Shirley Chang

My fav ghibli movies. I watch it when I'm not feeling well or feeling sad.

Many, many, MANY studies show that the cumulative costs of harassing homeless people—cops, prison, jail, etc—are much more expensive than just housing them and providing income, and that doing those things helps people get to the point where they’re not in crisis any longer.

We choose cruelty.

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The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.

1. We interrupt this programming for some LEGITIMATELY GOOD NEWS

Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows

How did the city do it?

Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue

If it took 8 days to build a massive concentration camp in Florida then it means they could build and house the homeless at any point but choose not to

I hate it here. 😭😭😭

This is going to create more people I serve on the streets. I'm still recovering from surgery but will pick up ASAP.

This book is riveting and so, so infuriating. It follows 5 families in Atlanta who are struggling to remain housed and paints deeply compassionate portraits of each unit. It reads almost like a novel but is outstanding journalism

A Twitter post by CarolAnn Barrows @frogess33. "Japanese researchers have found a possible explanation for long COVID. They discovered that small fragments of the coronavirus's genetic material can remain deep behind the nose, in an area called the epipharynx, for at least six months after infection. These viral remnants irritate the immune system and may cause fatigue, coughing, dizziness, and "brain fog." The researchers used an old Japanese treatment called epipharyngeal abrasive therapy (EAT), where the area is swabbed once a week with a cotton swab dipped in 1% zinc chloride solution. After three months, the patients showed: - significantly fewer viral remnants - lower levels of inflammatory substances - noticeably reduced symptoms The treatment appears to both remove the lingering virus and calm the inflammation. A larger clinical trial is now underway in Japan to confirm the results. This discovery could lead to more targeted treatments that address the root cause of long COVID symptoms instead of merely managing them."

Good news: Japanese researchers may have found an explanation for long Covid and a possible treatment for it.

You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).

🗣️📣Let the administration know how you feel about them restricting COVID-19 vaccine access under the false pretense that the vaccine may not be safe. Comment period ends in 3 days.

www.regulations.gov/document/FDA...

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you moms and fur baby moms!!

I miss my mom very much.

BREAKING: Newark Airport is a full-blown disaster—800+ flights canceled, 5-hour delays, and the FAA bleeding staff like a severed artery.

This isn’t just Newark—it’s a nationwide meltdown in real time caused by a rotting, underfunded system.

And guess what? It’s about to get worse.

I see a new Tarantino movie “Kill Pill” where the main character uses “one pill exploding five heart” technique.

NYT headline: “Kennedy Advises New Parents to ‘Do Your Own Research’ on Vaccines” Subheader: “In an interview with Dr. Phil, the health secretary offered false information about vaccine oversight and revealed a lack of basic understanding of new drug approvals.”

“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?”
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic

i do not think the american public is going to respond well to the supply shocks that are currently rushing toward us

Why we keep going Today thousands of health workers at the CDC and FDA lost their jobs—effective immediately.

TRUMP'S PATH OF DESTRUCTION
CDC & FDA GUTTED

KATELYN JETELINA
4/1/25

"Today thousands of health workers at the CDC and FDA lost their jobs—effective immediately. Some found out when they tried to badge in, only to be denied entry."

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Nation’s Shark Experts: ‘You Could’ve Had This Job’ BIMINI, BAHAMAS—Saying that with just a modest degree of effort and planning you could be boarding a boat alongside them right now and heading out to dive at a picturesque coral reef, the nation’s sha...

Science friends, in honor of April Fools Day, let’s share our favorite @theonion.com article about our area of expertise! I’ll go first.

theonion.com/nation-s-sha...

@bencollins.bsky.social 🧪🦑🌎

Unique to America, our health care system is designed not to make people well, but to make CEOs & wealthy stockholders incredibly rich. The result: We have the highest infant mortality rate of any wealthy country on earth. How cruel, how immoral is that? We need Medicare for All.

I want to. I’m not able to make anyone who voted differently aware of what’s going on. They have no interest. Yet I’m being bombarded with conspiracy theories even when I do my hobby! I want to scream!

Have information you think the public should know about the Census Bureau, Postal Service or other parts of the federal government?

I'm a @npr.org correspondent who's available via the encrypted messaging app Signal at hansi.01

Set it back. Oh not yet. In another month. Don’t set it. Wait set it now. Wait why are Canada and Mexico setting theirs ahead without us. That’s clock war. Wait don’t set it until Apr 1.

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Thank you so much for the explanation. IMHO weather data is really complicated . There are so many factors involved, experience and expertise are absolutely crucial to interpreting and collecting data. People who think AI can replace everything often do not understand the complexity of the work.

I’m a federal employee, a research meteorologist at a NOAA lab (OAR-NSSL). I still have my job tonight. Many of my NOAA colleagues and many more of my fellow civil servants don’t. I want to share what people like me do. Instead of doomscrolling, maybe we can learn what civil service looks like.

Thanks and hope your job is safe. 🙏 Is it correct to say that at the moment , the work that’s been done cannot be safely replaced by AI?

Were there Germans who regretted supporting Nazis? Because today a friend told me she supports everything that’s happening: privatizing government services, dismantling health organizations (she’s anti vaccine, anti chemo) and that I am trusting all the wrong sources. (Even lancet?)

A Medicated Empire by Timothy M. Yang | Paperback | Cornell University Press Winner of the 2022 Hagley Prize in Business HistoryIn A Medicated Empire, Timothy M. Yang explores the history of Japan's pharmaceutical industry in the early twentieth century through a close account...

A MEDICATED EMPIRE by Timothy M. Yang reveals the story of Japan's pharmaceutical industry & its connections to the nation's empire.

Learn how Hoshi Pharmaceuticals shaped public #health and #medicine in early 20th century #Japan.

Now in paperback: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

In the 1960’s there were 400,000 - 500,000 measles cases per year in the U.S.

In 1990 there were 27,808 Measles cases in the U.S.

In 2012 there were 55 Measles cases in the U.S.

So far in 2025 there are over 130

In Early-Phase Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trial, Investigational mRNA Vaccine Induces Sustained Immune Activity in Small Patient Group Learn how MSK researchers are deploying mRNA vaccines against pancreatic cancer.

An #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