Delthia Ricks

CDC signs off on fall Covid shots. It may not be easy to get one, depending on where you live. Many states have already announced their own Covid vaccine recommendations, creating "unprecedented" levels of confusion, one expert said.

Now that winter virus season is fast-approaching, RFKjr's revamp of the CDC means the agency has signed off on fall Covid shots. That means you may not be able to get a shot. Some states have already announced their own Covid shot recommendations, for others—chaos & confusion👇

Colon cancer considered cured after six years when relapse risk falls below 0.5% IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino with Mayo Clinic and multiple international cancer research centers have delivered a pooled analysis indicating that colon cancer recurrence risk drops below 0.5...

Colon cancer can be considered cured after 6 years when relapse risk falls below 0.5%. In a new study published in JAMA Oncology, researchers pooled data from multiple studies to determine when relapse risk becomes negligible👇

Physics Nobel awarded for macro demonstration of quantum effects John Clarke, Michel Devoret, and John Martinis honored for work demonstrating quantum mechanical tunneling in electrical circuits

Physics Nobel awarded to 3 American scientists, all w/ affiliations to the University of California: John Clarke, Michel Devoret & John Martinis for research demonstrating quantum mechanical tunneling in electrical circuits www.science.org/content/arti...

Darleane Hoffman, Innovator in Nuclear Chemistry, Dies at 98

Darleane Hoffman, a trailblazing nuclear chemist, has died. She was 98 & hailed as one of the 50 most important women in science. Her research confirmed the existence of several elusive radioactive elements, including one that had sparked a Cold War fight w/ the Russians. By Delthia Ricks👇

Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

Rodrick Johnson, a U.S. citizen who was briefly detained, said agents broke through his door and placed him in zip ties.

“I asked if they had a warrant, and I asked for a lawyer,” the 67-year-old told the Chicago Sun-Times. “They never brought one.” https://to.pbs.org/4pWhXzN

Paternal exercise confers endurance capacity to offspring through sperm microRNAs Yin et al. show that paternal exercise improves offspring endurance capacity and metabolic health via sperm microRNAs that reprogram gene expression in early embryos, revealing how exercise benefits c...

Exercising fathers, enhanced endurance and metabolic heath in offspring, through sperm microRNAs (as demonstrated in mice)
www.cell.com/cell-metabol...

‘The president is unhinged’: Trump’s online behavior grows increasingly odd The US president’s recent behavior is strange to many, from reposting a false AI video of himself to confusing comments during press conferences

And yet his supporters pretend that this is all completely normal.

History will not be kind to them.

Weaponizing uncertainty in science and in public health puts people in harm’s way Those who cite scientific studies to support policies should take care to tell the whole story, especially when it’s complex.

'In public health, as in science more broadly, decisions are made by regularly assessing all of the available evidence, taking into account the quality of studies, and not just by citing those statements that support one view over others.'
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Immunometabolic reprogramming of macrophages by gut #microbiota-derived cadaverine controls colon #inflammation.

Cadaverine rewires macrophage metabolism via Nrf2 activation. Concentration dictates anti- or pro-inflammatory outcomes.

www.cell.com/cell-host-mi... #MicroSky #ImmunoSky

CDC signs off on fall Covid shots. It may not be easy to get one, depending on where you live. Many states have already announced their own Covid vaccine recommendations, creating "unprecedented" levels of confusion, one expert said.

Now that winter virus season is fast-approaching, RFKjr's revamp of the CDC means the agency has signed off on fall Covid shots. That means you may not be able to get a shot. Some states have already announced their own Covid shot recommendations, for others—chaos & confusion👇

Colon cancer considered cured after six years when relapse risk falls below 0.5% IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino with Mayo Clinic and multiple international cancer research centers have delivered a pooled analysis indicating that colon cancer recurrence risk drops below 0.5...

Colon cancer can be considered cured after 6 years when relapse risk falls below 0.5%. In a new study published in JAMA Oncology, researchers pooled data from multiple studies to determine when relapse risk becomes negligible👇

Physics Nobel awarded for macro demonstration of quantum effects John Clarke, Michel Devoret, and John Martinis honored for work demonstrating quantum mechanical tunneling in electrical circuits

Physics Nobel awarded to 3 American scientists, all w/ affiliations to the University of California: John Clarke, Michel Devoret & John Martinis for research demonstrating quantum mechanical tunneling in electrical circuits www.science.org/content/arti...

These Ant Queens Seem to Defy Biology: They Lay Eggs That Hatch Into Another Species Iberian harvester ant queens produce offspring of their own species and of the builder harvester ant, seemingly by cloning males

These ant queens seem to defy biology: They lay eggs that hatch into another species. While Iberian harvester ant queens produce offspring of their own species, they also produce the builder harvester ant, seemingly by cloning males www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

Autism Is Not a Single Condition and Has No Single Cause, Scientists Conclude Research reveals that those diagnosed with autism early show distinct genetic and developmental profiles from those diagnosed later.

Autism is not a single condition & has no single cause. New British research—which hasn't been tainted by RFKjr's lunacy—reveals that those diagnosed w/ autism early in life show distinct genetic & developmental profiles from those diagnosed later www.wired.com/story/autism...

Nobel Prize in Medicine Goes to Three Scientists for Work on the Immune System Winners unraveled an additional way the body keeps the system in check

The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for work on the immune system. Winners unraveled an additional way the body keeps the system in check 👇

The species that impact the food supply

Darleane Hoffman, Innovator in Nuclear Chemistry, Dies at 98

Darleane Hoffman, a trailblazing nuclear chemist, has died. She was 98 & hailed as one of the 50 most important women in science. Her research confirmed the existence of several elusive radioactive elements, including one that had sparked a Cold War fight w/ the Russians. By Delthia Ricks👇

More pasta recalled after deadly Listeria outbreak: List of stores includes Trader Joe’s and Albertsons Retailers continue to recall ready-to-eat pasta products in the wake of a multistate outbreak. Here’s the latest and what you need to know.

2 more products recalled in the deadly multi-state listeria outbreak traced to pasta meals. 4 deaths & 19 hospitalizations so far. Multiple chain stores sold the products. Listeria can cause a severe, even lethal infection. The bacteria migrate from the gut to the nervous system to cause meningitis👇

NIH races to spend its 2025 grant money — but fewer projects win funding Despite political obstacles, officials are on track to disburse all of the research funds allocated to US biomedical behemoth.

The Nat'l Institutes of Health is racing to allot its 2025 grant money, but fewer projects are winning funding under the Trump regime www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Autism Is Not a Single Condition and Has No Single Cause, Scientists Conclude Research reveals that those diagnosed with autism early show distinct genetic and developmental profiles from those diagnosed later.

Autism is not a single condition & has no single cause. New British research—which hasn't been tainted by RFKjr's lunacy—reveals that those diagnosed w/ autism early in life show distinct genetic & developmental profiles from those diagnosed later www.wired.com/story/autism...

A photo of a Nobel medal

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi "for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance"

Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize

It’s incredible that MAGA hero Jay Bhattacharya, who is listed as a speaker for the Turning Point USA annual conference in December (AmericaFest 2025) along with Don Trump Jr, Tucker Carlson, & Glenn Beck, says he is “non-political.” In fact, your proposal will need to please Trump to get funding.

Why billionaires? Like Russia, the US is quickly moving towards a oligarchy where those in power and those with lots of money merge. The parallels, there are many, are trully frightening.
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The Moral Authority of Marc Rowan The private equity billionaire is leading a boycott of an Ivy League oligarch factory over a Palestinian literary festival it held last month.

Oh dear god, Marc Rowan, billionaire behind Trump‘s compact with higher education has a seriously shady past. A private equity vulture preying on hospitals and other institutions. The @prospect.org reports. prospect.org/power/2023-1...

How Chief Justice John Roberts Rewrote the Constitution and Helped Trump Return to Power In an excerpt from her new book, Lisa Graves, one of the leading experts on this right-wing Supreme Court, outlines how Roberts and his fellow politicians in robes have helped undermine our democracy.

How Chief Justice John Roberts Rewrote the Constitution and Helped Trump Return to Power
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

These Ant Queens Seem to Defy Biology: They Lay Eggs That Hatch Into Another Species Iberian harvester ant queens produce offspring of their own species and of the builder harvester ant, seemingly by cloning males

These ant queens seem to defy biology: They lay eggs that hatch into another species. While Iberian harvester ant queens produce offspring of their own species, they also produce the builder harvester ant, seemingly by cloning males www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

Yersinia also infects swine and winds up in pork products

4 people are dead & 19 are hospitalized in a Listeria outbreak linked to pasta meals sold at Trader Joe's, Walmart & other supermarkets. Listeria is one of the food-borne pathogens no longer tracked in RFK jr's revamped CDC. Here are the others: Campylobacter, Cyclospora, Shigella, Vibrio & Yersinia

Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta outbreak's 1st death | CBC News Alberta is reporting its first measles death since outbreaks of the highly contagious illness began in March. The province says a baby, who was born prematurely after the mother became sick, died shor...

A premature baby in Canada has died of congenital measles. The infant contracted the virus in utero after the mother was infected with the highly contagious pathogen www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #VaccinesWork

What Mississippi's infant mortality crisis says about the risks of Medicaid cuts Mississippi recently declared a public health emergency because its infant mortality rate has surged. And with Medicaid cuts coming, experts fear the crisis may worsen in other states.

Mississippi's infant mortality crisis may be a window into how Medicaid cuts in the Trump regime's One Big Beautiful Bill could worsen maternal and neonatal outcomes nationwide www.npr.org/sections/sho...