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CherryNetwork @cherrynetwork.bsky.social · Feb 9
#R2V2R2025 activated!
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Amplifying "Real To Virtual; Virtual To Real (R2V2R)" in 2025... Showcasing #R2V2R projects and Sharing R2V2R vision within the Substack community. open.substack.com/pub/real2vir.... & more. You are invited to follow R2V2R & visit my 3D virtual worlds. #Opensimulator
Real To Virtual; Virtual To Real (R2V2R) | Sally S. Cherry, MLS(ASCP) | Substack
Features places, spaces and resources experienced and discovered within real (physical) life and various 3D immersive virtual worlds communities. Click to read Real To Virtual; Virtual To Real (R2V2R)...
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Celebrating 50 years as an ASCP-certified medical lab professional within Opensimulator community! OSFest 2025 is happening until October 27, 2025!
🌐 3D virtual worlds are effective tools for #AmplifyingLabVoices!
#3D #VirtualWorlds #MedicalLabScience #Opensimulator grid.opensimfest.com:8022
October 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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It's Sept. 22, 2025, the 104th birthday of...
Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest Park Ranger with the National Park Service prior to her 2022 retirement.

📕 Book - "Sign My Name to Freedom: A Memoir of a Pioneering Life" a.co/d/89D4BnP

🎥 Documentary - www.signmynametofreedom.com
#BettyReidSoskin
Sign My Name to Freedom: A Memoir of a Pioneering Life
Sign My Name to Freedom: A Memoir of a Pioneering Life [Reid-Soskin, Betty] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Sign My Name to Freedom: A Memoir of a Pioneering Life
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September 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Much concern...
abcnews.go.com/Health/conge...
#Medsky #Health #STI #CongenitalSyphilis #DarkfieldMicroscopy
What to know about congenital syphilis after 3 infants die in New York
New York health officials said three infants have died of congenital syphilis so far this year and it's part of "a concerning rise" in cases.
abcnews.go.com
August 16, 2025 at 12:57 AM
cherrynetwork.bsky.social
Thumbs up to Dion Banks on the release of his 2nd book, "Adwoa: A Tale of Transformation"! It continues the powerful story started in his 1st book, "Kofi the Wind Whisper". (dionbanks.com)
🤸🏽‍♀️Got my copy of #Adwoa: A Tale of #Transformation.
(Ad: amzn.to/4kP3B0q)
#MarylandWriters
#KofiTheWindWhisper
Adwoa: A Tale of Transformation
YouTube video by Dion Banks
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July 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Dion Banks symbolizes Black pride on the Eastern Shore. His first book takes a page from that life.
Dion Banks draws on life for book about a Black superhero who fights slavery
Dion Banks has written a children's book about a Black superhero who fights slavery titled “Kofi the Wind Whisperer: A Hero’s Fight to Freedom.” The story takes inspiration from the landscape of...
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June 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
cherrynetwork.bsky.social
Looking forward to attending #USCHA 2025 in DC... #MedSky #health #HIV_AIDS www.nmac.org/uscha/
USCHA
2025 United States Conference on HIV/AIDS - A platform for frontline workers to enhance your capacity building, skill development, and idea exchange.
www.nmac.org
July 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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PEPFAR Spared for Now – But US Spending on Global Health Programs Still Face Cuts

The US Senate agreed to exempt the flagship HIV program from a planned $400 million reduction.

✍️Edith Magak
@iasociety.bsky.social | @cdcgov.govmirrors.com |
PEPFAR Spared For Now - But US Spending On Global Health Programs Still Face Cuts - Health Policy Watch
KIGALI - Relief swept through delegates at the International AIDS Society (IAS) conference in Kigali, Rwanda, as news broke that the US Senate had moved to
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July 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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From a devastating "brain drain" to tanking morale, things don't look good, said Dr. Francis Collins.
Ex-NIH Chief Spells Out How Badly Trump Is Screwing The Agency — And U.S. Science As A Whole
From a devastating "brain drain" to tanking morale, things don't look good, said Dr. Francis Collins.
www.huffpost.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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"Empowering communities to take the lead on HIV prevention is vital - Where communities lead, outcomes improve... Where they are sidelined, infections grow."
www.forbes.com/sites/peters...
The First Generation Without AIDS Is Within Reach If We Refuse To Settle
This isn’t about managing the AIDS pandemic. It’s about ending it — and letting a new generation grow and thrive free of its threat.
www.forbes.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Amplifying the Voices of Science...
#saveNSF #AmplifyingScience
#ScienceIsReal
#AmplifyingVoicesOfScience
savensf.bsky.social Save NSF @savensf.bsky.social · Jul 8
It’s our mission to shed light on the National Science Foundation’s impact on American innovation and leadership. We are fighting to protect funding for scientific research that could change the world. Share your experience with the NSF and share this post. #saveNSF

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July 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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No surprise... But wait until the news get out. 😲😲
www.rawstory.com/brooke-rolli...
Trump's agriculture head expects '34M able-bodied on Medicaid' to do farm work
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins argued that 34 million "able-bodied adults" who are at risk of losing their Medicaid benefits should be expected to take the jobs of migrants on farms.During a Tue...
www.rawstory.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Good Wednesday morning to all! In Harford County (Maryland), it is 95°F at 9:52 am. OMGoodness, I can only imagine what the temperature will be at 3:00 pm. Hope that everyone experiencing the current U.S. heat wave is cool and safe.
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mcpress.mayoclinic.org/living-well/...
Recognizing and preventing heat-related illness - Mayo Clinic Press
The forecast calls for a heat wave, but you’ve got outdoor plans. Is it still OK to take that long bike ride, go to the…
mcpress.mayoclinic.org
June 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Truly #MORGANproud as an alumna of Morgan State University...
#NationalTreasure
#MorganStateUniversity #HBCU #history #journalism
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www.morgan.edu/news/histori...
Historical Documentary of Morgan State University Earns Emmy Award
Original Documentary Production From Center for New Media and Strategic Initiatives Makes History With University’s First-Ever Emmy Recognition
www.morgan.edu
June 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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CDC will rehire 450+ people that it laid off from four divisions... the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention; the National Center for Environmental Health; the Immediate Office of the Director; and the Global Health Center.
#Medsky

thehill.com/policy/healt...
thehill.com
June 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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🗓️ 12 June 1963: Medgar Evers is assassinated. His wife, Myrlie Evers-Williams, transforms grief into lifelong activism—becoming chair of the NAACP and a voice for justice. How do you carry forward someone’s legacy?
#HerStoryDaily #WomenInJustice #HiddenHerStory
June 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Katalin Karikó’s decades-long belief in mRNA paid off when her research became the foundation for COVID-19 vaccines. Rejected, demoted, and doubted yet she persisted. 🧬💉 How many lives were saved thanks to her conviction in the science? #WomenInSTEM
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Katalin Karikó’s Nobel Prize Marks the Beginning of an mRNA Vaccine Revolution
Nobel Prize winners Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman pioneered the technology that produced a Covid-19 vaccine in record time. Next, mRNA could tackle flu, malaria, and HIV.
tiny.cc
June 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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"Feared for their brilliance" She cracked the atomic code but wasn’t invited to the Nobel stage. Lise Meitner’s brilliance helped uncover nuclear fission, yet she was sidelined by history. What would science look like if fear hadn’t dimmed her light? 🔬✨ #WomenInSTEM #FridayThe13th
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Lise Meitner – the forgotten woman of nuclear physics who deserved a Nobel Prize
Left off publications due to Nazi prejudice, this Jewish woman lost her rightful place in the scientific pantheon as the discoverer of nuclear fission.
tiny.cc
June 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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www.axios.com/local/atlant...
CDC workers walk out, join former employees in protest calling on RFK Jr. to resign
Dozens of current employees at the facility walked out in protest of the job and funding cuts.
www.axios.com
June 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
cherrynetwork.bsky.social
SMH... Why would an entire staff of a laboratory that tracks viral hepatitis; STDs and an environmental health division be terminated in the 1st place? Just a matter of time for a medical crisis...
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www.npr.org/2025/06/12/n...
More than 400 CDC staff may be called back to work after being laid off in April
Laid off workers were told their notices of an upcoming reduction in force were "revoked." Officials didn't explain why HHS appeared to be restoring hundreds of jobs it previously called duplicative.
www.npr.org
June 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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www.mlo-online.com/management/n...
#Medsky
ACIP committee to be replaced
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced that all 17 members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) have been dismissed. According to...
www.mlo-online.com
June 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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FYI... Again, I have no words
#MedSky
apnews.com/article/kenn...
RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines.
apnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Using 3D Immersive Virtual Worlds to amplify my #laboratory voice as I celebrate 56 years in Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) in physical world.
#MedLab #MedLabScience
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www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjgj5GQ1/
TikTok - Make Your Day
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June 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Sadly, no immunization against measles can indeed impact others...

"The child contracted the virus before birth from the mother, who had not been immunized against measles, mumps and rubella.."
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Infant who contracted measles virus before birth is 1st recorded death in current Ontario outbreak | CBC News
Ontario's Ministry of Health has announced the first recorded death of a measles patient from the outbreak that started in October. The baby who died contracted the virus before birth from the mother,...
www.cbc.ca
June 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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UPDATE: Baltimore races to clean fuel spill that turned portion of harbor red

➡️ The 2,000-gallon diesel fuel spill has been linked to a Johns Hopkins facility in East Baltimore.
➡️ Efforts to clean up the spill could cause traffic problems in the Harbor East area on Thursday.
Baltimore races to clean fuel spill that turned portion of harbor red
Efforts to clean up the spill could cause traffic problems in the Harbor East area on Thursday.
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June 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Thumbs up to the L.O.V.E. team for the 1st edition of its newsletter... L.O.V.E. Means Never Letting Injustice Go Unchecked
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L.O.V.E. Means Never Letting Injustice Go Unchecked
“STOP KIDNAPPING NOW!” That was the chant echoing through the streets of Milford, Massachusetts, this weekend. But those weren’t just protest slogans — they were a chorus of heartbreak and defiance, r...
www.linkedin.com
June 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM