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Nebraska voters passed a minimum wage increase. LB258 guts it.
I’m calling on the advocacy community: Boycott the businesses of senators backing it. Picket their offices. Fill the rotunda. Your vote is not theirs to undo. #NELeg
I’m calling on the advocacy community: Boycott the businesses of senators backing it. Picket their offices. Fill the rotunda. Your vote is not theirs to undo. #NELeg
April 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Nebraska voters passed a minimum wage increase. LB258 guts it.
I’m calling on the advocacy community: Boycott the businesses of senators backing it. Picket their offices. Fill the rotunda. Your vote is not theirs to undo. #NELeg
I’m calling on the advocacy community: Boycott the businesses of senators backing it. Picket their offices. Fill the rotunda. Your vote is not theirs to undo. #NELeg
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First we learn Epstein-Barr virus causes multiple sclerosis. Next we learn herpes zoster virus causes* dementia.
Infectious disease is taking over neurology!
*(the vaccine benefits could be independent of the infection but that's unclear)
Infectious disease is taking over neurology!
*(the vaccine benefits could be independent of the infection but that's unclear)
Shingles vax appears to prevent dementia! Our Nature paper is first of many from my group to show this. We use a really neat natural experiment to provide causal (not just correlational!) evidence. Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...; video (👏 @DrMayaAdam): bit.ly/4ciRfLh
Geldsetzer Lab Recent Discovery
Using unique natural experiments that avoid common biases, Pascal Geldsetzer and his team found that shingles vaccination has a large protective effect for dementia. The first study from his group was published in Nature in April 2025: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08800-x. His team is now trying to raise funds from private foundations and philanthropy to conclusively test this link in a randomized clinical trial. They want to trial a version of the old live-attenuated shingles vaccine, which is no longer being manufactured. If you are interested in helping to fund this effort, please reach out to pgeldsetzer@stanford.edu This video was directed by Stanford's Global Health Media Innovation Lab. Animation by Janine Van Schoor (janinevanschoor@gmail.com). Sound design by Misha Seeff @mishaseeff
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April 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
First we learn Epstein-Barr virus causes multiple sclerosis. Next we learn herpes zoster virus causes* dementia.
Infectious disease is taking over neurology!
*(the vaccine benefits could be independent of the infection but that's unclear)
Infectious disease is taking over neurology!
*(the vaccine benefits could be independent of the infection but that's unclear)