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I have friends who are colleagues and friends who are laypersons, so if you think a post is too complicated, it's not for you, and if you think it's too simplistic, it's also not for you.

The hands that stepped in for her feet: a polio survivor’s story zantimes.com/2026/08/29/t...

With women barred from most public spaces, private school teaching has become one of the only remaining lifelines for educated Afghan women. But an investigation by Zan Times reveals a widespread system of labor exploitation, wage suppression, and fear. zantimes.com/2026/10/16/e...

I have ovarian clear cell which is hard to treat but there is a trial out there for my cancer using mRNA and we need more funding and this stupid anti mRNA lie to go away so that we can have an attempt at a life lengthening treatment.

Enormous news. A melanoma vaccine, one of the most deadly cancers out there. Science is good and helpful and there should be more of it. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

@markwitton.bsky.social explains why we eat chicken drumsticks 🐔🍗 but not flying fox drumsticks 🦇

On 20 October 2026, France reported the first documented case of human disease caused by the Shamonda virus. This virus primarily affects animals such as cattle, sheep, goats and horses. Know more: www.who.int/news-room/qu...

Just in time for Halloween, we've posted a new preprint on zombie deubiquitinases! As it turns out, standard #DUB catalytic mutants aren't truly dead - they've just become zombies that are still capable of removing noncanonical, ester-linked #ubiquitin signals...

We have a new preprint out: In metaanalysis of 82 #TB surveys (30 countries, 4.6M people), we investigated how prevalence changes with age Untreated TB increases substantially with age, with poorer case detection in older adults. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6... @uofgshw.bsky.social 🦠🧪🛟

I thought BSE was supposed to be a lesson in why making animals cannibals is a bad idea "ASFV DNA in commercial compound feed (CF) and in spray-dried porcine plasma (SDPP), which is produced from slaughterhouse blood and used as a feed ingredient" wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...

Whether AI is "alive" or "conscious" is a philosophical debate, but pragmatically, owners of an AI that performs hacks or other damage should be treated in the same way as owners of other living things that have been known to cause damage e.g. letting a savage dog run loose. Criminal charges.

(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...

Nice short biography (from 2022) of Navi Pillay, #NobelPeacePrize winner. mg.co.za/news/educati...

How much caffeine is left in your body is inversely correlated with how long it takes you to LOL

The response effort does not seem to be going well. DRC: Nursery school, hospital in Kisangani closed for 21 days after multiple Ebola cases. actualite.cd/2026/09/29/k...

X is blocking the Brazilian Catholic Bishops' Conference account as polling shows Catholics backing Lula. The Church has denounced outside interference in the election

Just seen it's Wikipedia's 25th birthday. The greatest website online, and possibly the internet's greatest fruit

Who knew Ajinomoto was this beautiful? MSG crystallizing, by Cora Harris #nikonsmallworld www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...

The vet tech at my cats' hospital had this on her bottle 🤣 For those who don't get it, it's a dachsie cycling #dachshunds #antibiotics #sciencehumor #medicalhumor #puns

Biochemist Florence Seibert developed the Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) in the 1930s. Before her work, TB skin tests were inconsistent & unreliable. Her PPD formula was adopted as the international standard (1952) & remains in use for TB testing today. Died #OTD in 1991. #WomenInSTEM

This #WorldMosquitoDay learn all about the mosquitoes that LSHTM researchers work with everyday. #malaria #mosquitoes #tropicaldiseaaes www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

I'll be giving a short talk about #tuberculosis #TB #antibodies #monoclonalantibodies discovery at @astmh.bsky.social ! 🦠💉 That is, if the US government doesn't shut down again this year 😓

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One of the craziest things I've read about disease stigma is that when Sungai Buloh was converted from a leprosarium into a modern infectious disease hospital, the ex-lepers still living there were afraid of the HIV patients.

Ag uses ground & surface water, which is an input into potable/municipal supply. Data centers use municipal supply which requires treatment, and the treatment equipment and process cost money. The step function to upgrade municipal capacity is a big step.