Bart Jacobs

YouTube video by MicrobeTV TWiV 1277: Vaccine talk with Jake Scott

Had a great conversation with Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Angela Mingarelli on This Week in Virology (TWiV) about vaccines and current policy. We kept coming back to nuance — something that's been in short supply lately.

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Dallas turned out with at least 10,000 marching for #NoKingsDay

Massive #NoKings march in New York City!

Petra De Sutter haalt het met grote voorsprong van Rik Van de Walle en wordt nieuwe rector UGent Groen-politica Petra De Sutter is in de eerste ronde verkozen tot nieuwe rector aan de UGent. Dat is bevestigd aan De Standaard. Huidig rector Rik Van de Walle treedt na acht jaar af. Er komt geen historische derde termijn voor hem.

Groen-politica Petra De Sutter is in de eerste ronde verkozen tot nieuwe rector aan de UGent. Dat is bevestigd aan De Standaard. Huidig rector Rik Van de Walle treedt na acht jaar af. Er komt geen historische derde termijn voor hem.

Uitdager en voormalig vicepremier Petra De Sutter verslaat Rik Van de Walle bij rectorverkiezingen UGent Petra De Sutter heeft de rectorverkiezing aan de UGent gewonnen. Met een meerderheid aan stemmen bij iedere kiesgroep behaalde ze in de eerste ronde al meteen de overwinning op huidig rector Rik Van d...

Uitdager en voormalig vicepremier Petra De Sutter verslaat Rik Van de Walle bij rectorverkiezingen #UGent
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Trans vrouwen zijn vrouwen. Geen ‘aparte soort’, geen uitzondering, geen bedreiging. Gewoon vrouwen Piet Hoebeke is uroloog en decaan geneeskunde aan de UGent. Het vonnis van het Britse Hooggerechtshof doet alsof trans vrouwen zich enkel vermommen als vrouw, schrijft hij. Dat is een ontkenning van d...

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A second child has died in the Texas measles outbreak Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to attend the child's funeral, which is scheduled for Sunday.

BREAKING—Second measles death reported in Texas. As of Friday, the Texas Department of State Health Services said 481+ cases of measles had been confirmed, a 14% jump over last week. 56 hospitalized with measles in the area since late January.

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Science Under Threat in the United States: How scientists and institutions should respond Individual researchers and university leaders need to make the case for science to their elected representatives and to the public at large.

Trying to make sense of the current situation, I put together some thoughts in an op-ed for @elife.bsky.social on what we, as scientists, can do – and what institutions MUST do – to protect science right now

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YouTube video by The Hill Events Restoring Public Trust w/ Dr. Paul Offit | Trust in Science: High-Stakes Game for U.S. Public Health

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An interview with The Hill about trust in science.

YouTube video by ARTE Paludisme, enfin l'espoir | ARTE

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Bird flu in Canada may have mutated to become more transmissible to humans Scientists are racing to understand what a hospitalized teen’s case of bird flu may mean for future outbreaks

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Zoals jullie zien: ik ben nieuw op Bluesky. Wie helpt me op weg?

Vastberaden om dit alternatief een kans te geven. Ik hoorde dat er hier plaats is voor open gesprekken en echte connectie.

Let's get this party started 😉

My Conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Twenty years ago, I had a one-hour conversation with RFK Jr. In his current campaign for president, he has referred to that conversation during public appearances. It’s time to set the record straight

This will be the first of 6 essays I wrote about RFK Jr. In this first piece, I describe a conversation I had with him about 20 years ago, which marked the beginning of his anti-vaccine activism. Is this the man we want to be in charge of our health?

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Please, thank you in advance 🤗

Immune system adaptation during gender-affirming testosterone treatment - Nature Examination of immunological changes in transgender individuals undergoing gender-affirming testosterone treatment reveals sex hormone-regulated pathways in humans and explains sex-divergent responses...

Recent paper (Nature)-why are males more vulnerable to severe infections (ex acute #COVID), while females suffer more from autoimmunity (SLE, MS etc and also #LongCovid)? X/Y or hormones? We study adaptation of immune systems in gender-affirming testosterone treatment: nature.com/articles/s41...

The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer - Dr. Paul Offit Powered by SnapStream Cloud Sharing

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RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary?!