Northern Cardinal (male) during a recent light snowfall.
24.02.2025 00:35 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@paul-weiss.bsky.social
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Northern Cardinal (male) during a recent light snowfall.
24.02.2025 00:35 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I lost my mother to pancreatic ca. She appeared fine one day, the next day she was gravely ill. Not long after that we were saying our goodbyes.
23.02.2025 12:44 β π 18 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0An #NIH-funded research team has developed an mRNA vaccine to treat pancreatic cancer. Results from the clinical trial were published this week in Nature.
#pancreas #cancer #mRNA #vaccine #medsky #science #medicine #bluesky
Female Pileated Woodpecker taking flight outside of my exam room window. I'm glad I was in between patients when she arrived! #Birds #Birb #BskyBirds
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09.02.2025 11:56 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1White-breasted nuthatch clinging to the side of a moss-covered maple tree. It just nabbed a sunflower seed from a nearby feeder. They take these seeds, wedge them into a crevice in the bark of a tree, and then pound it with their bill to get the seed inside the husk. #birds #birbs
03.02.2025 15:45 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Dark-eyed Junco, Hermit Thrush, Fox Sparrow, and Eastern Towhee. All from my exam room window. #birds #birbs
26.01.2025 03:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Fox Sparrow. A lifer (bird I hadn't identified before) for me! #birds #birbs
23.01.2025 22:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Female Northern Cardinal outside my exam room. #birds
22.01.2025 21:08 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Female Northern Cardinal. Our house makes a good photo blind! #birds
22.01.2025 03:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Nice. I lived in Biloxi from '92 thru '95. I saw one light dusting of snow in my years there, not quite as much as you have now!
21.01.2025 17:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0American Goldfinch perched on a tree branch.
American Goldfinch. Pretty sure this is a male in the early stages of breeding plumage. #birds
21.01.2025 17:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0With truly universal coverage (not just having health insurance but being able to afford healthcare) there will be a significant increase in utilization of services.
We'll need to train a lot more health care providers and open a lot more facilities.
The US needs a healthcare moonshot.
Male Northern Cardinal with some snow on its beak.
Northern Cardinal (female) after a recent snow.
When it snows, the birds come to our feeders in large numbers!
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