Ari Whiteman

Time will tell if the current catastrophe in California moves the needle, but the harsh reality is that Americans have become precipitously less concerned about climate change and the environment in recent years, per CivicScience.

09.01.2025 14:38 — 👍 586    🔁 112    💬 86    📌 13

Recommendations for modified isolation of symptomatic farmworkers.

Farmworkers have avoided bird flu testing bc they don't have paid sick days. Rather than offering to cover that loss, health departments have modified guidelines so that they can work while sick.

From the CA dept of public health:

09.01.2025 14:08 — 👍 1257    🔁 498    💬 1    📌 65

Tuberculosis rates plunge when families living in poverty get a monthly cash payout A program in Brazil that give a monthly cash sum to families living in poverty has an unexpected — and welcome result. A new study shows that it is dramatically reducing tuberculosis rates.

A program in Brazil that gives a monthly cash sum to families living in poverty has an unexpected — and welcome result. A new study shows that it is dramatically reducing tuberculosis rates.

03.01.2025 18:49 — 👍 2466    🔁 603    💬 54    📌 90

Louisiana flu cases among the highest in the country NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – Chances are you know someone who is sick right now, and it could be because Louisiana has one of the highest number of flu cases in the nation.

Last week the state of Louisiana's health department was deliberately undermining vaccine recommendations. This week LA is leading the country in flu cases & overwhelmed hospitals. When you reject common sense pivlic health guidance the people suffer not politicians.
www.google.com/amp/s/wgno.c...

28.12.2024 13:43 — 👍 289    🔁 95    💬 11    📌 5

“A study published last year in JAMA Network, a publication of the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that 22% of cancer patients did not receive the care their doctors prescribed because of authorization delays or outright denials.”

27.12.2024 16:40 — 👍 788    🔁 400    💬 33    📌 24

Latin America’s rise in tuberculosis linked to imprisonment rates Study warns region’s exponential rise in incarceration is fuelling the disease, with cases increasing by 19% between 2015 and 2022

👀"Latin America’s rise in #tuberculosis linked to imprisonment rates - Study warns region’s exponential rise in incarceration is fuelling the disease, with cases increasing by 19% between 2015 and 2022" www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

26.12.2024 18:23 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Got it, thank you!

27.12.2024 01:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And a follow-up, how does the likelihood of mutation vary between H5N1's public-health-concerning genes and it's more "ambivalent" genes?

27.12.2024 01:44 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Have always wondered this: is the likelihood of mutation the same for all genes (true randomness) or are some more susceptible to mutating than others?

27.12.2024 01:40 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Also, super cool that the plates on the island commemorate Roberto Clemente's 3000th hit #MLB #PuertoRico

25.12.2024 13:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Some sights and sounds from a great long weekend in El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

25.12.2024 13:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The one good thing Elon has done with Twitter is Community Notes. It would be nice to have a feature like that here for pointing out mis/disinformation.

17.12.2024 15:09 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Cats in L.A. County die after drinking recalled raw milk Los Angeles County health officials are investigating the deaths of two cats who became ill after drinking recalled H5N1 bird flu-infected raw milk.

2 cats in L.A. have died after being fed #H5N1 contaminated recalled raw milk. Will humans stop drinking raw milk and feeding it to pets and children? Time or a new pandemic will tell I guess.
www.latimes.com/environment/...

13.12.2024 02:33 — 👍 116    🔁 35    💬 6    📌 3

We will probably know tomorrow or Friday what this is caused by.

Could be meningitis, a viral hemorrhagic fever such as Ebola or Marburg, or food poisoning (but unlikely when WHO is involved).

There are still a lot of concerning details, but it's too early to draw any conclusions.

04.12.2024 19:55 — 👍 99    🔁 26    💬 3    📌 1

Smdh even the shellfish are woke now

03.12.2024 23:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Effort to restore NY Harbor's oyster population encounters problem: They keep dying When Henry Hudson first sailed the river that would bear his name, he described an immense bounty of oysters, with some as large as dinner plates.

This is a really interesting example of the population #ecology of a keystone species limiting it's #conservation potential, and therefore the restoration of an entire habitat @gothamist.com

gothamist.com/news/effort-...

03.12.2024 23:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Yeah my initial observation is that people are very serious here lol. Lots of academics and professionals, which is great, but very little of the humor that makes Twitter still impossible to get rid of...

26.11.2024 16:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0