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January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Artificial intelligence begins prescribing medications in Utah
Artificial intelligence begins prescribing medications in Utah
Pilot program will test how far patients and regulators are willing to trust AI in medicine.
dlvr.it
January 6, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Artificial intelligence begins prescribing medications in Utah
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Trump’s authoritarianism won’t collapse because we convince people it’s authoritarian.
It’ll collapse because it makes life harder: higher costs, lost healthcare, and empty kitchen tables.
It’ll collapse because it makes life harder: higher costs, lost healthcare, and empty kitchen tables.
It’s the economy, fascist
How to actually defeat Trump’s authoritarianism
contrarian.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Trump’s authoritarianism won’t collapse because we convince people it’s authoritarian.
It’ll collapse because it makes life harder: higher costs, lost healthcare, and empty kitchen tables.
It’ll collapse because it makes life harder: higher costs, lost healthcare, and empty kitchen tables.
The falling fertility rates have been described as a public health problem. I have the opposite position, it is actually a public health solution. Over-exploitation of resources is eased, overcrowding and the associated health issues are eased, pollution decreases.
Am I off about that?
Am I off about that?
October 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The falling fertility rates have been described as a public health problem. I have the opposite position, it is actually a public health solution. Over-exploitation of resources is eased, overcrowding and the associated health issues are eased, pollution decreases.
Am I off about that?
Am I off about that?
This is the NIJ study pulled for the US website. Read it and save it so it doesn't disappear.
a.nwps.fi/306123.pdf
a.nwps.fi/306123.pdf
a.nwps.fi
September 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This is the NIJ study pulled for the US website. Read it and save it so it doesn't disappear.
a.nwps.fi/306123.pdf
a.nwps.fi/306123.pdf
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The Pentagon says AI will never be allowed to dominate the human “decision loop” that makes a call on whether to start a war.
But some experts believe the Pentagon is already on a slippery slope as it races to integrate AI into its weapons system to keep up with China and Russia.
But some experts believe the Pentagon is already on a slippery slope as it races to integrate AI into its weapons system to keep up with China and Russia.
The AI Doomsday Machine Is Closer to Reality Than You Think
The Pentagon is racing to integrate AI into its weapons system to keep up with China and Russia. Where will that lead?
www.politico.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The Pentagon says AI will never be allowed to dominate the human “decision loop” that makes a call on whether to start a war.
But some experts believe the Pentagon is already on a slippery slope as it races to integrate AI into its weapons system to keep up with China and Russia.
But some experts believe the Pentagon is already on a slippery slope as it races to integrate AI into its weapons system to keep up with China and Russia.
An interesting idea. The 'The Birth of the Techno-serf' in our news section.
publichealthindependent.com/news-not-gen...
publichealthindependent.com/news-not-gen...
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August 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
An interesting idea. The 'The Birth of the Techno-serf' in our news section.
publichealthindependent.com/news-not-gen...
publichealthindependent.com/news-not-gen...
Renewed warnings about AI with serious risks to global health and survival of our species.
Question. Should AI be moved to the level of a public health concern? And what do we do about it?
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Question. Should AI be moved to the level of a public health concern? And what do we do about it?
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Managing extreme AI risks amid rapid progress
Preparation requires technical research and development, as well as adaptive, proactive governance
www.science.org
July 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Renewed warnings about AI with serious risks to global health and survival of our species.
Question. Should AI be moved to the level of a public health concern? And what do we do about it?
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Question. Should AI be moved to the level of a public health concern? And what do we do about it?
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The new JFK administration is not the only risk to American health care. Medical Properties Trust is a private equity firm that is bankrupting hospitals for profit.
www.businessinsider.com/how-wealthy-...
www.businessinsider.com/how-wealthy-...
Why America's hospitals are on life support
Inside the financial scheme that's crippling America's healthcare providers
www.businessinsider.com
July 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The new JFK administration is not the only risk to American health care. Medical Properties Trust is a private equity firm that is bankrupting hospitals for profit.
www.businessinsider.com/how-wealthy-...
www.businessinsider.com/how-wealthy-...
Celebrate the victories!
www.who.int/news/item/15...
www.who.int/news/item/15...
Senegal joins growing list of countries that have eliminated trachoma
WHO has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Senegal becomes the ninth country in WHO’s African Region to have achieved this feat.
www.who.int
July 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Celebrate the victories!
www.who.int/news/item/15...
www.who.int/news/item/15...
As mentioned in one of our previous posts, will the anti-vax movement include rabies? No link yet, but, concerning.
www.nassaucountyny.gov/CivicAlerts....
www.nassaucountyny.gov/CivicAlerts....
Nassau County Department of Health Declares Imminent Public Health Threat Due to Spread of Rabies
Nassau County Department of Health (NCDOH) has issued a formal declaration of an imminent public health threat in response to the ongoing spread of rabies among wild and feral-domesticated animals in ...
www.nassaucountyny.gov
July 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
As mentioned in one of our previous posts, will the anti-vax movement include rabies? No link yet, but, concerning.
www.nassaucountyny.gov/CivicAlerts....
www.nassaucountyny.gov/CivicAlerts....
Update on a lesser known virus.
www.madisoncounty.ny.gov/CivicAlerts....
www.madisoncounty.ny.gov/CivicAlerts....
Jamestown Canyon virus detected in Madison County mosquito pool
A mosquito pool in the Town of Sullivan has tested positive for the Jamestown Canyon encephalitis (JCV) virus. This virus can be spread to people by the bite of an infected mosquito, but not person to...
www.madisoncounty.ny.gov
July 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Update on a lesser known virus.
www.madisoncounty.ny.gov/CivicAlerts....
www.madisoncounty.ny.gov/CivicAlerts....
We have posted new titles to our banned books repository.
Just a reminder, if you are a public health scientist that is being censored we have repositories for you to post your work.
If that is the case visit our site and email your work.
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Just a reminder, if you are a public health scientist that is being censored we have repositories for you to post your work.
If that is the case visit our site and email your work.
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publichealthindependent.com
June 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We have posted new titles to our banned books repository.
Just a reminder, if you are a public health scientist that is being censored we have repositories for you to post your work.
If that is the case visit our site and email your work.
publichealthindependent.com
Just a reminder, if you are a public health scientist that is being censored we have repositories for you to post your work.
If that is the case visit our site and email your work.
publichealthindependent.com
Mixed news on the neonatal mortality front with many causes of death decline. What we both ironic and concerning is the increase in mortality from malnutrition in one of the most over-nourished countries in the world.
www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/g...
www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/g...
U.S. Neonatal Mortality Has Declined in Recent Years, Though Not For All Causes
Study highlights 'emerging risks,' researcher says
www.medpagetoday.com
June 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Mixed news on the neonatal mortality front with many causes of death decline. What we both ironic and concerning is the increase in mortality from malnutrition in one of the most over-nourished countries in the world.
www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/g...
www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/g...
A new one for me. Pink cocaine. Thanks to Robert Herriman.
outbreaknewstoday.substack.com/p/pink-cocai...
outbreaknewstoday.substack.com/p/pink-cocai...
Pink Cocaine, or Tusi with Diane Calello, MD
On today’s program we’re going to look at a drug that America’s Poison Centers are warning about–its called pink cocaine or Tusi.
outbreaknewstoday.substack.com
June 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A new one for me. Pink cocaine. Thanks to Robert Herriman.
outbreaknewstoday.substack.com/p/pink-cocai...
outbreaknewstoday.substack.com/p/pink-cocai...
Nebraska, we don't hear much from them. They have had three cases of tularemia, presumably from tick bites, up a great deal from 6 cases in the last 10 years.
They also report a couple of cases of animal rabies.
They also report a couple of cases of animal rabies.
June 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Nebraska, we don't hear much from them. They have had three cases of tularemia, presumably from tick bites, up a great deal from 6 cases in the last 10 years.
They also report a couple of cases of animal rabies.
They also report a couple of cases of animal rabies.
So, they have found Ehrlichia chaffeensis in Connecticut ticks, apparently a first. Thanks to disease surveillance and scientists that don't mind handling ticks!
Not surprisingly they can cause Ehrlichiosis, which I know nothing about. The clinical types can see the link below for Sx and Tx.
Not surprisingly they can cause Ehrlichiosis, which I know nothing about. The clinical types can see the link below for Sx and Tx.
June 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
So, they have found Ehrlichia chaffeensis in Connecticut ticks, apparently a first. Thanks to disease surveillance and scientists that don't mind handling ticks!
Not surprisingly they can cause Ehrlichiosis, which I know nothing about. The clinical types can see the link below for Sx and Tx.
Not surprisingly they can cause Ehrlichiosis, which I know nothing about. The clinical types can see the link below for Sx and Tx.
We are cooking up a little side project. Banned Books! We will slowly build the collection. Find them under 'Repositories'.
Why? Because.
Why? Because.
June 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We are cooking up a little side project. Banned Books! We will slowly build the collection. Find them under 'Repositories'.
Why? Because.
Why? Because.
Despite all the news about the COVID vaccine being no longer recommended by the FDA my latest read of the CDC guidelines still recommends them.
Am I missing something or are they just late changing their website?
Am I missing something or are they just late changing their website?
June 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Despite all the news about the COVID vaccine being no longer recommended by the FDA my latest read of the CDC guidelines still recommends them.
Am I missing something or are they just late changing their website?
Am I missing something or are they just late changing their website?
So for those of you in hospital medicine, you might find this interesting. Pseudomonas that grows on common medical practice using it as a nutrient source. This makes tough to manage device infections even worse.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com
June 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
So for those of you in hospital medicine, you might find this interesting. Pseudomonas that grows on common medical practice using it as a nutrient source. This makes tough to manage device infections even worse.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
We have been on the verge of published, peer review and statistically significant not meaning a whole lot. I think we have finally crossed the finish line.
www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
Low-quality papers surge thanks to public data and AI
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www.science.org
May 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
We have been on the verge of published, peer review and statistically significant not meaning a whole lot. I think we have finally crossed the finish line.
www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
While the idea that one there is one cause to our health problems is naive, the discussion of ultra-processed foods is an important one.
Here is a nice and recent review of ultra-processed foods for your consideration.
www.bmj.com/content/bmj/...
Here is a nice and recent review of ultra-processed foods for your consideration.
www.bmj.com/content/bmj/...
www.bmj.com
May 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
While the idea that one there is one cause to our health problems is naive, the discussion of ultra-processed foods is an important one.
Here is a nice and recent review of ultra-processed foods for your consideration.
www.bmj.com/content/bmj/...
Here is a nice and recent review of ultra-processed foods for your consideration.
www.bmj.com/content/bmj/...