jerrycolca.bsky.social
@jerrycolca.bsky.social
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American families should not pay more so that Elon Musk can profit off foreign business deals.

I’m demanding an investigation into Trump and Musk using tariffs as leverage to promote Musk’s businesses.
🚨MAJOR EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Greg Casar just called for a MASSIVE corruption probe into what he calls a “really serious allegation” - that Trump and Musk ran a tariff scam where countries dodged tariffs by signing contracts with Musk’s companies. This is explosive.
May 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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For >20 years obesity was thought to be associated with reduced dopamine receptors in brain reward regions. Now, a big study by @vdarcey.bsky.social shows that this may be have been an artifact (top figure panel) due to brain dopamine tone being positively associated with body fat (bottom).
April 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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USA led the world in expertise stopping HIV, incl preventing mother to child transmission. But DOGE has now dismissed every global prevention expert at USAID, CDC, & State Dept.

The risk is insane: Resurgent HIV & 500K child deaths by 2030. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/h...
Who Will Care for Infants With H.I.V. Overseas? (Gift Article)
The consequences of mother-to-child transmission can be enormous, a new study suggests. But the U.S. has dismissed experts working to solve the problem.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Friends and former USAID global public health professionals have launched an emergency campaign to support high-impact local HIV organizations with stop gap funding. Please consider supporting to directly help them continue HIV services in the near term while they plan for the future. 🧵1
A Crisis in Care: Urgent Funding Needed to Sustain Lifesaving HIV Services - GlobalGiving
The abrupt termination of USAID-supported HIV programs has created a devastating crisis for vulnerable communities, leaving children, families, and at-risk populations without essential services. Thes...
www.globalgiving.org
April 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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New research suggests that the shingles vaccine Zostavax may protect against dementia, supporting the theory that viruses that affect the nervous system may contribute to neurodegeneration. http://ms.spr.ly/63324qqdgm
April 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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The recent federal cancellation of a 30-year-old study over a non-related dispute with the study coordinator, Columbia University, leaves investigators ‘reeling.': http://ms.spr.ly/63328q9J0O
March 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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