Myra Batchelder

Screenshot of an article dated March 3, 2026 titled “‘Mini hearts’ show COVID-19 virus directly infects heart tissue” by the Centenary Institute. Below the headline are four labeled microscope images (A–D) showing laboratory-grown heart tissue (“mini hearts”). The images use fluorescent colors—green, yellow, red, and white—to highlight cells and viral infection patterns, illustrating how SARS-CoV-2 can infect and spread through heart muscle cells in the tissue samples.

COVID-19 can directly infect heart tissue.

Researchers at the Centenary Institute and UTS created a human heart cell model showing SARS-CoV-2 can directly infect heart tissue, helping explain why some people develop serious heart complications during and after COVID-19 infection.

Chuck Schumer remains the minority leader in the U.S. Senate.

Breaking: Arkansas Democrats just flipped a Republican seat It's the ninth red-to-blue pickup in a special election in Trump's second term

JUST IN: Democrat Alex Holladay has flipped a GOP-held seat in *Arkansas*.

Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders tried hard to delay this race and wanted the seat to stay vacant for 8+ months, but the courts told her to hold it today. If she was worried, she was right to be.

Our full recap:

long lines to vote are both faith-affirming examples of civic interest and participation and instances of voter suppression

Opinion | The dispiriting truth about why many evangelical Christians support Israel For Christian Zionists, what happens to the Jews and Palestinians is, to put it very mildly, collateral damage.

Do not lose sight of the role that American evangelical are playing in cheerleading for war in the Middle East, relishing it in fact:

www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Again: Not hyperbole, misinterpretation, or a joke that Christian Dominionism is a strain of apocalyptic accelerationism which VERY LITERALLY SEEKS to hasten their vision of the Biblical end of the world, & the people who believe this have VERY CAREFULLY worked their way into the halls of U.S. power

Seems like the media should at least express some curiosity about this.

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Delays in awards and funding calls worry NIH-funded researchers Many programs may be pushed into the next fiscal year, and some could face funding gaps

Delays in grant awards and funding calls worry NIH researchers. Many programs may be pushed into the next fiscal year, and some could face funding gaps. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Parents Tried to Shield Their Children From Vaccines. Instead They Got Measles.

"Spartanburg County in South Carolina is ground zero for the largest measles outbreak since 2000. One school has a vaccination rate of 21 percent." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

Elections in North Carolina, Arkansas and Texas today!

#VOTE

How come “How are you going to pay for it?” is never asked about endless war?

The same way you don't want people bombing you and your loved ones is the same exact thing that other people feel where they live.

States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment

Tens of thousands of Americans are losing access to treatment for H.I.V. as nearly 20 states impose restrictions on assistance programs and several others weigh such changes.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/h...

The 75 Elections to Watch This March - Bolts The 2026 midterms really are starting. Five states hold all of their primaries for federal and state offices in March, and voters there face high-profile choices. They’ll decide which Democrat... Read More

The midterms are starting this Tuesday: Arkansas, North Carolina, and Texas are holding all of their primaries. We’re also watching a state supreme court race in Arkansas, and a mayor’s race in New Mexico.

Explore all that’s at stake in our guide:

Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.

At her testimony in front of Congress last year, ex-CDC director Susan Monarez was asked what keeps her up at night.

She said, "The next outbreak".

Now, the #NIH will not make pandemic preparedness a priority for NIAID.

Recall that the US pulled out of WHO.

🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How to register to vote and check your registration status For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.

For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.

It’s really important you call your Democratic elected officials and tell them you unequivocally oppose these actions. This is an area where many Democrats are very bad. They need to hear immediate, overwhelming opposition from their constituents.

Really hope every Congress member's voicemails fill up today!

We need to call!

Call Congress: No Military Strikes Against Iran Only Congress can declare war.

☎️Action resource!

Tell your members of Congress to pass an Iran War Powers Resolution now to stop this devastating violence from spiraling into a disastrous new endless war!

👉 fcnl.org/nowarwithiran

No War With Iran

We strongly condemn the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. We mourn the lives already lost as a result of these unlawful and reckless attacks – including at least 40 school children killed in Minab.

We hold in the Light all those who now fear what comes next and call for an immediate end to strikes.

there are a lot of people working in the government right now who want to intentionally trigger an apocalypse to create the conditions for the return of jesus christ and I know how crazy that sounds but its absolutely true

US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

Jasmine Crockett is standing on business and addressing the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran. She is willing to step away from her campaign in Texas to head back to D.C.

“I think speaker Johnson needs to call us in right now and we need to deal with this right now.”

i didn't care for schumer's statement, but if you're going to be angry at him, make sure you're much angrier at thune, who bears this obligation even more strongly than schumer and will absolutely ignore his own duty

DO NOT LET ANY MEMBER OF CONGRESS WALK AROUND THINKING THEIR CONSTITUENTS DON’T CARE

Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.

U.S and Israel begin "major combat operations" in Iran Some U.S. officials have been worried about entering into such a conflict without a clear sense of how it will end.

NEW: More than 200 are dead with 700 injured from strikes in Iran, the AP reported, citing state media reports from Red Crescent data.

The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.

Pentagon removes senior official from Joint Staff post, sources say U.S. Vice Admiral Fred Kacher only took the post in December.

Trump has dismissed Vice Admiral Fred Kacher, deputy director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for issuing warnings to him about what might go wrong in a new war against Iran, Reuters report. www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...