Julie Marquis

Can the Human Body Endure a Voyage to Mars? In the coming years, an unprecedented number of people will leave planet Earth—but it’s becoming increasingly clear that deep space will make us sick.

When the astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth, markers of inflammation in his blood spiked to levels that laboratory tests had difficulty measuring. “Are these the highest levels ever seen in a human body?” one researcher asked. “How did he survive?”

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Measles Outbreak Hits Town in Texas As of Tuesday, 22 children and two adults had been infected, all of whom were unvaccinated, local officials said.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/s...

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Patrick Soon-Shiong is running the @latimes.com into the ground and it's deliberate

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Holy shit. Remember that Patrick Soon-Shiong had demanded that all op-ed pieces be run by him first, but to then change the argument of the piece entirely...

I feel sorry for the journalists who work there

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The New Republic has kindly published what the LA Times and its RFK Jr-supporting billionaire owner Pat Soon-Shiong tried to suppress: newrepublic.com/article/1910...

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What the heck is going on here? content.app-us1.com/cdn-cgi/imag...

14.12.2024 19:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

RFK Jr.’s Lawyer Has Asked the FDA to Revoke Polio Vaccine Approval Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...

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The world’s hunger watchdog warned of catastrophe in Sudan. Famine struck anyway. Here’s how the world’s hunger monitoring-and-response system is supposed to work – and why it’s not achieving its mission.

And another in the @reuters.com famine series: www.reuters.com/graphics/FAM...

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Enslaved on OnlyFans: Women describe lives of isolation and torture OnlyFans gives women the chance to earn money by making porn. Sex traffickers also use the platform to abuse and exploit them, say police and prosecutors.

www.reuters.com/investigates...

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