@pombash.bsky.social
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It’s his day.
November 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
It’s his day.
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New study in @thelancet.com
“After nearly 2 years of war and severe restrictions in humanitarian aid, tens of thousands of preschool-aged children in the Gaza Strip are suffering from preventable acute malnutrition and facing an increased risk of mortality”
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
“After nearly 2 years of war and severe restrictions in humanitarian aid, tens of thousands of preschool-aged children in the Gaza Strip are suffering from preventable acute malnutrition and facing an increased risk of mortality”
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Assessment of malnutrition in preschool-aged children by mid-upper arm circumference in the Gaza Strip (January, 2024–August, 2025): a longitudinal, cross-sectional, surveillance study
After nearly 2 years of war and severe restrictions in humanitarian aid, tens of thousands
of preschool-aged children in the Gaza Strip are suffering from preventable acute
malnutrition and facing an ...
www.thelancet.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
New study in @thelancet.com
“After nearly 2 years of war and severe restrictions in humanitarian aid, tens of thousands of preschool-aged children in the Gaza Strip are suffering from preventable acute malnutrition and facing an increased risk of mortality”
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
“After nearly 2 years of war and severe restrictions in humanitarian aid, tens of thousands of preschool-aged children in the Gaza Strip are suffering from preventable acute malnutrition and facing an increased risk of mortality”
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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‘Nickname’ is not ‘nick’ + ‘name.’
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
September 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
‘Nickname’ is not ‘nick’ + ‘name.’
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
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Weleda is a Swiss company, which sponsors a chair in “complementary medicine” at @unibe.ch
“The SS was home to a strong network of anthroposophists”
Weleda “Founded in 1921 by a group including the Austrian “spiritual scientist” and self-proclaimed clairvoyant Rudolf Steiner”
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“The SS was home to a strong network of anthroposophists”
Weleda “Founded in 1921 by a group including the Austrian “spiritual scientist” and self-proclaimed clairvoyant Rudolf Steiner”
Sickening
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September 10, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Weleda is a Swiss company, which sponsors a chair in “complementary medicine” at @unibe.ch
“The SS was home to a strong network of anthroposophists”
Weleda “Founded in 1921 by a group including the Austrian “spiritual scientist” and self-proclaimed clairvoyant Rudolf Steiner”
Sickening
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“The SS was home to a strong network of anthroposophists”
Weleda “Founded in 1921 by a group including the Austrian “spiritual scientist” and self-proclaimed clairvoyant Rudolf Steiner”
Sickening
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If you want a weird but true fact to talk about:
Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
It feels like we should be making a bigger deal of “we actually did in fact find a cure for AIDS”
Evidence is growing that some HIV-infected infants, if given antiretroviral drugs early in life, are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels and then come off the medicine. www.wired.com/story/the-fi...
August 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
If you want a weird but true fact to talk about:
Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Indefensible: Israel’s Unlawful Attack on Iran
By Professor @adhaque.bsky.social
#UNCharter #UNSC
Part of our ongoing series on the #IsraelIranWar
By Professor @adhaque.bsky.social
#UNCharter #UNSC
Part of our ongoing series on the #IsraelIranWar
Indefensible: Israel’s Unlawful Attack on Iran
Legal scholars assess how the UN Charter and international law applies to Israel's strike on Iran's nuclear and other facilities.
www.justsecurity.org
June 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Indefensible: Israel’s Unlawful Attack on Iran
By Professor @adhaque.bsky.social
#UNCharter #UNSC
Part of our ongoing series on the #IsraelIranWar
By Professor @adhaque.bsky.social
#UNCharter #UNSC
Part of our ongoing series on the #IsraelIranWar
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Dubbed "Germany's forgotten genocide", and described by historians as the first genocide of the 20th Century, the systematic murder of more than 70,000 Africans is being marked with a national day of remembrance for the first time in Namibia.
Namibia to mark German colonial genocide for first time with memorial day
Concentration camps and pseudoscientific experiments were used by German officials to torture and kill.
www.bbc.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Dubbed "Germany's forgotten genocide", and described by historians as the first genocide of the 20th Century, the systematic murder of more than 70,000 Africans is being marked with a national day of remembrance for the first time in Namibia.
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“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?”
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
April 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?”
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
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Some good news: A Phase 3 clinical trial of what could be the first new #tuberculosis vaccine in over 100 years has been able to enroll all needed participants months ahead of schedule. www.statnews.com/2025/04/28/m...
Major tuberculosis vaccine trial completes enrollment faster than expected
A closely watched clinical trial testing what could be the world’s first new tuberculosis vaccine in a century has hit its enrollment target, ahead of expectations.
www.statnews.com
April 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Some good news: A Phase 3 clinical trial of what could be the first new #tuberculosis vaccine in over 100 years has been able to enroll all needed participants months ahead of schedule. www.statnews.com/2025/04/28/m...
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99% of new medicines developed by the pharmaceutical industry depend on NIH research jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Comparison of Research Spending on New Drug Approvals by the NIH vs the Pharmaceutical Industry
This cross-sectional study examines National Institutes of Health and pharmaceutical industry investments in recent drug approvals.
jamanetwork.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
99% of new medicines developed by the pharmaceutical industry depend on NIH research jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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The Harvard Gazette asked me about what the recent H5N1 news means, and this is what I said news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Should we be panicked about bird flu? — Harvard Gazette
Not yet, says Harvard epidemiologist William Hanage — though he warns that the CDC should take a much closer look.
news.harvard.edu
January 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The Harvard Gazette asked me about what the recent H5N1 news means, and this is what I said news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
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@stephanienolen.bsky.social is one of the great science and health reporters. This dispatch on mpox in DRC deserves all the awards. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/h...
In Congo, a Medical Mystery Offers Clues to the Mpox Epidemic
In a remote Congolese town, a medical mystery led to the discovery of alarming changes in the mpox virus and, eventually, to a global health emergency.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 11:32 PM
@stephanienolen.bsky.social is one of the great science and health reporters. This dispatch on mpox in DRC deserves all the awards. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/h...