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“There were no cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women aged <25 years in 2021 – the first time that this has occurred in data going back to 1982. This remarkable achievement is almost certainly due to the impact of HPV vaccination.” From report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au

#vaccinationsaveslives

It really is

Our son got his first dose of HPV vaccine when he was 9

Vaccinating boys & men has benefits for BOTH women (e.g., helping to reduce HPV transmission to female sexual partners) AND men (e.g., reducing the risk of oral, head & neck, penile, & anal cancers)

Morrison Foerster - their logo says MoFo

I think I follow this firm on LinkedIn just because their logo makes me laugh

Dupont circle holiday pop-up December 6th, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Put it on the calendar

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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵

There's a big divide in how Americans are thinking about vaccines:
♦️83% of Republicans don't want an updated COVID-19 vaccine.
🔷64% of Democrats want to get or have already received an updated vaccine.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... 🧪

Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)

RTs appreciated.

It's always Sasquatch, but never Sask Listen

Me discovering I have let somebody’s email sit in my inbox for three months: “Well, obviously I can never email him again. I guess I need to wait for news of his eventual death until I can stop feeling bad about this.”

Something to think about before holiday gatherings

Newborns cannot get vaccinated for whooping cough until they are two months old.

So it is up to adults who plan to be around newborns to get those Tdap shots—and new parents need to encourage family members who plan to be around a newborn to get Tdap shots, too.

This is caused by adults not maintaining their pertussis (whooping cough) vaccines.

You should be getting a Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) vaccine every 10 years.

We have a baby coming in the family (my first grand nephew!), so my husband and I both got vaccinated this week.

I was recently due for for a tetanus update and they tried to give me one without pertussis and I noticed when I was signing the paperwork and had to specifically ask for the tdap vs the td only shot, so make sure you know what you're getting!

That people should just stop being unhealthy is also their pandemic plan.

sciencebasedmedicine.org/bhattacharya...

bowling ball size of grease next to a man’s foot/workboot (for size reference)

a ball of grease larger than a bowling ball, resting atop a 5-gallon bucket

what we don’t have in turkey fryer explosion videos, we make up for with 10-pound grease ball pics.

found a free pdf copy here

Abbott Reports 7 Deaths Linked to Glucose Sensor Problem Millions of FreeStyle Libre sensors may falsely indicate low glucose levels

"Abbott said it has received more than 700 reports of severe adverse events across the globe, including 57 in the U.S. All seven deaths occurred outside of the U.S."

Is chemical synthesis one of the most time-consuming steps in drug development? 🤔

13 million seems rather little for a really hard problem.

Look, I'll take it on. We build AI models. We have tons of retrosynthetic expertise. We mess around with liquid handling robots.

But I wouldn't touch this for less than about 1.3 billion. This is a hard problem. Very, very, very hard.

FDA 'Priority Voucher' Program Comes Under Congressional Scrutiny Sanders, Pallone say the program raises 'significant concerns' that it will enable corruption

FDA 'Priority Voucher' Program Comes Under Congressional Scrutiny www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

Cockroaches

DOGE no longer has ‘centralized leadership’ under White House tech team, personnel head says The team that was altered to house DOGE — formerly the U.S. Digital Service — is also still doing its own technology work across agencies.

The "DOGE is gone" articles are clickbait but this one gets it closer to the truth: DOGE is not gone, it just claims to have "no centralized leadership" anymore -- in other words, its leadership is hiding in an attempt to avoid blame.

They just want to break everything 😑

They’re so determined to change things and they don’t care what happens in the process

A screenshot from r/houseplants - it is a picture of a succulent. But the title of the post is “what kind of succubus is this”

@sararah.bsky.social does anyone ever come into the store and ask you this

A few times this year, I thought about getting a PharmD - it could help with my current career path, and working as a retail pharmacist seemed like a more stable alternative career. But I wonder how many of these openings are due to burnout...

This American rubber duck museum is moving to B.C. due to tariffs, drop in tourism | CBC News Quirky Point Roberts-based Rubber Duck Museum is coming to Tsawwassen Mills mall in B.C. after increasing tariffs and decreasing tourism have made business in the U.S. exclave unsustainable.

I did not have ‘Rubber duck museum moves to Canada because of tariffs and trade war’ on my 2025 bingo card. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

CBER Poised for Research Shakeup As Prasad Makes Unproven Claims About ‘Polluted Science’ In an email to staff filled with unsupported accusations about the quality of the center’s research, CBER Director Vinay Prasad said no resources or time should be spent on ongoing projects started be...

"Prasad’s message delivers a sharp critique of CBER research, but lacks specific citations to support his claims, which include accusations that the center is minimizing or downplaying safety concerns, is dishonest in its research conduct, and a poor steward of taxpayer funds."