Diane G Newell
@dgebn.bsky.social
Retired UK scientist (interested in microbiology, ecology, food safety, climate change, DEI and education) and horrified by what is currently happening in the world.
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Bayer/Monsanto's bogus Roundup research is retracted. In 2017, a lawsuit uncovered internal emails from chemical giant Monsanto that suggested its employees helped ghostwrite an influential paper that claimed to find no evidence the company’s widely used glyphosate herbicide, Roundup, caused cancer.
Journal retracts weed killer study backed by Monsanto, citing ‘serious ethical concerns’
Highly cited paper was used as evidence that the widely used herbicide Roundup is safe
www.science.org
December 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Bayer/Monsanto's bogus Roundup research is retracted. In 2017, a lawsuit uncovered internal emails from chemical giant Monsanto that suggested its employees helped ghostwrite an influential paper that claimed to find no evidence the company’s widely used glyphosate herbicide, Roundup, caused cancer.
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A nice story for a change as a wild beaver been discovered in Norfolk.
‘No one knows where it came from’: first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk for 400 years
Cameras capture lone creature collecting materials for its lodge in riverside nature reserve
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
A nice story for a change as a wild beaver been discovered in Norfolk.
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This is an excellent summary of the days events and the science supporting infant vaccine for hepatitis b
During chaotic meeting, CDC advisers handpicked by RFK Jr. postpone vote on changing hepatitis B vaccine recommendations
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
This is an excellent summary of the days events and the science supporting infant vaccine for hepatitis b
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5/ 8️⃣ Train future leaders in political literacy & negotiation
9️⃣ Defend & reinvent multilateralism
Health must be a cornerstone of peace & prosperity—not a casualty of politics.
Read our full paper here: www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10....
9️⃣ Defend & reinvent multilateralism
Health must be a cornerstone of peace & prosperity—not a casualty of politics.
Read our full paper here: www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10....
SSPH+ | An Agenda for Public Health Diplomacy in an Age of Populism
BackgroundPublic health is under pressure from rising populism, disinformation, and weakened global institutions, threatening cooperation, equity, and trust ...
www.ssph-journal.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
5/ 8️⃣ Train future leaders in political literacy & negotiation
9️⃣ Defend & reinvent multilateralism
Health must be a cornerstone of peace & prosperity—not a casualty of politics.
Read our full paper here: www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10....
9️⃣ Defend & reinvent multilateralism
Health must be a cornerstone of peace & prosperity—not a casualty of politics.
Read our full paper here: www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10....
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We now have the "persons with lived experience" portion of the meeting. This is new, but it seems to function analogously to public comments. I won't discuss the entire segment.
We are now back. The order of presenters has been changed; we now have a presentation from CMS:
www.cdc.gov/acip/downloa...
The VFC presentation will be after the presentation on people's lived experiences and after there is agreement on voting language.
www.cdc.gov/acip/downloa...
The VFC presentation will be after the presentation on people's lived experiences and after there is agreement on voting language.
December 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
We now have the "persons with lived experience" portion of the meeting. This is new, but it seems to function analogously to public comments. I won't discuss the entire segment.
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After a contentious discussion, the vaccine advisory group pushed the vote to Friday to give members time to study the language of proposed changes longstanding policy on the shots. n.pr/48mr3z7
CDC advisers delay planned vote on hepatitis B vaccine for infants
After a contentious discussion, the vaccine advisory group pushed the vote to Friday to give members time to study the language of proposed changes longstanding policy on the shots.
n.pr
December 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
After a contentious discussion, the vaccine advisory group pushed the vote to Friday to give members time to study the language of proposed changes longstanding policy on the shots. n.pr/48mr3z7
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The ACIP meeting today was a disgrace. What a bunch of nincompoops. Making things up, can't even figure out what they're voting on. It's a clown show. Except it isn't funny. Lives are at stake and the worst people are in charge.
Defend Public Health is speaking out about the ACIP meeting calling it an epidemiological crime scene.
www.defendpublichealth.org/press-releas...
www.defendpublichealth.org/press-releas...
ACIP Meeting Turns into “Epidemiological Crime Scene” | Defend Public Health
Health experts with Defend Public Health expressed shock at the flood of antivaxxer disinformation that dominated the first day of the December meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practi...
www.defendpublichealth.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The ACIP meeting today was a disgrace. What a bunch of nincompoops. Making things up, can't even figure out what they're voting on. It's a clown show. Except it isn't funny. Lives are at stake and the worst people are in charge.
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I had to take a break after caller Michael Belkin declared that HepB is a disease of “gays, junkies and promiscuous heterosexuals” and Robert Malone THANKED HIM FOR IT.
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I had to take a break after caller Michael Belkin declared that HepB is a disease of “gays, junkies and promiscuous heterosexuals” and Robert Malone THANKED HIM FOR IT.
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The circus that is ACIP is meeting to review Hepatitis B vaccine policies. My uncle (a non drinker) died of liver cirrhosis.
I will never forget how his belly looked towards end of his life. There is no cure for Hep B infections.
25% of children who develop chronic Hep B infections will die.
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I will never forget how his belly looked towards end of his life. There is no cure for Hep B infections.
25% of children who develop chronic Hep B infections will die.
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Hepatitis B: What parents should know about the virus and the vaccine
For decades, newborns in the U.S. have been given the hepatitis B vaccine. This could change. A CDC vaccine advisory panel may vote to end that routine vaccination. Here's what parents should know.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The circus that is ACIP is meeting to review Hepatitis B vaccine policies. My uncle (a non drinker) died of liver cirrhosis.
I will never forget how his belly looked towards end of his life. There is no cure for Hep B infections.
25% of children who develop chronic Hep B infections will die.
🧪
I will never forget how his belly looked towards end of his life. There is no cure for Hep B infections.
25% of children who develop chronic Hep B infections will die.
🧪
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Former FDA Commissioners on the recent claims by Vinay Prasad...
"We are deeply concerned by sweeping new FDA assertions abt vaccine safety & proposals that wld undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure that vaccines are safe, effective, & available when the public needs them most." 🛟🧪😷medsky
"We are deeply concerned by sweeping new FDA assertions abt vaccine safety & proposals that wld undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure that vaccines are safe, effective, & available when the public needs them most." 🛟🧪😷medsky
A Threat to Evidence-Based Vaccine Policy and Public Health Security at the FDA | NEJM
Twelve former commissioners of the FDA express concern that the agency’s recent moves
will undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure vaccine safety, effectiveness,
and availability.
www.nejm.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Former FDA Commissioners on the recent claims by Vinay Prasad...
"We are deeply concerned by sweeping new FDA assertions abt vaccine safety & proposals that wld undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure that vaccines are safe, effective, & available when the public needs them most." 🛟🧪😷medsky
"We are deeply concerned by sweeping new FDA assertions abt vaccine safety & proposals that wld undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure that vaccines are safe, effective, & available when the public needs them most." 🛟🧪😷medsky
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Make the wrong decisions for #vaccines & ‘preventable diseases can come roaring back’.
A timely dose of #HBV vaccine at birth is one of our simplest, safest & best anti #cancer strategies.
Universal access matters.
Look at the figure below- a stunning success since roll-out.
@gavi.org
#MedSky 🧪
A timely dose of #HBV vaccine at birth is one of our simplest, safest & best anti #cancer strategies.
Universal access matters.
Look at the figure below- a stunning success since roll-out.
@gavi.org
#MedSky 🧪
A great overview on what to expect from the CDC vaccine meeting tomorrow and Friday. Pay special attention to the playbook at the end — every single one of those tactics is likely to be used and is easily recognizable if you know what to look for. yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/what-to-ex...
What to expect from this week's U.S. vaccine meeting
Hep B, routine vaccination schedule, and a firehose of falsehoods
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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If timely birth dose #HBV #vaccine is restricted, there will be a predictable surge in new chronic infections.
There are *no* documented harms of this vaccine dose in early life.
In contrast, chronic viral #hepatitis leads to *over a million deaths a year worldwide*.
#vaccineswork
#MedSky 🧪💉
There are *no* documented harms of this vaccine dose in early life.
In contrast, chronic viral #hepatitis leads to *over a million deaths a year worldwide*.
#vaccineswork
#MedSky 🧪💉
December 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
If timely birth dose #HBV #vaccine is restricted, there will be a predictable surge in new chronic infections.
There are *no* documented harms of this vaccine dose in early life.
In contrast, chronic viral #hepatitis leads to *over a million deaths a year worldwide*.
#vaccineswork
#MedSky 🧪💉
There are *no* documented harms of this vaccine dose in early life.
In contrast, chronic viral #hepatitis leads to *over a million deaths a year worldwide*.
#vaccineswork
#MedSky 🧪💉
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It’s a crucial moment to say this again, loudly:
#vaccines cause adults.
Let’s keep causing adults.
🧪 #HBV #NoHep #vaccineswork #MedSky #HepSky #IDSky #PublicHealth @who.int
@gavi.org @altcdc.altgov.info @worldhepalliance.bsky.social
#vaccines cause adults.
Let’s keep causing adults.
🧪 #HBV #NoHep #vaccineswork #MedSky #HepSky #IDSky #PublicHealth @who.int
@gavi.org @altcdc.altgov.info @worldhepalliance.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
It’s a crucial moment to say this again, loudly:
#vaccines cause adults.
Let’s keep causing adults.
🧪 #HBV #NoHep #vaccineswork #MedSky #HepSky #IDSky #PublicHealth @who.int
@gavi.org @altcdc.altgov.info @worldhepalliance.bsky.social
#vaccines cause adults.
Let’s keep causing adults.
🧪 #HBV #NoHep #vaccineswork #MedSky #HepSky #IDSky #PublicHealth @who.int
@gavi.org @altcdc.altgov.info @worldhepalliance.bsky.social
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You know things are bad when a dozen former FDA commissioners, from as far as 1990, pen a word criticizing Vinay Prasad’s memo on Covid vaccines.
The decision to change vaccine policy was based on VAERS, an unreliable source of data.
🧪 www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/f...
The decision to change vaccine policy was based on VAERS, an unreliable source of data.
🧪 www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/f...
A dozen former FDA commissioners decry Prasad memo on vaccine regulation
Changes to the ways in which the FDA plans to regulate vaccines represent a threat to effective vaccines and public health, 12 former commissioners say.
www.statnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You know things are bad when a dozen former FDA commissioners, from as far as 1990, pen a word criticizing Vinay Prasad’s memo on Covid vaccines.
The decision to change vaccine policy was based on VAERS, an unreliable source of data.
🧪 www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/f...
The decision to change vaccine policy was based on VAERS, an unreliable source of data.
🧪 www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/f...
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Vaccines work 🧪
A great overview on what to expect from the CDC vaccine meeting tomorrow and Friday. Pay special attention to the playbook at the end — every single one of those tactics is likely to be used and is easily recognizable if you know what to look for. yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/what-to-ex...
What to expect from this week's U.S. vaccine meeting
Hep B, routine vaccination schedule, and a firehose of falsehoods
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Vaccines work 🧪
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It's truly bonkers what they are doing to public health. 🩺 🧪
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It's truly bonkers what they are doing to public health. 🩺 🧪
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A vaccine targeting human IgE induces long-term protection against anaphylaxis in humanized mice | Science Translational Medicine www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪
A vaccine targeting human IgE induces long-term protection against anaphylaxis in humanized mice
A conjugate vaccine targeting human IgE induces long-term production of neutralizing antibodies and protects against anaphylaxis in humanized mice.
www.science.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
A vaccine targeting human IgE induces long-term protection against anaphylaxis in humanized mice | Science Translational Medicine www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪
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thanks for a great write up and glad you are on the mend.
December 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
thanks for a great write up and glad you are on the mend.
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Geneticist and microbiologist Rita Rossi Colwell was born #OTD in 1934. She was the first researcher in the US to use computers to analyze bacteriological data, and the first woman to serve as director of the NSF. 🧪 👩🔬
November 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Geneticist and microbiologist Rita Rossi Colwell was born #OTD in 1934. She was the first researcher in the US to use computers to analyze bacteriological data, and the first woman to serve as director of the NSF. 🧪 👩🔬
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How does this stuff pass peer review…….
The findings of a study in Nature Medicine introduce microbial elements as a component of the brain tumor microenvironment and lay the foundation for future mechanistic and translational studies. go.nature.com/44bO314 #medsky #microbiome 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
How does this stuff pass peer review…….
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Fascinating. A gut bacteria (Aeromonas variant) makes a toxin called aerolysin that kills gut macrophages and increases inflammation in Ulcerative Colitis.
Anti-aerolysin antibodies stopped the colitis in mice. Wow!
Could this be a new treatment for UC?
#medsky #GIsky 🧪
Anti-aerolysin antibodies stopped the colitis in mice. Wow!
Could this be a new treatment for UC?
#medsky #GIsky 🧪
New discovery in ulcerative colitis: a bacterial toxin that kills macrophages and increases inflammation, which could be the foundation for a new treatment
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A bacterial toxin disarms gut defenses against inflammation
Macrophage-toxic bacteria from patients with ulcerative colitis worsen gut inflammation in mice
science.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Join the webinar on 26 Nov 2025 introducing the EUP OHAMR Joint Transnational Call 2026 ‘Treatments and adherence to treatment protocols’. 37 funders from 28 countries, total budget >€31 million.
Register here: ohamr.eu/calls/call-2... 🧪
@eupohamr.bsky.social
Register here: ohamr.eu/calls/call-2... 🧪
@eupohamr.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Join the webinar on 26 Nov 2025 introducing the EUP OHAMR Joint Transnational Call 2026 ‘Treatments and adherence to treatment protocols’. 37 funders from 28 countries, total budget >€31 million.
Register here: ohamr.eu/calls/call-2... 🧪
@eupohamr.bsky.social
Register here: ohamr.eu/calls/call-2... 🧪
@eupohamr.bsky.social
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Chemists discovered a powerful hidden antibiotic that’s 100 times stronger than existing ones and effective against deadly superbugs.
The study has been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
🧪🧵⬇️
The study has been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
🧪🧵⬇️
November 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Chemists discovered a powerful hidden antibiotic that’s 100 times stronger than existing ones and effective against deadly superbugs.
The study has been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
🧪🧵⬇️
The study has been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
🧪🧵⬇️
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🦆 Bird flu in WA:
This is the first-ever human case of H5N5 avian influenza. It's been seen in animals before, but never before in people.
It was confirmed in a Grays Harbor County resident that had backyard poultry which may have mingled with wild birds.
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/h5n...
This is the first-ever human case of H5N5 avian influenza. It's been seen in animals before, but never before in people.
It was confirmed in a Grays Harbor County resident that had backyard poultry which may have mingled with wild birds.
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/h5n...
H5N5 Avian influenza confirmed in Grays Harbor County resident
For immediate release: November 14, 2025 (25-138) First detection of this strain in a human, risk to the public remains low Contact: DOH Communications
doh.wa.gov
November 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🦆 Bird flu in WA:
This is the first-ever human case of H5N5 avian influenza. It's been seen in animals before, but never before in people.
It was confirmed in a Grays Harbor County resident that had backyard poultry which may have mingled with wild birds.
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/h5n...
This is the first-ever human case of H5N5 avian influenza. It's been seen in animals before, but never before in people.
It was confirmed in a Grays Harbor County resident that had backyard poultry which may have mingled with wild birds.
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/h5n...
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🦠Marburg in Ethiopia
Ethiopia confirmed its first-ever outbreak, with 9 cases in Southern Ethiopia.
Marburg virus causes severe hemorrhagic fever; it's in the same family as Ebola. It primarily spreads through contact with body fluids. There are no vaccines.
africacdc.org/news-item/af...
Ethiopia confirmed its first-ever outbreak, with 9 cases in Southern Ethiopia.
Marburg virus causes severe hemorrhagic fever; it's in the same family as Ebola. It primarily spreads through contact with body fluids. There are no vaccines.
africacdc.org/news-item/af...
Africa CDC Statement on Confirmed Marburg Virus Disease in Jinka, Southern Region, Ethiopia – Africa CDC
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15 November 2025 — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) acknowledges the confirmation by the Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia and the Ethiopi...
africacdc.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🦠Marburg in Ethiopia
Ethiopia confirmed its first-ever outbreak, with 9 cases in Southern Ethiopia.
Marburg virus causes severe hemorrhagic fever; it's in the same family as Ebola. It primarily spreads through contact with body fluids. There are no vaccines.
africacdc.org/news-item/af...
Ethiopia confirmed its first-ever outbreak, with 9 cases in Southern Ethiopia.
Marburg virus causes severe hemorrhagic fever; it's in the same family as Ebola. It primarily spreads through contact with body fluids. There are no vaccines.
africacdc.org/news-item/af...