saving to my spooky season list. Now, don’t go eating these up all at once! 🍬 save some for later! 🎃 full list in the alt text
July 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
As a special #summerween treat, I’m sharing some books I’ve been saving to my spooky season list. Now, don’t go eating these up all at once! 🍬 save some for later! 🎃 full list in the alt text
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.