Una Bella Niente
@unabellaniente.bsky.social
Med student, writer, wife, mom, gardener, hiker, raging feminist, and the kind of future doctor who cares what happens to you.
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" --Mary Oliver
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" --Mary Oliver
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Scientists have created a new protein-based gel that can regenerate damaged tooth enamel. The material mimics a natural process to regrow enamel mineral structure inside holes and cracks. This technology could prevent decay and treat sensitive teeth.
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New Bio-Inspired Gel Helps Tooth Enamel Grow Back
THURSDAY, Dec. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Dental appointments may get easier and less painful soon. Scientists have developed a revolutionary gel that can repa
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December 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Scientists have created a new protein-based gel that can regenerate damaged tooth enamel. The material mimics a natural process to regrow enamel mineral structure inside holes and cracks. This technology could prevent decay and treat sensitive teeth.
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Trump's spent more time sleeping, vacationing, profiting off the presidency, and naming things after himself than actually doing anything for Americans. What disgusting sycophants.
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Trump's handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump-Kennedy Center
President Donald Trump’s handpicked board has voted to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump-Kennedy Center.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Trump's spent more time sleeping, vacationing, profiting off the presidency, and naming things after himself than actually doing anything for Americans. What disgusting sycophants.
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I think he really doesn't know how people get oil, and he thinks it's like one giant reservoir that we access with giant straws that Venezuela is somehow blocking. I don't know how people can be this dumb and get elected.
It was never about drugs. It was always about oil.
December 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I think he really doesn't know how people get oil, and he thinks it's like one giant reservoir that we access with giant straws that Venezuela is somehow blocking. I don't know how people can be this dumb and get elected.
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RFK Jr. has cancelled grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics because “they no longer align with departmental priorities”.
The grants were on such topics as “reducing sudden infant death, rural access to health care, and mental health…”
The AAP has criticized RFK Jr. That’s the real reason.
The grants were on such topics as “reducing sudden infant death, rural access to health care, and mental health…”
The AAP has criticized RFK Jr. That’s the real reason.
American Academy of Pediatrics loses government funding after criticizing RFK Jr
Cuts, which affect projects focused on issues including early identification of autism, made without prior notice to AAP
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December 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
RFK Jr. has cancelled grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics because “they no longer align with departmental priorities”.
The grants were on such topics as “reducing sudden infant death, rural access to health care, and mental health…”
The AAP has criticized RFK Jr. That’s the real reason.
The grants were on such topics as “reducing sudden infant death, rural access to health care, and mental health…”
The AAP has criticized RFK Jr. That’s the real reason.
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The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.
New, @propublica.org
New, @propublica.org
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
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December 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.
New, @propublica.org
New, @propublica.org
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Indoor tanning is trending among Gen Z. A new study finds tanning bed users not only have a much higher risk of melanoma, they also have DNA damage linked to cancer across nearly their entire skin. n.pr/4qcoLss
Tanning bed users are at higher risk of skin cancer, especially in unusual places
Indoor tanning is trending among Gen Z. A new study finds tanning bed users not only have a much higher risk of melanoma, they also have DNA damage linked to cancer across nearly their entire skin.
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December 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Indoor tanning is trending among Gen Z. A new study finds tanning bed users not only have a much higher risk of melanoma, they also have DNA damage linked to cancer across nearly their entire skin. n.pr/4qcoLss
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Botulism outbreak sickens more than 50 babies and expands to all ByHeart products. The outbreak now includes at least 51 infants in 19 states.
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Botulism outbreak sickens more than 50 babies and expands to all ByHeart products
Federal health officials expanded an infant botulism outbreak tied to recalled ByHeart baby formula to include all illnesses reported since the company began production in March 2022.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Botulism outbreak sickens more than 50 babies and expands to all ByHeart products. The outbreak now includes at least 51 infants in 19 states.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/b...
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As I noted a few weeks ago, my colleagues and I identified the area of Arizona where the measles outbreak has exploded as a region of low vaccination coverage a decade ago.
There is no question that undervaccinated areas are dangerous, and we can predict where outbreaks will grow.
There is no question that undervaccinated areas are dangerous, and we can predict where outbreaks will grow.
US exceeds 1,900 measles cases as outbreaks expand
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December 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
As I noted a few weeks ago, my colleagues and I identified the area of Arizona where the measles outbreak has exploded as a region of low vaccination coverage a decade ago.
There is no question that undervaccinated areas are dangerous, and we can predict where outbreaks will grow.
There is no question that undervaccinated areas are dangerous, and we can predict where outbreaks will grow.
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“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
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December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Let's also promote the real resources and not just say RFK has run the CDC into the ground. I love the work being done at CIDRAP's Vaccine Integrity Project.
#cidrap
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#cidrap
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Vaccine Integrity Project
CIDRAP provides an initiative dedicated to safeguarding vaccine use in the U.S, so that it remains grounded in the best available science.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Let's also promote the real resources and not just say RFK has run the CDC into the ground. I love the work being done at CIDRAP's Vaccine Integrity Project.
#cidrap
www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
#cidrap
www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
For your daily dose of irony, here's a CDC chart showing what happened when the infant dose of hep B vaccine was introduced in 1991. RFK and ACIP are doing harm.
December 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
For your daily dose of irony, here's a CDC chart showing what happened when the infant dose of hep B vaccine was introduced in 1991. RFK and ACIP are doing harm.
I have been getting my information from WHO and CIDRAP since RFK Jr. was put in charge of the CDC. I like the Vaccine Integrity Project, too. This is a decision that will increase Hep B cases, and I'm wondering how quickly we'll see issues obtaining the vaccine.
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Live updates: CDC advisers to vote on hepatitis B vaccine practice | CNN
Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are meeting today on what could be a major change to the childhood vaccination schedule. Follow here for live updates.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I have been getting my information from WHO and CIDRAP since RFK Jr. was put in charge of the CDC. I like the Vaccine Integrity Project, too. This is a decision that will increase Hep B cases, and I'm wondering how quickly we'll see issues obtaining the vaccine.
www.cnn.com/health/live-...
www.cnn.com/health/live-...
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New review finds no evidence to support delaying universal hepatitis B birth-dose vaccination
Analysis of over 400 studies ahead of ACIP mtg reveals no evidence that delaying the universal hepatitis B vaccine birth dose improves safety or effectiveness
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Analysis of over 400 studies ahead of ACIP mtg reveals no evidence that delaying the universal hepatitis B vaccine birth dose improves safety or effectiveness
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
December 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
New review finds no evidence to support delaying universal hepatitis B birth-dose vaccination
Analysis of over 400 studies ahead of ACIP mtg reveals no evidence that delaying the universal hepatitis B vaccine birth dose improves safety or effectiveness
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Analysis of over 400 studies ahead of ACIP mtg reveals no evidence that delaying the universal hepatitis B vaccine birth dose improves safety or effectiveness
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
I could not choose certain medical schools because I am a first gen student from a low income family. New limits will make medical education even more unattainable for students like me, creating a more rigid American caste system. But maybe that's the point?
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I could not choose certain medical schools because I am a first gen student from a low income family. New limits will make medical education even more unattainable for students like me, creating a more rigid American caste system. But maybe that's the point?
If you want to reduce your carbon footprint, but don't want to support Tesla, here's a new alternative.
I don't see how Tesla's Model 3 can survive if Benz can offer an alternative EV this cheap, with this kind of performance, on top of the 15% tariff that it's charged in the US.
Imagine what this model does to Tesla in Europe, where Benz pays no tariffs.
Imagine what this model does to Tesla in Europe, where Benz pays no tariffs.
November 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
If you want to reduce your carbon footprint, but don't want to support Tesla, here's a new alternative.
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Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
'Nobody wants to come': What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians?
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
Finally. A decent candidate in AL, who actually lives in AL. Doug Jones would have my vote.
Former Senator Doug Jones is running for Alabama governor, setting up a possible rematch with Senator Tommy Tuberville. nyti.ms/3XLPfVh
Former Senator Doug Jones Enters Alabama Governor’s Race
The move sets up a possible rematch between Mr. Jones, the last Democrat to win statewide office in Alabama, and Tommy Tuberville, the Republican who ousted him from the Senate in 2020.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Finally. A decent candidate in AL, who actually lives in AL. Doug Jones would have my vote.
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I cannot imagine what could possibly go wrong in trying to court-martial an astronaut and pilot decorated multiple times for valor and exceptional service, who is also a sitting senator, for correctly making the point that service members are obliged not to follow unlawful orders
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I cannot imagine what could possibly go wrong in trying to court-martial an astronaut and pilot decorated multiple times for valor and exceptional service, who is also a sitting senator, for correctly making the point that service members are obliged not to follow unlawful orders
Mark Kelly is only reminding them of their oaths. "I was obeying orders" was not a defense that worked at Nuremberg.
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Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly over video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders'
The Pentagon says it's investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over possible breaches of military law after the former Navy pilot joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Mark Kelly is only reminding them of their oaths. "I was obeying orders" was not a defense that worked at Nuremberg.
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Five people have now died in the Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Ethiopia near the border with South Sudan.
A total of 53 suspected cases have been tested so far.
MVD is a hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, with a case fatality rate that has been reported to range from 25% to 90%.
A total of 53 suspected cases have been tested so far.
MVD is a hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, with a case fatality rate that has been reported to range from 25% to 90%.
Death toll from Ethiopia’s Marburg outbreak rises to 5 - Namibia Daily News
ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 24 -- The death toll from Ethiopia's Marburg virus disease outbreak has risen to five, the country's Ministry of Health has said. In its latest update issued late Saturday, the minis...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Five people have now died in the Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Ethiopia near the border with South Sudan.
A total of 53 suspected cases have been tested so far.
MVD is a hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, with a case fatality rate that has been reported to range from 25% to 90%.
A total of 53 suspected cases have been tested so far.
MVD is a hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, with a case fatality rate that has been reported to range from 25% to 90%.
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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A video from inside a Border Patrol vehicle shows agents chasing a US citizen for filming them. The citizen refused to get out when they illegally ordered him to stop. The agents say: "This is great." "This is fun." "He's going to get shot."
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A video from inside a Border Patrol vehicle shows agents chasing a US citizen for filming them. The citizen refused to get out when they illegally ordered him to stop. The agents say: "This is great." "This is fun." "He's going to get shot."
This bill has no exceptions. So, women who are dying from complications of pregnancy will die, regardless of whether a fetus is even viable, and young girls raped by family members will be expected to give birth. SC is trying to be TX, and no one wants that.
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South Carolina lawmakers debate abortion bill that could imprison people who receive the procedure
South Carolina lawmakers are holding a hearing on a near-total abortion ban that removes exceptions and could send pregnant people who receive an abortion to prison.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:40 AM
This bill has no exceptions. So, women who are dying from complications of pregnancy will die, regardless of whether a fetus is even viable, and young girls raped by family members will be expected to give birth. SC is trying to be TX, and no one wants that.
abcnews.go.com/Health/south...
abcnews.go.com/Health/south...