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Delthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 1d

Now that winter virus season is fast-approaching, RFKjr's revamp of the CDC means the agency has signed off on fall Covid shots. That means you may not be able to get a shot. Some states have already announced their own Covid shot recommendations, for others—chaos & confusion👇

CDC signs off on fall Covid shots. It may not be easy to get one, depending on where you live.

Many states have already announced their own Covid vaccine recommendations, creating "unprecedented" levels of confusion, one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Delthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 1d

Colon cancer can be considered cured after 6 years when relapse risk falls below 0.5%. In a new study published in JAMA Oncology, researchers pooled data from multiple studies to determine when relapse risk becomes negligible👇

Colon cancer considered cured after six years when relapse risk falls below 0.5%

IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino with Mayo Clinic and multiple international cancer research centers have delivered a pooled analysis indicating that colon cancer recurrence risk drops below 0.5...

medicalxpress.com

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Delthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 1d

Physics Nobel awarded to 3 American scientists, all w/ affiliations to the University of California: John Clarke, Michel Devoret & John Martinis for research demonstrating quantum mechanical tunneling in electrical circuits www.science.org/content/arti...

Physics Nobel awarded for macro demonstration of quantum effects

John Clarke, Michel Devoret, and John Martinis honored for work demonstrating quantum mechanical tunneling in electrical circuits

www.science.org

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Delthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 1d

Darleane Hoffman, a trailblazing nuclear chemist, has died. She was 98 & hailed as one of the 50 most important women in science. Her research confirmed the existence of several elusive radioactive elements, including one that had sparked a Cold War fight w/ the Russians. By Delthia Ricks👇

Darleane Hoffman, Innovator in Nuclear Chemistry, Dies at 98

www.nytimes.com

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

Rodrick Johnson, a U.S. citizen who was briefly detained, said agents broke through his door and placed him in zip ties.

“I asked if they had a warrant, and I asked for a lawyer,” the 67-year-old told the Chicago Sun-Times. “They never brought one.” https://to.pbs.org/4pWhXzN

Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 1d

Exercising fathers, enhanced endurance and metabolic heath in offspring, through sperm microRNAs (as demonstrated in mice)
www.cell.com/cell-metabol...

Paternal exercise confers endurance capacity to offspring through sperm microRNAs

Yin et al. show that paternal exercise improves offspring endurance capacity and metabolic health via sperm microRNAs that reprogram gene expression in early embryos, revealing how exercise benefits c...

www.cell.com

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 2d

And yet his supporters pretend that this is all completely normal.

History will not be kind to them.

‘The president is unhinged’: Trump’s online behavior grows increasingly odd

The US president’s recent behavior is strange to many, from reposting a false AI video of himself to confusing comments during press conferences

www.theguardian.com

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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 1d

'In public health, as in science more broadly, decisions are made by regularly assessing all of the available evidence, taking into account the quality of studies, and not just by citing those statements that support one view over others.'
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Weaponizing uncertainty in science and in public health puts people in harm’s way

Those who cite scientific studies to support policies should take care to tell the whole story, especially when it’s complex.

www.nature.com

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Current Research in Microbial Sciences @microbesinfect.bsky.social · 2d

Immunometabolic reprogramming of macrophages by gut #microbiota-derived cadaverine controls colon #inflammation.

Cadaverine rewires macrophage metabolism via Nrf2 activation. Concentration dictates anti- or pro-inflammatory outcomes.

www.cell.com/cell-host-mi... #MicroSky #ImmunoSky

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Delthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 1d

Now that winter virus season is fast-approaching, RFKjr's revamp of the CDC means the agency has signed off on fall Covid shots. That means you may not be able to get a shot. Some states have already announced their own Covid shot recommendations, for others—chaos & confusion👇

CDC signs off on fall Covid shots. It may not be easy to get one, depending on where you live.

Many states have already announced their own Covid vaccine recommendations, creating "unprecedented" levels of confusion, one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Delthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 1d

Colon cancer can be considered cured after 6 years when relapse risk falls below 0.5%. In a new study published in JAMA Oncology, researchers pooled data from multiple studies to determine when relapse risk becomes negligible👇

Colon cancer considered cured after six years when relapse risk falls below 0.5%

IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino with Mayo Clinic and multiple international cancer research centers have delivered a pooled analysis indicating that colon cancer recurrence risk drops below 0.5...

medicalxpress.com

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Delthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 1d

Physics Nobel awarded to 3 American scientists, all w/ affiliations to the University of California: John Clarke, Michel Devoret & John Martinis for research demonstrating quantum mechanical tunneling in electrical circuits www.science.org/content/arti...

Physics Nobel awarded for macro demonstration of quantum effects

John Clarke, Michel Devoret, and John Martinis honored for work demonstrating quantum mechanical tunneling in electrical circuits

www.science.org

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Delthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 2d

These ant queens seem to defy biology: They lay eggs that hatch into another species. While Iberian harvester ant queens produce offspring of their own species, they also produce the builder harvester ant, seemingly by cloning males www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

These Ant Queens Seem to Defy Biology: They Lay Eggs That Hatch Into Another Species

Iberian harvester ant queens produce offspring of their own species and of the builder harvester ant, seemingly by cloning males

www.smithsonianmag.com

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Delthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 2d

Autism is not a single condition & has no single cause. New British research—which hasn't been tainted by RFKjr's lunacy—reveals that those diagnosed w/ autism early in life show distinct genetic & developmental profiles from those diagnosed later www.wired.com/story/autism...

Autism Is Not a Single Condition and Has No Single Cause, Scientists Conclude

Research reveals that those diagnosed with autism early show distinct genetic and developmental profiles from those diagnosed later.

www.wired.com

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Delthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 1d

The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for work on the immune system. Winners unraveled an additional way the body keeps the system in check 👇

Nobel Prize in Medicine Goes to Three Scientists for Work on the Immune System

Winners unraveled an additional way the body keeps the system in check

www.medpagetoday.com

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Delthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 1d

The species that impact the food supply

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Delthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 1d

Darleane Hoffman, a trailblazing nuclear chemist, has died. She was 98 & hailed as one of the 50 most important women in science. Her research confirmed the existence of several elusive radioactive elements, including one that had sparked a Cold War fight w/ the Russians. By Delthia Ricks👇

Darleane Hoffman, Innovator in Nuclear Chemistry, Dies at 98

www.nytimes.com

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Delthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 2d

2 more products recalled in the deadly multi-state listeria outbreak traced to pasta meals. 4 deaths & 19 hospitalizations so far. Multiple chain stores sold the products. Listeria can cause a severe, even lethal infection. The bacteria migrate from the gut to the nervous system to cause meningitis👇

More pasta recalled after deadly Listeria outbreak: List of stores includes Trader Joe’s and Albertsons

Retailers continue to recall ready-to-eat pasta products in the wake of a multistate outbreak. Here’s the latest and what you need to know.

www.yahoo.com

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Delthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 2d

The Nat'l Institutes of Health is racing to allot its 2025 grant money, but fewer projects are winning funding under the Trump regime www.nature.com/articles/d41...

NIH races to spend its 2025 grant money — but fewer projects win funding

Despite political obstacles, officials are on track to disburse all of the research funds allocated to US biomedical behemoth.

www.nature.com

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Delthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 2d

Autism is not a single condition & has no single cause. New British research—which hasn't been tainted by RFKjr's lunacy—reveals that those diagnosed w/ autism early in life show distinct genetic & developmental profiles from those diagnosed later www.wired.com/story/autism...

Autism Is Not a Single Condition and Has No Single Cause, Scientists Conclude

Research reveals that those diagnosed with autism early show distinct genetic and developmental profiles from those diagnosed later.

www.wired.com

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Nature @nature.com · 2d

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi "for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance"

Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 3d

It’s incredible that MAGA hero Jay Bhattacharya, who is listed as a speaker for the Turning Point USA annual conference in December (AmericaFest 2025) along with Don Trump Jr, Tucker Carlson, & Glenn Beck, says he is “non-political.” In fact, your proposal will need to please Trump to get funding.

Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 3d

IMO this hasn't gotten enough attention: a recent memo at NIH announces that peer review will be devalued in determining which grants get funded, granting more power to political appointees to make decisions based on the admin's whims over scientific merit

kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research - KFF Health News

The National Institutes of Health’s long-held standard of peer review for grantmaking has been subverted by President Donald Trump and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who gave unprecedented power to po...

kffhealthnews.org

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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 3d

Why billionaires? Like Russia, the US is quickly moving towards a oligarchy where those in power and those with lots of money merge. The parallels, there are many, are trully frightening.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 2d

Oh dear god, Marc Rowan, billionaire behind Trump‘s compact with higher education has a seriously shady past. A private equity vulture preying on hospitals and other institutions. The @prospect.org reports. prospect.org/power/2023-1...

The Moral Authority of Marc Rowan

The private equity billionaire is leading a boycott of an Ivy League oligarch factory over a Palestinian literary festival it held last month.

prospect.org

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Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 2d

How Chief Justice John Roberts Rewrote the Constitution and Helped Trump Return to Power
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

How Chief Justice John Roberts Rewrote the Constitution and Helped Trump Return to Power

In an excerpt from her new book, Lisa Graves, one of the leading experts on this right-wing Supreme Court, outlines how Roberts and his fellow politicians in robes have helped undermine our democracy.

open.substack.com

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