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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 1h

I personally prefer it when babies don't get lumbar punctures for the sake of defensive medicine, but maybe I'm weird for that.

(also, to be clear, the reason much of Europe does this but the US doesn't is because the epidemiology of N. meningitidis capsule group B differs by geography)

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 1h

It's funny how the antivaxxers in charge of our vaccination policy claim to want to have our vaccine schedule to look like those of Europe, but then don't think about the fact that much of Europe does 4CMenB vaccination at 2-3 months, which often triggers fever and then forces a sepsis workup.

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 6h

RFK Jr, arguably the world’s most extreme & dangerous anti-vaxx activist & conspiracy theorist, has a history of antisemitic & racist conspiracy theories

www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...

www.reuters.com

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 6h

This is called policy-based evidence making (the antipode of evidence-based policymaking, a thing we should all want)

A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 7h

This perfectly encapsulates how right-wing politics works and why it is so dangerous.

Rather than observing the world as it is and proposing changes, right-wing politics start with an idealized conception of the world and go about reshaping reality to confirm to that vision.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 7h

It’s worth it. But it’s a lot.

Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 9h

*in a zoom meeting*
You look well!

Me: Thanks. I allnightered for the third time this week. I guess it's given me a kind of ennervated glow.

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 2d

@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social Tertiary lymphoid structures support the development of allergen-specific progenitor CD4+ T cells @marionpepper.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 10h

Gee, I'm starting to think that maybe it's a bad idea to provide these services with identity documents...

404 Media @404media.co · 10h

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 10h

Today I learned www.google.com/advanced_sea... exists and I have never been so annoyed to have gone without knowing something for so long

Google Advanced Search

www.google.com

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 11h

I think that trying to memorize the cytokines for the vast majority of people is not necessarily a good use of time. I certainly don't know all of them. I like to think I know the important ones (but if I start listing them every immunologist will want to fight me for not including their favorite)

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 1d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

nyti.ms

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 13h

I cannot provide you with further insight. You know exactly as much as I do on this matter.

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 15h

This is intended to simplify things because these are all part of the IL-1 family of cytokines so you can just identify them as IL-1 family member X

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 16h

I'm bothered by the fact that the numbering order is not consistent (also where is IL-1F9?)

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 1d

Just published, a study describing a taste-based flu test yes, chewing gum that could tell you if you have influenza. The gum contains a sensor that detects the flu enzyme neuraminidase & releases a compound called thymol that changes taste when the virus is present.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

A Viral Neuraminidase-Specific Sensor for Taste-Based Detection of Influenza

Influenza has caused the deadliest pandemics in history, thereby prompting advances in our ability to ensure vigilance at all stages of future outbreaks. Quarantining patients early is crucial when it...

pubs.acs.org

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 16h

I can't decide whether I like or hate this new nomenclature.

IL-1 Family Cytokines New Name Primary Receptor(s) Co-receptor Function
IL-1α IL-1F1 IL-1R1
IL-1R2 IL-1RAcP (IL-1R3) Inflammatory
IL-1β IL-1F2
IL-1Ra IL-1F3 IL-1R1 Anti-inflammatory
IL-18 IL-1F4 IL-18Rα (IL-1R5) IL-18Rβ (IL-1R7) Inflammatory
IL-33 IL-1F11 ST2 (IL-1R4) IL-1RAcP (IL-1R3) Inflammatory
IL-36α IL-1F6 IL-36R (IL-1R6) IL-1RAcP (IL-1R3) Inflammatory
IL-36β IL-1F7
IL-36γ IL-1F8
IL-36Ra IL-1F5 Anti-inflammatory
IL-37 IL-1F7 IL-18Rα (IL-1R5) IL-1R8 Anti-inflammatory
IL-38 IL-1F10 IL-36R (IL-1R6) IL-1R9 Anti-inflammatory

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 20h

Also true but a big part of that is related to social determinants of health

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 22h

Periodic reminders:

Vaccines save lives & parents need discussions with trusted professionals, not propaganda.

Transgender children & their families need evidence based support, not stigma.

Autistic children & their families need evidence based support, not conspiracy theories.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 22h

You can tell it’s October when ppl start spreading drug sadism myths about expensive drugs given for free to school-age children, since children usually have the means to purchase more drugs…

Anyways, we actually know pretty definitively that “fentanyl-laced marijuana” isn’t a thing & never will be

Post
The Dank Informer & @TheDankInformer
X.com
Franklin County deputies seized 8 lbs of fentanyl-laced marijuana targeting kids

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Like yeah, you could try to make nutrition play a more prominent role in the curriculum of physicians but you aren't going to meaningfully move the needle as far as their capability to practice it.

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 1d

There is way too much that people need to know about nutrition to advise on it that it should fall within the scope of a physician's practice beyond isolated things like syndromes of nutrient deficiency/toxicity, diabetes management etc. What we actually need are way more registered dieticians.

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 1d

This is a really bad idea lol

Experts Push to Expand Role of Nutrition in Medicine www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/...

Experts Push to Expand Role of Nutrition in Medicine

Doctors should prescribe food just like they prescribe medications, expert suggests

www.medpagetoday.com

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Yale School of Public Health @yalesph.bsky.social · 1d

As the nation grapples with ongoing gun violence, Dean Megan Ranney MD MPH is researching and advocating for innovative approaches to address this epidemic. Dean Ranney delivered the 2025 Woodson Lecture at the University of Louisville SPHIS.

Read more ⬇️
https://ow.ly/15Wf50X75Uk

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations!! So well deserved.

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 2d

6. MMR is a 2-dose series. But yes.

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