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What a horror show to have put that man in charge of anything. The documentary is very short and very good. You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybVZ...
Defeating a Virus That Killed Half a Billion People – The Plea
YouTube video by Neil Halloran
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May 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
What a horror show to have put that man in charge of anything. The documentary is very short and very good. You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybVZ...
More Students Write Cute Sciencey Stuff shakespeareanddarwin.wordpress.com/2025/05/13/m...
More Students Write Cute Sciencey Stuff
Terace M. Fletcher I have a student very disgusted with quantum mechanics. Do I blame him? No. In fact, I wrote a discussion board prompt with my own rant included. Soo… electrons aren’t little bal…
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May 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Students Write Cute Sciencey Stuff shakespeareanddarwin.wordpress.com/2025/05/13/s...
Students Write Cute Sciencey Stuff
Terace M. Fletcher I have extra credit discussion board prompts where students get to have a little fun while discussing chemistry. One was about the different states of matter achieved by my littl…
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May 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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The Da Vinci Academic Journal – Volume 1, Issue 1, e2: The Significance of Providing Americans with Access to Functional Medicine for Chronic Disease Management shakespeareanddarwin.wordpress.com/2025/05/04/t...
The Da Vinci Academic Journal – Volume 1, Issue 1, e2: The Significance of Providing Americans with Access to Functional Medicine for Chronic Disease Management
Karla Duncan Professor: Dr. Barbara Garcia West Coast University Abstract Chronic diseases continue to be on the rise, and many Americans are having difficulty receiving proper care due to limitati…
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May 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The Da Vinci Academic Journal – Volume 1, Issue 1, e2: The Significance of Providing Americans with Access to Functional Medicine for Chronic Disease Management shakespeareanddarwin.wordpress.com/2025/05/04/t...
The Da Vinci Academic Journal – Volume 1, Issue 1, e1: Reducing Readmissions with Predictive Analytics shakespeareanddarwin.wordpress.com/2025/05/04/t...
The Da Vinci Academic Journal – Volume 1, Issue 1, e1: Reducing Readmissions with Predictive Analytics
Kentucky Mapue Professor: Dr. Barbara Garcia West Coast University Abstract Hospital readmissions are a big problem in healthcare. They can affect patients by slowing down their recovery and cost h…
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May 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Your Local Epidemiologist: Vaccines Don't Cause Autism. So, What Does? shakespeareanddarwin.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/y...
Your Local Epidemiologist: Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism. So, What Does?
Terace M. Fletcher Another great post by Your Local Epidemiologist, Katelyn Jetelina with Andrea Tamayo. Vaccines, including the MMR vaccine, do not cause autism. This has been thoroughly studied—o…
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March 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Another Update on Solar Panels with Matt Ferrell shakespeareanddarwin.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/a...
Another Update on Solar Panels with Matt Ferrell
Terace M. Fletcher Peroskovite solar panels are now being mass produced by one company with over 25% efficiencies and are durable. A Chinese company is working on panels with over 30% efficiencies.…
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March 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Currently, NIH's Center for Scientific Review reviews 66,000 grant applications a year, with panels run by NIH’s separate institutes reviewing the rest.
Under a new plan, the institute-run panels will be eliminated, and many of the scientists overseeing them will be laid off. scim.ag/3QP0FUG
Under a new plan, the institute-run panels will be eliminated, and many of the scientists overseeing them will be laid off. scim.ag/3QP0FUG
NIH will eliminate many peer review panels and lay off some scientists overseeing them
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March 8, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Currently, NIH's Center for Scientific Review reviews 66,000 grant applications a year, with panels run by NIH’s separate institutes reviewing the rest.
Under a new plan, the institute-run panels will be eliminated, and many of the scientists overseeing them will be laid off. scim.ag/3QP0FUG
Under a new plan, the institute-run panels will be eliminated, and many of the scientists overseeing them will be laid off. scim.ag/3QP0FUG
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In a study involving >500 people, the AI identified a range of infections and health conditions, as well as whether participants had received a flu vaccine.
https://go.nature.com/4gPUpGT
https://go.nature.com/4gPUpGT
AI tool diagnoses diabetes, HIV and COVID from a blood sample
‘One-shot’ approach that uses machine learning to screen immune cells could help to detect conditions with overlapping symptoms.
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February 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
In a study involving >500 people, the AI identified a range of infections and health conditions, as well as whether participants had received a flu vaccine.
https://go.nature.com/4gPUpGT
https://go.nature.com/4gPUpGT
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"A week after he was sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is already eyeing the removal of federal advisers on vaccine approvals and other crucial public health decisions."
RFK Jr. Already Plotting to Remove CDC Vaccine Advisers
The newly sworn-in health secretary earlier vowed to “remove conflicts of interest” from public health committees.
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February 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
"A week after he was sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is already eyeing the removal of federal advisers on vaccine approvals and other crucial public health decisions."
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Education Department employees on probation were abruptly dismissed without cause across the department this morning. Staff have been warned that more layoffs are coming.
February 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Education Department employees on probation were abruptly dismissed without cause across the department this morning. Staff have been warned that more layoffs are coming.
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The same version of the bird flu that has caused the most serious human illnesses in North America has now turned up in dairy cows.
A second version of bird flu is infecting cows. What does that mean?
While the risk to humans of exposure from cows or milk remains low, this new flu spillover from birds into cows raises the need for continued surveillance.
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February 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The same version of the bird flu that has caused the most serious human illnesses in North America has now turned up in dairy cows.
Your Local Epidemiologist Asks - "Why should you care about an indirect cost?" shakespeareanddarwin.wordpress.com/2025/02/12/y...
Your Local Epidemiologist Asks – “Why should you care about an indirect cost?”
Terace M. Fletcher The following is an excerpt from Your Local Epidemiologist. It’s an important read on her role in studying violence and how NIH funding allowed her to do it. Communication …
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February 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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At least temporarily staving off what many saw as a crushing blow to U.S. biomedical research, a federal judge has suspended a plan by the Trump administration to slash billions of dollars in payments from the NIH that now go to universities to cover the overhead costs of research. scim.ag/40T7g5q
Judges suspend NIH plan to slash payments and order health agencies to restore web pages
Lawsuits argued that cutting “indirect cost” rate would have “devastating” impact on research
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February 12, 2025 at 12:11 AM
At least temporarily staving off what many saw as a crushing blow to U.S. biomedical research, a federal judge has suspended a plan by the Trump administration to slash billions of dollars in payments from the NIH that now go to universities to cover the overhead costs of research. scim.ag/40T7g5q
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22 states sue to block Trump administration cuts to NIH research payments - STAT
February 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
22 states sue to block Trump administration cuts to NIH research payments - STAT
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New research in Science uncovers the dual nature of scratching an itch; although it can worsen skin inflammation, it can also boost immune defenses against bacterial infections at the injury site.
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Scratching promotes allergic inflammation and host defense via neurogenic mast cell activation
Itch is a dominant symptom in dermatitis, and scratching promotes cutaneous inflammation, thereby worsening disease. However, the mechanisms through which scratching exacerbates inflammation and wheth...
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February 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
New research in Science uncovers the dual nature of scratching an itch; although it can worsen skin inflammation, it can also boost immune defenses against bacterial infections at the injury site.
Learn more: scim.ag/40RtBjF
Learn more: scim.ag/40RtBjF
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An intestinal fungus and its secondary metabolite play a critical role in PCOS pathogenesis, offering a therapeutic strategy for improving the management of the disease. #PCOS
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The intestinal fungus Aspergillus tubingensis promotes polycystic ovary syndrome through a secondary metabolite
Wu et al. found the enrichment of gut-colonizable fungus Aspergillus tubingensis in
PCOS patients from 3 different geographical areas within China. A. tubingensis led
to a PCOS-like phenotype in mice,...
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February 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
An intestinal fungus and its secondary metabolite play a critical role in PCOS pathogenesis, offering a therapeutic strategy for improving the management of the disease. #PCOS
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
I'd like to say this is unbelievable, but, unfortunately, I'm not surprised.
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The clampdown on the NIH by President Donald Trump’s administration continued late last week with more new restrictions, the naming of a temporary leader, and some bad news for Anthony Fauci, its former chief of infectious disease research.
As Trump freeze continues, NIH gets a temporary leader
Agency sees pause on purchases, confusion about publishing, and the end of taxpayer-funded security for Anthony Fauci
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January 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I'd like to say this is unbelievable, but, unfortunately, I'm not surprised.
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H5N1 flu has been the main cause for increased prices of eggs and other agricultural product since the outbreaks started in 2022. www.tasteofhome.com/article/how-...
How the Bird Flu Outbreak Is Affecting the Price of Milk, Eggs and Beef
Rising cases of bird flu causes shortages and food insecurities in shoppers, triggering price increases on a variety of grocery staples.
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January 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
H5N1 flu has been the main cause for increased prices of eggs and other agricultural product since the outbreaks started in 2022. www.tasteofhome.com/article/how-...
Your Local Epidemiologist: Routine Vaccinations shakespeareanddarwin.wordpress.com/2024/12/18/y...
Your Local Epidemiologist: Routine Vaccinations
Terace M. Fletcher I’m a big fan of Your Local Epidemiologist (YLE). Katelyn Jetelina always does a great job breaking down the complexities of modern epidemiology and medicine. I get links t…
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December 18, 2024 at 2:18 PM
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The Brain Microbiome shakespeareanddarwin.wordpress.com/2024/12/04/t...
December 4, 2024 at 3:09 AM
The Brain Microbiome shakespeareanddarwin.wordpress.com/2024/12/04/t...
Vertasium: Post-Truth: Why Facts Don't Matter Anymore shakespeareanddarwin.wordpress.com/2024/11/30/v...
November 30, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Vertasium: Post-Truth: Why Facts Don't Matter Anymore shakespeareanddarwin.wordpress.com/2024/11/30/v...
Undecided With Matt Ferrell: Perovskite Breakthroughs are the Future of Solar shakespeareanddarwin.wordpress.com/2024/11/28/u...
November 28, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Undecided With Matt Ferrell: Perovskite Breakthroughs are the Future of Solar shakespeareanddarwin.wordpress.com/2024/11/28/u...